I watched a interview recently from august 2014, it was really introspective ill refind it later but she referred to the whole project as an EP. she said some of the songs she performed with Karmin were on it, and even said SLAY (the studio version in context with the rest of the convo) was played on radio a few times. Must've been right before she got dropped aswell.
im glad we didnt get this album via epic and everything happened the way it did. LA Reid literally cannot be trusted and in 2022 we would still be begging for the full album except she would have no plans to release it properly since she already 'had that era' via an EP. I feel like she actually has a chance now to give us the full era from start to finish (minus AG) and a full cd album package. I feel like bonnie no more than anyone wants this album out, even after it all leaked she *still* wants it out just shows her dedication. I believe its been factors out of her control thats been holding this release back for as long as it has.
side note, it would b soo cool if she released a bonus disc or something like Taylor Swift did with red with re recordings of american girl, hit me up & waking up diagonal, along with 2018 version of sleepwalker. maybe a side ep or something cause I really wouldn't it to replace a deluxe but it would be a cute tack on especially if she really wants to give us everything with no limits