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  • ProfessaPackMan
    Bamma
    • Mar 2008
    • 63852

    #646
    Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

    LMFAO @ Elvis being the first to open up doors for Black Entertainers. I have heard it all now.

    Not to sound like a smart *** either but was MJ in the gym with him pushing him harder, rebounding for him pushing him in defensive slides. I doubt it. You can get as much positive reinforcement as you want but that will only take you so far.
    So prove how MJ didn't make Magic a better PG since you know for sure he didn't.
    #RespectTheCulture

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    • CeltBhoy33
      Love Celtic, Hate Racism
      • Dec 2005
      • 1446

      #647
      Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

      Elivs played the black style of rock back then that was what opened the doors.

      If you go back and read my post on why MJ didn't make magic the way he was then go ahead don't blast me douche bag for making my points.
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      • Jukeman
        Showtime
        • Aug 2005
        • 10955

        #648
        Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

        Originally posted by markees007
        Elivs played the black style of rock back then that was what opened the doors.

        If you go back and read my post on why MJ didn't make magic the way he was then go ahead don't blast me douche bag for making my points.
        dude seriously,

        you already said you kno nothing about Elvis so just stop please.....

        There isnt a such thing as "black" music nor "black" rock....It was simply Rock n Roll.....

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        • ProfessaPackMan
          Bamma
          • Mar 2008
          • 63852

          #649
          Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

          Elivs played the black style of rock back then that was what opened the doors.

          If you go back and read my post on why MJ didn't make magic the way he was then go ahead don't blast me douche bag for making my points.
          LOL @ black style of Rock and Roll. Didn't know that existed and I've been black my whole life.

          Glad to see you resort to insults when you have no facts to prove your point.
          #RespectTheCulture

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          • mgoblue
            Go Wings!
            • Jul 2002
            • 25477

            #650
            Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

            Originally posted by Po Pimp
            I don't think people are reaching out to celebrities for answers. It could simply be a "damn, this guy I remember seeing forever is dead...I'm getting old" or "I really enjoyed so and so's work, and it sucks they'll never get to produce anything again."

            I don't see anything strange about people mourning a celeb's passing. I feel bad when anyone dies really. I recall attending the wake of a co-worker who's husband had died. I wasn't close with her at all, but it was still sad to be there. I've attended funerals of family members I never really knew, and still felt sad. I've been a fan of Michael Jackson all my life (I'm 27). Am I supposed to feel nothing for him just because I didn't know him personally?

            I'm not saying you're wrong for feeling that way, cause there are some celebs who have passed and my only reaction was "damn, thats messed up." I either wasn't fans of their work or unfamiliar with it altogether though.
            Yeah...I liked his music and was a fan of him as an artist. It sucks he died too soon, but I'm not gonna devote my entire 2+ weeks to every single bit of MJ coverage like it seems hundreds of thousands have been...

            I personally cannot imagine a artist/celeb who I'd fly out to LA to see their memorial, or just "hang out in the streets" to remember them...I'm just different I guess.
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            • injunwal
              T*g*r's Sw*ng - M*ck*ls*n's M*n B**bs
              • Jul 2002
              • 2103

              #651
              Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

              Originally posted by YankeePride
              It would be a big deal if the person was found guilty of doing it. I could scream out right now that you slept with my younger cousin and take you to court.

              Does that make you a pedophile?

              No but when you make a $15 million dollar settlement payment to the family, say in interviews that you have taken naps with underage boys and will continue to it, something is not right. OJ was found innocent too.
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              • SHO
                Give us a raise, loser!
                • Mar 2005
                • 2045

                #652
                Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                There was no black "style" of Rock n' Roll, but Elvis was strongly accused of stealing songs from black artists back in the day. A few of his early songs were slightly altered versions of black artists' iterations.

                From the man himself - “The coloured folks have been singing it and playing it just like I’m doing it now, for more years than I know. Nobody paid it no mind until I goosed it up. I got it from them.”

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                • CMH
                  Making you famous
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 26203

                  #653
                  Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                  Originally posted by injunwal
                  No but when you make a $15 million dollar settlement payment to the family, say in interviews that you have taken naps with underage boys and will continue to it, something is not right. OJ was found innocent too.
                  Why does everyone use this example?

                  OJ was found liable in civil court. He had a murder case. It's not related to MJ at all.

                  How many bad guys have been put away? Using one example of a guy that got away with it the first time (the harsher time) to say that's why you know that MJ was guilty is silly.
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                  • CMH
                    Making you famous
                    • Oct 2002
                    • 26203

                    #654
                    Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                    Article about Michael the father.

                    "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                    "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                    • CMH
                      Making you famous
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 26203

                      #655
                      Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                      Reports surfacing that Michael's infamous glove was worn to hide early stages of vitiligo - the disease that caused the depigmentation of his skin.

                      Guess Michael didn't change his color to be white. But, people will believe otherwise, I'm sure.
                      "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                      "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                      • trobinson97
                        Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 16366

                        #656
                        Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                        Originally posted by YankeePride
                        Guess Michael didn't change his color to be white. But, people will believe otherwise, I'm sure.

                        Yeah, count me with the unbelievers. That's not to say I don't think he had vitiligo though.
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                        • CMH
                          Making you famous
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 26203

                          #657
                          Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                          Originally posted by trobinson97
                          Yeah, count me with the unbelievers. That's not to say I don't think he had vitiligo though.
                          It's shady, I agree. We never saw those patches on his face. Though, I can't say for sure I remember how Michael turned white. He just was or maybe it was so gradual you couldn't notice without looking at old video?

                          At worse, I think he could have quickened the pace with surgery to avoid looking patchy on the face. I wouldn't be surprised.
                          "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

                          "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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                          • mvb34
                            S**c*d* P**l C*-Ch*mp**n
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 8138

                            #658
                            Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                            Originally posted by YankeePride
                            Reports surfacing that Michael's infamous glove was worn to hide early stages of vitiligo - the disease that caused the depigmentation of his skin.

                            Guess Michael didn't change his color to be white. But, people will believe otherwise, I'm sure.
                            Originally posted by trobinson97
                            Yeah, count me with the unbelievers. That's not to say I don't think he had vitiligo though.
                            Count me in as well. I thought he wanted to be white but hearing some of songs prove otherwise..
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                            • Po Pimp
                              MVP
                              • Jan 2005
                              • 2252

                              #659
                              Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                              Originally posted by markees007
                              Elivs played the black style of rock back then that was what opened the doors.
                              Chuck Berry is credited with creating Rock n Roll, and that was like in the late 40s-early 50s. Rock n Roll was created by black artists, so how can there be a "black" style of rock?

                              Originally posted by mgoblue
                              Yeah...I liked his music and was a fan of him as an artist. It sucks he died too soon, but I'm not gonna devote my entire 2+ weeks to every single bit of MJ coverage like it seems hundreds of thousands have been...

                              I personally cannot imagine a artist/celeb who I'd fly out to LA to see their memorial, or just "hang out in the streets" to remember them...I'm just different I guess.
                              Yeah, I admit I shed some tears watching the memorial (when his brother Marlon and his daughter spoke), but I never went to any public gathering here in Chicago, I'm not going to the Gary memorial tomorrow (which is like 10 min away), and I never bothered to register for the lottery to win tickets to LA. I didn't watch a lot of news coverage either, except on the day he died.

                              I preferred to remember him through his music and by watching some of his videos (even old Jackson 5 archives on Youtube).

                              Originally posted by YankeePride
                              Reports surfacing that Michael's infamous glove was worn to hide early stages of vitiligo - the disease that caused the depigmentation of his skin.

                              Guess Michael didn't change his color to be white. But, people will believe otherwise, I'm sure.
                              I just feel he was a very insecure dude. I don't think he wanted to be white, but imagine being the most popular person in the world, then all of a sudden, you get vitiligo and suffer serious burns in a Pepsi commercial accident?

                              Also, imagine growing up as a 5-10 year old and doing shows at clubs with strippers? Imagine your older brothers and dad having sex with groupies with you in the room and just an adolescent. Imagine people telling you they miss the little Michael once you've started going through puberty.

                              His mom said in a 1980 interview that he became more shy as he got older, and those are reasons why.
                              Last edited by Po Pimp; 07-09-2009, 03:02 PM.

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                              • Misfit
                                All Star
                                • Mar 2003
                                • 5766

                                #660
                                Re: Michael Jackson has passed away

                                Originally posted by YankeePride
                                Reports surfacing that Michael's infamous glove was worn to hide early stages of vitiligo - the disease that caused the depigmentation of his skin.

                                Guess Michael didn't change his color to be white. But, people will believe otherwise, I'm sure.
                                Well, he did technically change his skin to be white, it was just in response to the disease. I've seen pictures of him post Thriller, but before Bad, where he clearly has a lot of makeup one his face. Whether that was to cover-up the effects of a disease or just to look good in photographs is unknown to me. I do believe he had the disease though.

                                Originally posted by Po Pimp
                                Chuck Berry is credited with creating Rock n Roll, and that was like in the late 40s-early 50s. Rock n Roll was created by black artists, so how can there be a "black" style of rock?

                                Bill Haley and his Comets are credited with having the first Rock & Roll song, "Rock Around the Clock." Berry popularised the 50's and more modern rock sound as well as how the electric guitar would be implemented in rock going forward.
                                Last edited by Misfit; 07-09-2009, 03:20 PM.

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