thread of miguel

you only seem to be seeing one direction here though, is where we disagree

i like the way he's staggering releases but i dunno how well it's working if people itt are already finding ways to be unhappy about him releasing 17 mostly dope songs in one year

Adorn might well be my song of the year.

The ADC Candles In the Sun almost sounds a bit channel orangey, no?

well it came out before that album -- it actually weirded me out to hear the phrase "candles in the sun" in the last track of the frank ocean but i guess it's a more common phrase than i realized

you only seem to be seeing one direction here though, is where we disagree

what makes Miguel beautiful?

I know it came out before channel orange, that's why I wrote "almost". But strip it down a bit and they're definitely talking the same musical language.

london show, london:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=527723
kinda $$ but

damn not at home for that :'(

where are his tour dates?

found this after searching "ledisi" and re-reading part of the 2011 r&b thread - don't think i'd ever heard it before!

http://www.youtube.com/v/JGZaRV7mv8A&fs=1&hl=en

also found this otm statement

and "sure thing" is cool but "Teach Me" is the best song on that Miguel album imo

― The Brainwasher, Friday, April 29, 2011 2:22 AM (1 year ago)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9f9nxsD671r9vju3o1_500.jpg

literally lolling

yeah so bad.

trying to remember the last time a contemporary R&B album with this high a profile came out w/ no obligatory guest rappers

Miguel Monae!

lmao

Forgive me for asking probably easy-to-find info, but is there a release date yet?

complex said that the song he wrote for alicia keys in jamaica (and that her backing vocals are on) is "candles in the sun" but i don't think that's right -- for one, when i talked to him he told me that it was "where's the fun in forever" & also having heard at least one version of "candles," i don't think her vocals are on that

jer: he's releasing a three-song preview on 9/11, full thing is out 10/2

happy to find out miguel also has thunder thighs

Excellent. I mean, these staggered EP releases have been nice, but a full album makes things a lot easier for year-end ranking purposes.

IF the album is worth ranking above Art Dealer Chic. we'll see.

Well, yeah. But isn't a good chunk of ADC gonna be on this?

three songs -- i think it's gonna be as good or better. ADC does have some throwaways.

Fuckin broads.

seriously, if he keeps making album covers like this, i will have to keep making Avatar: The Last Airbender jokes.

yeah, I don't really know how Internet memes work, but I am picturing Flying Miguel photobombing all sorts of news and sports images, dunking on Kobe or Billy Corgan or whatever

^^

“It’s definitely a progressive album,” the 25-year-old told Mina SayWhat. “I would describe it as being progressive in the sense that I’m taking a lot of my more alternative influences and incorporating them.”

Kaleidoscope Dream Tracklisting

1. “Adorn”
2. “Don’t Look Back”
3. “Use Me”
4. “Do You…”
5. “Kaleidoscope Dream”
6. “The Thrill”
7. “How Many Drinks?”
8. “Where’s the Fun in Forever?”
9. “Arch & Point”
10. “Pussy Is Mine”
11. “Candle in the Sun”

http://www.rap-up.com/2012/08/15/tracklisting-miguel-kaleidoscope-dream/

"adorn" is looking like it has a chance to be his biggest hit

heard it on the radio this morning, vibed out

Oh, Pussy is Mine is on this? Cool. He played that live at the Joe's Pub show and it felt like older material from somewhere but I didn't entirely recognize it.

Oh, Pussy is Mine? Cool.

6. “The Thrill”
7. “How Many Drinks?”
8. “Where’s the Fun in Forever?”

also known as The Ballin' Trilogy

trying to remember the last time a contemporary R&B album with this high a profile came out w/ no obligatory guest rappers

― some dude, Monday, August 27, 2012 12:38 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Profiles weren't as high, but Love Me Back and Late Nights & Early Mornings come to mind.

which was late nights? marsha ambrosius?

that didn't register for me at ALL. Love me back is still in constant rotation.

thanks for prompting me to play the Ambrosious album again, Andy!

yeah good call with the Jazmine and Marsha albums, dug both. i'm just happy that this time Mig got to dodge the J. Cole bullet that Melanie and Elle caught this year.

Alex, check out the Ambrosius again. Although it faffs around a bit in the middle section and is at times too masochistic for my taste, this is plush, sumptuous R&B of a high order -- probably my favorite one of last year

"Adorn" is great, but I've always thought it needed a B.o.B. verse

and a Calvin Harris remix featuring Nicki Minaj.

"adorn" is looking like it has a chance to be his biggest hit

― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Monday, August 27, 2012 2:23 PM (6 hours ago)

is it charting? it doesn't even have a wiki entry

"Adorn" is great, but I've always thought it needed a B.o.B. verse

well here's a sentence i never thought i'd read

#7 R&B, #68 on the Hot 100 (xpost)

There's also the R. Kelly albums.

well yeah but those aren't contemporary R&B

mariah - memoirs?