people can only talk shit about Michael Jackson's music (the less than good albums post 1990s) AFTER what he brought to the table in the 1980s.
MICHAEL JACKSON IS A COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE!
Michael Jackson is one of the pioneers of music. His contributions are so beyond description that people have already forgotten that the things he added to music have become fixtures of popular and dance music. MJ is the original. Regardless of what has happened to him or because of him after the fact, we can only even say anything about it him at all because his massive contributions to the world of music have made him a part of our life as embedded as santa clause..
Before michael jackson, people listened to crappy pop music with bad choreography..
after michael jackson all music, from pop dance to hip hop, began to implement the sounds of soul and r&b featuring good dancers and good production. thank you michael, for bringing soul/r&b music out of the sidelines and back into the mainstream, where it has stood forever.
ALL music today is the influence of michael jackson. there I said it 
and also..
people have sort of forgotten that Michael Jackson was a black man, performing
black music because his music has become popular for
everyone. Before michael jackson, white people preferred to listen to white music, and black people preferred to listen to black music. Michael Jackson contributed to erasing the color lines of American music, and we should all be forever appreciative because the world is truly a better place after the fact..
He is an innovator, a pioneer, a weirdo (but who isnt?), and a good man, and may his soul rest in peace in the grace of God, and his legacy and contributions stand forever.
