MurderToCassette
Sa Da Tay
God tier
Rate This Artist - Michael Jackson
- Thread starter Hathaway
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My theory is that by the time it was released as a single, so many people had the album that it affected buying the single. Just an unscientific guess.Also I'm literally floored that thriller, arguably his biggest song, was not a number 1 hit. Wtf was these nikkas on?
Oh, and he's an 11 out of 10. My second favorite artist all time.
K.O.N.Y
Superstar
i had a similar thoughtThe greatest. I remember having a thought In my head (before he died” about how a “Michael Jackson” exists in our world. As a child he was my hero
but it was more like how black music/culture was able to produce a michael jackson
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
I don’t trust any Beyoncé stan to vote in this poll
BunchePark
Coli N Calisthenics
Legend!
Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
He was definitely a once in a lifetime talent. I wonder if that thought ever crossed his mind. Like just chilling sitting in his ranch and looking back over his life and thinking damn, there will never be another nikka like me for the rest of human existence.
Raised in a tough environment. Poor family. Tough father. All those elements crafted his soul. The same soul we heard poured out over his music. Literally one of a kind.
My great uncle grew up in the same neighborhood as the jacksons. He said Gary was no joke in the late 50s and 60s. It was so bad, my great grandfather sent him down south to live with his mom (my granny).
I asked him if he knew the jacksons and he said not the younger siblings (Michael, Marlon & jermaine). But he was cool with Jackie and tito. I think he said he and Jackie played baseball together. I asked him one time if he ever saw Joe Jackson chasing Michael around the yard tryna whoop him like the movie showed
He said nah but he also didn't think Joe was abusive at all like MJ and the media portrayed him to be. He said every father was tough on his sons back then because if you weren't, they would get into the gang/drug life which was prevalent in Gary at the time. Lots of cool stories from him.
Fill Collins
Playing for keeps.
Michael Jackson was the last artist left
Devilinurear
Veteran
Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
I'm saying though. I tagged her/him but they didn't respond. I have questions.
CrookedAzzNikka
All Star
I wonder what would have been if he got with LaFace around Bad era...
He recorded a song they wrote called “Slave to the Rhythm” back in ‘89 but it wasn’t released until 2014:
PortCityProphet
Follow me to the truth
Yo I was thinking bout this part of MJs career the other day that it just hit me- MJ always gets this label of being androgynous or feminine but wasn't nothing feminine bout Mike. He had a soft voice but he wasn't on no gay shyt, dressed like a man. So where that label come from? Its bullshyt.
Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
Yeah, I rated him Great what’s the problem?
I think he is a great artist
Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
I think it was moreso because of the rumors surrounding him. They was saying all kinds of shyt. I remember them saying he cut off his balls to get his voice to remain high pitched. Then when he got all the surgery and became pale colored, he did look like a white woman. Add on the soft voice and sensitive personality and that's where you get it.
I remember the breakfast club interview with Stephanie Mills. She said Mike was definitely not feminine or gay. I think she took his virginity but that's just me. No chatty patty shyt
