"You can't be a bigger rapper than 2pac" - Kanye West

[aRoMaN21]

Lets look at it like this...

MJ bought the Beatles catalog. In the business world, do smaller businesses buy larger businesses?

did anyone mention MJ owns some of eminems songs??

 

[aRoMaN21]

@NvrCMyNut @smokeurobinson @MiC @aRoMaN21 @DaveyDave

happy thanksgiving!

 

[ThaRealness]

and pop music is bigger than rock, so yea.

I mean I guess... pop music has 0 staying power. No one is going to remember Katy Perry in 10 years

Granted, MJ is a little different, but pop music as a whole is pretty inconsequential.

 

[aRoMaN21]

I mean I guess... pop music has 0 staying power. No one is going to remember Katy Perry in 10 years

Granted, MJ is a little different, but pop music as a whole is pretty inconsequential.

she made that kiss a girl song... trust she will be remembered in 10 years

 

[ThaRealness]

she made that kiss a girl song... trust she will be remembered in 10 years

you right 10 years is actually such a small window

*20-30

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Niigga, so did Cannibus and Cannibus dont belong no where near GOAT conversations. Ems bars aint nothin that hadn't been done before. Em said his self that he got his style from Treach (Naughty By Nature).

compare Canibus to Em brehs

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Dude, Michael Jackson couldnt walk the streets ANY WHERE on the planet without being mobbed, people in the crowd fainting.. Paul McCartney can....

Rest assured if Paul McCartney strolled around in public there would be a mob. Stop it. That goes for anyone very famous, let alone a beatle.

And we're now almost 50 years removed from Beatlemania. Of course the hype died down a bit.

But when the Beatles first came to America, they were the most famous people on earth. They were getting the mass hysteria treatment as well. Just like Michael did.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Rest assured if Paul McCartney strolled around in public there would be a mob. Stop it. That goes for anyone very famous, let alone a beatle.

And we're now almost 50 years removed from Beatlemania. Of course the hype died down a bit.

But when the Beatles first came to America, they were the most famous people on earth. They were getting the mass hysteria treatment as well. Just like Michael did.

so the beatles would cause a mob in Mali, Iran, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Uzbekistan?
....because Michael would......when I said the entire planet...I meant it.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

What argument do you have for Michael Jackson being bigger than the Beatles? Record sales, hit singles, tours....all Beatles.

I have no doubt Jackson is bigger among black people. But it ends there. Globally as a whole there is no comparison.

Post some proof if you disagree..

MJ owned the Beatles discography. /argument

Meanwhile in California, a 25 year old Michael Jackson fresh off the astronomical success of Thriller, was in the midst of a two year publishing rights shopping spree. Ironically, it was Paul McCartney who first taught Michael about the publishing rights business. In 1982, while recording the song "Say, Say, Say" together in London, Michael briefly lived with Paul and Linda McCartney. After dinner one night, Paul retrieved a thick leather book from a shelf. The book, Paul explained, listed every song right that he had purchased in the previous decade. As if that wasn't impressive enough, Paul bragged that in the last year alone, he had made over $40 million in royalties ($96 million in 2013 dollars) from his song rights. When Paul was done speaking, Michael looked at him and said: "Some day I'm gonna own your songs". Paul laughed, and responded: "Great, good joke!"

 

[realstruck]

Rest assured if Paul McCartney strolled around in public there would be a mob. Stop it. That goes for anyone very famous, let alone a beatle.

And we're now almost 50 years removed from Beatlemania. Of course the hype died down a bit.

But when the Beatles first came to America, they were the most famous people on earth. They were getting the mass hysteria treatment as well. Just like Michael did.

i think this Beatles vs MJ is a bit unfair, both in their primes were the most recognized faces on the planet.
But MJ wins. Once again goin back to Africa, MJ had the whole continent on his music, he could make any race from any place faint on sight (South Americans, Caribbeans, Asians, Arabs, Whites/Europeans etc) . I think with the technology/globalization of his era he was more known than the Beatles could have been in their time. I know niccas weren't fuccin with the Beatles like that







except Euro Hov

 

[realstruck]

so the beatles would cause a mob in Mali, Iran, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Uzbekistan?
....because Michael would......when I said the entire planet...I meant it.

Mu'fuccas would pass out and die if they saw Micheal

Granted this was MJ's hometown and the Beatles would get the same if/when they went back to Liverpool but still lol

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Mu'fuccas would pass out and die if they saw Micheal

Granted this was MJ's hometown and the Beatles would get the same if/when they went back to Liverpool but still lol

I dont think that dude knows how powerful MJ was. People tend to forget because he doesnt linger around the U.S long. He was traveling the world nonstep since 6 years old until 40s. They still pay tribute to the man til this day....he touched and moved the world. He was special.



he pretty much invented the military choreograph dancing that all the pop stars/bands do now. anyone from 6years old to 70 can do it. which is why he is popular with all races and ages. the beattles are king of rock bands, but michael is king of the world.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

so the beatles would cause a mob in Mali, Iran, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Uzbekistan?
....because Michael would......when I said the entire planet...I meant it.

I'm not denying MJ's fame. I'm just responding to the accusation that the beatles music somehow wasn't relevant anymore and that the younger generation doesn't really fukk with the beatles. And you can go on your "OH IT'S ONLY WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA" but that's simply not the case. They're probably just as big is England, and maybe even some neighboring countries in Europe. Fact is the beatles aren't going anywhere. Paul McCartney still tours internationally in like Japan and Brazil. It ain't all old white cacs.

But since we're on the topic, you can't lie... MJ's comeback in 2001 went over like a fart in church. Dude had one decent hit and disappeared again. Album was forgotten about in a month. Just keepin it real.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

I'm not denying MJ's fame. I'm just responding to the accusation that the beatles music somehow wasn't relevant anymore and that the younger generation doesn't really fukk with the beatles. And you can go on your "OH IT'S ONLY WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA" but that's simply not the case. They're probably just as big is England, and maybe even some neighboring countries in Europe. Fact is the beatles aren't going anywhere. Paul McCartney still tours internationally in like Japan and Brazil. It ain't all old white cacs.

But since we're on the topic, you can't lie... MJ's comeback in 2001 went over like a fart in church. Dude had one decent hit and disappeared again. Album was forgotten about in a month. Just keepin it real.

You might want to check out those numbers internationally........

The U.S media tore him down after he bought the beatles catalog, but too many people loved him internationally for it to damage his image. Yes the Beattle can get gigs in first world countries, but Michael could sell out every single stadium on the planet and any time.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

2010. Brazil. Paul McCartney.

Pretty big crowd. Just sayin.

No need to defend MJ. I'm not attacking him. I love MJ.

But the Beatles are still a big deal.