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               GOAT TALK: DISSECTING THE BEY-COMING,  THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING & THE KING OF POP BY SHELDON TAYLOR   Michael Jackson has long dominated GOAT talk. Current opinions suggest otherwise, citing BeyoncĂ© and Chris Brown's career durability as justification to supplant the King of Pop's long-standing reign.  It's a conversational coup that deserves to be toppled.  In a rare moment of self-celebration, Jackson encapsulated his career in a 2001Vibe Magazine piece: "Its a rarity. I had number one records in 1969 and '70. I entered the charts at number one in 2001. I don't think any other artist has had that kind of range." Seven years later, Jackson was dead at 50: eighteen  days shy of an ambitious 50-date farewell UK tour before walking off into the sunset (with his lucrative publishing catalog), having secured the bag, solidifying his triumphant destiny.  Jackson's legacy is unprecedented. His gravitatio...