"Truth be told, Off the Wall was the crown jewel—ish was still innocent, earnest, organic. Thriller seemed contrived—like that young boy was trying to sell 20 million records. Find the boy’s true fans by asking “Thiller” or “Off the Wall”? If they say the former, than you know that were on some Johnny/Janie come-lately ish when that young boy took claim to the world."
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Mark Anthony Neal in Conjuring Michael (the “uncut-before-u-git-the-academic-ish” mix)
Hell yeah.