Izingoma ezintsha ezingakakhishwa ezivela ku'King of Pop 'zizokhishwa kwi-albhamu entsha emasontweni ambalwa njengoba kumenyezelwe yinkampani eqopha i-Epic Records ngoMsombuluko odlule (31). I-albhamu entsha izoqala ukudayiswa ngoMeyi 13 ozayo ngaphansi kwegama lika 'Xscape' futhi izoqukatha izingoma eziyisishiyagalombili ezingakhishiwe ezishicilelwe ngefomethi ebonakalayo neyedijithali. Le phrojekthi iqondiswe ngokuphelele ngumongameli we-Epic Records, u-LA Reid, okhethe izingoma ezasetshenziswa kamuva yithimba labakhiqizi abakhethiwe, umsebenzi wabo okwakuwukufeza umsindo wamanje.
UTimbaland ube ngumkhiqizi omkhulu wephrojekthi, futhi wasebenza ngokubambisana nabadlali abanjengoRodney Jerkins, Stargate, Jerome J-Roc Harmon nomphathi weJackson, uJohn McClain, ngokusho kwesitatimende. U-LAReid waqokwa yinkampani yakwaJackson ukuba abe nokufinyelela okungenamkhawulo ekurekhodweni kweKing of Pop. "Ubucayi, ukujula nobubanzi bokuzibandakanya ngokwakhayo nomsebenzi kaJackson".
'Xscape' yabhalwa ngu Michael Jackson noJerkins, futhi ekuqaleni kwakhiqizwa yibo bobabili. Ithrekhi esihloko sithi, 'Xscape', ingenye yezingoma ezikule albhamu umkhiqizi aziqophe estudiyo noMichael. Uhlobo lwe-deluxe lwe-'Xscape 'luzophinda luze ne-disc eyengeziwe ngokuqoshwa kwangempela njengoba kuqoshwe empilweni ngumculi odumile. Kokubili inguqulo ejwayelekile nenguqulo ye-deluxe, womabili angabekeka esitolo se-iTunes online.