In 2013, he won his first GRAMMY for Best R&B Song, for "Adorn." (To date, it’s his only GRAMMY win - though he’s earned 12 nominations.) Miguel not only stood out - he also thrived as an R&B act operating at the top of the format, but also creating his own lane. "I wanted the music to stand out that way."
It was really important for me to stand out," he continued. "I've been in the middle my entire life, having to make decisions as to who and what I am. "Somewhere along the way… the genre became a stereotype, and I've never been one for stereotypes," Miguel told Billboard at the time, pointing out that his father is Mexican and his mother is Black.
Tell me what you're willing to risk to chase you dream and then try and tell me how i should feel bad for selling out.All I Want is You established Miguel's gripping presence in the industry by the time he was making its follow-up, Kaleidoscope Dream, two years later, the singer had a crisper perception of his role in the R&B sphere. I'm willing to risk my life, not my actual life but my future to love. When you're working making 50k a year doing fucking whatever. I have to risked the fact that when i look in my future kids eyes and tell them that they cant afford these shoes because i chose my dream, or the fact that i have to consider the fact that i can't have kids because i chose my dream. I will sell my god damn soul to the devil because you fucking twats have never risked your god damn life. So me as a somewhat mediocre artist with a little bit of ability that people want to listen to i say fuck you god damn cunts, the first chance that i get to sell out i fucking will. But to be honest all your favorite artists that are good now will maybe make a few hundred thousand FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES. Perhaps if the collection agencies spent more time figuring how much they actually owed me than suing kids that downloaded 25 songs off of torrents than i would never have to worry about selling out. Because you know what i don't have the option to have a steady paying job that can keep me going until i'm successful. So you know what fuck you cunts i will take every chance i get to sell out. If i were to "sell out" like macklemore has done now that amount of money would feed my family at the most for 3 years making the same salary as a teacher. im a successful artist in music and i would of made more money working at burger king if you count the hour to hour expense. Its an industry where you are competing with hundreds of thousands of people to try and make a little bit of cash. The entire idea of selling out is retarded especially when its coming from a Writer whose pay check is brought to you by advertisers.Įdit: well i see that i am getting downvoted so let me try to explain what it is to try and do music. You make a song, an organization you love wants to use it in a different context than it was intended, but still gives it a cool message. Seriously and honestly imagine yourself in a situation like that. So when the NBA (a franchise Macklemore loves) comes to him and is like "we like your song, can we use it?" of course he is going to say yes. Most wealthy musicians actually make money from promo's like this. In conclusion: While Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are certainly successful, it's not like they are making more money than they can handle. And as far as touring goes, he's only played small clubs, and while they are selling out shows, it's not like they are rolling in cash by the dumptruck. Check out this webpage for all of the people that were paid to make this album exist, before it was even taken to distributors. Being independent just means that they had to go out and get hooked up with distributors themselves, make the album with their own money, and find all producers/songwriters etc on their own. Yes, he still paid out the ass to have his music distributed like everyone else. The money also goes to Ryan Lewis, the many musicians hired to record the songs, managers and producers involved, and of course distributors. Besides, this isn't a promo for shoes, its a promo for basketball.īy the way, just because he is an independent artist doesn't mean he gets to keep all the money he makes from the songs. The "changed" lyrics now make the song about following your dreams, which he has always been an advocate of. This doesn't go against his message at all.
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