Yep, this was good! His voice is powerful and clear. You're right though, there was an innocence in MJ's performance that made it his own and I believe this is the difference:

MJ blended his voice with the mood of the music perfectly and only rose in intensity as the music reached a climax. This guy on the other hand didn't do that so well. Like MJ he should have made the first verse's vocals more breathy, that is more intimate, innocent and sexy for this kind of song. He spoke-sung it which is ok but not warm to the ears. Secondly, if he was going to raise his voice so powerfully he needed other instruments to compliment his voice like a stronger snare drum and a horn section. You have to be careful about putting Whitney-Brian McKnight-type vocals (especially too much) on a Jazz-Lounge piece as it changes the atmosphere/mood of the song and people get shocked out of their relaxed/chilled state.

It was still very good though. Well done, K. Wes