DaSepticTank
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Even though MJ is considered to be the “King of Pop,” or the most famous pop singer, I personally don’t see him as such.
What I mean is that I consider him to be more of an “R&B/Soul” artist than a “Pop” one.
Yes, I know that pop just means “popular music” & isn’t really a genre, but the majority of his hits or albums consisted of music that sounded a lot closer to what other R&B artists were making and the stuff you’d hear on Black radio stations instead of the typical mainstream “Pop” artists or Top 40 hits stations of his time at least.
Besides songs like “Beat It,” “Dirty Diana,” “Black or White,” “Give in to Me,” etc. most of the stuff throughout his entire career had an R&B, Soul, and/or Funk sound.
Michael’s singing voice was also VERY soulful, and was obviously influenced by other R&B artists like Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Mavis Staples, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, etc. I can’t name any Pop or non-black artists of (or before) his time that had a similar voice either.
Overall, I consider Michael Jackson to be the ultimate crossover-R&B artist instead of a Pop one. He just had huge mainstream appeal, but still retained his black american music roots.
This may be an already established stance, but I just want to see whether anyone agrees or not.
What I mean is that I consider him to be more of an “R&B/Soul” artist than a “Pop” one.
Yes, I know that pop just means “popular music” & isn’t really a genre, but the majority of his hits or albums consisted of music that sounded a lot closer to what other R&B artists were making and the stuff you’d hear on Black radio stations instead of the typical mainstream “Pop” artists or Top 40 hits stations of his time at least.
Besides songs like “Beat It,” “Dirty Diana,” “Black or White,” “Give in to Me,” etc. most of the stuff throughout his entire career had an R&B, Soul, and/or Funk sound.
Michael’s singing voice was also VERY soulful, and was obviously influenced by other R&B artists like Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Mavis Staples, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, etc. I can’t name any Pop or non-black artists of (or before) his time that had a similar voice either.
Overall, I consider Michael Jackson to be the ultimate crossover-R&B artist instead of a Pop one. He just had huge mainstream appeal, but still retained his black american music roots.
This may be an already established stance, but I just want to see whether anyone agrees or not.