Prince or Michael? this is always debated. What if...I noticed that Michael Jackson (MJ) recorded nine tracks over a four year period, in his hey day before court cases and going in hiding, for each of his albums. He recorded more music than that so he has a lot of outtakes. So what if nine of the very besttracks were taken from Prince's first four albums to make Prince's first album and and then the next nine tracks from four albums to make his second album, and so on(Example: 1978-1981 and then 1982 to 1986, and so on). How would Prince's music fair against MJ's. I reckon, pretty good. I suppose, even that would not make it entirely fair competition because when you mix an album you make each track compliment the next to give it a sort of cohesive flow.You can't do that with Prince but, I reckon the outcome would still be interesting. Richard.

annieedna said:

wut the fuckkkkk stop posting MJ threads post in Non-Prince

Was there a question in there?

C this: http://prince.org/msg/7/313134

The Final Comparison - July 18th 2009...

Prince on 7/18/09

Michael on 7/18/09

This topic on 7/18/09

HonestMan13 said:

thats wrong

mplsmike said:

sooooo wrong

I don't think the media gonna love prince when he goes all sorts of s*** will come up...sad really.

HonestMan13 said:

I LOVE it!

[Edited 7/19/09 3:41am]

Billy Jean or When Doves Cry?

Did anyone notice the melody n beat for verses on MJ's title track for History is Similar to verse for Emancipation's title track??

It doesnt matter whose wrong or right just beat it

You can't rewrite history.

Both Michael Jackson and Prince are equally talented artists. Comparisons aren't needed. Both excel at what they do and both have influenced generations.

(one thing you need to note though the limitation of songs on the albums you reference were more to do with the limit of tracks you could get on an album when it was pressed on vinyl. These days with 80 minutes of possibly play time on CDs, many forget that just cause you can doesn't mean you should.)

Swa

ass said:

Don't hear it personally.
btw History - released June 1995
Emancipation - released November 1996.

Swa

Swa said:

Plus Jam & Lewis produced the song 'History' so that's reason you're hearing some 'minneapolis' funk in there.



Can we all take Swa's advice and stop comparing now?


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funkyandy said:

I second that.

Swa

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not sure they got the point...can u be a bit clearer?

funkyandy said:

Just beat it, just beat it
Find a dead horse and beat it
Yeah it smell funky
Yeah it ain't right
But ya gonna beat it all day and night

[Edited 7/19/09 7:58am]