MICHAEL JACKSON - JACKSON ALBUM COLLABORATIONS CONFIRMED

JACKSON ALBUM COLLABORATIONS CONFIRMED

The manager of producer RON 'NEFF U' FEEMSTER has confirmed MICHAEL JACKSON is recording a new urban album with a host of leading names. CHARLES 'BIG CHUCK' STANTON, who is also Feemster's uncle, has backed up media reports by stating his nephew flew to the THRILLER superstar's Irish home to cut new material last month (SEP06). And Jackson, who recently parted company with his Bahrain-based record company Two Seas, has also worked on material with WILL.I.AM and TEDDY RILEY. Stanton reveals Jackson has turned his back on pop music and is developing a grittier urban sound: "(He's) ready to take over the world. "He's got some hot records. Will.I.Am did one, Teddy Riley. We're giving Michael a lot of edgy street records. He's putting melodies to some hard party records." Will.I.Am and Riley did not make the journey to Ireland, preferring to collaborate by emailing music files across the Atlantic.