AT2020 hands down

I am sure there are some works on the MXL990 but I've not had any experience.
I mentioned the AT2020 because I've mixed stuff from one indie from Aussie which was tracked on the AT2020. It's not the best mic and there are better mics but for its price it was decent.
Songwriting, proper recording techniques, and just an overall good song package overall resulted in it being played on the radio with some fairly good response.

Learn proper recording techniques, keep a good clean signal chain and most importantly focus on the overall package of the production (which also means an awesome good song with the right talent) and yeah you can squeeze alot out of that cheap AT2020.