Iingoma ezintsha ezingekakhutshwa ezivela ku-'King of Pop' ziza kukhutshwa kwicwecwe elitsha kwiiveki ezimbalwa njengoko kubhengezwe yinkampani yokurekhoda i-Epic Records ngoMvulo ophelileyo (31). Icwecwe elitsha liza kuthengiswa ngomhla we-13 kuCanzibe phantsi kwegama lika 'Xscape' kwaye iya kuqulatha iingoma ezisibhozo ezingakhutshwanga ezihlelwe ngendlela ebonakalayo kunye nedijithali. Le projekthi ilawulwa ngokupheleleyo ngumongameli we-Epic Records, LA Reid, owakhetha iingoma ezathi kamva zasetyenzwa liqela labavelisi abakhethiweyo, umsebenzi wabo wawukufezekisa isandi sangoku.
I-Timbaland ibe ngumlimi ophambili yeprojekthi, kwaye yasebenza kunye namanani emveliso afana noRodney Jerkins, iStargate, uJerome J-Roc Harmon kunye nomabi kaJackson, uJohn McClain, ngokwengxelo. I-LAReid yonyulwa ziindlalifa zikaJackson ukuba zibe nokufikelela okungenamkhawulo kwiirekhodi zeKing of Pop. Umphathi we-Epic wachaza kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba ukholelwa ukuba banayo. "Ubunzulu, ubunzulu kunye nobubanzi bokuzibandakanya ngokuyilayo nomsebenzi kaJackson".
'Xscape' yabhalwa ngu umichael Jackson kunye neJerkins, kwaye yaveliswa ngabo bobabini. Ingoma enesihloko, 'Xscape', yenye yeengoma ezikwicwecwe awayezirekhodwe ngumvelisi kwisitudiyo noMichael. Inguqulelo ye-deluxe ye-'Xscape' iya kuza nediski eyongezelelweyo enorekhodo lwangaphambili njengoko lurekhodiweyo ebomini yimvumi edumileyo. Zombini inguqulelo eqhelekileyo kunye nenguqulo ye-deluxe, zombini zinokugcinwa kwivenkile ye-iTunes ekwi-intanethi.