WhisperingDandelions said:

JT and MJ are pop stars who show up to sessions and sing stuff over beats/tracks other people composed. They maybe tweak a lyric here and there, like a Beyonce or Mariah Carey, but that doesn't mean they have any connection to who the actual composers/songwriters of their material were influenced by or how they were inspired. They're not pulling up a piano and creating something out of thin air, gimme a brea.

The bulk of JT's material is composed by Timbaland or Pharrel Williams. Both have been explicit that they were huge Prince fans growing up and that Prince was a direct inspiration on their art.

Not that I'd even need quotes or citations. Literally the album I'm discussing--'Futuresex/Lovesounds'--it's clearly Prince inspired. MJ? Maybe less than 5%. The other 95% is Prince.

Literally there are quotes where Timbaland and Danja say they played non-stop Prince in the studio for JT to get inspired by,

And Pharrell did an entire podcast episode centered on how Prince inspired him specifically to become who he became. These are the opinions that are relevant, not the guy just who showed up and badly sang some melodies over a beat other people composed.

MJ? Are you serious? There are tons of tracks of MJ doing vocal parts of instruments and what he wanted played and where.

MJ was 100% involved in every part of his music and even his producers admit this.

JT is a hack. He has some talent, but he's still a hack.

The reason he goes back to Timbaland is because he needs Timbaland. His tracks don't really pop without that extra sauce Timbo puts in his music. Timbo and Danja are his magic negroes. Yeah, I said it. Pharrell is a hack, too. Like JT, he has some talent, but he is also a hack. The veil has been over Pharrell for way too long.