Actually this topic should be renamed:

Quincy Jones,Rod Temperton,Teddy Riley,R Kelly,Rodney Jerkins & Michael Jackson

VS.

Prince
[Edited 4/21/06 13:56pm]

rudeboynpg said:

Mike on instruments

DRUMS/PERCUSSION

On drums with brothers


Drums


Drums

GUITAR/BASS

Youngin'


Guitar Grown

PIANO/KEYBOARD

Piano in 73’


Piano in 84'


Piano


Piano 2


Piano 3


Studio


Piano with TOY


And


Michael Jackson songs written for others:

1980 Minnie Ripperton” “I‘m In Love Again”
1980 LaToya Jackson: “Night Time Lover” Written/Produced
1980 Brothers Johnson: “This Had To Be” Written
1981 Carole Bayer Sager: “Just Friends” Produced
1982 Diana Ross: “Muscles” Written/Produced #10/4 US
1983 Paul McCartney: “Say, Say, Say” #1/2 US
1983 Paul McCartney: “The Man” Both Co-Written with Paul
1984 Rebbie Jackson: “Centipede” #24/4 US
1984 Rebbie Jackson: “Come Alive It's Saturday Night” Written/Produced
1984 Janet Jackson: “Don‘t Stand Another Chance” # 9 RnB
1985 Johnny Mathis: “Love Never Felt So Good”
1985 Greg Phillinganes: “Behind the Mask”
1985 USA for Africa: “We Are the World” Co-Written with Lionel Richie #1
1985 Jennifer Holliday: “You’re The One
1985 Diana Ross: “Eaten Alive” #77/10 US Written/Produced
1988 Deniece Williams: “We Are Here To Change The World” Written
1990 Ralph Tresvant: “Alright Now” Written/Produced
1991 Safire: “I Never Heard” Written
1994 BlackStreet: “Joy” #43/12 - US Written
1995 3T: “Why” #112/71 - Produced
1995 3T: “Words Without Meaning” Produced
1997 The Simpsons: “Happy Birthday Lisa” Written
1998 J-Friends: “Children’s Holiday” Written/Produced
1998 Rebbie Jackson “Fly Away” Written/Produced
1999 J-Friends: “People of the World” Written/Produced
[Edited 4/24/06 0:42am]

Except for the second one playing drums, he doesn't appear to be playing any of those.
I've got no doubt a guy like Mike can noodle on a couple instruments, he's been in music his whole life. But if he played piano better than Prince (what a strange conclusion to come to considering there doesn't seem to be any clips of him ever playing piano), don't you think we'd see it sometimes?

And

Prince songs written for others:[/b]

Paula Abdul 1991 "U"
Deborah Allen 1987 "Telepathy"
Apollonia 6 1984 "Blue Limosine"
Apollonia 6 1984 "Happy Birthday Mr. Christian"
Apollonia 6 1984 "In A Spanish Villa"
Apollonia 6 1984 "A Million Miles"
Apollonia 6 1984 "Ooo She She Wa Wa"
Apollonia 6 1984 "Sex Shooter"
Apollonia 6 1984 "Some Kind of Lover"
The Bangles 1986 "Manic Monday"
Dale Bozzio 1988 "So Strong"
Brownmark 1989 "Shall We Dance"
Tevin Campbell 1993 "The Halls Of Desire"
Tevin Campbell 1993 "Uncle Sam"
Tevin Campbell 1993 "Paris 1798430"
Tevin Campbell 1993 "Shhh"
Ray Charles 1991 "Uh Huh"
Ingrid Chavez 1991 "Elephant Box"
Ingrid Chavez 1991 "Heaven Must Be Near
Ingrid Chavez 1991 "Jadestone"
Ingrid Chavez 1991 "Slappy Dappy"
Ingrid Chavez 1991 "Whispering Dandelions"
George Clinton 1993 "The Big Pump"
Joe Cocker 1992 "Five Women"
Margie Cox 1994 "Standing At The Altar"
Andre Cymone 1985 "The Dance Electric"
Miles Davis 1989 "Amandla"
El Debarge 1992 "Tip O' My Tounge"
Celine Dion 1992 "With This Tear"
Candy Dulfer 1993 "Sunday Afternoon"
Sheila E 1984 "The Belle of St. Mark"
Sheila E 1984 "The Glamorous Life"
Sheila E 1984 "Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar"
Sheila E 1984 "Noon Rendezvous"
Sheila E 1984 "Oliver's House"
Sheila E 1984 "Shortberry Strawcake"
Sheila E 1985 "A Love Bizarre"
Sheila E 1987 "Boy's Club"
Sheila E 1987 "Koo Koo"
Sheila E 1987 "Love on a Blue Train"
Sheila E 1987 "Love and Sex"
Sheila E 1987 "One Day (I'm Gonna Make You Mine"
Sheila E 1987 "Pride and the Passion"
Earth, Wind & Fire 1993 "Super Hero"
Sheena Easton 1984 "Sugar Walls"
Sheena Easton 1987 "Eternity"
Sheena Easton 1988 "101"
Sheena Easton 1988 "Cool Love"
Carmen Electra 1992 "All That"
Carmen Electra 1992 "Everybody Get On Up"
Carmen Electra 1992 "Fantasia Erotica"
Carmen Electra 1992 "Fun"
Carmen Electra 1992 "Go Go Dancer"
Carmen Electra 1992 "Just a Little Lovin'"
T.C. Ellis 1991 "Girl of My Dreams"
T.C. Ellis 1991 "Miss Thang"
The Family 1985 "Desire"
The Family 1985 "High Fashion"
The Family 1985 "Mutiny"
The Family 1985 "Nothing Compares 2 U"
The Family 1985 "The Screams of Passion"
The Family 1985 "Susannah's Pajamas"
The Family 1985 "Yes"
Elisa Fiorillo 1990 "On The Way Up"
Elisa Fiorillo 1990 "I Am"
Elisa Fiorillo 1990 "Love's No Fun"
Elisa Fiorillo 1990 "Ooh, This I Need"
Elisa Fiorillo 1990 "Playgirl"
Nona Gaye 1994 "Love Sign"
Nona Hendryx 1987 "Baby Go-Go"
Howard Hewett 1993 "Allegiance"
Jill Jones 1987 "All Night, All Day"
Jill Jones 1987 "Baby, You're A Trip"
Jill Jones 1987 "For Love"
Jill Jones 1987 "G-Spot"
Jill Jones 1987 "Mia Bocca"
Jill Jones 1987 "My Man"
Jill Jones 1987 "Violet Blue"
Chaka Khan 1988 "Eternity"
Chaka Khan 1988 "Sticky Wicked"
Kahoru Kohiruimaki 1990 "Bliss"
Kahoru Kohiruimaki 1990 "Mindbells"
Kid Creole & the Cocon. 1990 "The Sex of It"
Patti LaBelle 1989 "Yo Mister"
Patti LaBelle 1989 "Love 89"
Patti LaBelle 1991 "I Hear Your Voice"
Lois Lane 1992 "Qualified"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Andorra"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Cape Horn"
Eric Leeds 1991 "The Dopamine Rush"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Easy Does It"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Little Rock"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Night Owl"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Once Upone A Time"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Overnight, Every Night"
Eric Leeds 1991 "Times Squared"
Eric Leeds 1993 "Aguadilla"
Louie Louie 1993 "Dance Unto The Rhythm"
Louie Louie 1993 "Get Blue"
Madhouse 1987 "One"
Madhouse 1987 "Two"
Madhouse 1987 "Three"
Madhouse 1987 "Four"
Madhouse 1987 "Five"
Madhouse 1987 "Six"
Madhouse 1987 "Six and 1/2"
Madhouse 1987 "Seven"
Madhouse 1987 "Eight"
Madhouse 1987 "Nine"
Madhouse 1987 "Ten"
Madhouse 1987 "Ten and 1/2"
Madhouse 1987 "Eleven"
Madhouse 1987 "Twelve"
Madhouse 1987 "Thirteen"
Madhouse 1987 "Thirteen and 1/4"
Madhouse 1987 "Fourteen"
Madhouse 1987 "Fifteen"
Madhouse 1987 "Sixteen"
Madhouse 1994 "17"
Madonna 1989 "Love Song"
Martika 1991 "Don't Say U Love Me"
Martika 1991 "Love... Thy Will Be Done"
Martika 1991 "Martika's Kitchen"
Martika 1991 "Spirit"
Mazarati 1985 "100 MPH"
Mayte 1994 "However Much U Want"
Monie Love 1993 "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D."
Monie Love 1993 "In a Word Or 2"
N.P.G. 1993 "Guess Who's Knocking?"
N.P.G. 1993 "Johnny"
N.P.G. 1993 "Goldnigga"
N.P.G. 1993 "Deuce and a Quarter"
N.P.G. 1993 "2Gether"
Stevie Nicks 1982 "Stand Back"
Mica Paris 1991 "If I Love U 2 Nite"
Kenny Rogers 1986 "You're My Love"
Taja Sevelle 1987 "If I Could Get Your Attention"
Taja Sevelle 1987 "Wouldn't You Love To Love Me"
Mavis Staples 1989 "Come Home"
Mavis Staples 1989 "I Guess I'm Crazy"
Mavis Staples 1989 "Interesting"
Mavis Staples 1989 "Jaguar"
Mavis Staples 1989 "Time Waits for No One"
Mavis Staples 1989 "Train"
Mavis Staples 1993 "The Voice"
Mavis Staples 1993 "House In Order"
Mavis Staples 1993 "Blood Is Thicker Than Time"
Mavis Staples 1993 "You Will Be Moved"
Mavis Staples 1993 "The Undertaker"
Mavis Staples 1993 "A Man Called Jesus"
Jevetta Steele 1991 "And How"
Jevetta Steele 1991 "Skip 2 U My Darling"
Jevetta Steele 1993 "Hold Me"
Jevetta Steele 1993 "Open Book"
The Steeles 1993 "Well Done"
The Steeles 1994 "Color"
Ren Woods 1982 "I Don't Wanna Stop"
Three O'Clock 1988 "Neon Telephone"
The Time 1981 "Cool"
The Time 1981 "Get It Up"
The Time 1981 "Girl"
The Time 1981 "Oh, Baby"
The Time 1981 "The Stick"
The Time 1982 "777-9311"
The Time 1982 "Gigolos Get Lonely Too"
The Time 1982 "Grace"
The Time 1982 "I Don't Wanna Leave You"
The Time 1982 "OnedayI'mgonnabesomebody"
The Time 1982 "The Walk"
The Time 1982 "Wild And Loose"
The Time 1984 "The Bird"
The Time 1984 "Chili Sauce"
The Time 1984 "Ice Cream Castles"
The Time 1984 "If The Kid Can't Make You Come"
The Time 1984 "Jungle Love"
The Time 1984 "My Drawers"
The Time 1984 "Tricky"
The Time 1990 "Chocolate"
The Time 1990 "Data Bank"
The Time 1990 "Donald Trump (Black Version)"
The Time 1990 "Jerk Out"
The Time 1990 "My Summertime Thang"
Vanity 6 1982 "3 x 2 = 6"
Vanity 6 1982 "Bite The Beat"
Vanity 6 1982 "Drive Me Wild"
Vanity 6 1982 "If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)"
Vanity 6 1982 "Make Up"
Vanity 6 1982 "Nasty Girl"
Vanity 6 1982 "Wet Dream"
[Edited 4/24/06 15:13pm]

Maybe the winner should be the one with the biggest cock!

fathermcmeekle said:

One of the most accurate and dead on point posts I've read on here in a long while.

Maybe the winner should be the one with the biggest cock!

Mike is taller but it looks like Prince beats Mike on that too.

muirdo said:

Tatiana Thumbzen. (not sure about the spelling of her surname though!)

M
his mom was trying to get her to hook up with mike...but all mike would do is play with MaCaully and some other little boy....hmmmm....Wouldn't let the woman(who was MORE than willing to put out) into the trailer to even say hi. The little boys had him occupied...with what?...I don't know...but it's wasn't boobs and pussy.

BobGeorge909 said:

Wrong, The young men were Alfonso Ribeiro and Ricky Schroder. check their birthdates to see how old they would have been in 1988. He didn't meet Mac til 1990. A 7 year old non-famous Mac was not in his trailer, of course facts really don't matter when discussing MJ.

so the fact that it was Ricky Schroeder and Alfonso Ribeiro is important?...
and yet MJ decides to spend his time with pre-adolescent BOYS.

The important information here was that a beautiful young lady was waiting outside of his trailer who had perky breasts and a warm wet pussy,

Marrk said:

his mom was trying to get her to hook up with mike...but all mike would do is play with MaCaully and some other little boy....hmmmm....Wouldn't let the woman(who was MORE than willing to put out) into the trailer to even say hi. The little boys had him occupied...with what?...I don't know...but it's wasn't boobs and pussy.

Graycap23 said:

Well I've come to the conclusion that you have no clue what you are talking about...

So let us go step by step...

1. How certain are you that Michael Jackson doesnt play any intruments. You all keep saying Prince plays every instruments. He doesnt! Michael Jackson plays the piano quite well...

2. Michael Jackson has won more awards to his name than Prince will ever have. So Prince has an Oscar... Michael was nominated for one and a nomination is honorable. Especially for his age at the time. Not to mention, Michael has recieved every concievable music award on the planet.

Shall we go through the main awards?

Grammy - 13
AMA - 24
Billboard - 39 (Icluding several awards for his decade achievements)
Biggest Selling Albumm - Thriller - 50 million +

Michael Jackson one of the best-selling male pop artist of all-time, with over 350 million albums and singles sold worldwide.
Thriller is the best-selling album of all-time, with over fifty one million copies sold worldwide [1].
HIStory: Past, Present, & Future is the best-selling multiple-disc album of all-time (7th best-selling album overall), with over eighteen million copies sold worldwide [2].
Blood On The Dance Floor/HIStory In The Mix is the best-selling remix album of all-time, with over six million copies sold worldwide [3].
Jackson has nine platinum singles, second only to Elvis Presley among male artists.
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Chart records
Jackson's Thriller remained at number one for thirty-seven weeks, the longest stay by a non-soundtrack album to date. [citation needed]
Jackson was the first artist to have seven top-ten singles from one album (Thriller).[citation needed]
Jackson was the first artist to simultaneously have the number-one album and number-one single on Billboard's Pop Charts and Black Charts.[citation needed]
Jackson was the first artist in the 1980s to have two simultaneous top-five hits ("Beat It" and "Billie Jean" on April 16, 1983).[citation needed]
Jackson was the first and, to date, only artist to have five number-one hits from one LP, Bad ("Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", and "Dirty Diana").[citation needed]
Jackson had nine number ones in the 1980s, more than any other artist during the decade.[citation needed]
Jackson has the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles for a male recording artist. [citation needed]
Jackson was the first artist to ever have a song debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ("You Are Not Alone").[citation needed]
Jackson's album Bad remained in the top five of the Billboard 200 for thirty-eight weeks, longer than any other album to date.[citation needed]
Michael Jackson has had thirteen number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart and behind only Elvis Presley's seventeen among male artists.
Michael's US Number Ones (13)

1-Ben (1 week)
2-Rock with You (4 weeks)
3-Don't Stop Till you get enough (1 week)
4-Billie Jean (7 weeks)
5-Beat It (3 weeks)
6-Say Say Say (6 weeks)
7-I Just Can't Stop Loving You (with Siedah Garrett)(1 week)
8-Bad (2 weeks)
9-The Way You Make Me Feel (1 week)
10-Man In The Mirror (2 weeks)
11-Dirty Diana (1 week)
12-Black Or White (7 weeks)
13-You Are Not Alone (1 week)

I mean we could go on and on...

It is the public who deems what good music is and the public has resoundly said that they would rather buy a Michael Jackson album before they bought a Prince album.

During Michael Jackson era no other artist has more No.1 hits than he does other than Mariah Carey...

Last I checked I think Michael Jackson is a better singer than Prince. Michael Jackson has an amazing range and an amazing falsetto. However, this is more subjective...

Style...

O.K.

During Michael Jackson trial last year, he never showed up to court wearing the same thing twice. Each suit was custom made. The one he wore to the verdict reportedly cost $90,000... Style is highly subjective, however not everyone digs everything Prince wears... I mean come on...

Overwhelming say what you want to say about Michael Jackson he has a legacy of music that is far more accomplished than Prince and the American public agrees because Micahel Jackson has sold nearly 4x's more albums than Prince.

Michael Jackson - 300 million
Prince - 100 million

You do the math...

Michael Jackson has broken more records than any other solo artist... he is only surpassed or in competition with Elvis... Prince is no where on the charts.

When talk about bodies of work... yes Prince has an amazing body of work, but who has listened to them other than hardcore Prince fans? NOONE!!!

You ask the average person walking down the street name any Prince album released from 1990-2000 they couldn't tell you. You know why? Because Prince isn't and never has been as famous as Michael Jackson.

I will concede Michael Jackson's personal struggles have made him the butt of many jokes, but Michael Jackson has always had the last laugh... many people dismiss him without remembering his contribution to pop culture and popular music.

I could go on and on...

Michael Jackson is a great lyricist... You act as if Michael couldnt talk about God in once sentence and talk about sex in another...

I've always considered Michael Jackson to be a true genius.

I've also since 1996 liked Prince. i would say now hes my second favorite artist.

To be honest I consider Prince to be a poor mans Michael Jackson, but he puts out albums on a regular basis and i find most of them enjoyable, but never to the level of MJ's. Prince helps fill the time between Michael's albums.

I would say Michael is a far better singer, Dancer and songwriter. I also Think his live shows are the best ever. As far as musicainship goes prince can play more but I think Michael is maybe better on piano.

Prince is good but he at his best for me when doing pop type music and whenhe does I always hear Michaels influence in that music.

For me Michael is a 10/10

Prince a 8/10

Graycap23 said:

man.....I'm going to say this in a polite way. You don't know what the hell you are talking about. I've spoken to 100's of PROFESSIONAL musicians over the years. Prince is easily one of the most respected and influencial artist of the last 30 years. According to these professionals, no one else is even in Prince's class. MJ's major impact is /was on the vision and performance side, NOT the music. Let's get real, Pharell, Andre 3000, and some other cats would not have a career if they were not jacking Prince.

jlpugh said:

McDonalds had served 99 billion or whatever...does that mean they make the best burger. You argument is like swiss cheese.

ElectricBlue said:

Yeeeeesssss

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Guess what? I have pictures on my 1 yesr old son sitting with instruments.....he could not play a one. Just like Mike.