prince DIDNT WANT TO BE COMMERCIAL. people keep forgetting that prince was so prolific, that he refused to put himself in one music category. all the shit he did for "The Time" was HITS. all the time albums were hits, and those were prince songs. prince could do black radio music in his sleep and have the top or one of the top black albums every year if he wanted to, he thinks the music is too easy and boring, which is why he always changes his style. when he needs money, he comes with a commercial album, when he dont need money, he puts out what he likes. there is really no comparison between the two. mike isnt really on the level of lots of cats in music, he is just compared to prince because they: were black, were young, were the top two honchos and had similar weird ways. teddy riley, r kelly, hells, lots of niggas got more musical talent than mike. mike was famous because of the jackson 5, period. he had his james brown ripoff moves, and he CAN sing, but hell, el debarge can sing. mike was just a marketing dream and quincy jones took advantage of his stardom and made him bigger than life, but if you sit mike down and tell HIM to make a album by himself, nigga is lost, which is the real reason he waits so long between albums, he cant do it himself, he has to wait on the right people and circumstances to make it happen.
copies to date. When was the last time Prince had a 10 million selling album if ever.
