vocal performances? all soul.
dancing? all black.

I can think of one mainstream portrayal of egypt that had actual black ppl in it. Mike did that.

Mike's lyrics were fairly militant at times.
The lyrics to black or white and speed demon
convey the same message as they don't care about us.

Yeah I know he had a weave and too many nose jobs
but the idea that he loathed blackness is fairlt ridiculous.



>One phrase characterizes James here:
>"I wanna get up and do MY thang"
>
>Once he found himself, James never catered his musical
>approach to white America. He was the Blackest popular
>musician America ever saw or will see. White America was just
>amazed by the talent.
>He was infectious and undeniable. He is and will forever be
>the standard of Black entertainment,
>because at a time when everyone else was trying their best to
>make crossover songs,
>James came along and changed music by making it the Blackest
>way he could.
>In order to capture white America, Mike intentionally went
>after them. He was more of
>a Pop Messiah who loathed his Blackness... initially anyway.
>I don't think any less of Mike
>for his approach. He just isn't deserving of the title
>considering what James did.
>