MJ's goal was to create an album that people of ALL AGES could enjoy and listen to. political landscape was at the dawn of Reagonomics-in other words: it was a pop-culture 'perfect storm.' drawing people into the record stores (yeah, they really did exist), the U.S. Disco had died, new-wave punk was being ushered in, the record industry was in a slump like they had never seen, there was no one performer/act/etc. Why? Because in addition to MJ's other-wordly musical and performing talent one must consider the pop-cultural landscape of 1982 – the year Thriller was released. But this wouldn't even have to be a point I would've had to make when MJJ was alive.īecause the postings are too numerous to read through individually, I'll assume that someone else has already made this point. And I'm not saying anything bad against hiphop. I mean lets be real, when people started callin rappers "singers" and "singing", you kind of threw that standard of performance out the window. thus, I don't really know if the public can any longer appreciate originallity compared to decades ago in the music industry. Referring to #2, the public nowadays has been conditioned to have low expectations for music and creativity. It would have to be her own sound and style.ģ. This piggybacks off of #1, she would have to do a very unique album that stylistically doesn't sound like the same Usher, NeYo, Justin Timberlake, Aguillera sounding song. Producers today write and produce what's the most "popular" style rather than be trend setters.Ģ. That's possible currently today, but the difference is that MJJ wasn't afraid to create his own sound. MJJ did get some of the best writers, musicians, and producers (QJ) around him to make the album top notch. See the reason Thriller was the best selling album in the world is because of a couple of reasons:ġ. And it's not because of talent, it's because of the public. Well, being a music producer and composer myself who grew up having to see Thriller played on Friday Night videos for literarily 100 times on tv, there won't be another Thriller phenomenon.