Smokey Robinson on Speaking at Michael Jackson's Funeral, Calls Him the Greatest Ever (Part 30)
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In this clip, Vlad asked Smokey Robinson about speaking at Michael Jackson’s funeral, and Berry Gordy calling Michael “the greatest entertainer of all time.” Smokey stated that Michael was a great talent, which showed in the “Thriller” video. Vlad then spoke about interviewing Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins,” who said that Michael is the only artist to dance full-out in the recording booth.
That was a sad day for everyone, man. I'll never forget it.
I cried and cried and cried. It was heartbreaking.
The internet almost broke down. There is a map that is showing all the lights, how the texting about Michael's death went very quickly around the world. Yes, I agree that was a sad day!!! Michael was the only artist who was a part of my life for so long. We under estimate that we knew him when he was 5 years old until to his death. His powerful presence was in the music business for decades!
Michael Jackson just had something different we all saw it he blessed us with it every time he got on stage⭐⭐⭐🕊️🕊️🕊️
Imagine all the glamor, status and situations Smokey Robinson has been in. Legendary
Not to mention he wrote and composed, yes wrote and composed, some of the biggest pop hits in history and is in the Song Writers Hall of Fame.
All true. However the songwriter of some of his hits Rod Temperton isn't given his due recognition and for some reason isn't in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Look him up and see the massive amount of hits he wrote. Definitely overlooked.
@@novacorps2468 I don’t need to look up Rod Temperton. He was an incredible genius writer on Off The Wall and Thriller albums. I would bet most people that appreciate those albums are aware of him. But Michael was so mesmerizing as an entertainer that people, Vlad included, overlook his songwriting, so I felt it needed to be highlighted. Rod was a beast tho.
@@novacorps2468 TEmperton is actually getting more credit as a songwriter than MJ. Most don't even know MJ wrote many hit songs. They think Temperton and Quincy wrote them all, when Quincy wrote none. Temperton is a widely respected songwriter while MJ is not
@JFacts Michael is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, while Temperton is not. So he didn't get the recognition he deserved.
@@thefreshlab he's not even top 10 songwriter
Michael Jackson definitely was the greatest entertainer that ever lived.
No artists can top him before or after.
James Brown > Michael Jackson
James Brown?
I agree just not best singer
Stop smoking crack
@@guwapdcfinest5868 He’s an underrated singer.
I love old Smokey Story Telling 🙌🏿
Michael is definitely the greatest artist of all time in my opinion 💯🐐
Greatest entertainer of all time is what Michael was. dude was not a better musician than Prince or better with that pen
I can't argue with that statement 😊🩷💫💯✍️🏽🎵
Michael Jackson was phenomenal ❤❤❤
Michael was the greatest. He could sing any song. He could dance most styles. He was magic.
lol yea he could sing and dance. wasn't the best writer and did he even play any instruments?
How can he be the greatest?he wouldn’t write,he couldn’t play instruments,he wasn’t a producer,he could dance his ass off that is true but rather than that 🤷🏽,,PRINCES was way more talented with out a doubt facts,michael was great but I don’t know about the most talented
@@RL-ww5ev that’s what I’m saying bro 👍,,prince was all over him talent wise,,shit prince dint need anybody he was his own producer,song writer,beat maker,manager,this dude prince really was a one man army crazy talented,jackson was a great dancer and singer that’s all,just saying how can he be the greatest??he could even play any instrument
@@boonee8279 what song did he write?you lier 😂
@@gvalz104 Don't Stop till you get enough, Billie Jean, Beat it, Smooth Criminal may I go on. He wrote most of his biggest hits, Deffo an underrated songwriter. He also did produce his own albums from Bad onwards.
The Greatest Artist of all-time! I think it's time that he gets that nod as well
No
FACTS!👑🌟
@SkyNet General That doesn’t make him better tho MJ was the ultimate musician quality over quantity
lol no. Bob Dylan better. Prince better. Paul McCartney better. John Lennon better. just to name a few
@@SkyNetGeneral1 😂
Michael helped me so much to go through hard times in my life. His impact and influence on the musical history is untouchable. The greatest artist ever! He'll never be forgotten. Love you, Michael!
Facts from a living legend 🔥🔥🧐🔥🔥
Love Smokey … love love love Michael ❤
Would've loved Vlad to ask Smokey if he thought Dirty Diana was about Diana Ross! The answer would've been hilarious! Also, I remember when Michael made Usher sit his azz down trying to upstage him at that Jackson Reunion celebration! Fun times mane!
We were very blessed to have seen Michael Jackson in our life time he was the greatest to ever do it and for people that try to compare chris brown to Michael Jackson are smoking crack because he don't come close to Michael
Michael Jackson is The Greatest Entertainer of All Time. Facts!
It's not even close
Careful the haters won't like that!
Truth 💯
@@Snyper1405 Hahaha, that is so true! They always go to pro Michael Jackson pages!
@Hanna Z I know, right!? Lol
MJ was bookmark in 20th Century Pop Culture and entertainment history. No doubt.
Michael jackson forever ❤️
Michael made being phenomenally talented look so easy
Michael WAS music period
I think Smokey Robinson said less than 30 words this whole segment. This was a VLAD clip.
I was looking for this comment 😂😩
Michael is the only artist in my lifetime that I have seen where people would line up outside a record store to buy his album release.
Michael jackson was a musical genius
Damn bro Part 30 you hell for this
No one will EVER top Michael Jackson as an entertainer, and the songs he wrote with meaning. Michael Jackson #1, 2pac 1a. Facts
Michael Jackson took Smokey’s song “Who’s Lovin’ You” and brought it to a whole ‘nother level! Even the Temptations did a version of it (with David Ruffin on lead) and 11 year old Mike _still_ beat up on that version as well! Truth be told, I am waaay more impressed by young MJ’s vocals than I am adult MJ. 🤷🏾♀️
I'm not a fan of Michael but I did like his cover... Loved hearing it when I was in high school.pp
Lol. Mike's vocals as an adult were amazing as well. What you talking bout.
@@vergespierre4271 he's not wrong.
@@vergespierre4271 Where did I say they weren’t amazing? I said I’m waaay _more_ impressed with young MJ’s vocal abilities. I swear some of y’all be reading into & ASSuming stuff that’s not even there. 😆
@@LadyDuchess Nah adult MJ was an absolute beast, his range was WAY greater than kid MJ, from his falsettos on Don’t Stop…’ and Human Nature to his rock vocals on Dirty Diana and Give Into Me, to his pop vocals on Earth Song and Man in the Mirror, to his R&B vocals on Break of Dawn and Butterflies, etc. Truth is the period when kid MJ was active songs with a structure like Got To Be There and Who’s Lovin You were more popular than the post-Disco / post-Motown sound of Thriller and beyond. He could still hit every note when he sang those oldies as an adult.
Michael stood still for 5min and made almost every woman in the stadium faint! No one else can do that
Michael was the only one who had straight men fainting 😂
Michael was the greatest entertainer. As far as singing goes, that’s Marvin Gaye, he cannot be topped ever!!
Hi edagdwg seeing Mr.S.R. telling all the history of soooooo many people that he worked with is a blessing of his own life soooooo blessed to hear him singing and telling life storys of. Other great singer love him always a true gift to the world a loving fan linda j peace
I have watched several episodes of this interview and Smokey doesn't seem very happy doing it. But Smokey will tell the truth, that's for sure.
Michael Jackson was the greatest. 👑
I second that emotion
The youngins won't get your comment
Michael Jackson is the king of dance rock soul pop music hes the greatest entertainer of all time
Go ahead and release the full video!
Michael Jackson > Every Entertainer put together!
I've seen Michael record before. He stomped and clapped a lot, but it wasn't like a full-on stage performance. The energy was definitely there though.
Yeah and my grandmother is Oprah
@@kirosasher😂 I didn't mean I saw him in person
Michael Jackson sold MORE records with that THRILLER album/120 Million and counting. than most artists sold in a whole career. that even includes Prince.
Michael was a bad muthphucka. Even to this day his stories amaze me. I’ll never forget the story where you had Kings and Queens in Africa bow to him. His success off Thriller is one thing I wish I was alive to witness.
He truly is amazing.
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@moabite sounds always that one mf to try and take away a black man's shine....smokey would have said that if he felt that..
@moabite sounds and besides Michael outsold everyone you just named too..even till this day...just give it up.
I believe Mr. Robinson could tell true stories on every single artist Motown has had.
Especially from the beginnings of the label until the early 80s. Ask Smokey or Berry Gordy.
They Know.
Ok I'll arks them
Damn I come back two weeks later and he on part 40😂😂 he tryna force y’all to get that membership
The "GOAT" 😊👊🏽💫🐐
🖤💯🔥👑 MJJFOREVER
Anyone know if Smokey spoke at Marvin Gaye's Funeral?
Him, James Brown and Michael are the three top talents of all-time.
I believe he did. There's a photo of him standing at the podium at his funeral, looking real depressed
My guy Marvin :'( my boomer ageing self misses him
LEGENDS
Come on people, how could anyone be better than MJ? His concerts were the most electrifying, and his music videos were some of the best, just to name a few.
His passing was synonymous with the summer I graduated high school. I’ll be a dinosaur soon.
Oh please your life is just now getting started.
How do you think Smokey feels? Lol
First viewer and I got emotional for this clip 😭
Aye man how much got dam longer?? My mom can’t follow instructions when it comes to technology, so she can’t keep coming Back day after day and stay on TRACK!! Just drop the full dam interview already
❤Mr. M.j the greatest in the world 🗺!
Dr.Tyrone williams of Chester PA
MJ will always be the best. No one comes close
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Vlad loves to keep posting that same rodney jerkins clip..
Micheal Jordan and Micheal were both the best ever at what they done glad to catch the end of both as a 90s kid!
I agree 100%. I'll put Baby Lane in that category too, he was also the best at what he did... The 90s was truly amazing
Marvin Gaye performed the best version of Star Spangled Banner at 83 NBA All Star game.
That's wild
That Red VNeck Fire
Rip Michael. Sorry he wasn’t stronger mentally to kept kept of clear of pills or whatever he was taking. Michael and Elvis two of our great entertainers gone too soon.
MJ = 🐐
No doubt 💯
I wonder do Smokey knows all the shit talking Vlad did on MJ
where can I listen or read about his comments on Michael?
I hope Vlad played Smokey a Boosie flashback.
Smokey is way too good for this show. I don’t see how he would need any money or attention
Hi edagdwg god gave him the gift just for him. What is for you only god can bless you with Linda j. Peace
To be good or great someone studies the best of that time era and those who where considered to be the best decades before that person(s)..Some People's accumulation of work is studied...by hopeful wanna bees... to help them get better and better with practice... learning new techniques and skills..that that person had or have.... Michael studied other Performers like many do....Keep in Mind during their Motown Audition he said Michael was like a little James Brown..hummmmm.
“He called himself” King of Pop? Everybody called him the King of Pop & he didn’t have to get that title from effing Rolling Stone
We need a Steve Perry interview.
I have a truism. I'll share it here with you all: if you ever wonder why some musicians can compel an audience while others struggle to do it; and if you ever wonder why some singers and rappers can compel an audience while others struggle to do it; then what you ask should know is that Newton's laws of physics apply to acoustics, too.
Moral: it takes the same amount of energy to hear a sound as it does to make a sound. It's called sonic resonance. I have to make your eardrum wiggle for you to hear me; and if I'm jumping or tapping my foot when I make a sound, then when you hear the sound, your ear will detect it and your brain will process it all- with or, or without, your awareness.
Bro stop cutting these interviews up and drop damn
Should've asked him about his song "gangbangin"
Boy they are pilling the $hit high in this vid!
Vlad really takes a whole pound and breaks it down into all dimes lol
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I understand and agree that Michael Jackson was/is a helluva entertainer. However, people seem to have short term memory. Sammy Davis Jr. was/is the "greatest entertainer" ever... period point blank. As far as dancing, the Nicholas Brothers are/were the greatest dancers to ever live. I once saw an interview of Gregory Hines (tap dancing legend) were he stated that if they ever make a movie about the Nicholas Brothers their dance moves would have to be computer generated because there isn't anyone alive today that could recreate those dance moves. For reference, watch Stormy Weather movie.
Yeah, great dancers, fine singers. But that's not why MJ is considered the greatest. Even by Sammy Davies Jr or James Brown or Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. MJ was much more than.sing or dance or stage. You people just wanna soubd edgy, however you just fail to see the big picture. MJ was phenomenal, was more than an outstanding dancer and outstanding singer, an outstanding songwriter, nore tban a phenomenal visionary. He used his fame and success to spread love and positive messages, to enter places to bring awarness of issues (like favellas, visiting hospitals, 3rd world orphanages). The greatest in this sense is about all that he did and achieved and what he did with it.
If u reading this, u the second person here
if you can SEE this. I send you PEACE. and the universe is taking care of you.
What's your point? LOL! No one cares- why do you?
You like. R Kelly.
Bro looks like he was in White chicks 🤣
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Michael Jackson is the greatest entertainer ever. And the most famous person ever. Next to Jesus
Here
Loved Michael. But that Prince dude...🤔
No James Brown is NOT better than Mike. You may like him better, but he’s NOT better?
I disagree Vlad. They called him the King of Pop-ular music
Nigga Smokey look like micheal in a way tf!
So basically an extension and copying Elvis Presley that said, he can't sit still when he was recording.
Does Smokey bleach his head?
Mj still alive y’all didn’t see him in the funeral watchin y’all when y’all talkin about how he was greatest
and he had the best school anyone could wish for.
Disagree. Long Before MJ, there was James Brown and Jackie Wilson. Had it not been for these PHENOMENAL singers/dancers MJ wouldn't have even stood a chance. In fact, MJ said James Brown was EVERYTHING to him as a child and wanted to be like him through and through.
So although MJ sold more records and was more famous, he was NOT the greatest entertainer.
🤣 yeah, buddy, your opinion is SOOOO original. None of the others fascinated the world the way MJ did. Deal with it.
Oh, and believe it or not: all of MJs idols were in awe of him. But true, you know it better than them .
Michael Jackson was a former child star, if he was just a pale copy of James Brown, Jackie Wilson, he wouldn't have lasted that long, think about it. He had to renew himself to keep the public interested
From the Jackson Five to "Thriller" (1969-1984), MJ could rival with experienced soul singers. Why do you think a lot of people prefer his version of "Who's Loving You", rather than Smokey's, despite the fact that "Who's Loving You" is a Smokey's song ?
stagedDeath
People think Beyoncé and drake are on his level 😂😂😂😂😂
This😂😂😂
Michael left an indelible mark as a performer. I would only rank him behind Prince at 1 and James Brown at 2.
Fuck No he’s above both
@@Milkers777 James Brown opened the doors for both of them, brought funk to the mainstream and led to the creation of hip hop. Literally the first black superstar. Bigger than Ray Charles on a global level too. There's no touching James Brown.
@@saintkevinofficial nice mental acrobatics, however you don't understand MJs impact on the world.
Shit no. The greatest entertainer is more than just performing, jeez. MJ was a global phenomenon who used his power to spread love messages and bring awarness to issues most people didn't care about. Lke when he went to the favellas though brazlian courts tried to stop him to shoot a video there. They even sent soldiers to stop him. He went there anyway. And that's just one example.of many. He was larger than life on many levels. Too bad you people just wanna downplay all that. I wish more entertainers were like him.
individually, James Brown was the greatest ENTERTAINER ever to grace the stage.
Certainly one of the greatest entertainers but not the greatest. There are others. Presley, Minnelli, Sinatra to name a few. Loved his music but not him. Let's talk truth here & I know people don't want or like to hear the truth. Jackson had a problem with image, meaning being black. This guy was whiter than I am. Bleached his skin, straighten his hair, multiple nose jobs to have the proverbial ski nose, & at the same time lectures us singing ain't no difference if you're black or white. Whatup with that?? Apparently it did make a difference to him. Was obvious ashamed of being black. That spoke volumes about WHAT he was about. Not good. Look at pics of him in the 2000's against the pic on the wall album. Two completely different people. He was a good looking black dude & transformed into something not so good looking. Mega issues & a really sad person. Tragic.
And you sing the song the media taught you. How very original. MJ had vitiligo and lupus - 2 autoimmune diseases. He had 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his head. And he needed operation on his nose, as they say he broke it, which led to complications. You are as arrogant as one can be, that you judge a man with so many health issues and attach some stupid a$$ ideology to it. Just because the white majority media convinced you that MJ, a black artist wanted to become white - after all what else a black man would wanna really be, huh? Don't you see how racist THAT narrative is? Yet you sucked it beautifully.
Btw taken how many hardships MJ went trhough mainly because of his health issues he was the very person, who had all the reasons to sing about racial intergrity.
Michael Jacksons music is black asf, the man has the best selling New Jack Swing Album of all time, has black women in all of his videos, a video on Ancient Egypt with an all black cast, still wears his curly hair, and hangs around black people. Stop with the make believe fantasies, yall are just mad a black dude with an afro is pedestals above The Beatles, Elvis Presley, etc. No other race says this stuff about Michael, it's only white people who look like you. Why is that? Jealousy? Fantasy? Yall whitewashed Jesus, tried white washing Ancient Egypt and have the AUDACITY to do it to Michael. Listen bud... Russia is threatening you, China is flying balloons over your country and people who look like me are telling you this; its evident white people are the problem and the world has had enough of your games. So either get right, or suffer the consequences when the time comes 🤷🏾♂️
You want to know the truth? So let's start with his skin. After Thriller he was diagnosed with lupus (an autoimmune disease) and vitligo (a genetic disease). With lupus you have a lot of joint- muscle pain and migraines, you'll get inflamed lungs and you catch every infection what other people have, that's why he had to wear a mask, to protect himself. With lupus
Some people develop a nail infection, which can cause splitting or crumbling nails and discoloration (A), or swollen skin and discoloration around the nails (B). Sometimes, visible blood vessels appear around the nails. He used bandage around his nails to protect them. The first sign of lupus you can see on old pictures when he had the typical butterfly rash around his nose and cheeks. Vitiligo start mostly on hands, I personally think that was the reason why he invented to wear a glove. When you have vitiligo you lose melanin in your skin. The white patches on the skin are getting larger and larger. Every treatment is the same, the dermatologist gives you a lightening cream and he evens out the skin with makeup. Bleaching or whitening the skin is impossible, otherwise there would be a lot of African Americans, people from India, Asians who would bleach their skin. The lightening ingredient is hydroquinone, the FDA approves only 2% and you can apply it on darker spot for 3 month, than you have to do a break. It lightens the skin in a very slow process. If you use more hydroquinone it causes skin cancer. Michael could easily get skin cancer because the white patches have no melanin, that means no protections. He had to use an umbrella because even if you sit on a window it makes the white skin cells cancerous. He couldn't use a lot of hydroquinone, because it creates skin cancer . Karen Faye, his makeup artist said, that in the beginning, when the brown skin was larger they used darker make up on the lighter spots. The white spots had gotten so large, that they had to use lighter makeup to cover up the brown spots. With the time Michael's skin got naturally white. It's a skin disease, and it doesn't mean that he didn't want to be black. After the burn accident (1084) Michael had no hair on top of his scull, so he had to wear wigs. Michael was brutally beaten by his father, the same father mocked him for his nose and his acne. When he got a surgery on his nose, the skin wouldn't heal, because of lupus, so he had reconstructive surgeries. He had no other surgeries, only on his scull, he had a lot of migraines after the burn accident. So they placed a balloon under his scull that he had more elasticity. His scars were behind his ears. If he would have surgeries the scars would be in front of his ears and under the chin.
The white spots of vitiligo are white as a wall, even translucent. Michael had no problems with being black, he had to deal with a very disfiguring skin disease. I think he was very creative and he was very good in dealing with those diseases.
Stage wise... James Brown was the best entertainer
That's your opinion
James Brown was way better than Michael Jackson
He was the inspiration for Michael. One of many.
Lol James was a woman beater man don't respect him as a man but as a music artist he was great but Michael Jackson was greater
He was also a great artist as well
Michael would probably agree with that.
@SkyNet General but Michael wasn't a genius.
Nah ...Prince beats MJ even if MJ was more popular...prince was the greatest musician of all time...and different era but Sammy Davis Jr was one of the best entertainers of all time
You Prince fans always use the same argument: "Prince played instruments, MJ didn't." They repeat it over and over again. They know very well that in dancing and singing MJ is better. As a musician, as a producer, Prince was better. The only thing MJ didn't do was play instruments, which Prince did.
@@robertj.batista Prinve wasn't even a pro on instruments. And why do a mediocre job when you can hire the best to play on your albums? MJ chose to hire Louis Johnson, Toto members and so on and you can hear the difference.
Also MJ wasn't just a singer-dancer. He was a visionary, his live shows were landmarks and so on. MJs genius wasn't restricted to just making music.
@@robertj.batista I think what Michael did was even more like the work of a genius. He could play melodies on a piano, drums, guitar, keyboard, synthesizer with his hearing, but not reading the notes. He heard melodies and heard instrument playing and advised musicians to transform it. That is a complete different way of creating music. But it really shows that Michael was the music. There was nothing trained or any repetition, it came straight from his heart and soul. It's really hard to find an artist who is capable of creating such great songs the way he did. That has nothing to do with learning to play an instrument. That takes practice, repetition, patience. It's like learning a language. Michael was busy with putting all instruments together, to organize the choreography and create his dance moves to express the feelings and emotions of his song.
Damn vlad talk about smokey more 🤡
I know he only got Smokey on there to ask about other artists. I'm sure he's going to ask him about Ye.
@@krisj827 kayne overrated asf I sat thru all his work and noticed production carries him his vocals are not crazy and he raps basic I'm a fan but end of the day Michael Jackson really did test music in a unique way