thread of miguel

yeah, catalog is just stronger. DH's best songs are due for reappraisal though. xp

Is it weird that I listen to Dru Hill on a regular basis?

no that's pretty cool

jagged edge v. dru hill

a fairer fight, i can't all it, but i give the edge to DH

call it

wow, "adorn" is the first song in history to be on top of the r&b/hip-hop airplay chart for 20 straight weeks

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1531803/miguel-adorns-no-1-on-rbhip-hop-airplay-for-20th-week-weekly

well i guess that isn't necessarily straight weeks (?). but first to hit 20 in any event.

yeah they were consecutive, i'm pretty sure

damn!

Sweet

this is the only Dru Hill joint I ever really fucked with that much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-oRmPNg1Cs

I dunno, I always found Sisqo vaguely offputting

oh he's pretty ridiculous

'use me' on speakers slays - the overtracked vocals he does at 3:05 really leap out and fill the room

It's always weird to me to consider many people don't usually listen to music on speakers

I live in a small-ass apartment with lots of roomies : |

I listen to music quietly on my speakers all the time

kind of defeats the purpose?

mot really, since I generally can't stand wearing headphones

crying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XOb7d4Y3_3w#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XOb7d4Y3_3w

why does shit never embed ugh

someone needs to make gifs of every frame of that

think u need to get it into the form watch?v=XOb7d4Y3_3w ie cut out the feature=player_embedded part... i spent a day on html playground trying to figure it out recently... so frustrating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOb7d4Y3_3w

yay thanks!

i like how he spends all that time wrapping up

WTF THAT VIDEO

damn

O_O

somebody needs to do a youtube cut of wendy williams licking her lips and that vid

lol otm

hell i think i'm turned on

oh my god what did i just watch

holy

Arch your back. Point your toes.

should I go to the gym or masturbate?

why not both? It's the equivalent of after dinner port.

his tongue!

Trying to think of a more satisfying music success story from the last five years or so than Miguel, and I really can't

I've read a couple variations of the "Miguel is great and all, but he doesn't have a narrative" argument in the wake of his Grammy spotlight, but I don't really think that's true. "Auteur works his way through the studio system, his vision intact" is a pretty inspiring narrative in its own right these days

if someone's narrative "is good at making music, finds success in making music, also is sexy," then that's not really a narrative, it's just image and/or simple facts.

like contrasted to the human interest element of the obvious comparison point of Frank Ocean, it's pretty different

Yeah, I get that. But it's pretty rare these days for a singer with few ties to any other established stars or elite circles to find success on the scale Miguel has, and I think that's something worth celebrating. Nobody's gonna make a movie about it, but it's a nice reminder that the industry works sometimes

i'm pretty glad i've managed to avoid whoever is saying "Miguel is great and all, but he doesn't have a narrative" up until now, thank you very much

I like Miguel and all but you can't exactly say he has few ties to established stars or elite circles, dude has been on two separate majors and lots of features with major artists.

I dunno. He obviously collaborates with big names here and there, but he feels like an independent contractor. He doesn't have a central allegiance the way a lot of his contemporaries do

it's fair to say he has relied on guest rappers and stuff like that less than most R&B artists in his lane or at his career level, and that most of the big co-signs he's gotten have come AFTER he proved himself with big solo hits. but it's all relative, in some ways he's very industry, in some ways he's kind of off the beaten path. xp

xp So many of his contemporaries are beholden to the clique that spawned them or the bigger star that sired them. That's not the case with Miguel.

he's beholden to ILM.