Prince vs. Michael Jackson

[Iormlund]

I'm more of a Jackson fan (well, 70s and 80s). However good he was though, Prince is a genius. I mean, take look at this shit.

[Josquius]

Never listened to Prince. His level of fame is just magnitudes less and he was before my time so....

[Savonarola]

Probably Michael if you include his Jackson 5 stuff.  Otherwise Prince.

I wrote the poll specifically for the period between Jacko's first solo album and when Prince started calling himself:



That was the period of their rivalry.  Looking at their entire careers I might be tempted to vote for Captain Eo; the Jackson Five is great and his 90s albums were okay while Prince churned out a lot of crap during that decade.  Looking at the 80s specifically I went with Prince.  Prince had some misfires during the decade but overall his work is incredible and his catalog is huge.  Jacko had three solid album during the same period but, in my opinion, none of them compare with Purple Rain or 1999.

[dps]

Probably Michael if you include his Jackson 5 stuff.  Otherwise Prince.

I wrote the poll specifically for the period between Jacko's first solo album and when Prince started calling himself:



That was the period of their rivalry.  Looking at their entire careers I might be tempted to vote for Captain Eo; the Jackson Five is great and his 90s albums were okay while Prince churned out a lot of crap during that decade.  Looking at the 80s specifically I went with Prince.  Prince had some misfires during the decade but overall his work is incredible and his catalog is huge.  Jacko had three solid album during the same period but, in my opinion, none of them compare with Purple Rain or 1999.

Best as I can tell, Prince deliberately put out some bad material after he started using the symbol, just to fuck with the record company.