Sex is a major part of a lot of peoples’ lives. Sex is also a big part of R&B music. As you (hopefully) know, there are many different methods to doing the deed, and that’s reflected in the approaches of various singers.
D’Angelo wants sex to be a spiritual experience. Maxwell wants to go the silk pillows, wine and candles route, Bilal and Jesse Boykins III want to bone on a spaceship coming from Neptune. Raheem DeVaughn wants to bump uglies in a relatively responsible grown-folks fashion.
Miguel? He wants to fuck. The man exudes more raw sexuality than any perhaps soul music-derived artist since Prince. This isn’t neat, nice Ne-Yo or Usher sex, either. This is sweaty, snot-filled, eyes closed, fingers-digging-into-skin, speaking in tongues, breaking-the-bedframe and smashing lamps type shit.
So I guess it makes sense that the parenthetical title of his latest single, “Coffee”, is “fucking”.
The video is hot (with one million YouTube views and counting), but the song (and your imagination) generates more sparks.
And just in time for the release of his new album WILDHEART (out next week), the Grammy winner announced that he’s taking his show on the road. Check the dates below after watching the video:
July 24 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
July 25 – Dallas, TX – South Side Music Hall
July 26 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live – Ballroom
July 28 – New Orleans – Joy Theater
July 29 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
July 31 – Philadelphia, PA – The Theatre of Living Arts
Aug. 1 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Aug. 2 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Aug. 4 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Aug. 5 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Aug. 7 – Westbury, NY – The Space at Westbury
Aug. 8 – Atlantic City, GA – The Music Box
Aug. 9 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
Aug. 11 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Aug. 12 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Hall
Aug. 14 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
Aug. 15 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Aug. 16 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
Aug. 18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
Aug. 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Aug. 21 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre
Aug. 22 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Theatre
Aug. 23 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Aug. 25 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Aug. 26 – Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theatre
Sept. 1 – San Diego, CA – North Park Theatre
Sept. 2 – San Pedro, CA – Warner Grand Theater
Sept. 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery