estelle81 said:

Thanks. The last thing I wanna do is upset someone which is why I posted "for those interested". Honestly, if Boyz II Men weren't on it I think I may have passed it by too. But they did a good job with "One Sweet Day" and that's what I was expecting. I'm not gonna say it's terrible but MJ does deserve better for sure.

dannyd5050 said:

I adore 'One Sweet Day' and 'Colors of Love' so I can't stay mad at Boyz II Men because I think they are phenomenal, but Diddy That dude will do anything for publicity and I'm sick of his face. This is the song I'm dedicating to him, Chris, and all those media douchebags who choose to focus on the negative aspects of his life more than the positive ones:

Maybe Stevie will do a tribute. I'm sure it will be a million times better than that rushed together mess.

dannyd5050 said:

No shade, Danny, you were just the messenger.

JackieBlue said:

Thank you. What a rush job. I'll wait on something that feels inspired. When I read this I was like, damn, did the family release a statement yet even?

And yes, Chris Brown fans are totally campaigning for him to now be the "next Michael Jackson" or "closest thing to Michael Jackson!!" so he can perform a tribute at tomorrow's BET Awards and have "a big comeback." As if Chris Brown is this next generation's MJ. LMAO!!!
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bettybop said:

I rather risk having Corey Feldman as THE official MJ clone than Chris "Lil Ike" Brown.

TonyVanDam said:

Oh no I was hoping to escape that name.

That dude needs to keep Michael's name off his mouth.
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Timmy84 said:

BTW, that was a joke! I'm surprise that you didn't see the sarcasm.

Timmy84 said:

diana's missing you? Everytime I sang that, though it's for marvin, I always thought of michael. I performed it a few months ago and sang better than ever in public, and I usually don't like what I do. And it's scary, but I'm watching myself and thinking of michael the whole time.

Diddy is always on it huh? It was such a turn off when he took The police Missing you song and turn it to a ego trip.

Dancing or diddy-boping as we like to call it in the video. And Chris, Am i the only person who thinks he can't sing

TonyVanDam said:

No I got it. I was just saying.

Awful shit. They should be embarrassed. Though not really, I guess - it's no worse than the other dreck they put out.

How can you guys distinguish between rappers, I think all of them have the same voice (tone)

seeingvoices12 said:

Personally, I have no problem telling who's who on a collaboration rap track. I can always tell when Ludacris is on a song because he has such a distinct rapping voice and style (love him )...same goes for Eminem, Dr. Dre, Common, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg (I think anyone would know Snoop), Lil Wayne, and yes, even Diddy's wack ass (mostly because he usually sucks). I don't know how I can distinguish who is who really, because I don't really buy or listen to alot of rap, but it's just not hard for me to distinguish who is on a track before I hear the names mentioned. It's an enigma really.

JackieBlue said:

I think that's why I'm soo offended and disgusted by this. It may be a free download, but they are also getting free publicity, which in this day and age, can be worth millions in itself at some point. The fact that it's such a rush job is something else that pisses me off. Do they not know anything about Michael Jackson? Michael never rushed anything that he did when it came to his music. His music videos alone were not half-ass production, like this drivel, so it's really insulting that they wouldn't consider that when they decided to head into the studio to 'pay tribute' to a fallen icon. Completely uncalled for and unacceptable to me.

If they had made a video like Aaliyah's 'I Miss You' or Luther's 'Dance With My Father', I would have no problem praising and respecting them, but they had to get their ego's stroked I guess and be pompous, arrogent jerks. I really couldn't stand Beyonce and Daddy Knowles back in the day but then they did the 'Dance With My Father' video. After they did that enchanting father/daughter dance in the video, I respected them soo much. She didn't sing and they both looked so humble and beautiful together that it touched my heart so much that I called my dad during the video's premiere and told him how much I loved him while crying at the same time. They got my respect for that and I can never completely hate either of them because of that video. This song lacks humility, which is what Michael always seemed to exude to me and it's sad that they didn't think about that before jumping the gun and doing this. Michael deserved soo much better than this. Just my

Oh Lord, these shit hoppers are trying to get some publicity for themselves. If they really want to honor Michael, they need to get the hell out of the way and let somebody with some musical talent make a jam. It's because of shit hop trash like them, that Michael and so many others that actaully know how to throwdown aren't on top any more.

seeingvoices12 said:

Does it matter?!

Timmy84 said:

I was actually at Spin.com looking for more info on the Purple Rain edition when I came across it...

alphastreet said:

Diana's "Missing You".

Good for you!

dannyd5050 said:

Yeah you're safe.

But as for where you got it from, I should've known. I didn't read the blog I saw this but apparently they said the tribute song keeps getting downloaded. Yuck.

vainandy said:

If that's the case, the whole damn studio would be very empty.

TonyVanDam said:

I am afraid to listen. Is it that bad?

I actually liked the song in a way....it gets me very sad in parts, but then anything can related to Mike at the moment. However, I seem to be the only one who likes it, which worries me....I don't mind that it is a rap song, and listening to it musically strikes a sad chord in me automatically.

One thing I don’t get is why Chris Brown is on it, with all his legal problems - who would want a tribute song, whether official or not, involve an artist with obvious and high-profile legal trouble, especially of the kind that Brown has. This is further compounded by the fact that Chris Brown did the MJ tribute in the past - I don’t like how the media cold use that as further negative fodder as they compare MJ and Chris Brown (not that they should be compared mind you).

As for The Game, and P Diddy- were they close to MJ at all? and 50 cent? However, I realise that is not important, as so few fans will have met MJ and are nevertheless heart-broken, and so, it is quite reasonable that the same can and does occur with pop stars who never met him.

I think refs to "Puff" and "50" in the song are not needed.

and why the reference to Outkast's Miss Jackson?

I don't mind Diddy/ talk/rap, but, whilst it's not terrific, but not terrible, bit cheesy maybe.

Now, what I do like are certain comments, namely:


"I'm Michael Jackson, you're Michael Jackson, everybody Michael Jackson...I guess what I'm asking is everybody bow for a legend"

"MJ was my nig**r, not the one with the ball but the Hollywood star"

"this is the song that the angels cry, look up in the sky and I wonder why, why you had to go, go and now it's better on the other side....chosen from the start....I’m never gonna let you go"

Maybe any tribute song will get me going at the moment....

On another note - please please no official tribute song from Beyonce...

Gibson9000 said:

Your description of the song just makes me cover my ears even more.

Timmy84 said:

No it doesn't ,cause quite frankly Im not into this shit, But I just wanted to know. I think they are all the same.

Timmy84 said:

even more concerned that Im the only one who does not hate it....!

I think any tribute song with any of the words angels/greatest/michael/jackson/michael jackson will get me close to tears right now. It must be that, because I usually have little time for Chris Brown and Big Puff. Still like ths song grrr....

Gibson9000 said:

But "Michael Jackson is my n****r"? Really?

Timmy84 said:

Unneccessary, and perhaps offensive term too - agreed.
I realise no-one else likes it so I shall shut up about this one now.

I will go and watch my dangerous dvd instead. I used to have a video tape of that, Watched it most days for years while i was growing up. wore that tape right out.
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Gibson9000 said:

That's better.