thread of miguel

mariah - memoirs?

though that is quite a while ago now

jeremih's first album

memoirs had gucci on the single version of "obsessed" right?

or was that a separate remix

separate remix & not on the album

wait, ship: how are Kels' albums not contemporary R&B? Is it their retro stylings that inoculate them?

he iz old

lol at lex taking Evan's post at face value

he iz old

Oh! *fumbles with trembling hands with Lipitor tablets and something called a "keyboard"*

i was basically borrowing the parlance of the Grammys, who for most of the last decade had a 'contemporary R&B album' award to distinguish the overly modern hip hop-influenced stuff from the more traditional stuff that usually wins the best R&B album award (but the 2 categories were merged back into one this year). Chocolate Factory was nominated in the contemporary category; his last two would have been in the other category, if they were nominated.

like you wouldn't listen to Write Me Back and expect to possibly hear a guest rapper on it (unlike Miguel's stuff), so it's not relevant to the point i was making.

new trey songz album only has like 6 guest rappers

lol

SPOILER ALERT

the new preview is very good

"do you..." especially is absolutely sublime

:D

"do you..." is like "quickie" pt 2... the glowing, coital track that just basks in its own sound. it's even a bit more ethereal tho.

Just heard Adorn in a sports store while walking through the mall. Miguel has arrived!

Man is this release scheme convoluted. Like, I'm a pretty big fan of this guy, and I really can't keep track of which songs are out, which ones are coming soon, which ones are being bundled where, where to download them, when to download them, etc, etc. I am totally lost, and his site isn't really clarifying a lot of these questions.

The ADC EPs were clever, but he should stop fucking around and just put out an album already.

three more songs out 9/11, full thing out 10/2

i hope "do you..." is actually the next single. maybe the best thing he's ever done.

cool to see that Pop & Oak produced "Use Me," really starting to stan for them after the Elle Varner album. "Don't Look Back" is prob my least favorite song he's put out this year, though.

i've never heard so many radio DJs say things like "I love that song! don't you love that song?" before or after playing something as with "Adorn" -- was really awesome to change stations right after it and hear it starting on another station the other day.

Is that EV album good front to back?

imo yeah

Cool, was interested but hadn't heard much, will check it.

heard "Adorn" on Tuesday! It helped that the R&B station played Maze's "Back in Stride" right after.

i think he's gonna hit no. 1 next week. up to no. 2 this week.

gonna start using "the third minute of 'Adorn'" as a euphemism for keys that unlock wonderful hidden treasures

:D

have we all seen this? this performance of "adorn" is AHMAZING

http://pitchfork.com/news/47615-watch-miguel-perform-adorn-at-moma-ps1/

sarge where are these new previews of which you speak?

#secrete promos

ooh -- "Secrete" is a perfect Miguel title

i think i should be shaking my head at that

let my joke adorn you

secrete all over you

jealous of alfred that lil b memes go over his head

air preview now streaming http://kaleidoscopedream.officialmiguel.com/

http://soundcloud.com/miguelofficial/sets/kaleidoscope-dream-the-air/s-xfuSb

On soundcloud. For those who might prefer it there...

i've just been going around for the last few days softly singing "i wanna do you like drugs toniiiiiiiiiiight"

in the past 9 months where i've grown to view miguel as a singular genius i have to sometimes constantly remind myself that he can write some really hilariously corny lyrics

but then he can also write something as dope as "we can be the riot in the air tonight"

i feel like i've been able to reconcile his good ideas and bad ideas as part of an overall appealing package ever since he looked as goofy as he did in the video for a song as good as "Sure Thing"

wow @ "Do You..."

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i feel like we've got so much in common now, right about now baby

I think his lacking a "star" profile (yet) makes the occasional poor articulation of musical ideas more interesting.

i feel like we've got so much in common now, right about now baby

― Tim F, Friday, September 7, 2012 11:03 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

i've been going back and forth about whether or not he says "do you like hugs?" right before this

wonder if that's him on gee-tar on "Do You"

he does say "do you like hugs?"

other talents aside, he's a singer I love listening to