BobGeorge909 said:

Hey...I like when musical genres cross whatever perceived racial lines they have. Just the same as I love interracial babies. Humans r humans and music is music. Throw either in a blender and u will get what u started with. I'm creole with roots in new Orleans. IMO, music don't get stole(well sometimes ©'s are infringed) but music inspires. More power to ya if it inspires out your box our if ure inspired outside your own box. So I'm with you. To not see the hyperbole in scripts statement is to assume a level of ignorance that's disrespectful...or ignorant itself. This is a forum about a musician, prince. 100% of people know he's a singer,..which makes him a musician. I suspect 90-95% of the people in this forum are aware or would assume he's played or plays instruments which makes him a musician. To disregard all of that and go with a literal interpretation of the statement is silly and helps u miss the point of the sentence. Which is that, in scripts opinion, timberlands a poor musician. I maaaaay be wrong...but that's what the sentence is screaming to me. Language would be boring is everyone spoke literally.

Bob, it is not my intent to turn this thread into a discussion about the philosophy of language. And

I've some other qualms about your post here. I'd rather keep this particular discussion private so,

check your PMS.

Anyways, clearly humans are not humans and music is not music, otherwise, we would not be

discussing, no matter how ironic the thread title is, white people stealing what is considered to

be Black music. The fact of the matter is that this discussion is founded on the fact that Justin

Timberlake is white. If he was Black, we wouldn't be talking about his skin color, but solely the

merits of his music's attempt to honor and/or emulate Michael Jackson.

BobGeorge909 said:

and he's a poor musician.

I'm pretty sure Justin has a lot of money