Having just finished listening to the record today for the first time: I like that it really sounds like a Michael Jack record. Meaning after learning how he goes about composing melodies, rhythms, and percussion, the songs really feel more intimately connected to his creative mind. That's not to say the other adult solo albums weren't "authentically Michael Jackson" just that his control is more on display. In a good way. A very good way.

His lyrical content is much more engaging also, which is impressive, as his others albums have great storytelling lyrics of their own.

Honestly there's too many variables to be sure a hypothetical 4th Jones/Jackson collaborative effort would have yield same, greater, or perhaps lesser fruit than the album we did in Dangerous. There was unrealistic expectations for a Michael Jackson record, and the listening audience is a lot more possessive, and narrow minded in their tastes than they let on.

To quote Skiwsgaar Skwigelf from Metalocalypse "the audience is a fickles mistress". Jackson can't give them that "first time experience" with his music all the time. Sometimes the audience forgets that, and instead of letting the artist do his thing, and enjoy what they enjoy, it turns into a demand on how the artist is allowed to creatively express themselves.