If Michael Jackson is so timeless why has he kept changing his sound to fit the modern times? Oh that's right because if he released Thriller today it wouldn't go anywhere why? It doesn't fit today's music market, it fits the 80s music market and he's released only three albums which are considered classics, the rest he's released are just crap. I don't even like Bad, Off the Wall or Thriller, in fact I think they're trash. If an artist isn't very consistent it takes away from his talent and legend status. Besides, I think it's fairly obvious Quincy Jones is the real talent there. You admitted Michael Jackson released alot of crap, funny how as soon as you take Quincy out of the picture all thats left is the crap.
So? Paris Hilton covered a variety of genres on her album i'm not going to considered her talented for it. Pop artists commonly throw out a few songs in each genre, it doesn't make them good or versatile.
Like what? Make some influential music videos? Give me a break music videos suck, very few artists treat it as an artform most just use it as an excuse to show as much female skin as possible.
We've gotten into this debate before, the only credible artist he influenced was Wu Tang Clan and he only influenced one of their merabers so that isn't exactly vital is it? If you took Michael Jackson out of the picture I doubt RZA would sound very different. Other notable artists you named consisted of Madonna, Janet Jackson, Boys II Men, Celine Dion, Coldplay and Evanescene. A great and credible gang right?
Wrong, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye are actually important to the music world. If Thriller, Bad and Off the Wall never came out we probably wouldn't be dealing with the Madonnas and Tiraberlakes of the world. Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye have proven to be consistent without the help of producers. Here, My Dear is probably my second favorite Marvin Gaye album guess when that came out? Twenty years after What's Going On. Michael Jackson isn't going to release anything credible unless Quincy Jones decide to starting writing for him again.