Miguel Coos On “NWA”


Pitchfork says: ‘”This is something for my OGs,” Miguel coos in falsetto on “nwa”, the lead track off his surprise EP, nwa.hollywooddreams.coffee. That (and the title) is just one of several layers of nostalgia. There’s a perfectly silky verse from Kurupt, who slithers around the beat’s sweaty thrust and brings the 1990s West Coast cool. But that chunky groove and the EP’s out-of-nowhere release also recall a more recent epoch in history: Miguel’s career-turn “Art Dealer Chic” EPs. Those three releases painted him as a maverick capable of channeling the greats while also dealing in charmingly homemade, lo-fi-sounding music, like some R&B savant.’

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