MikeMatronik

kanamit said:

Yes he has. He recorded "One More Chance", "Beautiful Girl", "The Way You Love Me", "We've Had Enough" and done some vocals on rap tracks for Shaq ("We Be Ballin") and Tempamental ("Gangsta"). All superb vocal performance. All of them a cut above anything he's ever done vocally. He sounded so fresh and matured on OMC, he was just beautiful (no other word to describe it) on "Beautiful Girl", and I don't think he's ever delivered as well as he did on WHE. He also did superb jobs on the couple of rap tracks he sung for, expecially "Gangsta".

Will.I.Am who is working with Michael at the moment said his voice is the best it's ever been, and that seems very probable to me. He's released a few songs over the last few years where his voice is stunning and it just seems to be getting better and better everytime we hear a new vocal performance from him. He's definately better now that he was as a kid.
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I prefer Stevie!! Mike was better as a kid! But he still has a nice voice though!!

tonyat said:

I prefer Michael. Michael has the most versatile voice of any entertainer. His voice is elastic. He can mold it into anything that he wants. I don't know what it is about his voice that is mesmerizing. He can take you to a whole other planet. I love Stevie and he was a great voice, but it is nothing "special". He sings great, but his voice doesn't affect me the way the Michael's does. Someone else said this and I agree: No one layers harmonies like MJ does. It is pure bliss to listen to his harmonies.

I dig Stevie, and I have lots of respect for him usually being in Michael's corner with media crap. (IE-Eminem's trashy video.) I also have mad respect for Stevie for being one of Michael's influences and for his talent. (Stevie is VERY talented. Enough said.)

All that being said though, I have to give this one to my boy. Michael wins for me.

On both "Just Good Friends" and "Get It" I think Michael outshines Stevie vocally. I also agree with what has been said above about Michael's current vocal work being some of his best. While "Gangsta" isn't the hottest track of 2006, it is one of the best vocally. Michael's voice is so rich on that song. (Actually it is on every song.) I think Michael has one of those voices, that if he released an album of himself literally singing the phone book, some people would love to hear it.




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Little Michael beats liitle Stevie.
Adult Stevie beats Adult Michael.

They both sound mediocre nowadays, even Stevie on wax sounds mediocre.

lilgish said:

Need I Say More?

Is it me or is the comparison out of place?

PricelessHo said:

Well, there's at least one moment where it's hard to tell them apart. In the beginning of "You Haven't Done Nothin'," there's an "ow" that could be either of them. FTR, I think it's Stevie, but I'm not totally sure.

Regardless of whom you picked, it's great that these two legends have worked together so many times:

1. You Haven't Done Nothin'
2. We Are the World
3. Get It
4. Just Good Friends

Michael has also sung a few of Stevie's songs (w/ and w/o his brothers):

5. Don't Know Why I Love You
6. Never Had a Dream Come True
7. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
8. I Can't Help It

and songs Stevie sang previously:

9. With a Child's Heart
10. Someday at Christmas
11. The Christmas Song
12. The Little Drummer Boy
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PricelessHo said:

1. You Haven't Done Nothin'
2. We Are the World
3. Get It
4. Just Good Friends

AlexdeParis said:

You can add 'All I Do' to that list (which is my favourite of their colaborations). MJ sings backing vocals.

tonyat said:

I prefer Michael. Michael has the most versatile voice of any entertainer. His voice is elastic. He can mold it into anything that he wants. I don't know what it is about his voice that is mesmerizing. He can take you to a whole other planet. I love Stevie and he was a great voice, but it is nothing "special". He sings great, but his voice doesn't affect me the way the Michael's does. Someone else said this and I agree: No one layers harmonies like MJ does. It is pure bliss to listen to his harmonies.

Definately Michael Jackson. He layers better than any other singer, he probably has the best range out of any male singer and his vocal coach puts his range up against Pavarotti. He has a very nice timbre. He's probably the most pitch-perfect pop singer ever.

Foster Sylvers!

Little Michael beats liitle Stevie.
Adult Stevie beats Adult Michael.

They both sound mediocre nowadays, even Stevie on wax sounds mediocre.