No grade. Fails class due to cheating
Haha, That was hilarious!!
1. Album artwork: D
Not a fan of the album artwork, Hey Im happy they didn't use the generic Black Or White pose image, But I don't like the album artwork, Bonus points though for putting effort into it...
2. Album production:C
Copied and pasted adlibs, An entire bridge created after Michael died, with no permission or direction from Michael prior to his death, Three questionable songs with poor instrumentation, Lenny's deplorable new mix of Another Day, not very happy. The album production saves itself with a brilliant production of Best Of Joy, Thanks to Michael and Neff U, The added Saxophone evident in Behind The Mask, and added vocals by Michael in Hold My Hand, These four gem's definitely save the album production from hitting an F!
3. Album promotion: D
Terrible album promotion. We aren't asking Sony to build more statues of Michael and float them down the Thame's river, But at least some effort with extra advertisements reaching the TV, Radio, Extra Billboards and posters, Its no wonder in places like Australia, where promotion was almost non existent, that the album was slaughtered in the charts!
4. Song selection:C
The deciding factor that lead to me NOT buying the "Michael" album I was excitedly anticipating was the inclusion of the Cascio Tracks On Michael. I have my views on these songs, which has greatly diminished my love and admiration for project "Michael." Sure the Estate definitely got it right by including radio friendly tracks like Hold My Hand, and stellar incredible gems such as Behind The Mask, Best Of Joy and save for one, not releasing any all ready fully leaked tracks. In Theory, Another Day was an excellent choice for "Michael" had Lenny not changed the track. But with the inclusion of the already released "The Way You Love Me" and the Cascio Tracks, Instead of getting an A, Song Selection gets a C...
5. Song quality: C
Song Quality however is impressive with Best Of Joy, Behind The Mask, and even Hold My Hand, all in my Top 100 Greatest Michael Jackson songs, while the grade suffers with cringe inducing track's like Breaking News and Monster, and the below par recent Mix of Another Day
Overall Grade: C