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  J. Cole Murders Miguel in 'Power Trip' Video, Talib Kweli Steals His Mojo for 'Come Here'

  April 9, 2013 – Back in February we shared "Power Trip," a J. Cole song about obsession that features a clutch assist from Alt-R&B king Miguel. The track hails from the former's long-delayed Born Sinner LP, finally seeing the light of day on June 25, and it now has a music video to go with. For now, the clip is streaming exclusively on Rap Radar, but it's worth your click. …
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  Miguel Booked for 'Saturday Night Live,' No Complaints Here

  March 12, 2013 – Saturday Night Live is stepping up its game. After Justin Timberlake wrapped his reliably smooth and ratings-goosing turn as host and musical guest last weekend, the late-night sketch show revealed that French pop-outfit Phoenix will return to Studio 8H on April 7. …
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  Watch Miguel's Spiritually Searching 'Candles in the Sun' Video

  February 20, 2013 – We've seen Miguel "Adorn" Letterman, Leno, NPR's Tiny Desk, and SPIN's 40 Best Songs of 2012 list — oh, and the freaking Grammys — so perhaps the time is ripe for something fresh from the man's Essential second album Kaleidoscope Dream (which, sheesh, happened to rank quite high in our 50 Best Albums of 2012 rundown). …
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  Hear J. Cole and Miguel Contemplate Love Songs on 'Power Trip'

  February 14, 2013 – The wait for J. Cole's 2011 Roc Nation debut was immense indeed, but tastefulness takes time. Cole World: The Sideline Story wound up an excellent album and a strong study in self-determination that reignited the flames of anticipation beneath the North Carolina rapper-producer's career and scored him a Best New Artist nomination at the 2012 Grammys. …
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  Grammys 2013: Who Should Win the Big Categories

  February 7, 2013 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong (we'll get you yet, Esperanza Spalding!). …
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  Don't Call It #AltRnB: Red Bull Music Academy Debuts Mini Doc

  January 30, 2013 – Fueled by the success of Frank Ocean and Miguel, the most critically contested ground in pop music over the past year has been the evolution of R&B via digital recording technology and the Internet. …
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  Watch Miguel Effortlessly 'Adorn' the 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

  January 8, 2013 – Miguel's "Adorn" is no less than SPIN's sixth favorite song of 2012, "a pure-oxygen burst of lithe, brash, absurdly winsome #sexualhealing" that sounds miraculous whatever the context. …
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  Miguel Dresses Up Unadorned 'Tiny Desk' Performance

  January 4, 2013 – When SPIN named Kaleidoscope Dream — the sophomore effort from PBR&B prince Miguel — the fifth best album of 2012, we praised the LP's "singular vision" as "one man's dream, absent of guest verses and Big Afrojacked Beats, presenting a personal, idiosyncratic search for the meaning of the word 'soul.'" Recently, the Alt R&B star honed that search even further when he showed up at NPR Music's offices to c …
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  Miguel Digs Up Rough Cuts 'Bawdy' and 'On These Wings'

  December 17, 2012 – Miguel's had a big year. …
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  No Trivia's Top 50 (Mostly Rap) Songs of 2012's Second Half

  December 14, 2012 – Not sure what happened here, folks, but I really wandered into my own world this second half of the year! No radio hits unless Chinx Drugz and French Montana's hyper-regional hit “I'm a Coke Boy” counts. …
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