Fair enough, it's all subjective and rumours and hearsay how much Richie was involved but at the end of the day you can hear less of his guitar playing and co-wrote less of the songs than previously. He said there was a point he was working on Aftermath...at the same time so whether the schedules changed or he chose one over the other or Jon wasn't happy with his input whose to really say. What actually happened would change whom I gave more sympathy for but the final product is the final product.