Humanity is the canceled seventeenth studio album by American band The Jacksons. It was supposed to serve as the group's reunion album and was worked on in the late 1990s. The project was never released, and it was scrapped for unknown reasons.
Background[]
In 1984, it was announced by Michael Jackson during the last show of the Victory Tour that he was gonna leave The Jacksons and not come back. The group last played live at a concert in 1989 during a brief promotional tour for 2300 Jackson Street. After finishing it, the group went into a hiatus, staying completely silent for the next six years.
In 1995, plans for reunion began, and right around the release of Michael's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album, on June 16 he and Jermaine Jackson signed a contract for a new album from the group, titled Humanity.[1]
The brothers would supposedly work on the album for years to come. In a 1999 interview with Liberty Radio, Michael listed the album among the things he was working on at the time. He specifically mentioned that he did "three cuts" for the Jacksons, most likely referring to outtakes.[2]
Unfortunately, the album was completely shelved for unknown reasons, and to this day it has stay unreleased and is likely to never see the light of day. It's also unknown what state the production was in, and it may be, that no songs were even recorded other than the three aforementioned outtakes Jackson did. It's presumed however, that Humanity could've been canceled simply due to Michael being busy with other projects, such as the production of Invincible, and shortly before that, the production of the remix album, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. It's important to note however, that the group eventually reunited in 2001 for the 30th Anniversary Celebration show, and after Michael's passing.
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