This could easily have fitted on Kaleidoscope Dream and (especially) on Wildheart, it doesn't feel like such a radical left turn for me. Travis Scott should be nowhere near it obviously, but it's otherwise fine.
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 August 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
travis scott sounds good on it i think... it nods at his sound w/o being a direct rip off. my main problem is that i can't credibly buy miguel singing about his haters
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 August 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
It's not the subject matter I have a problem with; it's the intrinsic lameness. He sounds like a colossal doofus
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
also I he could tone down the boyishness and maybe turn up the grown-man factor a bit. like the song is this close to having a line about how warm coco feels good in his tum tum
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
lol oh dear. it is not completely awful but it is very... meandering? and yes goofy. sounds like an interlude that shouldn't have been extended to a full-length song.
he made better music when he was trying to get played on R&B radio
i agree with this!
― dyl, Friday, 25 August 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
I wish he recorded more R&B and not these pieces of chewy toffee.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 August 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
im not defending this song exactly (tho i do like it more than you guys) as much as the direction it would indicate he's heading in, which i think is healthy
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 August 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
imo this makes a nice "welp 2017" bookend to the new taylor swift single
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 25 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
idk this sounds fine to me. flow is sremmurdish?
― flopson, Friday, 25 August 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
i agree w J0rdan about the direction; wildheart was too rock for me
― flopson, Friday, 25 August 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
I agree with the direction that takes Miguel into taking his shirt off.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 August 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
this would fit in seamlessly among the vibey ballads on the back half of Sremmlife 2 (patti cake, do yoga, swang)
― flopson, Friday, 25 August 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
will not stand for the Sremmlife 2 slander but I agree the rock direction was getting grating. His voice was made for R&B
― Evan R, Friday, 25 August 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
i'm not slandering srem2! i think this song is just fine
― flopson, Friday, 25 August 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
seems fine to me. not amazing but not awful
― ||||||||, Friday, 25 August 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
this is great yall trippin
― Spottie, Friday, 25 August 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
Sounds like a blah Miguel track to me (rather than an atrocity).
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Friday, 25 August 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
more babes than a bath house
― flopson, Saturday, 26 August 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
this song is whatever
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 August 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
which sadly was my initial reaction to learning there was a new miguel song in 2017
― k3vin k., Saturday, 26 August 2017 22:26 (six years ago) link
stop trying to make "splish" a thing
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 27 August 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
This single kind of reminds me when Janelle Monae put out Yoga a couple of years ago. It didn't really fit in with what she'd be doing before (musically and quality-wise) and sounded like she wanted to try and desperately get that summer hit. With the Janelle single, it did give her her first solo Billboard entry but thankfully didn't start the campaign for her third album (although I'd just like signs that there will be a third album at this stage). Hopefully Sky Walker isn't anywhere near Miguel's next album. The song in the Snoop clip sounds much more promising.
― kitchen person, Sunday, 27 August 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
um
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BISfVE1XK8A
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
Now THIS sucks.
― the general theme of STUFF (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 September 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
who's MIgue?
― Spottie, Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
Miguel is bad now :(
― Evan R, Thursday, 7 September 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
yeah this one isn't good at all. produced by pop & oak tho. fwiw given that it's 2:30 it seems more like a little teaser thing than something serious.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 September 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
ok this version of "skywalker" is pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVwpAjB6vY
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
also this song is still the shit to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iCPAXnguwY
His new look reminds me of the grownup version of a child actor from "The Cosby Show" or something.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
i think the dreads are hot & these arrangements really lean into like the whole neo-soul stoner vibe
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
It's not the dreads so much as the shirt.
I like that "Skywalker" version – more of this, please, not power chords.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:02 (six years ago) link
"Come Through and Chill" is good and I'm glad he's outgrown his rawk phase, but I'm not really feeling driftless beach bum Miguel at all.
― Evan R, Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
On All I Want Is You and Kaleidoscope Dream (and even the Mischief tape) he was so hungry for the music he was making, he was just fiending for it. Not he seems so indifferent and disengaged. Not into it at all; feels like he's lost his muse and doesn't even care to replace it
― Evan R, Thursday, 21 September 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
i can tell you what his muse is, it's weed
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
I thought his cat was :(
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 September 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
I guess this confirms "Come Through and Chill" was an album preview.
― billstevejim, Friday, 22 September 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hDZtHqtaTw
this is ok. why is it coming out at the end of the summer though
― maura, Friday, 29 September 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
That Late Show tv version of "Skywalker" sounds better than the Miguel by numbers version I have heard on late-night programming on a Baltimore r'n'b/rap station. The radio version isn't terrible, just formulaic mostly.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 September 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
Miguel is living his best life but making his worst music
― Evan R, Friday, 29 September 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
file under sad but true
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 30 September 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
He lost me completely
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 September 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
Good for him that his finally getting mainstream feats and recognition but I don’t think it’ll last too long if he doesn’t bring back the awesomeness of his previous albums.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 30 September 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
he's probably at his lowest ebb of mainstream recognition right now...
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 September 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
classic moka/j0rdan
― gr8080, Friday, 6 October 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
ive warmed up to skywalker def
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 October 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
i mean, i guess this probably shouldn't count as it's a cartoon soundtrack duet cut but this makes three bad tracks in a rowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDxU9eNQ_0
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
ugh saw Miguel on the new music list and got excited, pretty bad though
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
i've come all the way around on "sky walker", i think it's a really fun song. the video sells it well too.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 October 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
this thread's reaction to it was entirely predictable but also completely incorrect
― J0rdan S., Friday, 27 October 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link