Despite dying just before his 51st birthday, Michael Jackson had a long career in music. After headlining The Jackson Five as a child, he became an even bigger superstar ten years later -without ever having left the stage. The transformation was due to a confluence of music trends, Quincy Jones' work, and Jackson's depth of talent. Nerdwriter1 illustrates that transformation by taking a deep dive into the song that signaled what was to come: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." It was the first single for which Jackson had creative control. -via Digg
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I was hitting discos back then and was floored when Off The Wall came out. I studied that album like no other trying to figure out why it was so radical. My conclusion was, and is, that Jackson grew up experiencing music at the highest levels. However, his domineering parents never let him participate in its creation. He turned 21 in 1979, fired his family and put 16 years of musical frustration into OTW.
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