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Controversy... Teddy was not talking about that, he was hinting at his belief that MJ is still alive and in hiding. Weeks before the Oprah interview Teddy openly stated on Twitter he believed MJ was alive and was willing to be his "slave".
Eddie probably didn't know that or otherwise AGREES with him.
As much of a conspiracy as it is and that I don't believe it, I cannot deny the possibility that MJ intended on the tracks to be recorded by Jason or someone else, which is why Jason hinted at certain things on this forum. I don't think it's just the death hoaxers but many people consider MJ to be much more than what he presented, a "man behind the curtain", a man who could manipulate the media.
MJ had Kipp Lennon do his vocals for the Simpsons episode just to play a prank for his brothers. He probably would have thought it was a fun joke for his fans and to introduce them to Jason. Unfortunately it was done after he passed away and split up the fanbase.
What if the Cascio tracks existed and were released WHEN MJ was alive? What would us fans think? MJ would probably have the last laugh. Would we lash out at MJ or would we be like "ohhh I get your prank!"
Should Teddy's belief that MJ is alive and the Cascio tracks be linked? Some believers (either hoaxers or believing in the tracks) can say "Teddy can believe what he wants", but I don't know, what he says about MJ being alive - doesn't this take away from his reputation?
"Fakery" and stuff is not uncommon in the MJ impersonator realm, and it is often done WITH approval of both parties. Edward Moss, the scum who made fun of MJ while he was alive, asked Michael Firestone to record vocals for his concert. Earnest Valentino, who claims to have professional vocal training, has never sung live; in 2009 he had a background singer to sing his lead vocal while he mimed... but none of that compares to the Cascio tracks.
The Simpsons' vocalist on that song did not fool the fans despite the introduced idea that it was MJ singing the song.
As far as I am concerned, yes, when I watched the episode back then I was expecting MJ to sing it. But when I heard the first notes of the vocals on the song I was extremely disappointed. I wondered why it was not MJ singing it. Later, as Qbee mentioned it, I understood that it was linked to different contracts.
Why would he not be innocent?
It's not like he knew these songs that he and Michael worked on were going to trigger this.
Because:
-he is more than aware of the controversy
-he supports the controversy by agreeing what Teddy said: "MJ lives for it"
-his songs have triggered the split and he has no single physical proof to show that it is MJ (at one moment the controversy should stop, but it hasn't since the release of the songs!)
-even if he steps forward he will never erase his silence for over more than a yearletting the fanbase tear apart
When there is a complete absence of proof, If anything, really anything, he could have at least told anecdotes about their recordings. I have posted so many articles, videos, pictures, some kind of traces when people recorded with MJ, and he has nothing to show nor to say about 12 tracks (a full album!). Not to mention that the voice doesn't sound like MJ with that lack of husk, different timbre, different accent and extremely shaky vibrato.
Eddie's guilt is to sell those controversial songs with such an odd and unusual voice without being able to show the proof and answer be it fans questions or Joe Vogel's questions. At least with this latter he would have avoided the direct confrontation with fans' questions. But, no, he opted for silence. It is his right. But it is our right to doubt the tracks and to doubt his sincerety based on his complete silence to answer the questions.
He does not give a damn about the fan base. He sealed a deal with SONY, appeared on Oprah and that's it, bye, bye.