They love you more when you’re dead | Michael Jackson tributes or pimping his death?

Jay-Z said “They say they never really miss you til you dead or you gone,” in “December 4th” and i think that’s the best anyone could have ever said it. But is it really love? Is it a tribute? Or simply piggy backing on the buzz? If you know anything about buzz marketing, piggy backing on something already in the media spotlight is an easy marketing plan in itself.

I’ve always wondered how much of it is love and how much of it is business. When B.I.G. died, and Diddy released one of his biggest hits to death, a Notorious B.I.G. tribute in “I’ll Be missing You” how much of it was paying tribute to a lost friend VS the obvious monetary advantages of post death releases. Everyone knows dead artists to mulit-platinum. Note the rising sales of anything Michael Jackson after his death, in some cases leaving stores with empty shelves where MJ albums might have collected dust just last week.

So with Joe Jackson calling press conferences not to announce funeral plans but to make known his plans to start a label, along side the crook known as Al Sharpton (never trust a man with a perm, and never trust a man with a drawn on mustache who stands next to a man with a perm), you have to wonder why, and why now? I DEFINITELY think he’s guilty of pimping his son, again! He’s riding the buzz created by the death of Mike, and it stinks, stinks to high hell if you ask me.

But does it stop there? So the BET Awards. Tribute? or Pimping? I think we all agree that they could have been better, for whatever reason. Some say the time constraints didn’t allow for great tributes, while others say they really had no intention of producing good tributes. I believe they did it for the ratings.

What about the t-shirt vendors and peddlers selling R.I.P. shirts alongside their Lakers 2008-2009 championship shirts they pressed up two weeks ago. And the many remixes, tribute songs, and mixtapes that will inevitably be released in the coming days and weeks. Tribute or Pimping? How many of them truly loved the man and how many of them are opportunists using yet another event to keep their name in the streets?

What do you all feel about: 50 Cent, Lil Wayne Classics Fused With Michael Jackson’s On New Mixtape

MTV Shows

“Michael’s death was surprising — everyone was in a state of shock, and as we here at MTV News worked to compile two specials to celebrate the life and legacy of Jackson, Mixtape Daily went on a short hiatus. But we’re back today and ready to continue the celebration of Jackson’s life and work. Two talented producers, Cookin’ Soul, checked in from the studio and showed us how they laid it down on their Tribute to the King mash-up mixtape.” Check out the rest

My arguments stems from the fact that if there is money to be made how can you tell if its a heartfelt tribute and not just some monetary ploy? Personally and honestly i think that most of you are full of sh*t [forgive my language, but im angered by this]. I think most of the so called fans only now love Mike because it seems like the politically correct thing to do, its what “in” right now, and whats popular is what creates attention, builds buzz and makes money.

Most of you probably talked bad about him, right along with the American media, called him every variation of a child molester, yet you now shed tears, you visit memorials, watch videos and leave comments stating how much you miss him. Bullsh*t! I know of a couple people who loved Mike before the death, who stuck up for Mike when harsh words were said, and those very people are true. But the bandwagon fans, and the artists who may have never met him and may have never been fans before his death…. So as we watch his album sales break records, listen to new remixes, download tribute songs and mixtapes i have to wonder how much of it is for MJ. He’s gone, what does it benefit him, seems to me that it benefits only those who use his name for THEIR gain. An honest tribute in my opinion is a free download, a youtube video, but i promise if i see it on iTunes, on an album, if you try and sell it to me a the mall for $5, or shoot a video and air it on BET, VH1, or MTV, call a press conference and announce a record label, or slip in a performance by wack ass New Edition doing a Jackson 5 rendition at an Awards show, ‘ima call it like i see it’ YOU ARE PIMPIN HIS DEATH! Gone…

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