XSCAPE BY MICHAEL JACKSON FIRST LISTEN + ALBUM REVIEW 

in December of 2004, Michael released a collection of hits throughout his career called "The Ultimate Collection". it was a 4 CD collection with both his number 1 hits and rare, unreleased tracks like "Someone Put Your Hand Out", "Sunset Driver", "In The Back", "Money Business", "On The Line", "We Are Here To Change The World" and several more. the collection also had a fifth disc, a DVD of a HBO broadcast of an entire concert from his 1992 Dangerous World Tour. it was the last album Michael released to the public.

I love this album. It doesn’t feel completely right, knowing that MJ didn’t have the final say in all of the production, but I still feel grateful to have been given a little bit more of his magic after he passed. I have SO enjoyed going through his albums with you, as a “new” fan and enjoying your reactions as someone who has heard all of his tracks countless times ❤️ Can’t WAIT for the music videos!! Or, short films as MJ would say 🥰

There’s rumours that a third posthumous album will be released 🤞🏻 I hope so. It might even come out this year since it’s the 50th anniversary of Michael’s solo career

Track listings: Love never felt so good - 2:34 Love never felt so good (ft. Justin Timberlake) - 4:38 Chicago - 6:12 Chicago (Original) - 10:18 Love never felt so good (Original) - 10:57 Loving you - 11:58 Loving you (Original) - 14:19 A place with no name - 15:07 A place with no name (Original) - 17:26 Slave to the rhythm - 18:22 Slave to the rhythm (ft. Justin Bieber) - 20:00 Slave to the rhythm (Original) - 22:16 Do you know where your children are - 22:51 Do you know where your children are (Original) - 26:00 Blue gangster - 26:36 Blue gangster (Original) - 28:06 Xscape - 28:48 Xscape (Original) - 31:29

Ps. When you get to the Man in the Mirror video, PLEASE watch the Moonwalker version!! It’s incredible.

Michael would've loved this album. That's my belief. He would've hated "Michael" though LOL. The production doesn't even compare. As usual, it does give me a slightly bad feeling that he didn't get a say in this but after hearing this album, it's clear to me that they tried to put respect on his name in every possible way (unlike "Michael" which seemed to deliberately disrespect him in every possible way...) and I think Michael would've really appreciated and loved Xscape. Some people want to say "well he didn't put these songs on his albums for a reason" but actually when you read the backgrounds for every album, he always wanted to include every single song but it wasn't always realistic. Especially when he worked with Quincy Jones on Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad, he was particularly upset at how short the albums were and wished he could include at least a few more songs on each. He originally intended Bad to be a triple LP (that's at least 30 songs in total) but Quincy convinced him to cut it down and make it like Off the Wall and Thriller. Quincy also convinced him to cut Leave Me Alone to make 10 tracks but Michael later reissued Bad to include Leave Me Alone. But wow so if there's at least 30 finished songs for Bad, 11 of them made the cut, 10 of them appeared on Bad 25, 2 appeared on Xscape, there are still at least like 7 songs from the Bad sessions that need to be released. A similar thing happened with Invincible where he wanted to make it a double album and that's at least 15 tracks on each disc, again making at least 30 songs in total. I suppose because his albums had followed a pattern at this point, that he realized he couldn't ruin it, but that's just my speculation. Again we got 16 songs on Invincible, 3 Invincible songs appeared on Michael and 4 appeared on Xscape, I wonder what else is missing from those sessions. And all of the other sessions from other eras in general. Sigh. But yeah I think this is an amazing solid album and the production blew me away when I first heard it. It actually makes top 5 Michael Jackson albums for me. It's just that good.

I prefer the solo version for both the original and the mix version of Love Never Felt So Good. Just to hear Michael sing that with his full voice just sounds amazing! Also, the original is really stripped back and acoustic which makes it so beautiful. I feel like they actually gave this album some thought, and definitely continued Michael's legacy through it. There are loads of good songs on this. Love Never Felt So Good, Chicago and Loving You, are my favs. Both the originals and mixes. I hope there's another album coming soon 🤞🏼

A handsome man - Michael, a handsome soul, inside. There is so much meaning, beauty, sadness and pain in his work, music, songs, that sometimes tears come to his eyes. Either these are tears of admiration for the talent of the singer, or deep sympathy for him. Pure voice , pure , kind , loving heart . His English speech is very pleasant to listen to. It feels like he was ready to embrace the whole world, but this world relentlessly pushed him away, writing unthinkable rumors, striking with his cruelty ... Thanks to the author! There would be more of these!

Wow! I loove your channel and I have seen all your MJ reactions. Much love from Colombia. ❤️

Thank you for all your michael jackson Album reactions... i realy enjoyed watching Them... and i really loved your opinins... Im now 40j old and michael fan since 30 years... so i appreciate your time and work 4 your Videos... Can't wait Til sunday.. you will love michaels short films...

It's my birthday today. Thank you for the video. On to the visuals.

Excited for you react to Michael Jackson music videos

excited for the music video journey 😍 could u do the jacksons discography next?

Also, I'm so glad you like this album ❤️ lol. It's 🔥🔥. Michael was a perfectionist, he wasn't really happy with anything that he released, he always wanted it to be on point and perfect, I think if the fans really like it then he would have liked it too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ But honey, Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson... Nah. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

There was also a rock version of Chicago (Titled "She Was Loving Me") that never made it onto the album, in your free time you should check it out, it's a great version of the song. Also, great review/video btw. :)

You can check the 2010 Slave To The Rhythm version on RU-vid, btw is my favourite version of the song as it was the first version I listened to back in 2010's

Great reaction 🎵 Xscape is too good! *its also my channel name* 😂🙈

Chicago is def about Lisa, she left her husband for Michael

I truly love all of the og versions and just Chicago & love never felt so good with jt from the remixed versions

In 2004 Michael Jackson released an Ultimate Collection Box, with 4 cd's, with many rare and unreleased tracks, you should really take time to listen to these songs as well. Really like your reactions👍

There still is a other album you can listen too kinda there is a ultimate collection box set with new songs and demos released 2004 you can find it on youtube

Just bought it! I agree!

I haven’t seen the whole video yet so I don’t know if you change your mind or not but you really should have listened to the original versions rather than the remixes

I love Blue gangster

The estate did a much better job compiling this album than “Michael” that’s for sure, and focused on finding the best tracks they could, as well as finally releasing some fan favorite leaks such as Xscape and Blue Gangsta. Love Never Felt So Good, the album solo version, is one of my all time favorite MJ songs. It’s breezy, fun, and groovy, all classic MJ hallmarks. I also love the original version of Slave to the Rhythm, it’s a total bop. There’s another unreleased version of Do You Know Where You’re Children Are that is better than either version on this album, but it’s a great song in all three forms. I really love this album. The estate and Sony got this one right. Having the new versions and the originals was a fantastic idea and exactly what they should have done with “Michael”.

I love "place with no name" really good song

The verse about the women in Xscape can apply to both Diana & Lisa

A place with no name tHe one with the synth beat sounded similar to his 1989 Leave Me Alone

Please go back and listen through The Jackson 5’s albums and The Jacksons’ albums

I like the demos

Justin Timberlake? No, thanks... I wish they had used BRUNO MARS instead, Bruno is a much more capable singer and his covers of Michael are quite impressive, he even does Dirty Diana!! BTW there´s an official unreleased version with JUSTIN BIEBER singing SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM, so yes.. the 2 justins are officially on a Michael album. You guessed it right. XDDD

Would you do the Jackson’s albums reactions

Jesse, have you heard Silk Sonic "Leave The Door Open"? Can you react to it?

Are you going to react to his music videos

Please react to Michael Jackson's Full Dangerous tour concert live in Bucharest

I have this album since 2014 and I have only listened to the original versions, with the exception of the remixes of Slave To The Rhythm and Blue Gangsta. And I only listened to the remixed version of Slave To The Rhythm, which I enjoy as much as the original versions of each song. I just don't like the remixes at all, with Do You Know Where Your Children Are and Blue Gangsta being my least favorites. A shame we don't share the opinions about the original versions, because I do enjoy those a lot.

The Xscape album from 2014 is in my opinion better than the Michael album from 2010. I like the 2010 album but I feel like it’s not as polished as the 2014 album.

Love never felt so good was recorded in 1980

Loving you is the best one i think

I think Chicago is about Lisa Marie Presley, think about the story

MJ alive, he Xscaped the public eye for 12 years and he's coming back dude.

Bro you have to react to his Concerts in order to really fully comprehend the mass appeal of what was Michael Jackson.. Him & his record label only released one official concert DVD & it's some of the most amazing footage you'll ever see of an entertainer performing. I highly suggest reacting to just that concert seeing as Jackson gave his approval of its release in 1993 for HBO & in 2001 as a Sony official DVD. Its been uploaded to his official channel in its entirety, so if you ever wanna give it a reaction.. Please do, Will all be watching right along with ya. Thanks in advance👏👏👏👏 Link to Concert: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hxgo-Qu-ZZE.html

I like hearing his demos but I feel like obviously there was a reason why MJ never released those songs, because they're not up to his standards. I feel like releasig these is nice for the fans but it kinda pulls down his legacy in terms of the quality of his music from his official albums.

You can tell that the original versions sound kinda unfinished. Chicago was definetly not done. There is an other demo on youtube with some additional percussion.

You sound sick. If you are hope you feel better

The Billboard performance was just wrong. It looked weird. It felt weird. Having a holographic Michael Jackson comprised of archival footage made him look like a marionette puppet. It was just wrong.