Mike Otherz
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80's was crazy for black celebrities. seems we just went to the next level of superstardom. MJ was the biggest but we also had Oprah, Eddie Murphy, Jordan, Tyson, Cosby, Prince, Whitney Houston etc.
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80's was crazy for black celebrities. seems we just went to the next level of superstardom. MJ was the biggest but we also had Oprah, Eddie Murphy, Jordan, Tyson, Cosby, Prince, Whitney Houston etc.
Mike Otherz
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Mj's best videos for me
1) The Don't Care About Us Brazil Version- his most radical message.
2) Black Or White-this actually his most underrated ish to me.
3) Billie Jean- coolest and most mysterious ish ever
4) Don t Stop Till You Get Enough- No one ever danced so easy. soulful discos greatest moment
5) You Rock My World>>Smooth Criminal. Better song too.
Mj best songs
1) Rock With U
2) Human Nature
3) Get On The Floor
4) Wanna Be Startin Something
5) Billie Jean
1) The Don't Care About Us Brazil Version- his most radical message.
2) Black Or White-this actually his most underrated ish to me.
3) Billie Jean- coolest and most mysterious ish ever
4) Don t Stop Till You Get Enough- No one ever danced so easy. soulful discos greatest moment
5) You Rock My World>>Smooth Criminal. Better song too.
Mj best songs
1) Rock With U
2) Human Nature
3) Get On The Floor
4) Wanna Be Startin Something
5) Billie Jean
DougFunnY
Make it a win
One of the things that made MJ so great, is the fact that he studied the legends who came before him. From da big homie James brown, to fred astaire, Jackie wilson, etc. He was a student of the game. I remember being 6 to 8 years old, and me and my brother would rush home to listen to MJs HISTORY double disk cd. As a young nikka, I was mesmerized by the music....just goes to you that MJs music trandsended generations.
How was the documentary? I recorded it so I'll watch it tomorrow.
It would be nice if Spike Lee's Bad 25 Documentary on HBO's so it would be much better.
It would be nice if Spike Lee's Bad 25 Documentary on HBO's so it would be much better.
Dogg Whitney isn't a Legend for nothing man, "The Bodyguard" Soundtrack is the Biggest soundtrack of all time. "I will always love you" blew up something Big to the point people don't even consider it Dolly Parton's Song anymore. Also Look at Whitney 3 LP's before "The Bodyguard":
Whitney Houston: 13x Platinum (25 Worldwide)
Whitney: 9x Platinum (20 Worldwide)
I'm Your baby tonight: 4x Platinum (12 Worldwide)
She had 7 #1 singles in a row. Whitney and Janet as far as Black Women were the opposite of Michael in the 80's. Also I found out from this documentary, Michael originally wanted Whitney on that "I can't stop love you" duet but her Label didn't want her to be overexposed. It went #1 anyway but that would of been even more Epic.
Also just to add, Whitney's debut album came out in 1985, and her follow up in 1987 (same year as Bad), and both albums outsold Bad. Whitney was a SUPERSTAR...probably the biggest artist of the 80s besides Michael Jackson.
up in here
Superstar
It's reallyhow much videos have down graded now compared to back then...the only artist to do videos on MJ's level right now IMO is Kanye..other then that..music videos have gone to shyt...
MJ REALLY laid the blueprint on how to entertain the viewer and how to create a music video. Them motherfukkers were movies!
i remember quincy jones said that michael made the thriller video because MTV wasn't playing his videos and he was the biggest artist at the time (cism) so he made the thriller movie so that there would be no way that they could refuse to play it.
Yeah, and u can arguably say its MJ is what started this wave with Thriller. He opened doors and made black people "cool" in the eyes of millions of cacs lol.
Low key u can argue he's up there with the famous civil rights leaders in opening up opportunities for black folks...in a different way of course.
Mike Otherz
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whitney and janet are the standard no doubt when to comes to women. i prefer janets songs but u can't deny her and whitneyss influence.
The MJ tri-fecta always been Off The Wall, Thriller AND Bad.
alot of r&b/soul fans that were of age back then werent huge fans of it. the people that grew up on the jacksons. i know alot of people of that ilk that werent really into it all like that. maybe because it was moreso a pop record.
i know alot of people that arent too high on thriller either and prefer mike from the 60s to "off the wall". believe it or not.
im not saying that its the majority but its a very very noticeable amount of people.
My parents named me Michael after MJ 
Speaking of Eddie, let's give props to the "Remember the Time" video.
MJ had almost exclusively BLACK people playing the ancient Egyptians
Speaking of Eddie, let's give props to the "Remember the Time" video.
MJ had almost exclusively BLACK people playing the ancient Egyptians
phonthought3000
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Naw same here till this day I can throw that joint on right there and just zone out........plus come on he battling a dancing rabbit in the video.....how that be garbage lol
phonthought3000
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phonthought3000
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One thing I always noticed Mike seemed to be at his most confident during the Bad era. The public always knew him as this shy laid back cat but during the Bad reign to me it seem his confidence level was skyhigh and he was finally comfortable with himself.
Brandsdale
Big Yella
Def gonna watch this. This jawn is my shyt 
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUi_S6YWjZw[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUi_S6YWjZw[/ame]
Jone2three45
Superstar
Goat song,
The chem with MJ and Eddie,
The vibe of the video,
I felt like MJ on the song and video had a prince vibe.
During that time prince dropped,
Diamonds and Pearls,
Both song have a mutual feeling.