but i think MJ's case may have been different,
because he was a child start that black folks "grew up with"
that had morphed into a young star that was relevant.

he was a veteran and he was hot at the same time.
this isn't unprecedented, but i think one of the things that made
stevie such a legend was that he a child star that made that transition.


i think there may be an argument that MJ was a legend to black folks
with OTW, and the sales don't necessarily tell the full story.

but again, i wasn't there.
i'm just going off of the way i heard my parents friends talk about MJ when i was little. they all seemed to have a special fondness for OTW.

was that fondness enough to say that black folks thought he was a LEGEND as an adult? i dunno.


i can your point and murph's.
i dunno.



>ANYWAY, what i'm trying to say here i think is that MJ hadn't
>done anything w/the OTW sales that had never been done. that
>album being the best selling R&B album ever for a brief period
>didn't make MJ a legend.