Don't even f**k with Michael Jackson. He inspired the world like no entertainer ever did before or after him. Don't bring his name into this wack conversation just Beyonce got caught stealing... again. Michael was about as original as a modern artist could be. Of course he took from others and completely turned their inspiration on its head and created something totally new (nothing anyone had ever seen before). You can't say that about Beyonce's performances and style. She rips absolutely everyone she can think of. I know MJ wasn't perfect and neither is Beyonce, but they are not in the same league. I don't know how many times people are going to have to say this. MJ was better than everybody. Even his idols (i.e., James Brown, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr.) acknowledged that he changed the face of music forever. No one is saying this about Beyonce. All you ever hear about her is that she "works so hard" and that she's a good performer. MJ was an out of this world performer. He was magic, ethereal, mind-blowing. Jamie Foxx said that when he went to MJ's victory tour in the early 80's, he saw grown men fainting and crying because Michael was so damn dynamic. Let me know when Beyonce shakes the planet like that.