MJ was no saint. MJ was no sinner. MJ was human

[Taverner]

He did nothing for pop music, except underscore the cliches a little more.

He did nothing for dance, except take what was already happening in urban America and blast it on a big screen.

We do not know if he was a pedophile or not - everything got settled out of court so we will never know.

At the same time, he did give to charity. A lot.

But did he bring anything new to the table? I'm sorry, but he did not.

[sasquatch]

1. He did inspire many of musicians to take up music, despite the genre

Although not an innovater, he was a multi-decade, multi-generational music superstar that had a one top single after another for decades on end.

[Taverner]

2. So did GM - and we see what happened there...

[rcrush]

3. He inspired Usher to rip off his dance moves