thread of miguel

I don't really rate "Pretty Wicked Things"

;_;

nicki is going to suffer from vote-splitting too :(

"Automatic," "Black Lipstick," or "Scripture" for me.

I dunno, it seems like it's trying to do too much with too little xxp

it does a huge amount with a huge amount

i won't vote for any armor on song because i'll vote for armor on, so...

If they're bombastic stadium rock, they certainly don't sound like anyone else's bomstadrock.

They do and they don't, I mean the vocals and most of the songwriting are't but the guitar tones and the general ambience feel like pure 00s stadium rock, hence me mentioning Coldplay upthread. I mean that's fine, the guitar sounds and general ambience are usually the best thing about those records, it's just everything else that blows so well done Miguel for finding an acceptable context for them.

I prefer "86" as far as songs from the upcoming album go

it does a huge amount with a huge amount

i won't vote for any armor on song because i'll vote for armor on, so...

― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:37 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what's with the radicalization on this issue? i generally think the shipley doctrine is a good one but it doesn't apply iirc to huge singles (like adorn as you mentioned before, not really the case with dawn)

don't really get the purple rain comparisons either

Not trying to troll, b/c I know this is sacred around here, but has Armor On lost some of its luster for anyone else? (uh, asking for a friend...)

It's a question of approach not actual sound, I mean I can't imagine Prince recording anything like this album. But Miguel's found a way of making modern stadium rock work with modern R&B that's similar to what Purple Rain managed for the 80s.

Not trying to troll, b/c I know this is sacred around here, but has Armor On lost some of its luster for anyone else?

NO

AOTY unhesitatingly and still ridiculously far ahead of everything else

MDC otm

is dawn gonna place in the singles? "faith" would be my one vote

nicki is going to suffer from vote-splitting too :(

― lex pretend, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:36 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if there's one thing nicki doesn't suffer from in 2012 it's too many good songs

It's faded for me -- the space in the arrangements which sounded novel in June now sounds like a way to hide a couple unfinished songs -- but no so's it would leave my top twenty.

i haven't listened to it in a long time... i should revisit

i'll def have "stupid hoe" pretty high

Not trying to troll, b/c I know this is sacred around here, but has Armor On lost some of its luster for anyone else? (uh, asking for a friend...)

― Evan R, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:43 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah it's cool but at this point i'm more interested in seeing what the new one does

nicki's best moments in 2012 hit the sweet spot of being great public pop AND great personal favourites that i ended up playing on loop - i could legit vote for "stupid hoe", "starships" (YES) and "the boys" if it wasn't for my one-track-per-artist rule

Gun Shot >>> everything else.

Not to make this a nicki thread but I remain upset that gunshot never became a huge summer single.

posted a photo on instagram tonight of him in the studio with beyonce

Huh, I assumed Dawn Richard was a British thing since the only place I've ever come across her name is the Singles Jukebox.

But it's been established that I don't know shit, so.

No, no, no. She's an American r&b singer who was in Diddy Dirty Money and Danity Kane. Sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBnNOk1_Vs

Oh I've heard her (b/c of the Jukebox), just didn't know her provenance.

Kaleidoscope Dream is prob going to be in my Top 3 at this point, maybe even be my number one - it's got like 5 of my favourite songs this year.

just couldn't get into the Dawn Richard record at all though. :/

where's this beyonce image?

http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/beyonce-hits-the-studio-with-miguel-photo-1007994432.story

i must look like such a psycho singing and clapping along to this album on headphones. hope my cats don't judge me.

Yell WHERE'S THE FUN IN FOREVER at it.

Beyonce is so sweet when she almost looks human.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJQx6L7D7I

it's kind of impossible to overstate how much this sounds like a year of the gentleman deep cut. i swear ne-yo is actually singing this

speaking of miggy and shaffer, anyone heard this before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fIoz37nsac

yeah i heard and was really into the ne-yo version of that (production plumped up by tricky stewart supposedly) that leaked around the time of year of the gentleman - since that video predates it though i guess it was originally written for miguel and he took it back to play with and discard again. makes sense as it sounds very much like first album ne-yo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMl02nqA0hg

miguel has supposedly disowned this but it's not bad for what it is imo

now he's big he should get all his former west coast undie r&b homies like sa ra and j davey together and form a crew, crews are popular i hear

they could call themselves... black hippy

he used to run with those dudes?

fellow outcasts and weirdos

http://thewellversed.com/2011/01/24/miguel-ahead-of-the-curve/

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Miguel+Jontel+Pimentel?anv=Jontel#t=Credits_All&q=&p=1

still runs with those dudes. brook d'leau from j*davey is in his band.

"Adorn" in the top 20!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qGigIMM1Vw

http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e8vg9r/acts/a9gwrz#p0117g85

lol/envy at his t-shirt

he designed it! you can buy it (for $60) https://deerdana.3dcartstores.com/SADE-x-MIGUEL_p_176.html

smoke weed, wear sade

important poll:

MIGUEL - all i want is you - POLL

Was about to order the John Ford one til I saw the price.

http://www.thefader.com/2012/11/16/miguel-second-wind/