The media was truly cruel to him, seeing this makes me admire him more, he needed to have a gigantic mental strength to not explote with so much slander and criticism.
I can't help but feel bad for Michael Jackson as I look back at his final years. 😔 He was a genuine talent who was too good for this world. Another great video from the detail.
Yup, I remember this era. It was when I first became conscious of how bizarre MJ seemed to so many people. As an eight year old it was difficult to reconcile the MJ I heard on my walkman and saw in music videos with the person he was described as being by the media and members of my community. It did for a moment seem like he would turn things around, and then the Bashir interview aired, after which it became wholly uncool to say that you were an MJ fan. As I remember, that didn’t change until Sony began promoting Thriller 25, which was when everyone my age discovered his music for the first time. Watching this reminded me of the extent to which his death rehabilitated his image.
Being a mj fan was seen as lame throughout the 90s and especially throughout the 2000s until he died, then everyone pretended to have loved him all along.
@@erenyeeagah204 I was too young to realize in the 90s. My dad was a huge fan and wanted me to see MJ the way he did in the 80s, and before the allegations.
@@erenyeeagah204 it’s just so sad when u put it this way. Makes me think of the live memorial service with all those stars under one roof. Makes you wonder where were they in the 2000s? I wonder if that’s why Elizabeth Taylor didn’t join the public memorial service. She was his true friend. Why would she be around fake people who ‘pretended they loved him all along’
Looking back in hindsight, you can clearly see the writing on the wall. The 2000’s was the decline. From the plastic surgeries, financial situations, drug addiction & allegations. His life was spiralling out of control. His death was on the cards. A real shame for such great talent.
Yes, you are absolutely right. But what gets me nonetheless is that his three children are so nice, well behaved and generous. Especially his eldest son who lived MJ‘s most tragic years consciously is an absolutely amazing and normal person to me.
His comeback was thru the grave, just as it was with Elvis. MJs debt was settled in short order once he was out of the way. Branca was able to rehab MJs image with strategic music and production deals that made MJ the wealthiest he’s ever been… and as a corpse. MJ could never have accomplished that whilst living.
Love mj, but this was definitely the year I think life got to him, never mind the allegations that came after this, just his life in general. He was mentally suffering here, he’s more aware than any of us that he looks odd, because no matter what he wanted to look perfect. He wanted to be the perfect human, and his surgery decision as well as illness really got him looking alien, then the same time his reputation was alien, he had the history of NOBODY else at that moment. He was the most famous, most rewarded artist ever, but he wanted constant perfection. I stand by the fact this year shows how he is a product of being the most famous Pearson alive if not ever. Fame is scary Mike was always positive and calm, kind and caring, even in the visible worst times he never lashed out, he said anything negative, he never got spotted boozing and on drugs in bars. He dealt with his problems while keeping a positive energy around him.
At this point he was seen as a joke and a weirdo by almost everybody, only the most loyal fans were still suporting him, he was no longer as loved by the general public as he was in the 80s, i think that got him mentally.
@@johnsonmark65 Understandably. Imagine being a favourite of millions across the globe in one moment and then the most ridiculed and disrespected artist in another. That would mess with anyone's head. And he was already an insecure person to begin with.
This was really hard to watch in real time when it was happening. My personal memories of the 2000s decade were great as it was the time that I went into my teen years but at the same time being a Michael Jackson fan was not easy. Especially for me as a super fan, it was really hard defending him to my friends at the time, especially the baby dangling incident. I kept telling them that he admitted he made a mistake and they were convinced that he was going crazy. When he won the award at the Billboard Music Awards, presented by Chris Tucker that December, I thought the new year would be better for him. I was sadly mistaken.
Can you explain more of what was like to be a fan at this time? What age were you exactly? What did your peers think of his Invincible album and comeback
It was not good at all literally every where you went MJ was on magazine covers, news channels, the plaatic surgery pics. Too make it short n sweet basically mj was bullied to death
@@crazy4corbinbleux it was a mixed bag being a fan during this time when I was a young teenager. People still had genuine love for Michael but they were concerned with his then-current behavior. I became very popular singing and dancing to Michael’s music during this time to the point that my nickname was “The Michael Jackson Kid” growing up. I went on school tours around New York City and audiences would scream and give me standing ovations for replicating his performances in school talent shows, so clearly people, even young people still loved Michael Jackson. But when he would show up on the news, my classmates would ask how I felt about it and they would want me to defend or at least explain his behavior. During this time, people still loved and respected Michael Jackson, the artist. But Michael Jackson, the person, had become a punchline, unfortunately.
It was amazing to see how in 2001, everyone was back on MJs side. We were loving the album and optimistic..and then 2002 came and people were saying the album bombed and that MJ was broke. Being a kid at the time, I never got why any of this happened. Getting older gains you a wider context, though the answers are often disheartening.
I believe MJ's fall started in 1993 (at least his public decline), but this 2002 review was sad to watch, because that's when he really began spiriling down. I remember that year... Everytime Michael appeared in the news I was impressed by his self-destructive behavior. MJ was plunging into a very dark place and nobody was willing to admit it.... especially us fans...
but did you know that even then it was sony using media to slander him and get hin to sell half of his ENTIRE stake in Sony ATV for 100 million because they CAUSED his financial woes. mottolla did it to mariah and he did it to thalia and of course he would do it to michael , but luckily michael hashis own publishing in a seperate account at MJJ productions. Quincy also turned out to be e jealous leach.
His downfall was in 1984 during the Pepsi commercial accident. That is what ignited the vitiligo, the lupus, the drug addiction, and possibly the plastic surgery.
Yes & it's Crazy. When 👁🗨 Posted that though 👁🗨 was a Huge MJ Fan, Michael was not perfect (Just like any of us) & he did make mistakes. 👁🗨 stated the comment that if U pay attention 2 the time that MJ was overseas during the filming of "Living With Michael Jackson' U can clearly tell that something was very "Off" about him. Like he was taking some type of drug. 👁🗨 had a MJ Fan criticizing me & stating that we "Shouldn't talk about what he did wrong". If U're a fan of somebody, u gotta take the bad w/ the good. He had his faults, just like anybody else. Doesn't change the fact that he was an Amazing person who tried 2 do good.
@@officialfloodyboy2008 I feel like Mike held it down from 84 on up. I think what said here is that, PUBLICLY he began spiraling. He probably was able to keep everything hidden for so many years. But in 2002 it was just just all on the table.
As much as I love MJ and I’ve been a lifelong fan this was a hard time. Everyone was beating up on him so bad . I hope now he’s somewhere magical and safe and happy . Long live MJ 💙
I will always be a loyal Micheal Jackson fan. Micheal was a very special person who loved everyone in the entire world and loved all of his fans with all his heart.
I still can’t believe ABS was his last live performance. I still remember seeing it live and feeling that something was off with that performance. It just felt. Final. I can’t explain it.
American bandstand wasn't his last live performance. This video missed live at the apollo in April 2002. Jacko performed dangerous, black or white and finally heal the world.
5:36 Michael is heavily sedated here. .. He is sedated throughout many of the clips this year but here it is most significant. He is slurring words, barely moving his jaw, has paralysis of facial expression. He isn't able to pronounce 'racism' at 4:46. My heart hurts.
The tragedy of Michael Jackson will go down as an almost Shakespearean tale so heartbreaking to see a genuinely great human be plagued with the the hurts and hang ups he experienced these last years, and the traumas from his childhood surfacing even more as he reached mature adulthood. We don’t know a lot from the last year in 2009 bout him personally but I pray he was able to figure some of this stuff out. God bless him and his family
I've said the same thing. The story of Michael Jackson could be something out of Shakespeare. Such a tragedy. I always said if I could do a biopic of MJ, it'd be a Shakespearean like tale. One of Triumph and Tragedy.
Its so obvious there was a smear campaign against the King, and we know who and why. The real ones knew as it was happening and defended him till the end. We love you Michael
I'm gonna take a wild guess what the themes of the next years are gonna be- 2003 - Martin Bash*t documentary 2004 - beginning of trial charges, police raiding Neverland 2005 - Court trials Santa Barbara / escape to Bahrain 2006 - World Music Awards 2007 - Japan ? 2008 - Thriller 25. TMZ videos of him shopping with kids, bookstores, his house in Vegas 2009 - preparations for This It It, his death :( I am absolutely dreading the Year in Review 2009 video 😢
Good on Michael for holding it down for Dick Clark & the American Music Awards. I never heard of this controversy before. Mike remembers the beginning & who was down for him & who wasn't. It wasn't the American Music Awards who snubbed him, it was the Grammys! Never forget 1988. Mike remembers his appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand since the earliest Jackson 5 days to the days of the Jacksons. It was a no-brainer that Mike would ride for a True Blue like Dick Clark who ALWAYS had his family's back. I refrained from watching this one for a long time. This is when us fans had to defend Michael STRONG. They were coming for his NECK back then. And the worst was yet to come.
As a long time fan (since late 80's) i have to say that things started to getting worse year after year, since late 2000's in above... MJ was not the same anymore in every aspect like physical, behaviors, artistic, ect. We lost him for ever since.
I love MJ but it's clear to see that by 2002 his mental health was spiralling out of control. Whether it was from the drugs he was taking, the stress he was under due to his album being underpromoted, the media being on his case. Whatever it was just led to one bad decision after another. Which is why it's so sad that This Is It never came to fruition. It would've been his chance to come back as the MJ everyone knew him as during the 80s and 90s. Sadly he died as the MJ that was constantly mocked all throughout his later life.
The problem with the invincible album was definitely its songs that were too slow and inclined to R&B, only highlighting 2 or 4 fast songs as was his style, because his music was created according to his mental state and the age he was with as a family man, Tastes and rhythms change to what he was when he was young and single, a pity, I don't think Sony had an influence on the low sales after 2002.
You fail to mention how Sony pumped millions upon millions into invincible. It was the most expensive album ever created at that point (im unsure if it still holds the record). Sony was in their right to withhold further investment when the album flopped on launch.
@@harrydhcco Jacko's formula was to jump aboard the trends at the time and run with it. Dangerous - new jack swing. Invincible - R&B. Off the wall - disco/funk.
@@mrpussinboots4252 but unfortunately his R&B was too slow, Invincible had too many slow songs which caused his low sales and loss of the thread that he left at 97 with the 5 new songs of Blood on the dance floor in comparison.
@@harrydhcco Considering the time we're albums would be lucky to even sell a million or two, Michael's album did very well. It sold 10 million US and 13 million worldwide.
You forgot the clip, where he told Diane Diamond to tell Gloroa Allred to Go To Hell on his way into court!! That was regarding the baby dangling incident, and he was going to court for that $21 million dollar lawsuit.
yes . the stop lifting incident with winona ryder and the infamous diane sawyer interview with whitney houston and of course the headlines with mj it was a lot that year.
I don’t understand the comments, despite the media and baby dangling throughout 2002 and 2003 Michael was constantly getting awards, so I don’t think this was a bad year.
my heart really hurts watching this as I love Michael so much. very tough year and the tabloids treated him is disgraceful, on the top of that battle was sunny and this fake award when Britney Spears was handling that to him. they arrange that just to making a fool of him and he thought it was serious. I hope that they’re already in hell. but little did you know that the worst is yet to come… and they were worried what kind of father he is we can see, his children comparing to some of their so-called stars are just gold. i’m so sorry Michael that you have to go through so much of this crap. I miss you so much every day but rest in heaven❤
I remember watching all of this in real time - it's very vivid to me because even as a pre-teen, it was really hard to watch. I really wish he had had good, honest people around him to force him to get the help he so desperately needed.
Entering 2000s Michael Jackson fell apart. I feel that everything Michael did back then was always wrong in the eyes of the media and journalism. Covering his children's face to protect them i mean nothing wrong with that besides he's a famous person on earth, like what celebrities do these days protecting their children from the media but no one talks about it
I really wish his marriage to LMP worked out but I get why it didn't. There was definitely a significant downward spiral for MJ after their marriage ended but I think there is a good chance they could both still be with us if they stayed together.
Me too i think with her he kind of looked normal and his downward spiral was when she left him like forever like I suspect around 2000 and then he just went in a rabbit hole well she did talk about it in her interview with Oprah but I hoped desperately they stayed together she went too so too and the Debbie situation mj did was just outrageous he basically ended his own marriage
Michael will always be the best! No one can take that from him. It hurts to see what they did to him but he can always count on his fans. We will never let him down. He will always be my No. 1, forever❤️🔥the one and only, the king, the God, my everything Michael Jackson ❤️🔥🌹✨💯💋
How did I not know about the Marcel Avram trial and what that whole thing was about?! I always knew of the infamous picture of Michael's nose at 7:50 but I never knew what is was for. I think I thought it was from the 2005 trials or something
I feel so bad for Michael for what he had to go through, he was the most sweetest, pure, angelic human being, but the world was so evil and they literally destroyed him, I’ll never forgive the people that done that to him, I hope he’s at peace with the angels and Jesus🥺🥺🥺🥺💞💞💞💞!!!!!
😥😥😥I wish 1993 never happen to Michael Jackson, I wish his public decline never happened way back in 1993, I wish 2002 never came along to put him in more trouble too. Michael Jackson made mistakes in his life, yes we know! Things won't always remain the same for him as to when he was from 6 years old up to 25! Those years were his active years in music and his time to dominate and shine, but as years went by, new artists and more musical culture and trends comes up! People began to jealous MJ because they knows he fits in all trends and he has got the money and the audience to listen to him. MJ was set up and killed! Period! Michael 's only mistake was to trust the wrong people who betrayed and stab him in the back! 😥 I love and miss him so much.
Too bad of you to say that! The press manipulated that picture, that's not the real picture of Michael, they use Photoshop to create a monster effect picture of him because they wants to ridicule him. God will judge and punish them all. They will all end up in brewing hell.
Why? I think because he obviously was black, loved and this is too much power especially political influences. Michael needed special support since hos teenage to heal all that shit from his father, as a therapist i see that he definetly was a victim from his own ghosts, without strength to leave the past and bring his self-confidence high. He was very talented and amazing human being. But like everyone here, he needed support, emotional, psichological. He needed to heal his wounds.
... Thanks a lot. Very interesting and informative ... we know a lot. But I saw something for the first time .... Michael is an incredible person !!!!! I really love fragments of his voice.. And what a cool deep voice.. 😘
My God... It's so sad to see how much of a wreck he was during this year! From one major embarrassment to the next. I know his drug addiction would have been the primary factor behind all of this. How was this not highlighted by the media at the time? So scary to watch all of this in hindsight.
No offense to anyone who likes her but I find Liza Minnelli to be such a weird and annoying person and I don't know how Michael was friends with her. PS. still have nightmares from her rendition of You Are Not Alone at the anniversary special.
I am old enough to remember those unfortunate years, which I lived with sadness, despite not agreeing with those who attribute all the responsibility to the press. Michael helped keep feeding them, and by the time he wanted to stop them, it was too late. I remember that Lisa Marie commented in the RS of the year 2003, that she surely must have told Michael at the time. That year I noticed him different, not only in his appearance, but in his behavior... for the worse, unfortunately. And nobody told him that at MTV he was going to receive only a symbolic award, for his birthday, instead of a real award? Those bizarre things, that only happened to him... but hey, he was surrounded by vultures and shit.
yeah . 2002 was a strange year I’m sure you probably remember the shop lifting incident with Winona Ryder and the infamous diane sawyer interview with Whitney Houston
And he was the most highly hyped overrated Freak ever Every other artist was much more Talented And much better than shit overrated Freak jacko wacko trasho jacko
Hard to believe, but in late 2002 it was the first time I heard Michael Jackson’s name, but never actually see what he looked like a little later in early 2003 I saw a pic of him in 2002 (the Marcel Avram court trial 1st day) in J14 magazine and I was like “What happened? How did he looked like that? How was he white?” until not long after I learned more about Michael. Also this is when MTV screwed Michael and when that man hating b🤬 Gloria Allretch threatens Michael to drag authorities to take his kids away and he told her (not personally) to “go to hell”.
He was a joke at this point here in the US, it was sad for me because he was my idol in the early-mid 80s, it was really hard to believe that this was the same dude that everybody was in love with during the Thriller years.
@@mechajay3358 Michael has to take some accountability for his choices and actions...because he did indeed brought alot of it on himself. And fans need to realize that. It wasn't just the media who was making a joke outta MJ. MJ was giving them fuel. The media didn't make MJ dangle his baby, they didn't make him dress his kids in these disguises that stick out like a sore thumb....or keep getting his nosejobs etc. MJ did that all on his own. MJ wanted the attention and he got more than he bargained for...... Next to the government, the media is the 2nd most powerful entity. Don't fuck wit them, you always get more than you bargained for....
There goes the negativity they just want leave Michael alone…They’re still angry and it’s been 13 years racism is as real as there’s a sky above…They’re still mad at Michael’s success well they might as well scratch their behind and be glad for Michael he did it and was perfect at it the whole world loved it and him as well I think it’s safe to say 95 percent of the world loved him wholeheartedly and the 5 percent don’t count…🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽👀
No, just no. Jacko planted stories mid 80s and it back fired drastically. Every celebrity is under constant scrutiny from the media and press, Jacko wasn't an exception. Whether it was Whitney, Madonna, Bieber ect.. they all felt the brunt of the media.
I have that Vibe Magazine! I remember being so excited to get that magazine and thinking how cool it was for him at that time to be wearing his glove and Billie Jean jacket (outside of performing) casually in a photo shoot, and the clothes he had on inside the magazine were very cool. Unfortunately, I also have all of newspapers from that year that have him on the cover when he had the bandage on his nose, him dangling Blanket over the balcony and taking Prince and Paris to the zoo with face masks on (people thought that Michael putting masks over his children’s faces was so weird, how ironic).
Even though 2009 looks like the last year to cover, Michael Jackson generates news even after 2009 and it is very interesting to cover. Some questions might be answered after 2009.
This is very sad and hard to watch. They destroyed such a talented, sweet, kind, dynamic and handsome man with all their words, rumors and jealously. All these people who ever did any harm to MJ will have their Karma served to them. God is watching. RIP MJ💔
Yeah it was a sad period from 2001 onwards. For some reason he seemed unable to properly animate and the hairstyle was absolutely atrocious. Some puzzling slip ups and mistakes caused by a dependence on medications really seemed to take him out of it. If anything he looked more "with it" in This Is It concert.
I’m a big fan of Michael but hanging his baby over a hotel balcony is something I’m gonna criticize him for. Regardless if he was holding him tight or not, I still don’t think that was a good idea.
5:25 - 5:50 The way Michael is slurring here while sedated reminds me of how President Joe Biden talks and people saying he has dementia. One is from drugs, one is from old age.
When and if you do 2009, it would be great that year would have like a 3 or 4 part video, Michael kept up with the times and i was dying to he how he'd interact with all the Gen Z artists.
This man went through so much during his last few years on Earth 😢 hoping & praying he’s somewhere resting and at peace ❤
I agree exactly I'm thinking what you're thinking exactly I totally agree man your a genius
You do realise he mol3sted kids but weird
@@8MoSeconds do agree with him your just as bad
@@tommy-vo5oo do u realize ppl jump on the bandwagon before knowing the facts? Think b4 u speak ignorance
@@tommy-vo5oo ignorant fool
The media was truly cruel to him, seeing this makes me admire him more, he needed to have a gigantic mental strength to not explote with so much slander and criticism.
Yea i agree he knew how to play with the media’s head to keep them talking that’s genius in a way
Did you expect the media to duck jackos antics?
@@mrpussinboots4252Jackson
As a life long fan this was hard to watch...this year felt like the beginning of the end for Michael.
90s
I think the end began in 1993, but this was the beginning of the spiral down...
@@simonlealbarria6550 I agree in 1993 the decline started but here in 2002 it was the year that the end seemed near
I don’t no if it’s a roomer or not but I heard he used to fu*k kids🤔
Are you aware he mol3sted kids
I can't help but feel bad for Michael Jackson as I look back at his final years. 😔 He was a genuine talent who was too good for this world. Another great video from the detail.
As an 02 baby I remember SOME moments of MJ being alive. The 2000s MJ was the MJ I grew accustomed with. Invincible is one underrated album also
Same.
Yikes this is sad. As a teenager I was just happy to see him whenever he showed up anywhere but he really needed help here.
Yup, I remember this era. It was when I first became conscious of how bizarre MJ seemed to so many people. As an eight year old it was difficult to reconcile the MJ I heard on my walkman and saw in music videos with the person he was described as being by the media and members of my community. It did for a moment seem like he would turn things around, and then the Bashir interview aired, after which it became wholly uncool to say that you were an MJ fan. As I remember, that didn’t change until Sony began promoting Thriller 25, which was when everyone my age discovered his music for the first time. Watching this reminded me of the extent to which his death rehabilitated his image.
This was such an insightful read. Thank you.
I was also 7-8 during this time and I wish I could remember him/ living through MJ while he was alive but sadly I can’t
Being a mj fan was seen as lame throughout the 90s and especially throughout the 2000s until he died, then everyone pretended to have loved him all along.
@@erenyeeagah204 I was too young to realize in the 90s. My dad was a huge fan and wanted me to see MJ the way he did in the 80s, and before the allegations.
@@erenyeeagah204 it’s just so sad when u put it this way. Makes me think of the live memorial service with all those stars under one roof. Makes you wonder where were they in the 2000s? I wonder if that’s why Elizabeth Taylor didn’t join the public memorial service. She was his true friend. Why would she be around fake people who ‘pretended they loved him all along’
I believe your channel is allowing many fans including myself heal. Many of us allowed Mike to be part of our entire lives. This is so helpful. 😢
2000 to 2005 were so difficult to experience 😢 looking back he was struggling a lot. It's so plain to see now.
Looking back in hindsight, you can clearly see the writing on the wall. The 2000’s was the decline. From the plastic surgeries, financial situations, drug addiction & allegations. His life was spiralling out of control. His death was on the cards. A real shame for such great talent.
Yes, you are absolutely right. But what gets me nonetheless is that his three children are so nice, well behaved and generous. Especially his eldest son who lived MJ‘s most tragic years consciously is an absolutely amazing and normal person to me.
spot on... he never really had a comeback by this time frame... it was just a waiting game.
The decline was there since the late 80s....
His comeback was thru the grave, just as it was with Elvis. MJs debt was settled in short order once he was out of the way. Branca was able to rehab MJs image with strategic music and production deals that made MJ the wealthiest he’s ever been… and as a corpse. MJ could never have accomplished that whilst living.
I doubt there's anyone on earth that would of dealt with even half of the things he did for as long as he did and come the other side
Love mj, but this was definitely the year I think life got to him, never mind the allegations that came after this, just his life in general.
He was mentally suffering here, he’s more aware than any of us that he looks odd, because no matter what he wanted to look perfect. He wanted to be the perfect human, and his surgery decision as well as illness really got him looking alien, then the same time his reputation was alien, he had the history of NOBODY else at that moment. He was the most famous, most rewarded artist ever, but he wanted constant perfection. I stand by the fact this year shows how he is a product of being the most famous Pearson alive if not ever. Fame is scary
Mike was always positive and calm, kind and caring, even in the visible worst times he never lashed out, he said anything negative, he never got spotted boozing and on drugs in bars. He dealt with his problems while keeping a positive energy around him.
At this point he was seen as a joke and a weirdo by almost everybody, only the most loyal fans were still suporting him, he was no longer as loved by the general public as he was in the 80s, i think that got him mentally.
So sad. I love Michael and it hurts me to see him like this 😢
@@crazy4corbinbleux yeah
@@johnsonmark65 Understandably. Imagine being a favourite of millions across the globe in one moment and then the most ridiculed and disrespected artist in another. That would mess with anyone's head. And he was already an insecure person to begin with.
he was "always positive and calm, kind and caring" because he was always buzzed on painkillers
This was really hard to watch in real time when it was happening. My personal memories of the 2000s decade were great as it was the time that I went into my teen years but at the same time being a Michael Jackson fan was not easy. Especially for me as a super fan, it was really hard defending him to my friends at the time, especially the baby dangling incident. I kept telling them that he admitted he made a mistake and they were convinced that he was going crazy. When he won the award at the Billboard Music Awards, presented by Chris Tucker that December, I thought the new year would be better for him. I was sadly mistaken.
Can you explain more of what was like to be a fan at this time? What age were you exactly? What did your peers think of his Invincible album and comeback
It was not good at all literally every where you went MJ was on magazine covers, news channels, the plaatic surgery pics. Too make it short n sweet basically mj was bullied to death
@@tivajhopkins4524 :( bullied to death ?!
@@tivajhopkins4524 it’s true
@@crazy4corbinbleux it was a mixed bag being a fan during this time when I was a young teenager. People still had genuine love for Michael but they were concerned with his then-current behavior. I became very popular singing and dancing to Michael’s music during this time to the point that my nickname was “The Michael Jackson Kid” growing up. I went on school tours around New York City and audiences would scream and give me standing ovations for replicating his performances in school talent shows, so clearly people, even young people still loved Michael Jackson. But when he would show up on the news, my classmates would ask how I felt about it and they would want me to defend or at least explain his behavior. During this time, people still loved and respected Michael Jackson, the artist. But Michael Jackson, the person, had become a punchline, unfortunately.
It was amazing to see how in 2001, everyone was back on MJs side. We were loving the album and optimistic..and then 2002 came and people were saying the album bombed and that MJ was broke. Being a kid at the time, I never got why any of this happened. Getting older gains you a wider context, though the answers are often disheartening.
I believe MJ's fall started in 1993 (at least his public decline), but this 2002 review was sad to watch, because that's when he really began spiriling down. I remember that year... Everytime Michael appeared in the news I was impressed by his self-destructive behavior. MJ was plunging into a very dark place and nobody was willing to admit it.... especially us fans...
but did you know that even then it was sony using media to slander him and get hin to sell half of his ENTIRE stake in Sony ATV for 100 million because they CAUSED his financial woes. mottolla did it to mariah and he did it to thalia and of course he would do it to michael , but luckily michael hashis own publishing in a seperate account at MJJ productions. Quincy also turned out to be e jealous leach.
His downfall was in 1984 during the Pepsi commercial accident. That is what ignited the vitiligo, the lupus, the drug addiction, and possibly the plastic surgery.
@@officialfloodyboy2008 True :)
Yes & it's Crazy.
When 👁🗨 Posted that though 👁🗨 was a Huge MJ Fan, Michael was not perfect (Just like any of us) & he did make mistakes.
👁🗨 stated the comment that if U pay attention 2 the time that MJ was overseas during the filming of "Living With Michael Jackson' U can clearly tell that something was very "Off" about him. Like he was taking some type of drug.
👁🗨 had a MJ Fan criticizing me & stating that we "Shouldn't talk about what he did wrong".
If U're a fan of somebody, u gotta take the bad w/ the good. He had his faults, just like anybody else. Doesn't change the fact that he was an Amazing person who tried 2 do good.
@@officialfloodyboy2008 I feel like Mike held it down from 84 on up. I think what said here is that, PUBLICLY he began spiraling. He probably was able to keep everything hidden for so many years. But in 2002 it was just just all on the table.
It's sad to think its only 7 more years left in these segments
MJ 4ever 🙏🏾
As much as I love MJ and I’ve been a lifelong fan this was a hard time. Everyone was beating up on him so bad . I hope now he’s somewhere magical and safe and happy . Long live MJ 💙
The way I drop everything at work as soon as a new Year In Review is uploaded..
I will always be a loyal Micheal Jackson fan. Micheal was a very special person who loved everyone in the entire world and loved all of his fans with all his heart.
I still can’t believe ABS was his last live performance. I still remember seeing it live and feeling that something was off with that performance. It just felt. Final. I can’t explain it.
What does ABS stand for?
@@crazy4corbinbleux American Band Stand
American bandstand wasn't his last live performance. This video missed live at the apollo in April 2002. Jacko performed dangerous, black or white and finally heal the world.
@@mrpussinboots4252 not jacko, but Jackson))
@@mrpussinboots4252 for a hater you sure know a lot about him.
5:36 Michael is heavily sedated here. .. He is sedated throughout many of the clips this year but here it is most significant. He is slurring words, barely moving his jaw, has paralysis of facial expression. He isn't able to pronounce 'racism' at 4:46. My heart hurts.
Jacko wacko looked like a monster not human 😂
Why facial paralysis?
How many surgeries did Freak jacko have?hahahaha
He was a shit racist and abuser
@@kosta183Lol go eat your Mayo
I'll be looking forward to the 1960's and 1970's Year in Review hopefully in the future on this channel!
Michael's face when David and Liza kiss always gets me 🤣
You saw that too!
Absolutely brilliantly made, the detail! The imagery, the music and the fact that you didn’t comment on anything. Just brilliant 👏👏👏!
Thank you very much! ❤️
The tragedy of Michael Jackson will go down as an almost Shakespearean tale so heartbreaking to see a genuinely great human be plagued with the the hurts and hang ups he experienced these last years, and the traumas from his childhood surfacing even more as he reached mature adulthood. We don’t know a lot from the last year in 2009 bout him personally but I pray he was able to figure some of this stuff out. God bless him and his family
I've said the same thing.
The story of Michael Jackson could be something out of Shakespeare.
Such a tragedy.
I always said if I could do a biopic of MJ, it'd be a Shakespearean like tale.
One of Triumph and Tragedy.
@@Akumaten1 I think it’s one of the few ways to really encapsulate this legacy
Jacko wacko was a shit Freak without nose
The most highly hyped overrated Freak ever
He looked horrible like a monster
@@kosta183 Modona looks worse then him now and she's not getting this amount of critical attention by the media.
Amazing that he was still standing after all he went through, tragic how the press treated him, talk about mental abuse😢
Fun fact: at 2:40, it was the very same stage where he first performed his moonwalk!
Shrine Auditorium?
@@thedetail. Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Wasn't that his last performance before This is it?
2:40 I thought it was the apollo
@@renren44. I believe you’re right, the Apollo where it all began.
Its so obvious there was a smear campaign against the King, and we know who and why. The real ones knew as it was happening and defended him till the end. We love you Michael
It was at this time my heart truly started to break for him...the issues were too much for him but he tried to keep going 😪
I'm gonna take a wild guess what the themes of the next years are gonna be-
2003 - Martin Bash*t documentary
2004 - beginning of trial charges, police raiding Neverland
2005 - Court trials Santa Barbara / escape to Bahrain
2006 - World Music Awards
2007 - Japan ?
2008 - Thriller 25. TMZ videos of him shopping with kids, bookstores, his house in Vegas
2009 - preparations for This It It, his death :(
I am absolutely dreading the Year in Review 2009 video 😢
His eyes looked so sad during this time
Good on Michael for holding it down for Dick Clark & the American Music Awards.
I never heard of this controversy before. Mike remembers the beginning & who was down for him & who wasn't.
It wasn't the American Music Awards who snubbed him, it was the Grammys! Never forget 1988.
Mike remembers his appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand since the earliest Jackson 5 days to the days of the Jacksons. It was a no-brainer that Mike would ride for a True Blue like Dick Clark who ALWAYS had his family's back.
I refrained from watching this one for a long time. This is when us fans had to defend Michael STRONG.
They were coming for his NECK back then. And the worst was yet to come.
Great videos, the 2009 one will be the saddest
As a long time fan (since late 80's) i have to say that things started to getting worse year after year, since late 2000's in above... MJ was not the same anymore in every aspect like physical, behaviors, artistic, ect. We lost him for ever since.
I love MJ but it's clear to see that by 2002 his mental health was spiralling out of control. Whether it was from the drugs he was taking, the stress he was under due to his album being underpromoted, the media being on his case. Whatever it was just led to one bad decision after another. Which is why it's so sad that This Is It never came to fruition. It would've been his chance to come back as the MJ everyone knew him as during the 80s and 90s. Sadly he died as the MJ that was constantly mocked all throughout his later life.
The problem with the invincible album was definitely its songs that were too slow and inclined to R&B, only highlighting 2 or 4 fast songs as was his style, because his music was created according to his mental state and the age he was with as a family man, Tastes and rhythms change to what he was when he was young and single, a pity, I don't think Sony had an influence on the low sales after 2002.
You fail to mention how Sony pumped millions upon millions into invincible. It was the most expensive album ever created at that point (im unsure if it still holds the record). Sony was in their right to withhold further investment when the album flopped on launch.
@@harrydhcco Jacko's formula was to jump aboard the trends at the time and run with it. Dangerous - new jack swing. Invincible - R&B. Off the wall - disco/funk.
@@mrpussinboots4252 but unfortunately his R&B was too slow, Invincible had too many slow songs which caused his low sales and loss of the thread that he left at 97 with the 5 new songs of Blood on the dance floor in comparison.
@@harrydhcco Considering the time we're albums would be lucky to even sell a million or two, Michael's album did very well. It sold 10 million US and 13 million worldwide.
Please keep this series going, this is great!
Michael jackson was a great legend of music and there will never be another like him RIP king of pop 🕺❤️🌹🕶🎙👑🌟
He was criticized by the hateful junk media the American people not deserved this man rest in peace legend ✌️
I honestly feel like he should've retired after he released History in 95'. And raised his family and stepped fully away from the fame.
A good point. I am sure he knew this too, but something or somebody didn't let him...this is my guess. Sony?
You forgot the clip, where he told Diane Diamond to tell Gloroa Allred to Go To Hell on his way into court!! That was regarding the baby dangling incident, and he was going to court for that $21 million dollar lawsuit.
To read all the 2002 headlines, I felt emotional. This was the year of a lot of awards and bad headlines.
yes . the stop lifting incident with winona ryder and the infamous diane sawyer interview with whitney houston and of course the headlines with mj it was a lot that year.
I don’t understand the comments, despite the media and baby dangling throughout 2002 and 2003 Michael was constantly getting awards, so I don’t think this was a bad year.
The Greatest Musician and Entertainer Of All Time
my heart really hurts watching this as I love Michael so much. very tough year and the tabloids treated him is disgraceful, on the top of that battle was sunny and this fake award when Britney Spears was handling that to him. they arrange that just to making a fool of him and he thought it was serious. I hope that they’re already in hell. but little did you know that the worst is yet to come… and they were worried what kind of father he is we can see, his children comparing to some of their so-called stars are just gold. i’m so sorry Michael that you have to go through so much of this crap. I miss you so much every day but rest in heaven❤
He looked horrible like a monster not human 🤣
He lost his nose during a concert
He was a shit racist and abuser He could only manipulate and abused children
@@kosta183sei una vera 💩
2002-2005 is going to be tough to watch
How about 2009. I am dreading it
I remember watching all of this in real time - it's very vivid to me because even as a pre-teen, it was really hard to watch. I really wish he had had good, honest people around him to force him to get the help he so desperately needed.
His family conducted an intervention this year but it didn’t help the situation
This is the first Year In Review where I don’t recall the vast majority of these events. This must have been a very reclusive time for him.
Monster Jacko without nose 😂
Entering 2000s Michael Jackson fell apart. I feel that everything Michael did back then was always wrong in the eyes of the media and journalism. Covering his children's face to protect them i mean nothing wrong with that besides he's a famous person on earth, like what celebrities do these days protecting their children from the media but no one talks about it
I've asked this on a previous video of yours, but can you do a separate video going in depth on the Blanket baby dangling incident?
I am planning this
The dangling incident was Michael's worst moment in all honesty. It was so bad at the time
Once upon a time Was an ugly abuser named shitty jacko wacko
@@thedetail. can you tell me where you find these great articles I’d love to go back and read them. Thanks!
Thank you SOOooo much, Detail, for this channel & everything you guys do. Are you gonna do the 70's too? Or just leave it at 80's-2009?
Will probably do 1970s as well
I really wish his marriage to LMP worked out but I get why it didn't. There was definitely a significant downward spiral for MJ after their marriage ended but I think there is a good chance they could both still be with us if they stayed together.
I absolutely agree with you! They should have stayed together.
I feel this in my heart as well. Mike and Lisa may have been soul mates.
Me too i think with her he kind of looked normal and his downward spiral was when she left him like forever like I suspect around 2000 and then he just went in a rabbit hole well she did talk about it in her interview with Oprah but I hoped desperately they stayed together she went too so too and the Debbie situation mj did was just outrageous he basically ended his own marriage
I like Lisa to b his wife too..they looked cute together, to be honest MJ had a wonderful life!
Jacko was a shit racist and abuser
Michael will always be the best! No one can take that from him. It hurts to see what they did to him but he can always count on his fans. We will never let him down. He will always be my No. 1, forever❤️🔥the one and only, the king, the God, my everything Michael Jackson ❤️🔥🌹✨💯💋
How did I not know about the Marcel Avram trial and what that whole thing was about?! I always knew of the infamous picture of Michael's nose at 7:50 but I never knew what is was for. I think I thought it was from the 2005 trials or something
He was a shit racist and abuser
Jesus how the media was eating this man up🤦🏽♂️
I feel so bad for Michael for what he had to go through, he was the most sweetest, pure, angelic human being, but the world was so evil and they literally destroyed him, I’ll never forgive the people that done that to him, I hope he’s at peace with the angels and Jesus🥺🥺🥺🥺💞💞💞💞!!!!!
Jacko burn in hell
He was not a victim but a perpetrator
😥😥😥I wish 1993 never happen to Michael Jackson, I wish his public decline never happened way back in 1993, I wish 2002 never came along to put him in more trouble too. Michael Jackson made mistakes in his life, yes we know! Things won't always remain the same for him as to when he was from 6 years old up to 25! Those years were his active years in music and his time to dominate and shine, but as years went by, new artists and more musical culture and trends comes up! People began to jealous MJ because they knows he fits in all trends and he has got the money and the audience to listen to him. MJ was set up and killed! Period! Michael 's only mistake was to trust the wrong people who betrayed and stab him in the back! 😥 I love and miss him so much.
I absolutely agree with you.
He looked horrible like a monster not human 😂
Too bad of you to say that! The press manipulated that picture, that's not the real picture of Michael, they use Photoshop to create a monster effect picture of him because they wants to ridicule him. God will judge and punish them all. They will all end up in brewing hell.
@@kosta380 it's really too bad of you to say that!
@@sendan9501 God bless you dear 🙏💯
People always want to bullied him. Why??! They're out of mind! Leave Michael alone!
Why? I think because he obviously was black, loved and this is too much power especially political influences. Michael needed special support since hos teenage to heal all that shit from his father, as a therapist i see that he definetly was a victim from his own ghosts, without strength to leave the past and bring his self-confidence high. He was very talented and amazing human being. But like everyone here, he needed support, emotional, psichological. He needed to heal his wounds.
The Press called him Wacko Jacko and they were so right 😂
He looked horrible like a monster not human 🤣
A shit racist and abuser
... Thanks a lot. Very interesting and informative ... we know a lot. But I saw something for the first time .... Michael is an incredible person !!!!! I really love fragments of his voice.. And what a cool deep voice.. 😘
Michael Jackson is the greatest singer of all time ❤😇💝 and we will love him forever 💝😇💖
Please do a series of his jackson 5 Era from 1969 to 78
Probably going to do this at this rate.
@@thedetail. 👌👍❤️
The Press called him wacko jacko and they were so right 😂
He looked horrible like a monster not human
My God... It's so sad to see how much of a wreck he was during this year! From one major embarrassment to the next. I know his drug addiction would have been the primary factor behind all of this. How was this not highlighted by the media at the time? So scary to watch all of this in hindsight.
It was tho! Alot of tabloids was talking and speculating about all the pills he was on and etc, they didnt shut up about it either
He looked horrible like a monster not human 🤣
$10,000 at the pharmacy ?? Sheesh. Must’ve been in a lot of pain, but at this point he was definitely an addict😢
No offense to anyone who likes her but I find Liza Minnelli to be such a weird and annoying person and I don't know how Michael was friends with her. PS. still have nightmares from her rendition of You Are Not Alone at the anniversary special.
As a fan i feel so bad for him so many people hated such a good man
I am old enough to remember those unfortunate years, which I lived with sadness, despite not agreeing with those who attribute all the responsibility to the press. Michael helped keep feeding them, and by the time he wanted to stop them, it was too late. I remember that Lisa Marie commented in the RS of the year 2003, that she surely must have told Michael at the time.
That year I noticed him different, not only in his appearance, but in his behavior... for the worse, unfortunately.
And nobody told him that at MTV he was going to receive only a symbolic award, for his birthday, instead of a real award? Those bizarre things, that only happened to him... but hey, he was surrounded by vultures and shit.
yeah . 2002 was a strange year I’m sure you probably remember the shop lifting incident with Winona Ryder and the infamous diane sawyer interview with Whitney Houston
MTV told Michael's team that he was going to be receiving an actual award. They lied.
I love that MJ giggled when Liza and David kissed 😂❤ @ 2:29
Is it just me or towards the 2000s the only appearances we saw of Michael was while he was getting presented with awards?
Well either that or in court :(
i think he was just taking a break
The Press called him wacko jacko and they were so right
He looked horrible like a monster not human 😂
He manipulate and abused children
And he was the most highly hyped overrated Freak ever
Every other artist was much more Talented And much better than shit overrated Freak jacko wacko trasho jacko
Hard to believe, but in late 2002 it was the first time I heard Michael Jackson’s name, but never actually see what he looked like a little later in early 2003 I saw a pic of him in 2002 (the Marcel Avram court trial 1st day) in J14 magazine and I was like “What happened? How did he looked like that? How was he white?” until not long after I learned more about Michael.
Also this is when MTV screwed Michael and when that man hating b🤬 Gloria Allretch threatens Michael to drag authorities to take his kids away and he told her (not personally) to “go to hell”.
He was a joke at this point here in the US, it was sad for me because he was my idol in the early-mid 80s, it was really hard to believe that this was the same dude that everybody was in love with during the Thriller years.
Blame the media for making him the Joke.
He wasn't a joke! The media portrayed him as one and people like you believed them
@swagdollarbills why he became like this ?
@swagdollarbills they went in on him since Bad era even before there were little things, sure some things were his fault but they really bullied him
@@mechajay3358
Michael has to take some accountability for his choices and actions...because he did indeed brought alot of it on himself.
And fans need to realize that.
It wasn't just the media who was making a joke outta MJ. MJ was giving them fuel.
The media didn't make MJ dangle his baby, they didn't make him dress his kids in these disguises that stick out like a sore thumb....or keep getting his nosejobs etc. MJ did that all on his own.
MJ wanted the attention and he got more than he bargained for......
Next to the government, the media is the 2nd most powerful entity. Don't fuck wit them, you always get more than you bargained for....
There goes the negativity they just want leave Michael alone…They’re still angry and it’s been 13 years racism is as real as there’s a sky above…They’re still mad at Michael’s success well they might as well scratch their behind and be glad for Michael he did it and was perfect at it the whole world loved it and him as well I think it’s safe to say 95 percent of the world loved him wholeheartedly and the 5 percent don’t count…🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽👀
Power to this comment
The Press called him wacko jacko and they were so right 😂
He looked horrible like a monster not human 😂
@@kosta380 you are next fool
@@kosta380 how stupid you are is unreal
its a shame he was slandered constantly, i cant imagine what could have been goin thru his head during all this drama he was put thru
rip MJ
Boi do I remember 2002 I was a lil kid then but as an MJ fan I was STRESSED LOL
How old were you then? Do you remember being an MJ fan and watching him in real time?
I was a very young kid. Wasn’t really a fan yet, but I remember seeing news stories about him.
Why do you put that photo? There some photos where he looks good around that time and you use the worst of all 🙄
Its the most famous image of him, I don’t choose flattering pictures necessarily, but ones that illustrate the video best
Ikr?
The media machine was after Michael years before the 93 allegations and certainly before the 2003 allegations. He was clearly a target 🎯 in general.
No, just no. Jacko planted stories mid 80s and it back fired drastically.
Every celebrity is under constant scrutiny from the media and press, Jacko wasn't an exception. Whether it was Whitney, Madonna, Bieber ect.. they all felt the brunt of the media.
The Press called him wacko jacko and they were so right
He looked horrible like a monster not human 😂
Jacko wacko was a shit racist and abuser
Ugh we’re coming close to 2009 💔🥺
Him dangling the baby over that guardrail, was the lowest point of his career imo. Like wtf bruh?
Get over yourself....
I have that Vibe Magazine! I remember being so excited to get that magazine and thinking how cool it was for him at that time to be wearing his glove and Billie Jean jacket (outside of performing) casually in a photo shoot, and the clothes he had on inside the magazine were very cool. Unfortunately, I also have all of newspapers from that year that have him on the cover when he had the bandage on his nose, him dangling Blanket over the balcony and taking Prince and Paris to the zoo with face masks on (people thought that Michael putting masks over his children’s faces was so weird, how ironic).
I love your year review videos🥹!! I hope you will make the next years till 2009 too
That's the plan!
A really thought time. Things would never be the same again.
Even though 2009 looks like the last year to cover, Michael Jackson generates news even after 2009 and it is very interesting to cover. Some questions might be answered after 2009.
3:50 why he didn’t stay with this hairstyle . It soo 1993 Mj hairstyle
Absolutely, with curly hair were his best look
"I'm in an incredible financial situation.
I just wrote somebody a check for $500"
I- you- wha
500 million dollars
Not sure he was telling the truth there lol
He was broke at that time. Hard to see and remember that era....the beginning of the end
@@thedetail.
I think he lied.
And if he did do that, what the hell was it for???
I think he may have raised capital to invest of £500 million or something like that. It wasn’t his own money.
This is very sad and hard to watch. They destroyed such a talented, sweet, kind, dynamic and handsome man with all their words, rumors and jealously. All these people who ever did any harm to MJ will have their Karma served to them. God is watching. RIP MJ💔
Yeah it was a sad period from 2001 onwards. For some reason he seemed unable to properly animate and the hairstyle was absolutely atrocious. Some puzzling slip ups and mistakes caused by a dependence on medications really seemed to take him out of it. If anything he looked more "with it" in This Is It concert.
He was clearly not his usual self around this period.
He looked horrible like a monster not human 😂
@@kosta380Calm down supremacist
@@kosta380 You're a very strange person
I’m a big fan of Michael but hanging his baby over a hotel balcony is something I’m gonna criticize him for. Regardless if he was holding him tight or not, I still don’t think that was a good idea.
yep
2002 was a really rough year
God. This is hurting me.....😢
Man the media was brutal and still is to this day 😢
He was beginning on the unraveling journey towards his inevitable demise. So though to watch. I wish things turned out different for his sake.
Blame the media for that.
@@mechajay3358 The responsibility falls heavily on jacko. He wasn't free from accountability.
The beginning of the end was when he settled the 1993 allegations out of court.
1969-78 MJ year in review please
His dads comments about his big nose caused Michael so much more heartbreak and being made a spectacle as he kept trying to fix it.
Out of all the pictures you could have chosen as the thumbnail you chose that one
Most famous image of him at the time, thats usually what I go for
5:25 - 5:50 The way Michael is slurring here while sedated reminds me of how President Joe Biden talks and people saying he has dementia. One is from drugs, one is from old age.
I personally believe no one should be allowed to run for president that is over the age of 65 lol
i remember i kept waiting for a new video from invincible & it never happened. then he did the protest in june & i was like oh smh
That footage of David Gest kissing Liza Minnelli is just cringe!
You should do a video about Michael and Chris!
I should!
A friends look would be amazing. Brando, Liza, Liz, Chris, Eddie there are some just richly amazing connections to be explored
King of pop forever I love you so much mj missing you always
Thanks You Michael!! 😔🙏
Depressing from here on out.
When and if you do 2009, it would be great that year would have like a 3 or 4 part video, Michael kept up with the times and i was dying to he how he'd interact with all the Gen Z artists.