Nope.
rick got around with drugs, torture, and questionable sex pracitices.
Prince got around with sex and very strange version of Christianity.
Prince is a massively superior talent and, while his group didn't last as long, I suspect that this had more to do with boredom on his part than anything like the MJGs actually outperforming V6 (I don't care about A6).
And yes, the Vanity 6 album is on CD. I have it.