I'm believing them because
#1 The idea of Sony/Estate releasing fake songs sounds insane (No offense to anyone).
You know what I call insane? Bombing Iraq and killing hundreds of thousands innocent people including children under the pretext made by the officials that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. After killing a sea of people those very same officials came forward to say "oops we were wrong, there are no weapons of mass destruction, sorry".
You think, SONY or anyone else couldn't use the same excuse with this isnignificant scenario with some trivial songs to the public "oops, sorry, we didn't know"?
#2 Sony and the Michael Jackson estate have claimed they have evidence that the songs are in fact performed by Michael Jackson (Something they would not say unless they were right because it could bite them in the ass if it was a lie).
The so called evidence might be presentable to the court of law, but as you don't see a single written report of that evidence you don't even know how strong that evidence is and if it wouldn't be questionable.
Tom Sneddon (an official) had claimed he had strong evidence, witnesses and what not, yet he failed big time, because his so called evidence backfired when it was questioned in court of law.
#3 Many producers who worked with Michael Jackson for over 20 years were invited to a listening session and they confirmed that the lead vocals are by Michael Jackson (If those producers would have not said that they would have come up and said otherwise publicly).
If you ignore all those who disagreed to have recognized MJ's voice, then yes. But Adki, open your eyes, not all of them agreed they heard MJ. By the way, if they had had that strong evidence they wouldn't have even needed to have a listening session at all!
Where are the outtakes? Where is the worktape? At least a picture? A video? Handwritten notes or anotations? Where is all the material that has been used to create those songs?
If they had had all that they would have shown all these pieces during that listening session. But apparently they had only their ears to rely on and what Eddie claimed.
#4 The songs sound like vintage Michael Jackson.
Of course. Melodies ripped off from previous songs do sound indeed vintage MJ. So, only because they used some samples and melodies from previous songs I should accept them as genuine?
#5 The Cascio family would not turn around and stab MJ in the back when they had the chance before for a lot more $$$ when he was alive and they didn't.
They did not have a chance when he was alive. MJ didn't do anything wrong when he was alive. The Cascio family cannot be compared to the Chandlers or Avrizos. Yet, as I said earlier, although the motive can be the same --> MONEY and fame, it doesn't mean that the ways to obtain those are the same. Some people backstabbed MJ when he was alive or simply turned their back on him (like Madonna said at the music awards) and some people try to collect the money thanks to the fact that they closely knew MJ when he was alive.
The fact that the Cascios didn't try to get the money from MJ when he was alive gave Eddie even more credibility when he claimed to have songs sung by MJ. If Eddie has nothing to hide, then he should accept the consequences of his action and come forward to answer MJ fans' questions. Not on Oprah, but on a MJ fan board. To all questions, not only the pointless and selected ones.
As far as the Estate and SONY goes, they should tell the names of the forensics, so we can check their credentials and publish their entire report. Call them back and compare the Cascio singer's voice with the one that is suspected.