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Quote from: "nefari"I just knew Ne-Yo would figure in to this somewhere down the line. Would someone on this forum kindly listen to the song off of Libra Scale Ne-Yo's current album called "Cause I said So" and listen really close to the "OH KNOW's!!" all the way through this song and tell me if I'm crazy or is that Michael... or does Ne-Yo just do a good imitation of Michael. Also the song called "What have I Done" the last song on the album, sounds exactly like it should have been Michael singing it and Ne-Yo is doing a very find job of trying to sound like Michael.Actually, Ne-Yo admitted that his record (which is very good IMO), Libra Scale is very inspired by MJ. I would even go as far as to say that some of the tracks may have originally been for Michael but due to circumstances, never were recorded or never was released since June 25th happened. MJ's inspiration has always been evident in Ne-Yo's work but I will say that Ne-Yo does have his own spin. I also think will.i.am and Ne-Yo make a very good point. There is more than enough music of his completed work that he approved of, from Jackson 5 to Jacksons to his solo work to satisfy fans and music lovers so it is interesting that this album was released in the first place when most of the songs were obviously not completed. So I understand both sides of argument. I think his legacy will always last due to what he did pre-June 25th but I also understand why others may feel the need to keep releasing music from Michael to keep his name out there. I'm just curious what does Michael think of all of this and if Michael had input on this record or not. In any event, it is nice to hear new music from him but thinking from the artist point of view, it would be frustrating to see incomplete work released to the public without the artist's consent IF that is the case with 'Michael'.
I just knew Ne-Yo would figure in to this somewhere down the line. Would someone on this forum kindly listen to the song off of Libra Scale Ne-Yo's current album called "Cause I said So" and listen really close to the "OH KNOW's!!" all the way through this song and tell me if I'm crazy or is that Michael... or does Ne-Yo just do a good imitation of Michael. Also the song called "What have I Done" the last song on the album, sounds exactly like it should have been Michael singing it and Ne-Yo is doing a very find job of trying to sound like Michael.
Uhhhh..... Well what I got from this:Ne-Yo says if Michael were alive this album would not be out, so does that make Michael dead?And we have two beLIEvers (Akon & Teddy Riley) supporting the album and two non-beLIEvers (Ne-Yo & Will.I.Am) opposing it. Soooo... does this mean this album is for the beLIEvers? This is making my head numb.
Quote from: "happythoughts"Uhhhh..... Well what I got from this:Ne-Yo says if Michael were alive this album would not be out, so does that make Michael dead?And we have two beLIEvers (Akon & Teddy Riley) supporting the album and two non-beLIEvers (Ne-Yo & Will.I.Am) opposing it. Soooo... does this mean this album is for the beLIEvers? This is making my head numb. I think will.i.am and Ne-Yo are in on this. Call me crazy but I always believed more people are "in on it" than it seems. I mean lots of people. I think they're playing a role, to balance it out. (Where have I heard this "balanced" thing before?) Michael apparently loves the controversy, so why not put two huge names (the huge ones being Will.I.Am and Ne-Yo) against to big, but somewhat irrelevant names (being Akon and Teddy Riley).It seems pre-planned really. Ne-Yo just released his new album. And Will.I.Am is involved in a lot of new projects with famous artists (such as Nicki Minaj) and just released an album as well. Very well advertised. You have this against Teddy Riley ... who quite honestly, I still don't know what he does besides produce. And Akon, who may be doing some music but isn't well advertised. See what I'm saying?Faith is being tested. Who do you believe? Teddy Riley the somewhat-well-known producer? Or Will and Ne-Yo? Two huge names. To me it seems logical, but obviously some people choose to follow the big names, just for that reason. Because they're bigger in the business.That's the vibe I'm getting.
Quote from: "backstager"Quote from: "happythoughts"Uhhhh..... Well what I got from this:Ne-Yo says if Michael were alive this album would not be out, so does that make Michael dead?And we have two beLIEvers (Akon & Teddy Riley) supporting the album and two non-beLIEvers (Ne-Yo & Will.I.Am) opposing it. Soooo... does this mean this album is for the beLIEvers? This is making my head numb. I think will.i.am and Ne-Yo are in on this. Call me crazy but I always believed more people are "in on it" than it seems. I mean lots of people. I think they're playing a role, to balance it out. (Where have I heard this "balanced" thing before?) Michael apparently loves the controversy, so why not put two huge names (the huge ones being Will.I.Am and Ne-Yo) against to big, but somewhat irrelevant names (being Akon and Teddy Riley).It seems pre-planned really. Ne-Yo just released his new album. And Will.I.Am is involved in a lot of new projects with famous artists (such as Nicki Minaj) and just released an album as well. Very well advertised. You have this against Teddy Riley ... who quite honestly, I still don't know what he does besides produce. And Akon, who may be doing some music but isn't well advertised. See what I'm saying?Faith is being tested. Who do you believe? Teddy Riley the somewhat-well-known producer? Or Will and Ne-Yo? Two huge names. To me it seems logical, but obviously some people choose to follow the big names, just for that reason. Because they're bigger in the business.That's the vibe I'm getting.No disrespect but I wouldn't call Teddy Riley and Akon irrelevant. Teddy Riley had major success as a R&B artist in the 90's. He was in the group Blackstreet that had several hit songs and also the group Guy. He is also responsible for the New Jack swing style of music in the 90's. Maybe your too young to know about Teddy Riley or older but he is more than just a no name producer. Akon as well is a well known artist who has also had hit songs. I'm sure that Teddy Riley has way more success under his belt than Neyo and Will I am because he's been in the game for like 20 years. That's why MJ sought him out as a producer. I honestly don't really care for Will I am. I think he is strange. Neyo is okay but sometimes he rips off MJ style too much. I'm still not sold on Neyo and Will knowing anything just an opinion.
