Kaleidoscope Dream starts off with "Adorn", also found on the first Art Dealer Chic EP. And now, with his second full-length, he's delivered on that early promise. They also contained his best songs to date.
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Free and widely available, they earned him some well-deserved re-examination. Those mostly self-produced songs at times sounded like rough sketches, but they made it up for it by sounding personal and liberated from the demands of the industry. He returned earlier this year with a free trio of EPs under the self-conscious title of Art Dealer Chic, showing a newfound entrepreneurial sensibility and a streak of independence. It sounded like he couldn't decide whether he wanted to be a Salaam Remi faux-nostalgia crooner or a smart hip-hop crossover star, and the indecision hung over the record like a cloud (it didn't perform well commercially either). Miguel's 2010 debut album, All I Want Is You, was flanked with some stellar singles but weighed down by a lack of identity as he flitted from producer to producer. But despite his obvious talent, he hasn't quite been able to break through to a wider audience.
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And though his lyrics are full of silly puns and earnest platitudes, he takes sex very seriously: He's a happily-married man in a genre full of lascivious bachelors, and his best music radiates maturity, self-assured and confident but rarely showy. Kelly worship of so many of his compatriots in favor of the school of smooth Sam Cooke ad-libs. His voice is an elastic thing that's rarely used to excessive effect he avoids the histrionic R. He showed up armed with a guitar, an endearing croon that is both virtuosic and everyman, a coiffed haircut, and a slightly retro sensibility. Since his debut in 2010 with the outstanding "Sure Thing", the young Los Angeles singer/songwriter Miguel has been something of a for-the-R&B-heads-only sleeper star. Kaleidoscope Dream is a gem of an album, respectful of tradition, quietly ambitious, and deeply personal. Following on this three Art Dealer Chic EPs, the young Los Angeles-based R&B singer and songwriter has come into his own.
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