Why do people compare Prince to Michael Jackson so much

[Perfectson]

Because they're the two greatest musicians/artists to ever do it..and they're Black. Which keeps Yt people pressed.

expanding on this, they were what your parents /grandparent grew up on and MJ was one of the first major black superstars...that just carried over to their kids and their kids kids. He's an icon

Prince I'm not a huge fan of his and don't quite get the mystique compared to MJ. But I assume in the leather pants, dracula blouses, and boots era , he was the man and I guess was what black 80's was about?

 

[Perfectson]

Prince isn't just a "rock guy," he's a multi-instrumentalist capable of making music in almost any genre out there. It's Michael Jackson who doesn't deserve to be compared to Prince. He was an entertainer--Prince was a true musical auteur.

wtf is this? lol....fukk type of work is auteur

when someone says "MJ" stans, they basically mean 99% of the world...at that point, you're not a stan , you're normal.

 

[KodeBlue]

wtf is this? lol....fukk type of work is auteur

when someone says "MJ" stans, they basically mean 99% of the world...at that point, you're not a stan , you're normal.

You mean 99.9999999999%. I'm sure that there was a baby born today in some remote region of the planet who doesn't know who MJ is. That baby will know about the GOAT over the next few hours.

 

[N711oir]

I think it's more of a societal construct. That we all must be monolithic in all endeavors.
They always pit one up against the other to breed contempt so we don't foster the habit of working cohesively together and controlling an industry.

The thing with MJ he practically stayed relevant from a child until he died? Not many Caucasian or otherwise and can say that.
They both did a lot for artist being independent/ respectively in their own ways.

Prince as out there as he was never had the type of trumped up allegations and court cases MJ had to deal with?

They were just different and great in their own way/ Like comparing Spain's world dominance to France's you appreciate the achievement as opposed to dissecting to negate ones greatness.

The both where titans.

 

[surv2syn]

Act like Motown never existed brehs

like I said, I may not know because was before my time. but I know all about Motown, probably more than most. so again, what two artists were AS big as those two DURING their apex which was close to the same time? waiting.....

 

[Cynic]

like I said, I may not know because was before my time.

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[Greenhornet]

Why didn't Prince produce a Prince album that was better than an MJ album then?

It was called Purple Rain and its still played more on video and CD

nikkas haven't listened to Thriller since 96 burger king commercials when you could pick up a "spooky 6 piece"

Nobody talks about Mj already man He fell off so long before death and they tarnished his name that he's only looked back on for moonwalking and nostalgia. His good music has been trumped by his fukkery .... Dangerous is a good album that nobody will talk about. You should have brought up his depth instead of his hits that everyone is tired of and or overlooks

 

[Wavy Hair Chipped Teeth]

It was called Purple Rain and its still played more on video and CD

nikkas haven't listened to Thriller since 96 burger king commercials when you could pick up a "spooky 6 piece"

Nobody talks about Mj already man He fell off so long before death and they tarnished his name that he's only looked back on for moonwalking and nostalgia. His good music has been trumped by his fukkery .... Dangerous is a good album that nobody will talk about. You should have brought up his depth instead of his hits that everyone is tired of and or overlooks

Why is everyone in this thread saying such wrong things?
It's like a race to the shock value HOF up in here

 

[Ski Mask]

This thread should be burned to the ground for the sacrilegious B.S. being spewed here

 

[En Sabah Nur]

stevie wonder is not in this convo, all he does is sing

*drops patty out of bacon burger dog in mid-bite*

...holy is that all of name the in What

 

[Maximus]

He didn"t write Thriller bruh.

"Billie Jean" is his biggest hit. Even "Beat It"(also written by MJ) was a bigger hit than "Thriller".

 

[Maximus]

Here's another one of princes problems - he was extremely difficult to work with and wanted 0 creative input on his music

prince wrote 100% of his songs. he wanted control over everything he did and artistic creative freedom to do his thing...cool right? so brilliant!! well let's look real quick:

yall were rocking with Chaos and Disorder? what's your favorite song off of this project?

what about the triple album Crystal Ball!? whew, 30+ songs of just sheer genius!! oh boy he wrote alladat!?!?

Relax with all the prince worship fellas...nothing about him was overrated or manufactured, all the love he received was much warranted.

but if you're going to REFUSE to work or collaborate with other artists on your music, then you'd better consistently put out GREAT and LEGENDARY WORK.

he didn't...period. that's just the truth.

thankfully prince came to his senses toward the last 15 years of his career and started performing his old 80's hits again

because if he hadn't - he'd have been up there singing songs that nobody had ever heard of and it would've killed his legacy

Prince was more of an instinctual artist; MJ was a quality control freak. This is why the majority of the few songs MJ commercially released as a solo artist are still remembered worldwide today. Prince wasn't nearly as big on quality control and for a time(1979-89), it worked in his favor; after that, however, the quality of his work ranged from good to downright disastrous("Come" "Chaos & Disorder" "Rave On 2 The Joy Fantastic" "The Rainbow Children" "3121" etc. - all very poor albums).

 

[Another Man]

MJ was the greater entertainer. Prince was the greater musician.

 

[thesandman]

Props to Prince he was a virtuoso but don't sleep on MJ's abilities. People forget that he wrote some of his best songs and co produced them as well.

 

[thesandman]

What in Stevie's catalog can match the culture significance of Purple Rain??

nikka Prince would tell you Stevie is that dude WTF!? Cultural impact has alot of intangibles... Stevie was strictly music. Prince had an image that preceded him because of his odd ball antics.