xiceman191
Superstar
Usher the closest we got to Michael Jackson. Chris ain't seeing Usher dancing or singing wise.
Didn't y'all say Chris Brown was a better dancer than Michael Jackson?
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In The Zone '98
Superstar
MJ's dancing is iconic for its time period.
Doesn't really hold up to the break dancing we have now.
Brown is easily the best dancer of the last 20 years.
Doesn't really hold up to the break dancing we have now.
Brown is easily the best dancer of the last 20 years.
Doobie Doo
Veteran
I still think James Brown is the only man who can top MJ and I think Mike is the better singer and dancer than JBMichael Jackson is the greatest dancer ever in my opinion, because his dance style was so unique, smooth, hella cool, and original
whenever people say Chris Brown and Beyonce were better dancers than Michael Jackson all I can do is laugh
FeverPitch2
Superstar
To add on, 17 year old MJ isn't doing anything outrageous dance wise here but he and his brothers were just so damn polished as live entertainers here.
They're hitting the shyt out of the choreo marks and cues all while Mike is hitting them notes
Watching entertainers now is like night and day.
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you're entitled to your opinion my Coli breh, but James Brown who was an incredible dancer is not better than MJ in dancing...plus they had different styles of dancing
however on a positive note, years ago when Michael Jackson and James Brown were on stage together at the BET Awards MJ said James Brown was his biggest influence growing up, and James Brown returned the love and put a cape on MJ and made him do a brief dance, I love both because of the humility they showed each other, it was mutual love and respect
It's like how people still call Bruce Lee the GOAT despite Martial arts and MMA evolving so much for the many decades since his death. Likewise with Hendrix and the guitar. MJ brought break dancing to mainstream and masses and a lot of today's dancers wouldn't be doing what they doing if it wasn't for him.
Also, why is Hammer not included in these debates? Hammer was a fukking beast. Massively underrated.
FeverPitch2
Superstar
While Hammer was a great dancer, he didn't really push the culture forward.
His dance vocabulary was very limited. He did the Running Man. A lot.
He didn't inspire anyone to dance like him or pick up where he left off, because the moves he was doing were already being done by b-boys and club dancers.
We try to prop up Hammer in retrospect but his impact only lasted a couple years.
He was a great performer but the truth is the music was not good and almost everything about him was extremely out of step as far as hip-hop culture was concerned.
He had no bars and his stage costumes and hairstyles him and his crew were rockin were more Vegas than hip-hop. Nobody in the culture at that time would be caught dead wearing that shyt.
He was like somebody's uncle rapping and dancing.
The painful corniness and lack of innovation is why he gets left out of these conversations.
This nikka singing isn’t even close to usher let alone his dancing to mike
But we live in a weak R&B era over the last 16 years so people are desperate compare anyone today to the greats
But we live in a weak R&B era over the last 16 years so people are desperate compare anyone today to the greats
MJ didn't sing much live during the History tour. He had laryngitis. During the dangerous tour, MJ didn't perform the whole thriller song. The person wearing the werewolf masks wasn't MJ, tho that was MJs live vocals.
Not true. Even today, MJs moves are incorporated. Take Memphis Jookin for example. You'll see a lot of MJs influence from especially gliding and spinning.
Hannibal Fox
Eetwidomayloh
Not even trying
FeverPitch2
Superstar
Fun fact: That jacket with the lights weighed 30 lbs.
Mission249
All Star
Some would say that was Michael at his physical performing peak. His theatrics and music may have gotten better, but literally not a mainstream performer on earth can hit the choreo and notes live like a teenage to early twenties Michael could. Not even the Michael of the 90's that I grew up with.