00:00There are two things in the music business, before Thriller and after Thriller.
00:08Thriller set the standard of what it was to be a megastar.
00:14Michael had such a clear vision of what he wanted.
00:18He was determined to change the way he was perceived.
00:21I came in angry. He was a perfectionist.
00:24Not one of the best.
00:26I look in the mirror and I take biggest selling album of all time.
00:30The greatest singers do what the music tells them to do.
00:33Everybody waiting to see the next big Michael Jackson album.
00:40As a matter of fact, I asked what mama say, mama sigh, mama, ku sigh, man.
00:43It don't mean nothing, just sing it.
00:47He had the ambition to become the biggest star in the world.
00:51And he did it.
00:53You could feel the excitement in the room, knowing that we were doing somethings better.
00:57There was a sense of culture.
00:58It felt like he's rocking with us.
01:00We can dance to his music.
01:01He saw value in street culture.
01:03Popping, locking.
01:04No one had ever put those elements together.
01:06Nobody's seen the moonwalk.
01:07He just laid a bomb on that room.
01:13Billy Jean stepping on the pavement.
01:16It was about making the magic.
01:21Like a musical damn near.
01:26He wanted to go out and tour for Thriller, but Joseph Jackson had other ideas.
01:35It's the ultimate blueprint to modern pop music.
01:38It was probably everything that I ever loved in one.
01:41Michael's gone from being a pop star to phenomenal.
01:44If Thriller came out today, it would still be the greatest album ever made.
01:48It's the greatest album ever made.
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