> they weren't on his level Rick's Songs have
>>more life and he was a Better songwriter.
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>Musician ship wise and songwriting they are even. Rick ran out
>of gas and Cameo kept it comin.

Indeed....this is a different debate...

To me Rick was always the bigger star...Dude was headlining arenas BY HIMSELF....

But the drugs did a number on him...By '83 he was a shell of himself...Meanwhile Cameo had already hit their stride and was three years away from pulling off one of the greatest crossovers in R&B history...

For me it's pretty cut and dry...Rick was the bigger overall star than Cameo in his prime...

But album wise, Cameo had the more consistent run...But again, that's because Rick let his demons get the better of him...