Here is Randy Jackson, bass player for the Jacksons and Michael Jackson’s brother, discussing MJ’s Michael album
“The family and the executors of the Estate, Branca and McLain are not on the same page. We don’t see eye to eye.
“I became suspicious about the album, when I heard when armed guards were involved since my brother’s passing, may he rest in peace.
“John McClain insisted that no family members were allowed at his studio where the project was being completed. My first thought was, what are they trying to hide?
“Like AEG, they were cutting deals with the Estate before I could get my brother in the ground. May he rest in peace. I invited McClain to the burial, ironically, he didn’t show up. Neither of the executors didn’t show up to pay their respects. Maybe they were too busy getting deals done.”
“After this Sony deal was inked, McClain went to work putting together the first album. Calling all over the place looking for music with my brother’s voice on it, from what I heard, he didn’t care about the quality or how complete the vocals were.
“I found this to be very interesting. Why would Sony sign a 10 album deal over a period of seven years and McClain couldn’t find enough product for one album.
“Some of the songs are him, and some aren’t. I would bet my life on that.
“But what’s worse than harsh is that my brother isn’t here, and all these people are more concerned about making money off his death.”
As Deep Throat once put it: follow the money.
Everything Randy says might well be true, but if they used him for a handful off bass parts and ponied up $500K he wouldn’t have said it.