Miguel was still giving me the music equivalent of silk sheets with Coffee and Simple Things, but both songs felt like lateral steps from Kaleidoscope Dream. My expectations were tempered after his EP and a few singles. In other words, I thought Miguel was about to change my life. I was 100% expecting Miguel to float down from heaven and sing long lost chapters of the Holy Bible. This should paint how unrealistic my expectations were going into Wildheart. It is also important to note that Kaleidoscope Dream is one of my favorite albums of all time. Rating:10/10 Long Review: I should start this review by saying that I believe Kaleidoscope Dream is one of the best R&B albums of the last decade. My Personal Favorites: The Valley, Waves, …goingtohell, Coffee, and Destinado A Morir. His confidence shines through and Wildheart pushes Miguel's further into his own lane as a R&B maverick. His confidence shines through and Short Review: Wildheart is amazing! Miguel once again proves that he knows how to create great music. Short Review: Wildheart is amazing! Miguel once again proves that he knows how to create great music. I even bought a physical CD, so you know the admiration is real. I support Miguel because this is talent that doesn’t get support in the music industry every day. My advice is to buy this and form your own opinion. Maybe I am not putting enough thought into it. This takes a raunchy song and gives it just a little something more. It's San Fernando in all of its porn industry glory. While this is indeed a slow jam, and is for sure about sex, there is more at play. On the surface this is just a slow jam about sex. Fame, Sex, Drugs, and Money are all handled on this album, but are all done in Miguel’s unique style. Miguel takes us through atypical R&B topics like growing up mixed race (What’s Normal Anyway) and Tinseltown delusion (Hollywood Dreams), but what sets this album apart is his take on typical topics. Miguel takes us on a tour through Cali from his and only his eyes. *Rant Over* The first words we hear from Miguel are: “Don't ever sell yourself short, sell your acceptance." This sets up listeners perfectly for what is to come. Miguel is not Marvin Gaye just yet, but he does his best to give me sophisticated beauty on Wildheart. Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” proves that socially conscience urban music does not have to be abrasive. It seems to me like a lot of the recently critically praised albums are somewhat hard to listen to. On the other hand truly visionary albums like Kendrick’s “TPAB”, Lupe’s “Tetsuo & Youth”, and D’Angelo’s “Black Messiah” are marred by their abrasiveness. *Warning Rant Coming*: R&B wasn’t always about vapid DJ Mustard style bangers (sorry Chris Brown) or one dimensional baby making music (sorry R. After Wildheart dropped I knew he had done it again. Miguel’s confidence shines through and Wildheart pushes Miguel's further into his own lane as a R&B maverick. Miguel’s confidence shines through and Short Review: Wildheart is amazing and once again proves that Miguel knows how to create great music. Short Review: Wildheart is amazing and once again proves that Miguel knows how to create great music. In 2019, he made his Latin chart debut with his Spanish-language EP Te. As Miguel added to his discography with progressive albums such as Wildheart in 2015 and War & Leisure in 2017, he remained available as a sought-after collaborator, assisting in gold and platinum singles headlined by Mariah Carey ("#Beautiful"), A$AP Rocky ("Everyday"), and Mac Miller ("Weekend"). The singer, songwriter, and producer scored his first hit as a composer via Jaheim's "Finding My Way Back," which led the way for a parade of platinum, Top Ten R&B/hip-hop singles as a headliner, beginning with "All I Want Is You" and culminating two years later with "Adorn," the Grammy-winning single from his Top Five crossover smash Kaleidoscope Dream. Miguel flirted with stardom for several years prior to his 2010 lift-off as a specialist in carnal pop-R&B ballads.
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