Deluxe or nix

I do not want to participate in the policy discussion, whether posthumous songs to be published.
That everyone can decide with buying or not buying.
I myself have seen the Xscape album by accident here on Amazon and bought more or less blind.
And I'm glad to have purchased Deluxe Edition with the demo versions of the past.

It is therefore a bit like a housewarming an apartment that someone has thoroughly renovated with an interior designer.
People who did not know the before are unbiased impressed with the modern style, while long-time friends miss the familiar.
The demo versions allow a look at the old apartment that much more personal style shows, but already faded here and there the paint, wallpaper dissolve. New visitors will disturb these externals stronger while they arouse pleasant memories for friends and create a feeling of home.

As a bonus DVD with a little over 20 minutes long interview is to "renovation".
Too bad that here too much sometimes very obscure self-justification is operated, the interesting descriptions to select the songs and the approach to the remixing come much too short.

Nice that a booklet is included, in which not only the lyrics but also their emergence are printed.

Conclusion. Apart from Blue Gangsta also I find the revisions to initial slight Befremdlichkeiten very successful. That the songs from different periods come, the compilations are a particularly varied charm.
My personal favorites are Chicago, Place With No Name, Slave to the Rhythm..schade that only 8 songs are included.