A short informal YouTube conversation exploring whether contemporary artists can reach Michael Jackson’s level of stardom. Speakers discuss Jackson’s exceptional commercial success, early start performing with the Jackson 5, strict parental/managerial influence (Joe Jackson), and the discipline required to reach that pinnacle.
You just on your phone watching Michael Jackson. Yeah, man. But like you said, like, when the highest. And again, he was the highest paid artist, selling the most albums, had the. And had the career to let you know, like, man, if I'm dedicated, if I'm disciplined, if I do all the things that Michael's doing, then maybe I have like some real power. Like, real.
Power. And I will say the reason why, when I was first starting in the music business, when people would be like, I want to be like Michael Jackson. I'd be like, hell yeah. Like, let's be like Michael Jackson. Because at that time, just seen Michael Jackson ass. That's when you inspired the pinnacle right now, today, somebody, somebody, they want to be like Michael Jackson. I started laughing at him because I'm like, did you start performing at five? You just stopped performing.
At five.
Where you're Joe Jackson. You gotta have somebody that's a Joe Jackson.
You gotta have a Jackson 5. You gotta be in the groove. Like, I wanna hear.
That.
And then you gotta speak somebody else.
