I know this fukked Whitney up for minute

[Collateral]

Black people definitely was rocking with Whitney. I grew up listening to songs off the Whitney cassette.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

 

[Threnody]

Black people definitely was rocking with Whitney. I grew up listening to songs off the Whitney cassette.

In the 90s, yes

In the 80s? not many I guess it had to be some nobody I knew

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

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[Rhapscallion Démone]

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Al Sharpton fat ass was the reason for them booing her!

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Why didn’t MJ get the same hate at the 89 soul Twain awards? Breh literally turned white and went fully pop with “Bad.”

I mean he was already over with Thriller but he was definitely abandoning his black fan base with Bad. That’s why he went New Jack with the Dangerous album. He knew he had to come back to his roots.

Was it because he was black royalty in music and had been putting in the work? And Whitney came across as a manufactured artist?

Michael was literally the biggest thing on the planet. Even if he had critics, it didn't affect his perception too much because Bad was the most anticipated album of all-time. But when he came out with Bad, his relationship with the press had gotten worse. They started seeing him as a weirdo and coming up with tabloid stories about him. That's why he wrote "Leave Me Alone," because between Thriller and Bad, his image had taken a hit in the media (Victory Tour, his skin getting lighter, the hyperbaric chamber, Bad being delayed multiple times).

Bad sold a lot of records and set records, but it didn't get the same acclaim as Thriller. They weren't going to have Michael dominate like he did a couple years ago. Bad didn't win any Grammys, which is ironic because Michael had one of the GOAT performances that night. He was pissed that he didn't win anything. The positive thing is that Bad made Michael a bigger star globally, and the Bad tour was one of the most successful tours ever put on. He even started the tour in Japan and went to America later.

For Dangerous, it wasn't about Michael going back to his roots. He just wanted a new sound. He listened to everything and always wanted the latest sounds and technology for his music. When he first started working on Dangerous, it was Bryan Loren who wanted to bring Michael back to his roots and make something similar or better than Off the Wall. Michael wasn't interested in that after a while and wanted something that reflected what was going on in music at that time. That's why he started working with Teddy Riley and incorporating hip hop. At the same time, Michael's music was still universal, so he had to have pop/rock songs on it ("Black or White," "Give in to Me," "Heal the World").

 

[Jerz]

Whitney made it out the trenches and aint owe them hot breath haters a mf thing. Karyn White fine ass should've won this award tho

 

[3rdWorld]

That audience must be reeling in utter shock and disbelief at what finally became of Black music..

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

 

[Ol’Otis]

Talking shyt at 3 o’clock in the morning

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Talking shyt at 3 o’clock in the morning