Michael Jackson

A new Michael Jackson song, which features Lenny Kravitz, has leaked to the web. A sample of the track, entitled ‘Another Day’, can be heard below.

‘Another Day’ is one of the first posthumous tracks by the singer, who died earlier this year, to be heard by fans since This Is It was leaked onto the web.

Last autumn, another previously unheard Jackson song, ‘This Is It’, was released alongside a documentary about his ill-fated comeback shows.

It is thought the star also recorded tracks with Akon and Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am.

Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee directs the music video for Michael Jackson’s final single ‘This Is It”.

The video incorporates the King of Pop’s childhood home in Gary, Indiana along with a number of his most memorable moments on stage in the video.

The documentary, ‘This Is It’, hits stores on January 26, 2010.

Michael Jackson – This Is It – Directed by Spike Lee from 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks on Vimeo.

Twenty-three years ago, at the height of his phenomenal entertainment career, Michael Jackson joined forces with Disney to create “Captain EO,” a groundbreaking 17-minute 3D film experience.

The Walt Disney Corporation has announced that the classic musical spectacular that thrilled Disneyland park guests from 1986 – 1997, will return for an exclusive, limited engagement at Disneyland park beginning in February 2010!

The attraction’s return to Tomorrowland will provide new audiences the opportunity to experience the original 3D production for the very first time, as well as a nostalgic look back for longtime fans wanting to see “The King of Pop” in a rare performance created for the big-screen, just one more time.

“Honey I Shrunk The Audience” will be closing sometime in the next few weeks to make way for the Captain’s return.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It DVD was originally slated to be released prior to Christmas, but due to a regulation that usually forces studios to wait a minimum 90 days before releasing a new film to DVD, it has been pushed to a late January or early February DVD release, according to the  Los Angeles Times.

Because the film will only have a two-week theatrical run, Sony executives argued that a This Is It DVD should circumvent the agreement between theater owners and movie studios, but the theater chains relented.

The AP reports that Sony will submit the documentary for Academy Award consideration in categories ranging from film editing and sound to Best Picture and Best Director. Unfortunately, the most noteworthy category in which This Is It had the best chances of competing, the Best Documentary Oscar, already passed its deadline, making Jackson’s rehearsal footage film ineligible.

The film will also be ineligible for the Golden Globes, as it doesn’t recognize documentaries. Because this year’s Oscars will feature an expanded Best Picture field of 10 nominees, based on its rave reviews it’s plausible that This Is It could score an Oscar nod.

Source: Rolling Stone

Michael Jackson’s new single “This Is It” has began streaming online and hitting the collective airwaves, nearly four months after the “king of pop” died of a prescription drug overdose aged 50. The track, which features backing vocals by Jackson’s brothers, opens with a soft, soulful introduction and the lines: “This is it, here I stand/I’m the light of the world, I feel grand.”

It will be available to buy as part of the two-disc album “This Is It” which hits the shelves internationally on October 26 and in North America on October 27 to coincide with the global release of the Jackson movie of the same name on October 28.

Disc 1 will feature the original album masters of some of Jackson’s biggest hits arranged in the same sequence as they appear in the film. The disc ends with two versions of the never-released, “This Is It,” which is featured in the film’s closing sequence and includes backing vocals by Jackson’s brothers.

Disc 2 offers previously unreleased versions of some of the artist’s classic tracks. This disc also features a touching spoken word poem from Jackson titled “Planet Earth” that has never been heard before, Sony said.

The film offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer, his career, and the stage spectacular that would have been. The film will provide moviegoers with an unforgettable front row experience compiled from extensive footage that shows Jackson’s meticulous preparation for his 2009 London shows.

Check out the new track below and weigh in with your thoughts:

The trailer for the upcoming Michael Jackson concert rehearsal film ‘Michael Jackson: This Is It’ debuted during the MTV Video Music Awards on September 13th, 2009. Check out the trailer below.

The film offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer, his career, and the stage spectacular that would have been. The film will provide moviegoers with an unforgettable front row experience compiled from extensive footage that shows Jackson’s meticulous preparation for his 2009 London shows.

Hard drives containing Michael Jackson’s unreleased works are currently unaccounted for. The drives which were in the Jackson’s rented Holmby Hills, CA, mansion when he died suddenly in June, went missing hours after his untimely death in June. Michael jackson’s manager, Frank DiLeo, revealed to Rolling Stone that hours after Jackson’s death, the family descended on the house to claim all its contents.

LaToya Jackson reportedly took possession of computer hard drives that contain a trove of unreleased songs he recorded with A-list singers such as Ne-Yo, Akon, and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas.

“They backed up trucks, removing everything,” DiLeo was quoted as telling the magazine in its issue that hits newsstands on Friday. “They thought Michael owned it all, so they took even the rented furniture. That’s who’s going to run his estate?”

In a follow-up interview conducted with Reuters, DiLeo stated that he was “pretty sure” the hard drives were at the family’s Hayvenhurst compound in Encino, CA. DiLeo added “The estate lawyers will send out letters” to recover the drives so that the contents can be logged.”

DiLeo told Rolling Stone that there were at least 100 songs — including many recorded at Jackson’s 1980s peak — that were never released, including a few “sensational” tracks that were left off “Bad,” the 1987 follow-up to his blockbuster album “Thriller.”

For much more regarding the fight over Jackson’s estate, plus DiLeo’s insight over Jackson’s addiction, check out the whole story in the new issue of Rolling Stone.

On January 27th 1984, Michael Jackson was shooting a Pepsi commercial in front of thousands of fans at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium when something went horribly wrong.

The incident occurred when the pyrotechnics were set off too early on the shoot’s sixth take, igniting Jackson’s hair and causing second and third degree burns to his face and scalp.

To relieve the second and third-degree burns on his scalp and body (and later to help him tolerate multiple surgeries on the scorched spot on his head), Jackson was prescribed several medications — which kicked off his addiction to painkillers and obsession with plastic surgery, multiple sources tell Us Weekly.

For the first time, Us Weekly exclusively reveals video from the accident. Fans be warned, the video is graphic.

A public memorial service for The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has been set and will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to multiple media outlets.

Randy Philips, president and CEO of AEG, which runs the facility, told KNBC that the service, which will be open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m. Arrivals are set to begin at 8 a.m.

According to Philips, the overflow crowd will be accommodated at Nokia Plaza outside the venue, where widescreen TVs will broadcast the proceedings inside.

The Jackson family themselves have not yet confirmed the plans, and a Jackson spokesperson declined to comment. How fans could get one of the 20,000 tickets, or how much tickets would cost, was not answered in either report.

Cookin’ Soul Presents “Tribute to the King of Pop” Michael Jackson Mixtape

Producers/DJs Cookin’ Soul have brought their flavor from Spain to the U.S., working with people such as Max B, the Game, Soulja Boy, Kool G. Rap and the homie Lil’ Cease. Big Size, Milton and Zock make their mixtapes feel like the old ’90s blend tapes and they come up with concept releases such as mixing some of 50 Cent’s greatest verses with music from ’90s hits like Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love.” Their breakthrough was the OJAYSIS project, which mixed Hov’s vocals with Oasis’ music. Now they’re back with a tape dedicated to Michael Jackson — Tribute to the King throws rap verses over MJ’s classics.

This project features 14 tracks with mash ups, remixes & instrumentals featuring some of the best rappers to ever grab the mic: Notorious Big, 2Pac, 50 Cent, Jay Z, Nas, Lil Wayne.

Tracklist:

01 – Intro
02 – Beat it feat. Kid Cudi
03 – Remember the time feat. 50 Cent
04 – Bad feat. Ludacris
05 – Skit
06 – I Want You Back feat. Lil Wayne
07 – Don’t stop ‘Til You Get Enough feat. Jay-Z
08 – Black or White feat. Eminem
09 – Thriller feat. Notorious B.I.G
10 – Rock with you feat. Notorious B.I.G
11 – Smooth Criminal feat. 2Pac
12 – You Rock My World feat. Nas
13 – outro
14 – I can´t help it (Cookin Soul Band Remix)

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