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Originally Posted by swa(y)
they werent nearly as popular with a black audience, but again were not talking about a black audience. were talking about a white artist/audience listening to black music.
still though, you are making great points which i agree with.
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and I am not just talking about Michael Jackson exposing white/non-black folks to black music, that is only part of it. Part of it is the simple fact that a black man literally born into segregation could rise to become the most widely known person in the world is significant in and of itself!
When I speak of MJ impacting ALL music, it is not necessarily a racial thing, as much as the fact that MJ brought the mainstream and the world exposure to new and innovative styles of music and dancing, which today are all fixtures of popular music, and were not necessarily there before. It is the scale of MJ's popularity and reach which make him so significant as an influence, people all over the world were first exposed to good music from first hearing michael jackson, just as a shitload of kids in america were exposed to good music after listening to the beatles or nirvana. He is the starting off point..
there is no beef so I don't know why you continue to have an attitude problem with me, but I wish you would get over it already
