Michael Jackson New Album and Songs: Here's the 'Xscape' Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Album Stream [Listen]
Michael Jackson's second posthumous album "Xscape" was released on Tuesday, May 12 via Epic Records and the Estate of Michael Jackson.
"Xscape" is executive produced by Epic Records Chairman and CEO L.A. Reid, who is said to have been digging through the legendary singer's four decades worth of archives. It has been remade and modernized, keeping "Jackson's essence and integrity, creating the best music you've never heard," according to Epic Records.
MJ's latest album features production from Timbaland and Rodney Jerkins. In August 2013, Timbaland revealed that the project would be "something big."
Meanwhile, the deceased King of Pop faces another sex abuse lawsuit, as James Safechuck, 36, claims Jackson groomed and molested him when he was only 10 years old, and continued abusing him until he was 14 or 15 years old.
Safechuck first met Michael Jackson back in 1987 when he starred in a Pepsi commercial promoting the pop star's "Bad" tour. The pair traveled all over the world, and the boy frequently visited Jackson's Neverland Ranch. The accuser, who denied for years that the singer ever did anything inappropriate, finally came forward after intensive therapy.
James Safechuck's recent claim is similar to a May 2013 suit filed by Wade Robson, 31, who said Michael Jackson abused him at his Neverland Ranch for several years, beginning when he was 7. "It's the same type of sex abuse claim as Wade's," a source close to the latest accuser said. "Only with a different set of facts... and dates."
Howard Weitzman, an attorney for the Jackson Estate, claims that the lawsuit is a fabrication made in a desperate grab for money. "Twenty five years after the fact and five years after Michael Jackson passed away Mr. Safechuck - who has many times over the years denied Michael Jackson did anything inappropriate to him - is now demanding money from Michael's Estate by claiming he suddenly recalls life differently. His new story is that Wade Robson's nearly identical lawsuit filed a year ago by the same attorney caused him to now recall certain events. Of course, Michael is not here to defend himself. Nonetheless, we believe these false and scurrilous allegations will not prevail," Weitzman said, according to Radar Online.
Check out the album stream below: