Yesterday, ?uestlove posted a cover of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" that featured Eyrkah Badu as the singer. Today, he posted a bossa nova rendering of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" sung/talked by himself and featuring Eykah Badu as the pseudo-hype man. It's not as good as their faithful cover of "Be Where You Are," but it's probably the only suitable way to cover this song; you either have to completely change it and sort of disappoint, or do it exactly like Mike and definitely do a version that is worse than his. [NahRight]
The Roots
"Billie Jean" ft. Erykah Badu (Michael Jackson Cover) (MP3)
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10 Responses
July 9, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.
| augusts1 |
'Look at the nose, look at the mouth'. Great comments by Badu, hilarious! And I love the fake latin accent of Questo too. |
July 11, 2009 at 3:48 a.m.
| Fatima1970 |
Great tribute. The Roots are a talented group of brothers and it was shear genius adding Erykah Badu to the mix. The track is fiya!! Enjoyed it tremendously! |
July 13, 2009 at 2:26 a.m.
| Juraj-Elijah |
interesting version. R.I.P. beat it! |
July 14, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.
| chille |
nice one!! them both are hott! |
July 14, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.
| chille |
amazing tune! love them all, erykah, the roots, mj ;) |
July 16, 2009 at 10:16 p.m.
| antony |
love it..ERYKAH my GODDESS YOU ARE THE BEST... the time is comming my GODDESS!!! |
July 21, 2009 at 6:27 p.m.
| ikonski |
ha...so clever look at the chin,the chin..look at the forehead |
July 22, 2009 at 12:21 p.m.
| jungle_brother |
that billie jean cover is totally awesome! |
August 17, 2009 at 3:20 p.m.
| nodie1960 |
I thought this version was great! Look at the hair texture, look at the nose, look at the chin - you was the only one! Funny! |
that waz FRIKING HOT!!!