Shield & Sword
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Jermaine Dupri can believe he is Quincy Jones all he wants, but Michael was bringing this to the studio himself. Stop playing with the King.
People keep downplaying mj super creativity. mike was waaaay before his timeThis is about JD doing the album and basically CB has small input... He will be a puppet like Usher was on Confessions. But JD and usher only got out 5 singles over the course of a year. Thriller dropped 7 singles over 2 years. JD and CB would need a two year plan of singles to start....well, rather the modern day equivalent since streaming makes it instant access.
The thing is Thriller broke the mold with music videos and promo. So what promo and creative things can JD and CB do to shift music is the question.
And the music obviously needs to be on point.
He never had a chanceThe need to put CB and MJ in the same convo genuinely blows my mind. Chris definitely had the chance to fill that type of role, but his decision making in his personal life kept him from that. He's still had a very solid career and loyal fan base, why is that not good enough?
Y’all gotta stop trying to bring mike to normal statues, he not!12 play?instead of MJ, how about at least reach a R Kelly 12 play status first
Chris Brown got a lot of great singles, but dude has no classic albums that 15,20 years down the line is rememberable
Can he reach to songs in the keys of life? How about purple rain? How about I want you?What do you mean “before his time”People keep downplaying mj super creativity. mike was waaaay before his time

He never had a chanceY’all gotta stop trying to bring mike to normal statues, he not!
Yea, wrong. She had dropped some duds once we hit the turn of the millennium. Emancipation alone has outsold every album she’s dropped in the 2000s combined. None of them shyts after mattered like that one did for her or even remotely came close to going diamond.Glitter was a soundtrack and Charmbracelet was whatever.
Point is, Mariah was blockbuster before and after Jermaine. A diamond artist before working with dude, and after.
JD only had like 5-6 songs out of loke 17-18 on that album. Of those songs, three of them were #1 singles, so it seems like he did the whole album. My Way is the only Usher album that was nearly all JD.

Mannnnnnnnnnn, what you know about that I Want You album??! That shhit is just littered with absolute fire. I think that’s my most played album ever…either that or Love DeluxeHow about I want you?
