I know this is kind of off topic but in my opinion MJ (net of that child molestation scandal) >>>>> any other music artist who ever lived
MJ was the first African American to be featured on MTV, he changed the face of music videos
MJ's Thriller Album is the greatest album of all time selling 50 million copies (only eclipsed recently by the Eagles "Best of" Album, I think)
MS's Bad Album is the 2nd greatest album of all time selling 20 million copies (back in the day, popular singers would be happy with selling a millioncopies but MJ was disappointed with only 20 million)
A lot of MJ songs had a very meaningful theme like Black and White (racial equality) and the Earth Song (natural resources protection)
I actually used to collect All of MJs casettes and CDs but have kept them in the closet or storage area somewhere ever since he laid low after that molestationscandal he was involved in. I am now going to have to go through stacks of junk and stuff to look for those CDs and Casette Tapes. I am determined to create myown tribute by personally listening to all his records and buying those I missed to get.
I actually used to cut out photos of MJ on time magazine (where he was featured in 1984 if I am not mistaken) and other mags and stick them in this little"IDOL" notebook that I used to have of my favorite artist of all time, the original MJ.
I guess this really isn't off topic after all, yeah I used to collect photos of MJ as I actually wanted to be a music artist when I was growing up (youknow, childhood fantasies hehehe) and I collected all of his CDs and casette tapes. I will have to dig deep into my storage to get my hands on those again.
I am planning to retrieve all my personal MJ memorabilia in the next few weeks. Man do I miss the guy badly. I actually shed some tears a few hours ago when Ifinally realized that my idol had already passed on to the next life
May his memory and music live on!!!