>full stop for LOL @ the notion that any of those 3 could help
>Prince deliver a chart-topping album in 2012, when none of
>those 3 have offered significant help on a chart-topper in
>several yrs.


Fine. Swap out those names (though in certain instances 1+1 = 3 through senergy) and pair Prince up with Mark Ronson or who ever you think is a skilled hit making producer today. You don't think that combo could produce some chart topping music?


And I do think Madonna and MJJ managed to extend their shelf like working with hot producers. There would be no matching Thriller and Bad but Dangerous is a strong album. (didn't MJJ work with hot producers of the day for Bad and Thriller?)



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