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Old 07-10-2009, 12:57 AM   #62 (permalink)
Avarwen
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That kind of music was never going to be as big.

He was the catalyst for the accellerated evolution or even creation of pop/soul. If it even existed before (Arguable), he perfected the entirity of it.
Some people fail to see how important he was to modern music. Black music in particular. While you did have famous black musicians before him none of them blew up like he did. While he's not the best artist ever you can't deny that he did have an impact on music.
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