Kaleidoscope Dream

Album: Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)
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  • Speaking about the Kaleidoscope Dream long player on iHeart Radio's Power 105.1 Breakfast Club Morning Show, Miguel said, "The whole album is more my perspective on my life... my first album was more about romance, this is kind of like, just my lifestyle."
  • The title track samples "I Got The" by Labi Siffre, whose rhythm track has provided the basis for a number of well-known Hip-Hop tracks such as Eminem's 1999 hit single, "My Name Is."
  • Speaking with MTV News, Miguel said this song, "is like the mission statement of my life." He added musically it's, "the sonic definition of the moods of my lifestyle. And I think all the textures, be it the live strings, we actually hired, this is the first time I ever had an orchestra on one of my songs; an amazing, amazing experience to arrange and to be a part of, from playing on the song, all of that drum loop in the sample — it's a very noticeable sample. It's hip-hop, it's classic rock in moments, it's experimental in moments; it gets really beautiful and then it gets very dark, and I guess that's the juxtaposition of my personality."

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