Wanna be startin somethin? Well...you done did it!

Im an 80s baby...ah yes, the wonderful decade that brought us such things as Reaganomics, Hip Hop, Crack Cocaine...and yes, the solo career of one Michael Jackson. 25 years ago tomorrow Michael Jackson released Thriller

1.  Wanna Be Startin Somethin?

2.  Baby Be Mine

3.  The Girl is Mine ft. Paul McCartney

4.  Thriller ft. Vincent Price

5.  Beat It ft. Eddie Van Halen

6.  Billie Jean

7.  Human Nature

8.  P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)

9.  The Lady in my Life

Who can forget the video/mini movie thriller

and the interpolations on the classic original...here are some of my favorites;

Bollywood Thriller

Lego Thriller

25 years later, the album itself still bangs AND consider how many times the tracks have been sampled; I can't count but the most recent that comes to mind is Kanye's sample of P.Y.T for the song Good Life. Emcees always reference Mike and Thriller; again, there are too many to name but most recently Jay-Z's reference in American Gangster "Now they wanna ya boy like Mike in his prime/Billie Jean the goddamn boy ain't mine"...Anyway

I guess in "celebration" of the 25th anniversary of the release of Thriller; Akon has decided to try to cover "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin" (I heard he was asked to do this by Michael Jackson himself so...i will keep my comments to myself) Just click, listen and laugh/cry/dance/sing along/shake your head in shame/ and then play it again (cause its catchy!)...

~Charity