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We Are The World 25 - 12 Years Ago

Eh, parts of it are alright but a lot of it is awful (putting a rap on WATW is questionable at the very least and what's up with the overly autotuned singers lmao). It's interesting that it's basically the only insight we have as to how the RedOne sessions may sound like but apart of that there isn't much to say about it. It's a cool tribute but the original is a lot better.
 
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I always feel a bit iffy about rehashed charity songs, they're never as good as the original and feel like cash grabs that are passed off as "goodwill" (though Do They Know It's Christmas arguably got treated even worse in this regard, since it got rehashed twice. 💀 Just make a new song!). Of course they kept MJ on the then-new version for pure clout. Also lol, rap... That never works on these types of songs, it just sounds awkward. Peak "look at us, we are still hip and relevant" energy. Same with the obvious Auto-Tune. Notice how nobody talks about or plays this version anymore, lol.
 
DangerousGal91 said:
Of course they kept MJ on the then-new version for pure clout.
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I can respectfully disagree with nothing you said except for this. Katherine Jackson asked them explicitly to keep MJ on the song. And Janet sang opposite him as well. It was no clout involved.

There is actually a lot of heart involved in this project, it comes from a good place. It's corniness and mediocre music quality has nothing to do with greed really. Just remove the rap and the dated instrumentals and it could almost end up okay.
 
It is alright until the awful rap section which ruins it.
 
First thing that comes to my mind is Wyclef Jean being possessed by a goat whilst delivering his vocals...
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
Cyndi Lauper you mean?
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Both for that matter , he must have taken inspiration from her.

In all seriousness, Wyclef's vocals were obviously from the heart seeing as he came from Haiti and quite traditional but still... That was some weird shit man
 
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