Can you direct me to where you got the info about him bein' first from? Also, mainstream scholars reject the hypothesis that Egypt was a white or black society, but rather a Middle Eastern one. Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Egyptian_hypothesis
@@AtlantisTheLostEmpire Whites or Europeons didn't officially come on the scene until the Greeks from the West under Alexander the Great who named part of Egypt after himself Alexandria with their famed Library and one of the Seven Wonders of the World Lighthouse of Pharos and Cleopatra Vll Philopater was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty and her son Ceasarion.
@Kumtekmeon - Wikipedia isn't accepted, but Wikipedia's cited sources can be. You said the ancient Greeks described the then Egyptians as black, but what is the definition of "black"? You could compare say... Beyoncé to Lupita Nyong'o. Both are considered black, yet Lupita is obviously more darker. Arab people can also be considered black as well, and they also vary in different shades too. Also, at what point in time were the Greeks observing the Egyptains? If you've got a link I'd actually be very interested to read it. You say it should be enough, yet here we are with two different opinions we've formed from our own individual research. It's got nothin' to do with racism, (I'm not sayin' there aren't racists), it's about being factual.
Exactly, Caucasians act like Egypt is some small city in Sweden, ITS IN AFRICA & Cleopatra was Black, but they whitewash Jesus so its clearly expected that caucasians rewrite or should I say rewhite history!
This video was so reckless.. how do you come into another mans house and sing to his woman about when y’all dated and messed around lol ... than she gets aroused by the memories. Mike was that man
I was just going to share this information but scrolled down to make sure that I didn't have to. ;) Iman - one of thee most beautiful women alive. And the legendary David Bowie's last album, according to him, was inspired by the hip hop great Kendrick Lamar. Just a #FunFact. ;) Oh - one more #FunFact - Luther Vandross "was invited to work on Bowie’s 1975 album 'Young Americans.' The two worked together so well that they even collaborated on the song 'Fascination.' After the album was released, Vandross sang backup on Bowie’s tour."
Fun fact. He initially intended this to be a movie. He really wanted to make a big budget film about ancient Egypt using black actors. He had backing for it, but there was just too nuch resistance about it. So the concept became a movie-like music video.
@@JackReacts904 Oh yea!! Despite howhis appearance changed he consistently took some very pro black risks, like making a Cameroonian chant popular in the states, and how he honored those who paved the way for him. He paid for David Ruffin and James Brown's funerals, he paid all of Jackie Wilson's hospital bills while he was in a coma and when he bought the beatles catalog the first thing he did was give Little Richard the rights to the music he created that was swindled from him and landed in their publishing.
Why am I not surprised there was Hollywood resistance to _correctly_ portraying people from _ancient_ Africa, where ancient Egypt was located, as black people? It's part of the reason why I'm leery of the mainstream media. 🙄
@@louisyon313 Maaaannn- I had the Number Ones CD, a Beat It and Thriller jacket, the hat, the glove, posters all over my room...I WAS 3. Growing up black, MJ was my first role model.
Michael really wanted to do a full fledged movie about Egypt(Kemet) with a all black cast. He even went to Steven Spielberg to produce the movie but was turned down. So that's why he made this video.
Not surprised it was turned down. The government don’t want it getting out that Egypt was run by blacks people. They don’t want people knowing that black people are capable of running large societies. It goes against their anti black agenda. Why I think all the Egyptian statues are missing noses. The same statues that stood thousands of years happen to only miss one feature. Also some were made of granite, one of the hardest rock to erode
@@STARKILLER15100 - According to mainstream scholars, they reject the hypothesis that Egypt was a white or black society, but rather a Middle Eastern one (just like it is today). Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Egyptian_hypothesis As for the government not wanting people to know, people do know. You can Google it right now or watch a myriad of modern docos about it. As for the statues, many indeed are missing noses, but many also aren't missing noses. There's hundreds of statues throughout all of Egypt, and for thousands of years many of them have bin looted, vandalized, or worn away. Some aren't missing just noses, they're also missing ears, crowns, heads, limbs, weaponry too etc. Yes granite is indeed a hard stone, but it only takes one person (say the slave of a horrible Pharaoh, or a local kid wanting a souvenir), to go up to a statue at night and whack it with a hammer for whatever reason.
@@dais9446 - I already know Christopher Columbus didn't discover America (I'm not that dumb). As for the "bullshit", it's true if you'd bother to do your research. Though, if you wanna play your irrelevent race card game, then you should realize that non-white scholars also exist too, and they agree with it.
When they broke it down and were dancing, that was called The Atlanta Jam. We hen this first appeared on FOX, when they danced, we all were screaming “HBCU” and “Atlanta Jam”!!!!
Michael was known for making a big production out of his music videos starting with the Thriller video. He would often have other well known celebrities from the time in his videos such Bad, Jam, In The Closet, and You Rock My World, and Black or White. All of his videos were very well done.
I haven't watched this M/V in such a long time, I forgot that Iman and MJ shared a long kiss. The whole cast looked beautiful here, not to mention those amazing costumes. MJ was the BEST.
Vivica was an extra, but you see her arm not her face. The dancer people think is her is actually a dancer named Josie Harris. She was an In Living Color Fly Girl and was in Janet's "That's the way Love Goes" video.
@@1984msmocha The arm you see stretched out just before the dance segment is her arm. If you consider that dancing then ok. But she was not one of the dancers behind him doing the choreography. Nor was she one of the dancers who surrounded him in the market scene.
@@JoanRudith yes,Josie Harris from In Living Color. Also dancing was Big Les,she danced in a lot of videos in the 90s(also was a vj on Rap City on BET),in the TV series Living Singles,she was the dancer in the opening credits
One of my earliest memories was watching this video on video soul, on BET with my sister ,while jumping on my grandma's couch. Subsequently getting my ass whooped.
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean, Smooth Crimminal, Beat it, thriller, don't stop til you get enough, way you make me feel, black or white, Leave me alone, they don't care about us, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror.
This was my favorite video by MJ. I loved seeing all of that chocolate and star power in one video. The dancing was off the chain. The song was a definite bop and I still jam to it.
Now you definitely have to react to "Smooth Criminal." Its another great elaborate and story telling visual that displays a lot of his versatility. Michael was such a chameleon when it came to weaving in and out of up tempo songs to very slow & sultry songs.He had the power to do it all phenomenally.
Yes. MJ really could do them all. His rhythmic ability combined with his range and ability to deliver emotion like no one else plus the fact that he was able to produce that rocky/gospely rasp so amazingly helped with that lol.
Teddy riley is the producer he produced so many other artists He is musician artist who was on the group "Guy" he help created new Jack swing style in music.
Michael Jackson wanted to be an actor so that's why his video's are like mini movies especially in this era of his career starting with the Thriller album.
That’s why he is the king of pop! You don’t get that name for no reason, he is a legend and had so many more amazing videos that I want you to react to in the future!
That robot dancing was old school. It was sometimes called "pop-n-lock". Of you watch early Jackson five clips Michael was doing it and if you watch soul train clips lots of black dancers were doing it.
If I remember correctly this premiered on regular network television, not even cable. This was indeed highly anticipated broadcast. It was followed by ‘Black or white’.
Michael dedicated this video to Elizabeth Taylor, who acted as Cleopatra in 1963 - and the opening music with the sand and sand timer... came from her movie.
When it came to Michael he really made music videos that were versatile like they were very creative imaginative he did things that people didn't do the fact that he had different types of people in his music videos divisions that he had they weren't just music videos they were more like movies. I would say hiw work was aways unique and creative not to mention diverse like that in the 90s amd early 00s . We always did futuristic stuff with modern tones and incorporated so many different things like platform or space boots, colorful hair, elongated necks, turning into different creatures, having it be diverse with the dancers and the cast so different ranges of people . Michael made music that was generally for pretty much everybody, no matter where you come from r what age they loved him. The fact that he was injured while doing a live version of this at an award show and he, really wanted to dance and go all in He couldn't move too much but still gave his all had fun dn got a standing ovation The mv had Iman model actress Eddie Murphy actor singer Magic johnson former NBA Debo from Friday
Fun Fact: The man who played him (Michael Jackson) was one of the background dancers. I never can pinpoint which one he is, though. His name was Wylie Draper and he did a phenomenal job in that movie. He died on December 20, 1993.
The late John Singleton directed the video. He was fresh off of the success of his directorial debut “boyz n the hood,” which came out in 1991. He would direct Janet and 2pac in “poetic justice” in 93.
U need to venture into "New Jack Swing" which is a late 80s/early 90s R&B subgenre that merged R&B singing over Hip Hop beats. Tracks like Another Bad Creation - "Iesha" Boys 2 Men - "MotownPhilly" Janet Jackson - "Alright" TLC - "What about your Friends" just to name a few.
This was the track on his "Dangerous" album that instantly hooked me. I could not get enough of this song. It wasn't until years later that I finally saw the music video, which immediately took it to another level. 'Do you remember the time,' not just reminiscing about love, but referencing Egypt in the time of the pharaohs. Sheer brilliance.
When they were doing the dance break Wylie Draper was in the back dancing he played Michael in the American Dream the Jackson 5 flim he was outstanding!!! Michael hand picked him to play himself too ! Unfortunately a year after the 5 hour series/movie was released he died of a rare leukemia! R.I.P Wylie Draper 🙏🏽
Loved when King Michael performed this song at the Soul Train Awards when his ankle was sprained and he performed from the chair. My favorite performance of his-- so cute. Love MJ forever ever ❤
