@Themidwestcowboy, keep in mind that unlike Prince, Michael Jackson used to be extremely reliant on other people who helped him to achieve what he achieved in his career.
Michael Jackson used to hire the best producers, the best sound engineers, the best mixing engineers, the best external songwriters, the best directors, the best choreographers, the best advisors, the best touring managers, and so on.
Take, for example, a look at the personnel of his 'Thriller' album: there is an endless list of people who worked on that album in order for it to have such a success.
Or, his 'Thriller' music video, which was an idea that came from Frank DiLeo (as he revealed in a Vanity Fair Interview) and he was the one who pushed the singer to shoot it.
Prince's lyrics are more diverse and daring, and just some of his songs prove this, for example:
His '1999' song, where he mocks an imminent Armageddon.
His 'Purple Rain' song, where he refers (in a haunting way) to the end of the world.
His 'Sign O' The Times' song, where he refers to certain socio-political problems, even to an impending nuclear holocaust.
His 'Sister' song, where he refers to incest (i.e., an unsettling sexual relationship with his own sister).
Prince even used the heartbeat from his baby's ultrasound as a groove for his 'Sex In The Summer' song, a move that no other artist has ever dared to do such a thing.
@zinniabooklover, the exact same thing can be said from the other side.
Prince, as an artist, is endlessly interesting, exciting and fascinating to Prince's fans.
