Stripping it down to the bare minimum, Akon brought something new to Wanna Be Startin' Something that had never been heard before -- the lyrics. Akon proves the man's more than a hip-hop star on his Michael Jackson cover. By slowing the song down and illustrating the lyrics in the song's infancy, Akon has done something for himself as well in the process -- shown that he has fantastic vocal prowess while simultaneously paying tribute to Michael Jackson.