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“Shout”

Date confirmed by E! News (archived) (“recorded in the fall of 2001”)

Samuel "Cyph" Hoskins, co-writer, “E! News” (June 29, 2009) (archived)

E! News has obtained the King of Pop's recording of "Shout"—the first of what will likely be a slew of posthumous recordings unearthed in the next few years.

The tune, which puts a distinctive Jackson twist on the Isley Brothers' seminal 1959 hit, was cowritten by the New Jersey-based team of Samuel "Cyph" Hoskins and Carmen Lampson and recorded in the fall of 2001 at Sony Recording Studios in New York City, but was never released.

After the recording was done, we could see him dancing to the song. He really was feeling that record, but, unfortunately, the record got railroaded by politics within the album and the dispute between M.J. and Tommy [Mottola], so it got released as a maxi single to R. Kelly's "Cry." No one's heard "Shout" in the U.S.

Carmen Lampson, co-writer and backing vocalist, “Lost-&-Found” interview (November 13, 2010) (archived)

Working with Michael was truly a blessing, the best thing that ever happened to me... I have been a fan of his since I was 9, so to hear him sing a song that I helped create was more than anyone could have ever dreamed of...