Michael Jackson was inarguably a great artist
He was inarguably a great entertainer
He was inarguably a great talent
But was he a great singer?
I don't really hear him described that way
To be fair, I've never heard anyone say that MJ has a "bad" voice or even just an "average" voice propped up my material or production
But his name doesn't really come up in discussions about great voices the way that Otis Redding, David Ruffin, Aretha and Marvin are
To my ears he is
I've always loved his voice from J5 to an adult
PS: I just had to edit the post as I realized I kept using "is" instead of "was"
Nearly a decade on, I still can't believe that he's gone
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