10 Amazing Albums Turning 30 In 2021

If you were a superstar in the '80s, the chances of you actually carrying that goodwill over to the '90s was around 50/50. Though some acts like Madonna managed to cement their legacy even further in the age of irony, it was clear that acts like Billy Idol were staying way too long at the party at this point. When you're the King of Pop though, you aren't going to go anywhere anytime soon.

While Michael Jackson had left a firm exclamation point on his '80s career with Bad, many fans were wondering where he could go from there after such a creative peak. Looking to go even more grandiose in his song construction, Jacko managed to hook up with premier producers like Teddy Riley to craft something a lot more forward looking on Dangerous, leaving his pseudo disco vignettes in the past.

Across every song on here, you can hear Michael exploring a uniquely different facet of what he can do, from the elements of New Jack Swing coming into play to flexing his rock chops a bit more with the help of Slash on songs like Give In To Me and Black or White. Even when the tides of the musical landscape were shifting beneath his feet, Dangerous is just further proof that Jackson was still ahead of the curve before anyone else.