A new song featuring the King of Pop and the Prince of Pop might sound like a match made in musical heaven, but it has fans up in arms.
A remixed version of "Slave 2 The Rhythm" featuring Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber
recently leaked online. The original version of the tune was reportedly
recorded by Jackson before his death in 2009 and it appeared online the
following year.
Now a remixed version featuring Bieber is making the rounds and has already been spun by U.K. radio, reports Billboard.The up-tempo, electro-dance number leads off with Jackson's trademark, high-pitched "Woo!" segueing into Bieber singing about a woman who works thanklessly for her family and is a "slave to the rhythm of love."
Bieber has often expressed his admiration for Jackson and teased his followers with tweets prior to the song's release. "Excited for what is to come. MJ set the bar," he wrote. "Not only for music but for being an entertainer and how u treat fans."
Truth be told, the new tune
doesn't do either of them justice. It's a heavy-handed dance number
that's so heavily remixed it has lost any of its original charms. Bieber
trades choruses with Jackson on the tune and tries his best to match
the high-energy, spot-on vocals of his role model, but the result is
forced and contrived. What's more, the driving backbeat is reminiscent
of hundreds of other generic dance tunes.
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