Today Twitter was upset to find out that Ariana Grande and Jessie J were going to rework Brandy and Monica’s classic song, “The Boy is Mine.” While it’s the doing of man behind the lyrics, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, it still upset many fans. Not downplaying neither Jessie nor Ariana’s vocals, but many feel why touch the classic song that gave both Mo and Brandy their first Grammy.
Darkchild plans to rework a few more tracks that he wrote like Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” with Sam Smith. When it comes to classic tracks, we aren’t sure they should be tampered with to fit the sound and mold of the newer generation. Here are 45 other songs that we feel should never be reworked.
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Mary J. Blige “Real Love”
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Toni Braxton “Unbreak My Heart”
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Wu-Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.”
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SWV “Weak”
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D’Angelo “Untitled”
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Biggie “Juicy”
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Michael Jackson “Thriller”
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Destiny’s Child “Say My Name’
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Boyz II Men “End of the Road”
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Prince “Purple Rain”
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Public Enemy “Fight The Power”
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A Tribe Called Quest “Scenario”
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The Fugees “Killing Me Softly”
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Tony! Toni Tone! “Anniversary”
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Sade “No Ordinary Love”
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Nas “N.Y. State of Mind”
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R Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly”
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Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”
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Outkast “Sorry Ms Jackson”
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Erykah Badu “On & On”
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Mary J. Blige and Method Man “You’re All I Need”
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Deborah Cox “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here”
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Blackstreet “No Diggity”
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Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day”
//www.youtube.com/embed/AvTStt2WPTw
En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It”
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Jodeci “Come & Talk to Me”
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Jay Z “99 Problems”
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Missy Elliott “The Rain”
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K-Ci & Jo Jo “All My Life”
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Craig Mack, Rampage, the Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes “Flava in Ya Ear” (remix)
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Mariah Carey “Always Be My Baby”
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N.W.A. “Fuck Tha Police”
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Aaliyah “One in a Million”
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Run DMC “Sucker M.C.s”
//www.youtube.com/embed/TgNjcysb6MA
Tyrese “Sweet Lady”
//www.youtube.com/embed/vCadcBR95oU
Salt-N-Pepa “Push It”
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Lauryn Hill “Lost Ones”
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Kurtis Blow “The Breaks”
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Tupac “Dear Mama”
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Montell Jordan “This is How We Do It”
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Erik B and Rakim “Paid in Full”
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TLC “Waterfall”
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Mary J. Blige “I’m Going Down”
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 “The Message”
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Bell Biv DeVoe “Poison”
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Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”