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What follows is email traffic between Jesse Johnson (musician, guitarist) & Lauren Cardini (Vice Pres of Epic Publicity):
MICHAEL JACKSON featuring DANGELO + MARY J. BLIGE
"HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME"
My opinion for what's its worth, they really made a mistake by not including this track on the album.
Hopefully some day it will see the light of day. Peace, Jesse
Lauren Ceradini wrote:
Guys who is Jesse Johnson who is tweeting about D'Angelo, Mary J and Questlove being on the album. Can we have this removed?
complex.com/music/2014/03/michael-jackson-xscape-album
Lauren Ceradini
Epic Records
Vice President, Publicity
(Jesse's email response to Lauren's email)
Hello Lauren,
May I ask you: "Who are you???? An employee at a Epic Records? JesseJohnson.com is some what who I am.
Lets see, who am I? I written a few "HIT SONGS", I'm Grammy nominated recording artist/producer, I've been instrumental in selling millions of
albums, and by the way; "I'm the guy that help to put this Michael & D'Angelo project together. Unbeknownst to me, I wasn't aware
that I was an employee (underling) of yours, nor was I aware that you possessed complete control over what I can and cannot say (I Thought
Slavery Was Abolished), but I guess indentured servitude is the tradition of the majors labels for which you serve and represent.
Please send me a company memo regarding guidelines to your company's civil rights laws, or better yet how they pertain to me. I can
already tell that you, LAUREN as an agent for EPIC RECORDS, could care less about us minions, but I did record and play all the guitars on this
track. (Right, I know, as if that matters to you or yours!)
Have a great day Lauren.
Respectfully,
Jesse Johnson (aka: Mr. NoOne or Nobody depending on the situation. (I am ok with either
(Lauren's response)
On Apr 5, 2014, at 7:11 AM, wrote:
Obviously it's not difficult to find out who I am since you were able to track me down. My job is to put out accurate information to the
public regarding projects on Epic Records. Unfortunately, you are putting out false information to the public regarding the new Michael
Jackson album Xscape. I'm sure it wasn't your intention to mislead the public on who was on the album however, that's why my job exists, to
accurately report to the public. Thanks for your understanding.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Jesse's response to Lauren's email:
April 5 2014 at 7:54am
What I Wrote Is 100% Accurate!
I didn't track you down, your email was forwarded to me by persons you sent it to inquiring about who am I!
As far as I'm concern, we did finish the song titled "Hot Fun In The Summertime" (Sly & The Family Stones's) for the release. Whether it
makes your release is not my concern. What I wrote is 100% accurate and factual non the less.
Respectfully,
Jesse Johnson
........................................radio silence..........................!
Dear Lovers of Fine Music,
The track is very, very nice. Too bad egos of the non-music making folks are what the decisions seem to be based on. Because D nor I
really jelled with the executive producer.
facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan?fref=nf
He further commented:
Hopefully it will get leaked. I don't have a copy or I would have posted it right here and now! LovePeace, Jesse
((Could a mod please edit my Typo in the name of the thread. Thank You!))
MICHAEL JACKSON featuring DANGELO + MARY J. BLIGE
"HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME"
My opinion for what's its worth, they really made a mistake by not including this track on the album.
Hopefully some day it will see the light of day. Peace, Jesse
Lauren Ceradini wrote:
Guys who is Jesse Johnson who is tweeting about D'Angelo, Mary J and Questlove being on the album. Can we have this removed?
complex.com/music/2014/03/michael-jackson-xscape-album
Lauren Ceradini
Epic Records
Vice President, Publicity
(Jesse's email response to Lauren's email)
Hello Lauren,
May I ask you: "Who are you???? An employee at a Epic Records? JesseJohnson.com is some what who I am.
Lets see, who am I? I written a few "HIT SONGS", I'm Grammy nominated recording artist/producer, I've been instrumental in selling millions of
albums, and by the way; "I'm the guy that help to put this Michael & D'Angelo project together. Unbeknownst to me, I wasn't aware
that I was an employee (underling) of yours, nor was I aware that you possessed complete control over what I can and cannot say (I Thought
Slavery Was Abolished), but I guess indentured servitude is the tradition of the majors labels for which you serve and represent.
Please send me a company memo regarding guidelines to your company's civil rights laws, or better yet how they pertain to me. I can
already tell that you, LAUREN as an agent for EPIC RECORDS, could care less about us minions, but I did record and play all the guitars on this
track. (Right, I know, as if that matters to you or yours!)
Have a great day Lauren.
Respectfully,
Jesse Johnson (aka: Mr. NoOne or Nobody depending on the situation. (I am ok with either
(Lauren's response)
On Apr 5, 2014, at 7:11 AM, wrote:
Obviously it's not difficult to find out who I am since you were able to track me down. My job is to put out accurate information to the
public regarding projects on Epic Records. Unfortunately, you are putting out false information to the public regarding the new Michael
Jackson album Xscape. I'm sure it wasn't your intention to mislead the public on who was on the album however, that's why my job exists, to
accurately report to the public. Thanks for your understanding.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
Jesse's response to Lauren's email:
April 5 2014 at 7:54am
What I Wrote Is 100% Accurate!
I didn't track you down, your email was forwarded to me by persons you sent it to inquiring about who am I!
As far as I'm concern, we did finish the song titled "Hot Fun In The Summertime" (Sly & The Family Stones's) for the release. Whether it
makes your release is not my concern. What I wrote is 100% accurate and factual non the less.
Respectfully,
Jesse Johnson
........................................radio silence..........................!
Dear Lovers of Fine Music,
The track is very, very nice. Too bad egos of the non-music making folks are what the decisions seem to be based on. Because D nor I
really jelled with the executive producer.
facebook.com/JesseJohnsonfan?fref=nf
He further commented:
Hopefully it will get leaked. I don't have a copy or I would have posted it right here and now! LovePeace, Jesse
((Could a mod please edit my Typo in the name of the thread. Thank You!))
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