I feel Prince gets too much credit. We all know he's very talented but for all the songs he's written and produced how many are actually memorable? How many of his music videos or live performances are classed in the legendary category? Michael Jackson managed to eclipse Prince with only 5 solo albums, Prince has probably had about 20 and only about 4 had significant impact.

Where he fell off was his refusal to work with more skilled musicians. I heard Maurice White was meant to work with him at the start of his career but he declined. MJ would've had no real impact without Quincy, he was humble enough to recognise this. Prince threw music out with no quality control and as a result his music sounds extraordinarily dated.