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Listen To This: Just Close Your Eyes

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Once upon a time, we didn't think of Michael Jackson as a freak or a potential pedophile.

Back in the day, he was one of the best musicians of all time. Way back in the day!

Now, MJ has re-recorded Thriller, the best selling album of all time, for its 25th anniversary with some "contemporary" artists.

Some of the songs are hit or miss, but Akon's take on Wannabe Startin' Something is KILLER.

Enjoy it below!
Posted: January 27, 2008 at 3:28 pm

348 comments to “Listen To This: Just Close Your Eyes”

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  1. a.hops says – reply to this


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    FIRST!!!

  2. channy says – reply to this


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    whats up!!! first

  3. christinaaaa666 says – reply to this


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    FIRST!

  4. john says – reply to this


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    first

  5. christinaaaa666 says – reply to this


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    damn you a.hops

  6. Angie says – reply to this


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    FIRSTTTT

  7. fuckyou says – reply to this


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    hot

  8. John says – reply to this


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    FORGET THAT! THAT VERSION SUCKS! THE ORIGINAL IS SO MUCH BETTER. EVEN RIHANNA'S IS BETTER

  9. nice says – reply to this


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    first?

    23rd??

    nice tho… better than most akon i hear lol

  10. eismur says – reply to this


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    First!

  11. sani says – reply to this


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    FIRST

  12. bigdickboy says – reply to this


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    what a fuck up,,but i would still fuck his asshole!!

  13. Michele from ATL says – reply to this


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    I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *first*

  14. james says – reply to this


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    its alright!

  15. P. says – reply to this


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    I agree…it's a great version, and as always Michael….what a pity

  16. & says – reply to this


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    Wow….interesting!!!

  17. perez says – reply to this


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    18TH!!!!!!!!!

  18. me says – reply to this


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    first!!

  19. wei says – reply to this


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    First!

  20. kd says – reply to this


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    first

  21. perez says – reply to this


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    damn did yall see that shit, i guessed 18th and i was 17th. can i get some props for that.

  22. Chilly Willy says – reply to this


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    I KNEW MICHEAL JACKSON WHEN I WAS IN PUBERTY. WE HAD FUN UNTIL SOME KID OPENED HIS MOUTH. NOW MICHEALICIOUS LIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NOW I HAVE TO TOUCH MY OWN WEE WEE

  23. laurena says – reply to this


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    FARTSSSS

  24. LizzieHead says – reply to this


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    I heard this on the radio a couple weeks ago & was so excited, awesomeness.

  25. allyson says – reply to this


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    Oh my god… that song is AMAZING… and I hate that asshole

  26. EmilyRose says – reply to this


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    FIRST! Really good song!

  27. amanda g says – reply to this


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    idk its ok but i dont love it

  28. julila says – reply to this


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    blah.

  29. Tom says – reply to this


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    awesome!

  30. Kill this song! says – reply to this


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    This is killer? What the fuck?

  31. E says – reply to this


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    that song sucks! why does Akon always have to say "convict" in his songs? that isn't something to be proud of.

  32. Christopher Hamilton says – reply to this


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    I've got to say this …. real talk…that version of the song is the shit. You can't deny that this is a good song. Keep singing Michael, it will make you money and keep you out of trouble. You don't need all the free time on your hands.

  33. Molly says – reply to this


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    First

  34. bb says – reply to this


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    1st

  35. t says – reply to this


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    I like this…..he's got a clearer voice and doesn't make those stupid …shimowa….sounds!!

  36. The Kitty In The Tittys says – reply to this


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    Nice 8/10

  37. ron says – reply to this


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    first bitches. song is hot

  38. Saxlerod says – reply to this


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    My question is why? Peeps want to hear Michael starting something!

  39. eirinn says – reply to this


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    MICHAEL JACKSON SHOULD NOT BE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY…HE'S A CHILD RAPIST PERVERT AND HIS CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE FORERVER MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND SCARRED! HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THIS PERVERT!?

  40. cheerioko says – reply to this


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    I really really like it. I hope some of this stuff makes radioi. MJ used to awesome. So sad.

  41. costamesaboy says – reply to this


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    __________________sick piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!

  42. dumbblack says – reply to this


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    Just another nig nig tryin to sound like Michael who is now a transexual nig nig freak nasty xfiles looking creature…. no one cares what black people do or say. they are all dumb as rocks and should be shiped back to Africa. They just rape people and kill. No one wants them at all. They are all in jail mostly anyway and they are loud and dumb. On food stamps. Blaming the whites. They are racist and boo hoo you should be fired jesse jackson types for any little thing a white person says…. fuck you just fuck you jesse jackson and Al sharpton. you CREATE racist!

  43. shutup says – reply to this


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    God perez you fat fucking bastard. You have such a crappy taste!!
    You like that little dick? sounds like a cat being raped. IDK lately i'm finding you to be waaaaaaay overrated.

  44. mrs.phoenix says – reply to this


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    think it's nothing special to be honest

  45. costamesaboy says – reply to this


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    PUT THAT NEGRO BEHIND BARS!!!!!!!

  46. Dr. Zhivago says – reply to this


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    first
    I do not think this remake is necessary. Way overproduced and gimmicky.

  47. Smashley says – reply to this


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    I've never thought of MJ as wacko jacko, pero if you had millions of dollars and I was poor or had a pathetic life, I too would say you touched me in my naughty place. This new album is gonna be awesome.

  48. L says – reply to this


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    its alright

  49. Vanessa says – reply to this


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    Loves It, I wish Brit Brit would do one !

  50. NJ-kellz says – reply to this


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    Love it!

  51. Jonster says – reply to this


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    Monster Hit !!!!

  52. Luka says – reply to this


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    There is a chance it becomes No. 1

  53. Justin says – reply to this


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    this version is lame compared with the original…I'd rather spend some money on the original via iTunes and listen to it the way MJ intended it be before he became wacko!!!

  54. Chip says – reply to this


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    AWEFUL!

  55. high says – reply to this


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    mike looks like that Alien/Robot Katie Holmes Cruise.

  56. Lala says – reply to this


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    I loved the Thriller album. MJ makes me sad now and disgusted. The beginning of this was lame though.

  57. mina says – reply to this


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    Like it..

  58. winter says – reply to this


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    How is that anything but terrible.

  59. Pass says – reply to this


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    THIS SHYT IS GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    DON'T F@%! WITH THE ORIGINAL.!

  60. TheKidsGirl says – reply to this


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    I Don't like it! Yuck Akon sux!! :(

  61. ddub says – reply to this


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    loveesss itttttttttttttttttt

  62. Gris says – reply to this


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    It sound like Liberace on Acid!! Akon version is horrid….What are you on Perez?

  63. Gris says – reply to this


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    It sound like Liberace on Acid!! Akon version is horrid….What are you on Perez?

  64. Gross says – reply to this


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    I would never support a child molester, never and I think it is so nasty and repulsive that you do.

  65. LoLa says – reply to this


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    Excuse me that is by no means KILLER. I think AKON has absolutely no talent. I don't even like MJ, but his song is way better. DOn't remake a classic…

  66. ChingaLinga says – reply to this


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    why is it that everything "Akon" sings sounds the same. he even managed to make a remake of an old song sound like all his other crap

  67. Ryan says – reply to this


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    Umm, get it right Perez. Michael Jackson is THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE SOLD MORE THAN ELVIS AND THE BEETLES. So HE IS #1 DESPITE ALL IS TROUBLES!!!!
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    Umm, get it right Perez. Michael Jackson is THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE SOLD MORE THAN ELVIS AND THE BEETLES. So HE IS #1 DESPITE ALL IS TROUBLES!!!!
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    Umm, get it right Perez. Michael Jackson is THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE SOLD MORE THAN ELVIS AND THE BEETLES. So HE IS #1 DESPITE ALL IS TROUBLES!!!!
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    Umm, get it right Perez. Michael Jackson is THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE SOLD MORE THAN ELVIS AND THE BEETLES. So HE IS #1 DESPITE ALL IS TROUBLES!!!!

  68. RAPIST WITH $$$$ says – reply to this


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    HE IS STILL A CHILD DIDDLER, JUST BECAUSE HE IS NOT IN JAIL DOES NOT MEAN HE IS NOT GUILTY…CAN ANYONE SAY OJ???

    DO NOT GIVE THIS RAPIST ANOTHER CENT TO FUND HIS CRIMES.

  69. No says – reply to this


    69

    "Back in the day, he was one of the best musicians of all time"

    Not really. Quincy Jones was/is one of the greatest music producers of all time.

  70. courtney says – reply to this


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    No, that version was total crap. Yuck.

  71. Alotta Fachina says – reply to this


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    NO ONE CAN EVER COVER MICHAEL JACKSON'S SONGS. PERIOD.

  72. MJ is a child abuser says – reply to this


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    Why would anyone even consider listening to or buying anything that has to do with someone who abuses children?

  73. Joesph says – reply to this


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    You guys like fags that butt fuck kids? That just aint right.

  74. Ryan says – reply to this


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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    .
    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!

  75. Jamie says – reply to this


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    LOVES IT!

  76. Sara says – reply to this


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    He makes me SICK! It is so awful how poeple act like he is not a child molester! WAKE UP HE FUCKS CHILDREN!

  77. Kailey says – reply to this


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    I Cant WAIT!!!!!

  78. Ryan says – reply to this


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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    .
    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

  79. Support this and support child abuse says – reply to this


    79

    BOYCOTT CHILD ABUSE

  80. HOLA CHOLAS says – reply to this


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    DAMN PEDAPHILES. HOW GAY IS MJ?? HE should DIE.

  81. Ryan says – reply to this


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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    .
    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
    .
    .
    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
    .
    .
    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!
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    Umm GET IT RIGHT PEREZ! MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE BEST SELLING ARTIST OF ALL TIME! HE HAS SOLD MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!!! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  82. Brian says – reply to this


    82

    Re: Ryan –

    FACT IS YOU ARE A CHILD MOLESTER SUPPORTER, WHICH MAKES YOU RETARDED OR A CHILD MOLESTER YOURSELF

  83. sat says – reply to this


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    Re: costamesaboy – fuck ya! put ALL negros behind bars! Totally agree man!

  84. & says – reply to this


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    Re: costamesaboy – Didn't Akon already sing a song about them "not letting him out"….or something like that?

  85. Kailey says – reply to this


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    hey! maybe most of us who will buy his album arent concerned with him raping children because hes STILL an amazing artist and an amazing dancer, i dont even care that his nose is falling off either so screw you who cant look past all that and just enjoy his music

  86. Sarah says – reply to this


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    Dude sucks little boys penises…hello? Why the fuck is this on a website?

  87. Stephen says – reply to this


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    A class take on a LEGEND of a song! MJ Rocks!

  88. mr V says – reply to this


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    I acctually liked this one.

  89. SExYBack says – reply to this


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    Re: E – cuz Akon is a dumb black felon that likes to molest 14 year old girls…. So he is required by law to say "convict" in his songs and also cuz he's black nasty!…lol

  90. Kailey is a STIPUD ASS CUNT says – reply to this


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    Re: Kailey –

    Then you are funding him abusing the next child, you stupid fucked off whore

  91. They really should have off'd um when they had the chance says – reply to this


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    2 child molesting freaks in one place at one time…blow that fucker up!

  92. Sally says – reply to this


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    Actually Akon sounds better than Michael.

  93. Nessie says – reply to this


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    what's with people saying "first"?
    like why say that and for what?
    I really don't understand that… someone please explain.
    and comment # 22 Is oh so damn funny!

  94. LambertONE says – reply to this


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    Re: eirinn – I agree… MIchael jackson is a pervert like most black men…. they are ALL mostly dangerous and have criminal minds… Just the way they were made….

  95. maryann says – reply to this


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    Eff you guys, Michael is a LEGEND, give the man respect. The song is awesome by the way! Brings me back.

  96. Kailey is seriously ill says – reply to this


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    Hopefully, MOST people CAN'T look past FUCKING A CHILD IN THE ASS you demented whore! You can do that because his songs are good, you are a worthless piece of shit and will lower the IQ of any room you enter throughout life, congrats!

  97. Asheville Pete says – reply to this


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    The Eagles Greatest Hits, is the BEST selling album of all time

    Check your facts

  98. Cartman says – reply to this


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    Well of course it doesn't sound horrible…The original is genius so it can never sound horrible. That said…they should have never asked Akon. That guy has the most annoying voice ever.

  99. bleepu says – reply to this


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    i like it!

  100. Maryann is a whore says – reply to this


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    Re: maryann –

    What if it was your child he fucked?

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