We Are The World 25

[Mystic]

The problem with this version I think isn't the lack of Michael's touch, or even the new beats. The new beats were HOT, and got me into it. The problem was, too many unknown names. Not many legends. And too many talentless people. People like Miley, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, and Justin are ok for the chorus, but not solos. And Justin should not have opened. The opening should have been a legend and/or someone with a power voice. Jennifer Hudson would have been perfect.

What excuse was there to not have people like Tina Turner, Diana Ross, and such return? And they pretty much slapped Janet in the face. Piss poor editing of her clip, few lines, and maybe 1 audible line at the end of the "duet".

Things done right:
Rap (amazing addition imo)
Using Michael's recording and video
New beat (hooooot)
Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles

Jamie made me laugh doing the Ray voice. It was perfect. His voice was so unique and great on the original, Jamie did it perfect and it wasn't tacky at all.

What is your opinion?

[Light]

Three words: Autotuned to hell. I mean, the beginning was okay, and I started to get into it. But then a few people started to sing, and you could easily tell that their voices were autotuned. It didn't even feel like a Michael song... just like most of the new, crappy pop songs that are coming out now. Good message, good effort, horrible execution.

[Mystic]

Most of the singers and rappers were good. Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Miley, Justin, they shouldn't have had solos. Solos should been reserved for artists who have true powerful voices. They really needed to use old voices besides Michael. Lionel was involved in the whole WATW25 project, why didn't he sing?

[The_MasterSword1]

Didn't care for it.