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| The name of Michael Jackson's second posthumous album will be Xscape. The executive producer, L.A. Reid, says the music on the album has been "contemporized". |
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Epic Records announced today that a new Jackson album, featuring eight "brand new" recordings mined from the late artist's archives, will be released May 13.
Called Xscape, the LP can already be preordered starting tomorrow. (And presumably this has nothing to do with April Fool's Day.)
"The title of this album honors Michael's album naming process," reads a statement posted on the label's website. "He always chose a song from the album to name his projects and, beginning with Thriller, used only one-word titles, each with an edgy quality to them. This is true of the new project."...
This is not the first posthumous studio album to come from the apparent surplus of unreleased recordings that Jackson left behind. Michael, released in 2010, sold over 1 million copies and was certified platinum in the U.S.
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