The Michael Jackson Fan Club

(28-7-2010) Singer-songwriter, Ne-Yo says that he is torn over what to do with a collection of songs that he wrote specifically for the King of Pop. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the singer says that at the time of Jackson's death, he was sending three or four drafts a week to him for review. He talked about the songs saying,

“The songs are sitting in archives but I really don’t know what to do with them. I can’t sell them on to someone else as that would be disrespectful but I also think it might be disrespectful to bring them out myself. So I don’t know, I’ll sit on them and wait. It’s definitely quality music but they were songs written absolutely for Michael Jackson.”

He went on to talk about conversations he and Jackson had about music saying,

 “We talked about the state of music, what he liked and didn’t like. One thing that was interesting is that he views music in shapes and colours and that’s how I think. Melodic and meaningful. Those were the two words which kept coming back to me. Michael told me the melodies needed to be the ones you heard once and could sing back, and the lyrics needed to have meaning and depth. He believed what was wrong with a lot of music today is that people aren’t singing about anything. If it’s not about a party or sex then it’s about money, and there’s not really much to that. Michael told me, ‘I need songs that mean something to somebody and that’s what I need you for.’ I was honoured.”

Source: MJFC / dailytelegraph.com.au / toyaz-world.net