"adorn" will almost certainly be officially his biggest hit ever next week
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
it's #41 on the new hot 100
― maura, Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
third #1 if you count "Lotus Flower Bomb"
― some dude, Friday, 14 September 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
idk if miguel changed it up or what but just noticed the double tracked whispers on 'use me'
― dayo, Monday, September 10, 2012 7:26 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark
the layers of different vocal tracks w/ different effects and intonations on his new stuff is just masteful
― some dude, Friday, 14 September 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmdONhOfMKQ
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
guelly da kid angling to get a shoutout in the the very definition of showmanship: The Crazy Mic/Mic Stand! thread
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
I could have sworn I been had posted Migs in there.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
pro tip: sing "sensitive thuuuuuuugs, sensitive thuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugs" to the tune of "Do You"
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 05:42 (eleven years ago) link
Shouldn't it be "sensitive thuuuuuugs, do you need huuuuuuugs?"
― Tim F, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
oh, duh
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to "Kaleidoscope Dream" (the song), it occurs to me that Miguel's Prince appropriations are at times startlingly like Me'Shell Ndgeocello's Prince appropriations.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
rofl roscoe dash tried to come at the god today on twitter
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Friday, 21 September 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
asserting that Miguel did not write the words he sang on "Lotus Flower Bomb" is doing him a favor imo
― some dude, Friday, 21 September 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
btw there are a shit-ton of "Adorn" freestyles out right now by rappers you would never want to hear on that song but Ma$e's is the only one i felt compelled to rubberneck at: http://rapradar.com/2012/09/10/new-music-mae-adorn-remix/
― some dude, Friday, 21 September 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they all started piling up at once
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Friday, 21 September 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
i hope the no-rappers policy on the album is extended to no official remixes. actually he can just not collaborate w/ any rappers at all (although i like "summer on smash")
― some dude, Friday, 21 September 2012 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxKxShNHY-g
pleasing fwiw
― r|t|c, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
kids in my school's journalism/broadcast program chose "adorn" as the outgoing credits music for the first school announcements video segment of the year. it was a nice moment at the end of the program. (half of the kids in my homeroom were like i love this song! and half were like, who is this?)
― horseshoe, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:36 (eleven years ago) link
also waiting to hear which song had been chosen for the outro was the #1 thing my kids were invested in about the broadcast, so i choose to attach some *significance* to the choice.
― horseshoe, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:39 (eleven years ago) link
god the guitar ringing out suddenly 2/3 into "do you" >>>>>>>>>>>>
― lex pretend, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
good billboard feature: http://www.billboard.com/features/miguel-s-kaleidoscope-dream-inside-the-r-1007955262.story#/features/miguel-s-kaleidoscope-dream-inside-the-r-1007955262.story
also finally get an answer to my question about whether the song was lengthened after the fact: With radio stations already asking for the mixtape cut, Miguel agreed to return to the studio and add a bridge to the track, and soon "Adorn" became a three-minute, 14-second official single
― some dude, Sunday, 23 September 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
I thought Lex said the exact opposite.
― did drake invent yolo (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/v/JxKxShNHY-g&fs=1&hl=en
― r|t|c, Friday, September 21, 2012 5:32 AM (2 days ago)
this pleases meh
when is this gonna leak already
― la goonies (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, maybe lex can clarify what was said? (xpost)
― some dude, Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
Alicia Keys is apparently on the album version of "Candles in the Sun" :/
― The Reverend, Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
lol ugh
― some dude, Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
i hope just shouting "THERE'S NO SEPERATION, WE'RE ALL ONE!" in a british accent
I can't decide whether I loathe Alicia Keys or Rihanna with greater intensity.
― taking tiger mountain (up the butt) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting to note that All I Want Is You only sold roughly 1/40th of its eventual total in its first week out.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
iirc he also told me that adorn was always longer and that he put the shorter version on ADC
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
also that thing about alicia being on "candles in the sun" is incorrect. that was just a screw up in the complex article.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
miguel wrote "where's the fun in forever" while he was in jamaica doing work for her album, she ended up not taking the track for her album and she agreed to let him have it. they left some of her vocals on the song, but it's far from a duet or something.
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
I like that "Do You" has this late 90s post-Timbo jitterbeatz thing going on rhythmically, but with a totally different sonic palette.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 23 September 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
btw Billboard article says that "Do You" is the next single and that the Target edition of the album will have bonus tracks (hopefully new-new stuff but i wouldn't mind some more ADC stuff getting included)
― some dude, Monday, 24 September 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
I think he said something about "do you..." being the next single back when it was called "drugs"
He did say something to me about doing some bonus tracks because the album isn't crazy long but I have no idea what those are
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 September 2012 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
the longer version was the original but he prefers the shorter version
― lex pretend, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 9:35 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 September 2012 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
i don't have the exact quote as i'm not in london with the recording right now, and i didn't put it in the piece, but i pretty much asked him directly and he answered directly. he could've been lying, artists have been known to do that!
― lex pretend, Monday, 24 September 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
or maybe Billboard magazine is getting a little lax with their rigorous research standards ;)
― did drake invent yolo (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 24 September 2012 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
and now he's extending it even longer live :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJSUXPXkSco
just incredible
― The Reverend, Monday, 24 September 2012 07:44 (eleven years ago) link
33 songs, mostly old stuff. looks like there are a couple that have been rehabbed ("That I Do", "Pussy Is Mine").
http://words.obsqr.com/post/6620823199/obsqr-presents-miguel-free-and-young-143mb-a
― The Reverend, Monday, 24 September 2012 08:22 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, great performance.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 24 September 2012 08:30 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQyTyDPV3BA
<3
― The Reverend, Monday, 24 September 2012 09:13 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm, I hadn't listened to the lyrics :/
― The Reverend, Monday, 24 September 2012 09:47 (eleven years ago) link
You know, I just realized "Adorn" is probably my favorite song since "Happy House" :O
― The Reverend, Monday, 24 September 2012 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's def my favorite song in a very long time
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 September 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
album stream
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/24/161566783/first-listen-miguel-kaleidoscope-dream
― Number None, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
i sorta forgot how much of it we've already heard. New ones sound good though
― Number None, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
P---- Is Mine Artist: Miguel Album: Kaleidoscope DreamPlease be advised, this audio contains profanity.
Artist: Miguel Album: Kaleidoscope Dream
Please be advised, this audio contains profanity.
― Evan R, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
May go see him (if my schedule works out) Wednesday night at the (reopened and renovated) Howard Theatre
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Pizza Is Mine
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Monday, 24 September 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link