ChrisC
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I don't think this has anything to do about insecurities but just common sense. You have to remember that these two were put up against each other and like it or not they had a rivalry going on. The right thing to do would to have a song and a music video written by the both of them. Do you think Michael would ever accept such a thing if it was the other way around?
Ok maybe The Girl Is Mine isn't a good example but IJCSLY is.
You're basing it on a number of leaps though. You have assumed Prince would have zero creative input. You have assumed the music video wouldn't allow Prince to hold a guitar. And you are basing it on something Prince allegedly said.
Furthermore, I find it baffling that someone who respects Michael Jackson's artistry would consider a cornerstone track from his most important album release as just of way "playing" another artist.
There was clearly mutual respect between these two artists, in my eyes, and if there wasn't there plain should have been. Michael and Prince were just men. Human men. Whether our insecurities are warranted are not, we all have them.