Skywalker, MJ still sells out the concert hall in some places. And I'd never question his talent. He is/was amazing.
But yeah His Purpleness is something else. I never saw them as rivals, they are different and almost equally talented. Maybe we just never heard too much about Prince's predilections...
LOL Bitter...
Almost equally talented? A matter of taste perhaps, in terms of musical talent though there is no competition between MJ and Prince. Whether it is writing, producing or performing all of his music (all instruments except the sax and back up vocals, several albums he performed every part of the music). Add the hits that he has written and produced for others and the fact that for all his instrumental versatility, he is one of the greatest electric guitarists to ever live and it is hard to compare them as musicians
MJ was an electric performer and had much more mass appeal. He grew up as a child and then teen idol and Prince's music because of its sexuality and androgyny was always less accessible to plenty people. When I was growing up most of my peers were not into Prince and thought he, and by extension his music, was gay. Add to that the fact that 70's funk/electronica inspired R&B was less popular than pop in the 80's but all of his albums were heavily produced by Quincy Jones, Teddy Riley, basically whoever was the hot guy at the time.
As for Prince's "predilections" they have been fairly well publicized. Even though past girlfriends/proteges like Apollonia, Vanity and Carmen Electra always change the subject when people ask about him, there is absolutely no indication that he is interested in spending time with young boys.
