Rangi Guy wrote:Been listening to a fair amount of Prince in the car ride into and from work over the past couple of weeks. Somehow it always turns into a debate with Mrs Rangi about who the better artist was Prince or Michael Jackson
You could argue who was the better entertainer, and for most people I would imagine the answer is Michael. As an artist though, Michael Jackson has no business being mentioned in the same sentence as Prince. From 1979 to 2009, Michael was the sole author of about thirty songs on his six records. He had a parade of high profile co-writers and his choice of the best material professional songwriters had to offer. He worked with the biggest name producers at all times. He played no instruments on these records.
In that same period, Prince put out thirty full albums of his own, writing virtually everything on them by himself, playing nearly every instrument on many of them, and handling nearly all production on his own. He also wrote/performed/produced another 10-15 albums worth of material for others artists in this same time period. And has God-know how much material sitting in the vault from these years.
Michael was no doubt one of the greatest performers of the popular music era. But as an artist, he is nowhere near Prince's level.
TEAM HARMLESS FOREVER...
