Nearly two decades after working with Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo has once again opened up about the unreleased songs they created together, revealing that he is now considering whether Jaafar Jackson or Janet Jackson could one day bring them to life.<\/p>\n
Speaking on The Zach Sang Show, the R&B singer confirmed that he still has six to eight songs written with Michael in 2008 for what was intended to be the King of Pop\u2019s comeback album following the This Is It concerts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are sitting in my archive, waiting for me to figure out what the hell I\u2019m gonna do with them,\u201d Ne-Yo said.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t a new story for longtime Michael Jackson fans. Ne-Yo has spoken in the past about collaborating with Michael, explaining that the songs were developed together rather than simply being submitted to him.<\/p>\n
According to Ne-Yo, Michael was deeply involved in the writing process, offering detailed feedback on every draft.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wrote them with me, basically. I\u2019d send him something, and he\u2019d call me and go, \u2018I really like the second verse\u2026 maybe reverse the verses.\u2019 We did that for roughly six songs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plan was for Michael to record the tracks after completing the This Is It residency in London. Tragically, his passing in June 2009 meant the songs were never recorded and have remained unheard ever since.<\/p>\n
Now, Ne-Yo says he is weighing up different possibilities. One suggestion that caught his attention was Jaafar Jackson, who portrays his uncle in the blockbuster Michael biopic.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomebody said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you give them to Jaafar?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s not a bad idea.’\u201d<\/p>\n
He also mentioned Janet Jackson as another possibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cGive them to Janet? She\u2019s still doing stuff. That\u2019s not a bad idea, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the ideas, Ne-Yo admits he remains conflicted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel right for me to put them out as mine because I wrote them for him. It doesn\u2019t necessarily feel right for me to give them to anybody else, because I wrote them for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, the songs remain locked away in Ne-Yo\u2019s archive, leaving fans to wonder if these long-lost collaborations with Michael Jackson will ever be heard. Whether they stay unreleased or eventually find a voice through a member of the Jackson family, they remain one of the many intriguing \u201cwhat if\u201d stories from the final chapter of Michael\u2019s extraordinary career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly two decades after working with Michael Jackson, Ne-Yo has once again opened up about the unreleased songs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,77849,18271,24905,153730,153731,409,42632,252749],"class_list":["post-557664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-janet-jackson","tag-michael-jackson","tag-michael-jackson-news","tag-mj-news","tag-music","tag-ne-yo","tag-this-is-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}