Does Hearing This Not Make You Feel Like The Biggest, Badass, Casanova In Your Zipcode?

[Proudiddy]

And is Miguel not the greatest R&B artist of our time?

If you are a fan of numerous genres of music, I don't know how this isn't an automatic eargasm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWUzCfuAyzU

[Proudiddy]

LOL, I just had this conversation with a friend the other day and according to them, "Miguel isn't even on my radar."  But, they think Frank Ocean is the truth, LOL.

Music is subjective and obviously, any one given artist/sound will draw a wide array of responses.  But, who would you argue is better?  And be careful with your answer, or you may be the next victim of this finisher:

[PanthersBigD]

I like Miguel's stuff a lot. Kaleidoscope Dream was awesome from start to almost finish. That Candle in the Sun song was a huge bummer on what was otherwise an awesome album. 

And he almost pulled off that flying triangle on that chick, he just wasn't able to figure four his legs...

[Proudiddy]

 

I like Miguel's stuff a lot. Kaleidoscope Dream was awesome from start to almost finish. That Candle in the Sun song was a huge bummer on what was otherwise an awesome album. 

And he almost pulled off that flying triangle on that chick, he just wasn't able to figure four his legs...

Thank you for having incredible taste in music lol. 

Man, tbh, I quit listening to radio awhile back.  I mainly rely on word of mouth or occasionally perusing recently released streams or iTunes top albums/singles and deciding what I like from there.   I quit mainstream radio and videos because so much of it is fake, industry-generated images and sounds.  And his leg drop there was actually the first I had heard of him, but I still didn't know much of who he was musically.  What I had knew of him, I assumed it was more hype than substance.  My wife actually still listens to radio quite a bit and let me hear one of his songs and I felt like I had been waiting my whole life to hear it.  So, I out of curiosity, I went and downloaded the rest of Kaleidoscope Dream and I was absolutely blown away.   Very few albums you can listen to and love from start to finish, and that was one of them.   I became a huge fan.  I felt like the R&B artists I had grown up with had fell off and just no longer had a creative drive behind what they did (*ahem* usher! *cough*).  And I found out he actually helped write some of Usher's more recent hits, which have been fewer and fewer recently. 

Furthermore, I read stuff and saw interviews from him where he described his process in making music as well as his influences (Prince, Bowie, Police, Queen, etc.).  What pulled me in even further was a quote he gave about how riffs "should be simple but catchy," which I think lays the template for lyrics to effectively tell a story in a concise manner...   Which he does.  But it struck a chord with me too because I'm still trying to learn the guitar, and some of his songs kick ass but are relatively easy to learn for me, so it's awesome to be able to play along with music I actually dig, A LOT. 

 

[PanthersBigD]

Kaleidoscope Dream is basically an hour-long soundtrack for fuging. It was my favorite album of 2012-2013, since it dropped so late in 2012. 

I enjoy mainstream R&B, and The Weeknd's new album has a bunch of good stuff on it. It's more pop than Kaleidoscope Dream was, but it's similar in that a lot of the songs are good and they make the album as a whole good.  

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Huge Miguel fan! My buddies out in California got me hooked on him a couple years back. 

[Proudiddy]

Man, D'Angelo is awesome.  As an instrumentalist/musician, he has to be among the greatest minds to ever do it.  But, man, he lost me with this last album.  Nothing caught my ear like it did with Brown Sugar and especially Voodoo.  Mind you, Voodoo was one of my favorite albums of my teenage years.  But this latest endeavor, maybe it was because I waited so long for his next album, it just felt underwhelming to me. 

I'm a big weeknd fan too, but I also think his new album was extremely bland.  I described it to one of my friends as being like one of those comedy movies where the funniest parts were in the previews.   You go to the movie expecting more, and realize the best parts were in the trailer.  His singles for this album had me hyped, but then I streamed the album and just wasn't moved.  He is super-talented, but I don't think he put his best effort into this album. 

But, opinions are like, you know...   And I'm just another one lol. 

[Jangler]

Can autotune just die already? So glad I am not an exc at a music label, cuz nobody would be producing sh!t if they can't sing.

[arbnranger]

Like you said, your taste in music/movies is completely subjective just like your taste in food.

I've never heard of Miguel but I thought it sounded decent, interesting. You can't get the full vibe on a one and done listen sesh. I am part of the generation that started watching MTV, oddly enough now I rarely think the video does anything for the song. I'll give it a second listen.

 

[Proudiddy]

Can autotune just die already? So glad I am not an exc at a music label, cuz nobody would be producing sh!t if they can't sing.

 I'm not a fan of auto tune either, but it has had its moments.  Regardless, I don't think I've ever heard Miguel use auto tune.  Not in this song either...  He has used reverb and like a fuzzy distortion effect though.