thread of miguel

point taken about 2010 being a bad time for r&b albums ever coming out but

"an album w/o marquee guests and a clear slam-dunk single"

"'All I Want Is You' is the debut single by American R&B recording artist Miguel released as the lead single from his debut album All I Want Is You (2010). The song features rapper J. Cole and was produced by Salaam Remi."

Cole was coming off a guest spot on Blueprint 3 and an XXL Freshman namecheck, among other signs that he was a "priority artist"

Cole hadn't had anything resembling a hit at that point, nor had he released an album. He was just an industry bench player; definitely not a draw with a halo effect.

Looking back at the chart history it looks like "All I Want Is You" was performing respectably on the charts around the time the album came out, so I may be relying on faulty memory, but there was something chintzy and rushed about the album's release. It didn't feel at all like the rollout of a star.

Just kind of seemed like in an era of aggressive A&R tinkering and shoehorned Wayne and Ross features the album slipped under the label's radar in some ultimately fortuitous ways.

I'd say K Michelle is

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:08 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i would say dawn but R&B is open to interp

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itt insane posts

i'm guessing you're going with keef

K Michelle, Fantasia, two albums worth of Kehlani -- I'm cool with any of them.

rihanna not doing too bad from that time period either

yikes, low bar with some of these picks

miguel/beyonce solid contenders

which picks?

yours mostly lol

i dunno, i really like some of the music K michelle and fantasia have put out but i have a hard time seeing anyone making an enthusiastic case for them as artists of the decade. maybe i'm too out of step with the R&b consensus these days though

who said anything about artists of the decade? I said they were the most consistent R&B artists of the decade in that they've made consistently excellent albums.

ah yes my fault, fair enough

at any rate these women ain't getting airplay beyond adult R&B and maybe late night play on regular R&B stations so they deserve any patronage.

ah yes my fault, fair enough

― k3vin k., Monday, December 11, 2017

all good!

A profile, in which the sexual assault allegation is raised.

I believe her; given the circumstances, though, I find it hard to imagine this gaining much traction (unless of course there are more incidents to be unearthed)

given what circumstances

also read all his quotes in that article as Russell Brand's character from Sarah Marshall it's too perfect

i love Miguel but does every single song have to be about how he is about to have sex, i mean i'm glad he's having sex, but

we're listening to the spotify eoy tracks playlist and a Miguel song came up and it was literally just Sexual Healing

WAR & LEISURE is out on vinyl on record store day

man this album flopped :(

"skywalker" was his biggest hit since "adorn"

it's a great album

yeah I hear "Skywalker" on 99 Jamz (thanks, Travis Scott), but #29 in 2018 pop feels like #35 pop in 1981.

DC go-go bands are all doing renditions of “Skywalker.”

I like his duet with Lafourcade on that song from Coco too.

i hear skywalker in public and that hasn't been the case for a miguel single since adorn

yeah skywalker is in daily rotation on my iheart radio-owned terrestrial rap station

#29 in 2018 pop feels like #35 pop in 1981

what does this mean?

only that uptempo R&B making the Billboard top 15 was as odd in 1981 as it is in 2018.

sky walker isn't really what i want from miguel

pineapple skies and come through and chill are great though. the latter reminds me of voodoo-era d'angelo

every time i thought about miguel performing at the oscars i wished he was singing 'caramelo duro.' that is a jam and i hope it gets released as a summer single

OTM. Album's best chorus too.

lmfao he has just released his own "it ain't me"

saw miguel on monday night and 'caramelo duro' ended his main set, which gives me hope for its summer jam status. also he dropped one of the songs from the just can't get enough polls into 'do you' and it was sublime

he also released a spanish version of 'sky walker'

https://open.spotify.com/album/10mIDi29wQw0dbRH83seWe

REGALAME UN POCO DE AZUUUUUCAR

this is nice, although chorus lyrics are lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U55KzJek4dw

"come thru and chill" is so good, i consider it miguel canon. they actually play it on the radio too

I heard it on the radio today! I had no idea it was that popular.

He wandered onto and off the BET Awards stage last night to do short contributions to Meek Mill's new "Stay Woke" song. His voice was great

feature on the goldlink song is not bad

i see i posted this one month ago but i love hearing "come thru and chill"... even the j cole verses don't bother me anymore. classic song to me.

this performance on colbert from a while back was so dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mHsDNKhVjg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYo-eDzq9Rc

new one's nice, apparently more songs are coming this year too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48DPVyuGoA

legit one of my favorite rhcp songs lol. he made it even lovelier

otm

just magical

that is a really lovely version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dTMYOHedY

this is also rly nice

christ his voice is insane

unreal

buried at the end of the CRAZY RICH ASIANS ost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mc1utdbWH0

vote for a good time!!!!!