Before They Were "Stars"

Or at least before they were infamous (...you know, like El Guapo). 

This is the Thicke I love:

He was so smooth.  His hair so long and luscious.  He didn't wear SHOES!  Now he's this...well, wait, I'm not going to put what he is now, cause I risk having an image of Miley Cyrus on this.

His stuff is still aiight, but his first album was EPIC.  I bought his second and third, but the quality dwindled, as did my interest.  Just know I knew him when he was Thicke...JUST Thicke.

This is the Shia I love:

 AAAAAAAAAAAAAND, AGAIN:

Goofy.  Lovable.  So funny that his antics made a 20 year old college student tune in every week to his Disney Channel show.  Oh, and he was NOT crazy or plagiaristic:

Ugh.  Why can't we all just be ourselves?  (Unless you're a Timberlake wannabe or a crazy non-writer.)


P.S.  I credit this post to my cousin, since she posted a shot of her car playin' her some "Shooter" from Thicke's A Beautiful World.  I'll say it again:  EP.  IC.  If you only know Blurred Lines, you owe it to yourself to listen to his 2003 debut.