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Sign is such a perfect album. It's on the level of Daydream Nation, Zen Arcade, and Disintigration in terms of '80s "definitive statement" or "[insert artist name]'s White Album" type records. Just monumental. And it's just as pivotal and influential to the underground as it was to the pop world. Probably more so. Which really does make it even better.
Michael Jackson did a lot of shit in the '80s, but he never accomplished anything anywhere near as vast and powerful and boundless as Sign "O." Or Purple Rain, for that matter. Or hell, even 1999 and Around the World in a Day.
I grew up with MJ, but the difference between Prince and Mike is the difference between Artist with a capital "A" and "performer." Comparing them isn't really fair to either man's legacy, but I think it's worth mentioning that the two are virtually incomparable on an actual musical level.
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