Prince vs Michael Jackson

Prince for me.

 

Musician - Prince
Pop Icon - MJ

 

Prince, it's very rare the other one gets played these days. Prince has been a constant.

 

I like some of FM's blues stuff like Green Manalishi and Albatross, but admittedly it's the Buckingham/Nicks (and Stevie Nicks solo is also top 20 for me) stuff I love.

 

they're my fav band (okay, tie with VU)

 

well I meant of the four

 

Perhaps in the early/mid 90s yes, but I would say that outside of preferring Unbreakable to Rebel Heart (though I liked RH too). I have pretty much widely preferred Madonna's post-2000 work to Janet's. Discipline was as bad as MDNA IMO.

 

Control/True Blue: Janet

Rhythm Nation/Like a Prayer: Janet

Janet/Bedtime Stories: Madonna

Velvet Rope/Ray of Light: Madonna

All For You/Music: Janet

Damita Jo/American Life: Janet

20 Y.O./Confessions on a Dancefloor: Madonna

Discipline/Hard Candy: Janet

Unbreakable/Rebel Heart: Madonna

Janet wins. The years are a little lopsided.

 

oooh fun

Control/True Blue Janet

Rhythm Nation/Like a Prayer Madonna

Janet/Bedtime Stories Madonna

Velvet Rope/Ray of Light hardest one on the list... Janet

All For You/Music Madonna

Damita Jo/American Life Janet

20 yr./Confessions Madonna

Discipline/Hard Candy Janet

Unbreakable/Rebel Heart Madonna

 

Madonna for the win! What a close match.

 

i'm actually surprised it was that close.. but Control, Velvet Rope, are unbeatable

 

Velvet Rope is regarded as her magnum opus, right?

 

to me anyway.. I suppose in general too

 

Rolling Stone included it in their "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. "Control" was a glaring omission though.

 

you ever hear her 2 albums before Control? I haven't.

 

Nope. Don't plan to either.

 

just making sure I wasn't missing out

 

Control/True Blue: Janet

Rhythm Nation/Like a Prayer: match

Janet/Bedtime Stories: Janet (I would link this one closer to Erotica though since it came out about 7 months after Erotica's release)

Velvet Rope/Ray of Light: Madonna

All For You/Music: Madonna

Damita Jo/American Life: Madonna

20 Y.O./Confessions on a Dancefloor: Madonna

Discipline/Hard Candy: Madonna (if only for She's Not Me and Candy Shop)

Unbreakable/Rebel Heart: Janet

Janet = 3
Madonna = 5
match = 1

 

Love them both, but Prince edges out Michael slightly simply because he has more material that I like. Probably because his output was 1000 times that as Michael's.

 

Prince

.. shoulda been a poll ..

 

The first two albums aren't terrible, they're just devoid of any real personality. But if you like typical early 1980s r&b music, both albums have plenty to offer. I will admit that If It Takes All Night off Dream Street is a bit of a hidden gem and could've been a big hit single.

I would take s/t from 1982 over Discipline -- its a nice funky record, and Dream Street doesn't deserve its bad rap, it's just relatively faceless in comparison to her latter material.

 

Yeah, I meant just those 4, too. As I mentioned later, I exaggerated rankings for effect!

 

Funny - if I played that game, I'd have Madonna winning each of them.

"Rhythm Nation" is the closest call - that could go either way.

Otherwise? All Madonna.

The notion Janet's career was a triumph of quality over quantity is pretty laughable - Janet's put out mediocre material this entire millennium!

 

How do you figure? MJ was more than half a foot taller than Prince - he towered over the little guy!

 

How did this turn into a Madonna vs Janet Jackson thread?