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still...the press and their subtlety...i know whenever they say the last name Jackson, alone, they mean Michael..

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am i not hearing things...or..is it true that when Austin was giving shout outs to his family, on the KIIS interview, that he was the latest to leave out his grandfather?
 
Michael Jackson's nephew says music is 'not an entitlement'; prepares debut album
By Ryan Pearson (CP) – 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Over a decade ago, when Michael Jackson was working on what would become his final album, a young producer named Rodney Jerkins set up shop in the dance room of the singer's Neverland Ranch. A youngster approached Jerkins with a bold swagger.

"I'm going to work with you. We're going to work together on my album," Austin "Auggie" Brown told Jerkins, who flashed back to his own introduction to Jackson as a teenager.

"I'm looking at this 13-year-old kid and I'm seeing all this ambition and it reminded me of myself the first time I met his uncle," Jerkins recalls. "I believe that when you speak things into existence, it happens. ... I said, 'I'll be ready when you're ready.'"

Brown — the son of Jackson's older sister Maureen, known as Rebbie — is now 24, and has been working at Jerkins' Los Angeles studio for months to create his debut album, "85." He's a serious and passionate student of music and dance, with handsome, distinctively angular facial features that recall his uncle in the "Thriller" period. Surrounded by musicians in his formative years, "I was a sponge," he said.

"My brother-in-law Rex, who taught me how to produce, he would show me how to play like a Janet song or something. And then I'd go to her and be like 'Watch this!'" he said. "I wanted to learn and to learn the songs. Play the songs, and then get the reaction from playing it and show people. I wanted to figure out the music, not just be around the music."

Perhaps the only surprise is that Brown didn't enter the family business sooner.

"It was really important to me to develop," Brown said in an interview alongside Jerkins, with his mother looking on quietly. "First and foremost, music is a privilege. It's not an entitlement for me. So I wanted to get better and get to the point where I felt like I was ready. And I did it on my own. I wanted to write with my own people, meet people for myself. Really go through the grind that everyone has to go through."

To be sure, Brown first hit a stage when he was 3 at one of his mother's concerts in Japan. It was family connections that led him to talented dance coaches in Las Vegas and to Jerkins, and family connections that prompted interest from People mgazine, Access Hollywood and MTV even before the release of his first song. But Brown makes it clear that he wants to succeed based on his own talent.

"My last name is Brown. And you know, I can't help where I come from, but I love where I come from," he said.

Brown says his album will blend classic soul and 1980s pop sounds with contemporary dance beats. He cites as influences Billy Idol, George Michael, Prince and his uncle — particularly when it comes to the key ingredient in songcraft.

"My uncle, he was a stickler on that. He always told me, 'The melody. Be true to the melody. Melody is key.'" Brown said. "So that's really what we tried to do with '85.'"

Jerkins, who completed a number of additional songs with Jackson before the singer's death last year, says the rich tones of Brown's voice have been prompting more flashbacks.

"I haven't really told him this, but there have been moments where I listen to a part and it's like 'Whoa!' I get goosebumps because it just really puts me in that mindset of MJ," Jerkins said. "And that's amazing to me. Because it takes you there for a second."

Brown doesn't have a major record deal, but he has released his first song, "Target Practice," for free via his website. He expects to release his debut album next year.
 
I don't really like the song, but good luck to him anyway and maybe the next songs will be better. He is certainly talented :)
 
Moulin Rouge;3016878 said:
Michael Jackson's nephew says music is 'not an entitlement'; prepares debut album
By Ryan Pearson (CP) – 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Over a decade ago, when Michael Jackson was working on what would become his final album, a young producer named Rodney Jerkins set up shop in the dance room of the singer's Neverland Ranch. A youngster approached Jerkins with a bold swagger.

"I'm going to work with you. We're going to work together on my album," Austin "Auggie" Brown told Jerkins, who flashed back to his own introduction to Jackson as a teenager.

"I'm looking at this 13-year-old kid and I'm seeing all this ambition and it reminded me of myself the first time I met his uncle," Jerkins recalls. "I believe that when you speak things into existence, it happens. ... I said, 'I'll be ready when you're ready.'"

Brown — the son of Jackson's older sister Maureen, known as Rebbie — is now 24, and has been working at Jerkins' Los Angeles studio for months to create his debut album, "85." He's a serious and passionate student of music and dance, with handsome, distinctively angular facial features that recall his uncle in the "Thriller" period. Surrounded by musicians in his formative years, "I was a sponge," he said.

"My brother-in-law Rex, who taught me how to produce, he would show me how to play like a Janet song or something. And then I'd go to her and be like 'Watch this!'" he said. "I wanted to learn and to learn the songs. Play the songs, and then get the reaction from playing it and show people. I wanted to figure out the music, not just be around the music."

Perhaps the only surprise is that Brown didn't enter the family business sooner.

"It was really important to me to develop," Brown said in an interview alongside Jerkins, with his mother looking on quietly. "First and foremost, music is a privilege. It's not an entitlement for me. So I wanted to get better and get to the point where I felt like I was ready. And I did it on my own. I wanted to write with my own people, meet people for myself. Really go through the grind that everyone has to go through."

To be sure, Brown first hit a stage when he was 3 at one of his mother's concerts in Japan. It was family connections that led him to talented dance coaches in Las Vegas and to Jerkins, and family connections that prompted interest from People mgazine, Access Hollywood and MTV even before the release of his first song. But Brown makes it clear that he wants to succeed based on his own talent.

"My last name is Brown. And you know, I can't help where I come from, but I love where I come from," he said.

Brown says his album will blend classic soul and 1980s pop sounds with contemporary dance beats. He cites as influences Billy Idol, George Michael, Prince and his uncle — particularly when it comes to the key ingredient in songcraft.

"My uncle, he was a stickler on that. He always told me, 'The melody. Be true to the melody. Melody is key.'" Brown said. "So that's really what we tried to do with '85.'"

Jerkins, who completed a number of additional songs with Jackson before the singer's death last year, says the rich tones of Brown's voice have been prompting more flashbacks.

"I haven't really told him this, but there have been moments where I listen to a part and it's like 'Whoa!' I get goosebumps because it just really puts me in that mindset of MJ," Jerkins said. "And that's amazing to me. Because it takes you there for a second."

Brown doesn't have a major record deal, but he has released his first song, "Target Practice," for free via his website. He expects to release his debut album next year.
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article writer takes a dig at Michael's later appearance by picking out the thriller era, and emphasizing how handsome his nephew looks. it's not like the angularity of Michael ever changed.

if the writer just said, 'he looks like his uncle', it wouldn't set off so many light bulbs.
 
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article writer takes a dig at Michael's later appearance by picking out the thriller era, and emphasizing how handsome his nephew looks. it's not like the angularity of Michael ever changed.

if the writer just said, 'he looks like his uncle', it wouldn't set off so many light bulbs.
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yeah I noticed that too
 
144 said:
article writer takes a dig at Michael's later appearance by picking out the thriller era, and emphasizing how handsome his nephew looks. it's not like the angularity of Michael ever changed.

if the writer just said, 'he looks like his uncle', it wouldn't set off so many light bulbs.
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For the last 20 years or so the media always takes digs at Michael's appearance and they have no shame to hide it. To alot of people(non fans/casual fans) i have noticed that the Thriller era was the last time people referred to Michael as handsome or that they could acknowledge his looks without hesitating or feeling embarrassed. I think people focus too much on his skin color, i know it's something that stands out but Michael's features didn't change as drastically since the thriller era as the media makes it seem.
 
If Austin can't make it, with all the publicity he's enjoyed, I guess there's no hope for a second generation superstar. Until MJ's kids decide if they want to give it a shot or not.

Austin seems the most talented one in the older 2nd gen group.
 
I love the song, I downloaded it and it has really grown on me. At first I really wasn't sure. I'm willing him to succeed, good on him for going out there and trying to make it. Anyone unwilling to do that imo needs to look at themselves. Is there really any need for it? I guess I missed the part where he turned into a criminal or something.
 
I think this is music video for Target Practice?
When will the music video come out

 
AUSTIN IS EVERYWHERE!!!

All this publicity better takes him somewhere....i am shocked at all the press he's been getting ..yet he still doesn't have a major label's backing.

He was on E!news this week...Good luck Austin!!
 
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I know, Memefan, I hope it works out for him, he really does seem to be everywhere nowadays, them labels better get in line and sign him! He is MJ's nephew after all!
 
I like target practice, Austin is talented. I hope he makes it, and I hope people won't only refer to him as MJ's nephew :)
 
To he doesn't sound like MJ at all.I don't see any similar between them.To me his sounds like Lloyd the singer and Zac Efron.
 
been searching for this song and album updates can't seem to find it, is he gonna be releaasing an album soon?
 
Austin is very handsome, has a talent, but the song is not good. It does not have contemporary feel, is not hit material.
 
I guess Austin hasn't taken off like he thought he would.. The video, the appearances on MTV and Access Hollywood just didn't work. I guess maybe he should ask his auntie Janet if he could be her opening act on her theatre tour.
 
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I guess Austin hasn't taken off like he thought he would.. The video, the appearances on MTV and Access Hollywood just didn't work. I guess maybe he should ask his auntie Janet if he could be her opening act on her theatre tour.
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I know.. kinda sad though b/c he really seems to be somewhat talented compared to all the other dozens of cousins who want to sing and dance too.
It's just unfortunate but Austin's been struggling for nearly a decade, when was the first time we heard he'd be coming out and be the next best thing? I believe it was as early as 2003/4, from what I can remember him, Genevive, and Dealz been talked about since the trial years 03-05. At least Michael's death enabled him make appearances on MTV and AH, as well as the video appearances etc. But even the huge exposure failed to turn him into another Chris Brown (prior to the Rihanna beating) or Usher. Now only his lovely auntie Janet can rescue the sinking ship he's been on, for so many years. :no:
Being the opening act on Janet Jackson's theater tour would help him tremendously imo :yes:
 
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I know.. kinda sad though b/c he really seems to be somewhat talented compared to all the other dozens of cousins who want to sing and dance too.
It's just unfortunate but Austin's been struggling for nearly a decade, when was the first time we heard he'd be coming out and be the next best thing? I believe it was as early as 2003/4, from what I can remember him, Genevive, and Dealz been talked about since the trial years 03-05. At least Michael's death enabled him make appearances on MTV and AH, as well as the video appearances etc. But even the huge exposure failed to turn him into another Chris Brown (prior to the Rihanna beating) or Usher. Now only his lovely auntie Janet can rescue the sinking ship he's been on, for so many years. :no:
Being the opening act on Janet Jackson's theater tour would help him tremendously imo :yes:
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well she might as well get her brothers on her tour too because they need help. They were pressuring MJ to tour with them, so now that he's gone what else are they going to do? Janet said she would be the opening act for her brothers back in 2007-2008. We know that ain't happening now since MJ is gone, so she should help them out on her tour. Jermaine's gig in Las Vegas was a huge disaster so we know he can't fill a theatre himself.
 
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well she might as well get her brothers on her tour too because they need help. They were pressuring MJ to tour with them, so now that he's gone what else are they going to do? Janet said she would be the opening act for her brothers back in 2007-2008. We know that ain't happening now since MJ is gone, so she should help them out on her tour. Jermaine's gig in Las Vegas was a huge disaster so we know he can't fill a theatre himself.
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yeah she said it on Larry King in 08, she even named Michael saying he was not willing to do it, since she was ready to open for them then, she should be taking the surviving brothes on her tour now, I mean only one brother is missing, 5 are still here, they could easily give Austin Michael;'s part and move on imo.
 
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yeah she said it on Larry King in 08, she even named Michael saying he was not willing to do it, since she was ready to open for them then, she should be taking the surviving brothes on her tour now, I mean only one brother is missing, 5 are still here, they could easily give Austin Michael;'s part and move on imo.
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Exactly!

Mind you I would never go and see them, any of them as a matter of fact, but since she is touring she should take them with her especially her brother Randy who she loves and supports. Geniveve would love to go also.
 
I'm "thinking" that MAYBE Austin Brown should have come out more on a "Bruno Mars" type tip (playing an instrument from jumpstreet) and then he could have introduced the MJ-esque type of thing he is trying to do now.

Although I don't know that much about Bruno Mars, the little I have seen from him makes him interesting because he is trying to do something a little different then what's out there now.

I don't know, just a thought!
 
well, he missed that opportunity by pulling a Timberfake, as Mars is already out there doing his thing successfully. Unlike Brown who despite all the exposure and opportunities Michael's death brought with it, is still struggling unfortunately.
 
well watching from the video... he isnt ready to drop yet.. i can understand why though... imagine the pressure thats on him. he has to bring it or nothing else. he will not get the chances the other artist get. i also think genevive can make it w/ the right image and sound. she needs to put in work and something can probably come from it. hey, if all those other people can do it with little to no talent, why cant they???
 
chanel05 said:
well watching from the video... he isnt ready to drop yet.. i can understand why though... imagine the pressure thats on him. he has to bring it or nothing else. he will not get the chances the other artist get. i also think genevive can make it w/ the right image and sound. she needs to put in work and something can probably come from it. hey, if all those other people can do it with little to no talent, why cant they???
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You forgot one thing: She lacks talent


well watching from the video... he isnt ready to drop yet.. i can understand why though... imagine the pressure thats on him. he has to bring it or nothing else. he will not get the chances the other artist get. i also think genevive can make it w/ the right image and sound. she needs to put in work and something can probably come from it. hey, if all those other people can do it with little to no talent, why cant they???
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The 1st mistake his team made was milking the Michael connection that early in the game. His last name is not Jackson, he should have come out like Bruno Mars did...a new player. Just play up the talent.

People would have EVENTUALLY connect the dots....but by then, he might have his own following on his own talent recognition.


But noooooo...they took the yellow brick road. They wanted to start with a bang...and milking the recently dead relative was chosen as the best strategy.

I have absolutely no hope for this family...they never learn. You cannot keep doing the same ish and expect different results.

I am thinking the recent "Michael" scandal is holding him up...the industry is sick of the Jacksons (spoke recently to someone in the music biz..and I heard an earful of reproaches)


The irony will be, if ever MJ's kids end up working in the entertainment industry, they will try to stay clear of their dad's name as much as possible. Because he raised them that way.



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