thread of miguel

it makes me think of Prince less than 80% of his material but he definitely wrote it in part because he couldn't write another song called "Adore"

nbd, just a cross between marvin gaye & prince

vol 2, tomorrow

my neighbors always know when I come home because I bump adorn 4 times

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http://www.rap-up.com/2012/03/27/new-music-miguel-art-dealer-chic-vol-2-ep/

haha i d/led it from miguel's site which requires you to fill out a non-optional "Hopes and Dreams" box to download lololol smh

I think I like "Arch n Point" even more than "Adorn"! This is sooooooooooo good... even on my shitty laptop speakers it just sounds fantastic

"Broads" is a tad wacky

yeah, it's just terrible. Like, delete-from-iTunes bad.

god damn "arch n point"

yeah I'm unchecking 'broads'

I love how fucking LOUD "Arch n Point" is... that guitar!

wow, "...all" might be better?

"arch n point" could def be a trey songz album track, but like 10x better

man, "...all" is almost threatening to be organ house

this shit bangs

yeah, i think "...all" might be my favorite from this one

Didn't realize we had a Miguel thread! Although in retrospect, duh.

Vol. 2 > Vol. 1 I think, although Adorn >>>> all the other tracks from the project.

naw, i think (although my opinion on this might change) "gravity" > any of the tracks on vol 2 also

yeah listened to volume 2 today and nothing stuck with me at all really, kinda disappointed

but then went back and listened to vol 1, all i want is you, and mischief, so all is good. i seriously slept on all i want is you for so long

i kinda wonder how many people on this thread are still sleeping on all i want is you

did you ever come around on the title track?

I didn't know about Mischief, d/ling that now.

yeah i came around on the title track, although the salaam remi stuff on the album is still generally my least favorite

mischeif is not mindblowing or anything, miguel's voice is obviosly the main draw but the production's not great and the songwriting isn't nearly as strong as his recent work

oh word

There are small, scattered moments on Mischief where everything clicks and its like, "oh right, I love this guy." I've gotten a ton of writing done to that mixtape over the last couple of years; it's good background music that still kind of jams

I just still can't believe that he did the hooks on that Blu & Exile album from back in 2007.

saying "gravity" is the best thing off these tapes is clinically insane

you are underrating "gravity", which is amazing, but i don't think anyone said that

yeah i misread you

i'd still rate them as adorn > ...all > arch n point > gravity

the thick bassline + the harmonies on the "shoo-di-doo da-di-da da-di-da-dah" chorus >>>>>>

'broads' is cute enough, what's the big problem

haven't heard his very earliest stuff but at least on all i want is you there was a clear pharrell/nerd vibe going and 'broads' is just some more of that writ a little too large. can't pretend it's not there though

i'd even argue you can make a case for still being able to hear trace elements of it in the new good widescreen stuff too really, but then i guess your imagination would need to stretch to what a decent latter-era nerd song would sound like

in any case it's true what rev says about miguel's elision of "any air of tribute or homage" whoever he may happen to sound like - a very nice trick to have

'broads' is cute enough, what's the big problem

agree with this.

don't really hear the pharrell/nerd thing at all tho

Broads is pretty catchy and all. I just don't see myself listening to it again

the thick bassline + the harmonies on the "shoo-di-doo da-di-da da-di-da-dah" chorus >>>>>>

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was also thinking he has this really great way with harmonies that beautifully tie kinda meandering or seemingly disparate or just idk unresolved songs together - 'gravity', 'adorn' and 'sure thing' only truly become sure things once it happens

think i already said this last year but from 2:25 on 'girls like you' is nerd chapter & verse no question at least - and that's no huge leap from 'broads' really. the more intuitive stuff from then on i'm not gonna harp on about tho cos it's not like i really want to think of him in pharrellian terms that much either - just saying it's a strand in the dna is all

yeah, his way with harmony is n/l

i'll get back to you about "girls like you"

there is TOTALLY a pharrell vibe and i never thought i'd say that about an R&B singer i wasn't trying to insult

no thoughts on this yet but glad r|t|c is back missed ur posts bro http://i.imgur.com/gDeUg.gif

yeah web boo

er, wb

lol

http://i.imgur.com/Rlj7m.gif

"yeah web boo" cracking me up so much

http://mediamrs.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lil-boosie-webbie.jpg

"...all" is the standout track imo

relistened to "Girls Like You" and i still dgi. Miguel as a singer sounds effortless, whereas Pharrell, even at his best, sounds labored, and his backing tracks are very loose, whereas the Neptures were always about hyperprecision. Even their more ramshackle moments sound pointedly so, like they made absolutely sure that bongo was just exactly that much offbeat.

you're overthinking it

tickets going on sale for his latest tour and I think I might skip him this time

I'm not hearing much of a change -- it's of a piece with the rest of his catalog.

This is why I was just underwhelmed on my first listen. I like Miguel's voice but I don't want to hear him simply copy the song structure arrangements he has used in the past. Also, I don't hear anything as catchy as "Sure Thing" ...

I'll have more to say in a couple days. And I envy that you have the option to say no to a show.

How did I miss the track he did with Justice...absolutely gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1T1VWxazC8