Note to Epic:

A few things. First of all. There isn't a bigger fan of Michael Jackson than me. Let's be clear. So, know that this is coming from a true fan. But...I feel like the Thriller 25 album could have been so much better. What you should have done was included all of the songs from the Thriller sessions that were originally supposed to be on the Thriller album but never made it...like "Night Line," "Hot Street," "Trouble," and the FULL VERSION of "Carousel," not the cut up version that was on the Thriller album released in 2001. Also, you should have included artists on Thriller 25 that have been most influenced by Michael Jackson. VIBE magazine recently had an article entitled "The New Jackson Five: VIBE's Favorite Mike Jack Wannabes." The list went: 5. Omarion 4. Chris Brown 3. Ne-Yo 2. Justin Timberlake 1. Usher

I mean...why weren't these people on Thriller 25? Each one could have done a cover of a track on Thriller. And they could have done videos too. Imagine Justin Timerlake doing a version of P.Y.T, or Usher doing "Lady in My Life" or Chris Brown doing a version of "Wanna Be Startin Somethin'." I mean these would be HUGE hits...and would get major play on radio, and BET, VH1, AND MTV. Not to mention the fact, that on Thriller 25, Kanye West, who usually does a great job of sampling beats from old songs and giving them new flavor TOTALLY blew it with Billie Jean. He didn't even rap on it. Is that a joke? How could he not even contribute a verse? What a joke. Why even do the song over if all you are going to do is slow it down? His song "Good Life" on his own album "Graduation" is more along the lines of what his produced version of Billie Jean could have sounded like...as he sampled MJ's "P.Y.T" song in that version but gave it new flavor and made it modern and hip. I do give props to Will I Am and Akon for their contributions and I think they did a good job with the tracks they did...P.Y.T, The Girl is Mine, and Wanna Be Startin Somethin. Craig David has a great cover version of Human Nature that can be seen on YouTube. It is AMAZING. He could have been on Thriller 25 too, so could have artists like Genuine and Missy Elliot. And I'm mad that MJ didn't show up at the Grammy's. It would have been perfect. Rihanna sang please don't stop the music "Mama Say Mama Sa Ma Cousa." Berry Gordy was in the audience and was recognized for his achievments. Will I Am was there and even played a quick snippet from Beat It while rapping over it. And Quincy Jones and Usher introduced Album of The Year. Everyone was there from Prince to Tina Turner to Aretha Franklin to the remaining Beatles (with the exception of Paul McCartney). The only person who wasn't there was Michael Jackson! What kind of promotion is that for Thriller 25? Especially after all the hype and media buzz that said he was gonna be there, creating a level of expectancy among his fans. Also...why was MJ's "Got The Hots" song only included on Thriller 25 released in Japan? Are his fans in other countries around the world not entitled to listen to that song? What kind of marketing is that...by offending fans? Epic Please hear me for your sake and ours.

By the way...What are you doing Epic/Sony Records? Do you not want to make any money/profits??? The Easiest thing you could do is release a DVD of The Jacksons 1984 Victory Tour. Let's think common sense here...math....Thriller was the greatest selling album of all time. Thriller was released in 82, but enjoyed its success in 83-84. The Victoy Tour happened in 84. That was long before the allegations of molestation...Before Vitiligo, and all the weirdness (oxygen chamber/elephant man's bones). 1984 was the height of Michael Jackson's popularity. Let's just face the facts here. He's never going to be as famous or as popular/successful as he was in 1984. So just release the DVD of that tour. Everyone wants to see it/own it. It's called supply and demand. Harvard Business School 101. Let's get real people. Release the footage, make a buck. What are you waiting for? Because...for Michael...that's as good as it's going to get. And I'm a fan.