u beat me to it, Rod Temperton is the shyt!
Prince is a good artist but there is no comparison. It's like comparing a Benz to an honda Accord. both may have leather, sunroof, v6, and both are stable cars but at the end of the day 1 is much better. Michael being the Benz, that Benz may cause you some expensive maintenance but it's still much better. Michael has stayed in to trouble from the color change, to the prescription drugs to all the child allegations....but musically, there is no comparison.
naw, michael been in the game muuuuuch longer. Michael was a kid in the game. Prince's life span as a chart topper was much more brief than michael as a solo artist. Prince's hits didn't sell anywhere near michael's shyt. Michael is a better singer, has way better ad lib's, better overall music arrangement, production, etc.........Prince made some hot shyt, that's the truth but you can't compare him to Michael other than all the sensitive funny acting shyt. It's like comparing jadakiss to jay z. jada is dope and might fk with jay if u put them alone in a room together but his work, album sales, longevity, and universal appeals don't add up. I'm not at all dissing prince, i love ALOT of his 80s shyt. Truthfully, i haven't been feeling his work over the past decade or so. Far as all that sexuality shyt, lol. If neither 1 was famous and ya'll were in a room with both of those mofo'z Prince would def. appear to be the gayest, lol, michael would appear as a strange weirdo. Like i said i luv alot of prince's 80s music but if he wasn't an entertainer mofo'z defending him as a heterosexual wouldn't be seen in public with dude.