Miguel is more direct and Frank’s references and general songwriting style is more complex and obscure. In comparison to Frank, Miguel’s music just sounds more familiar, which isn’t a problem it just isn’t nearly as interesting that way. Miguel has very obvious rock influences, even featuring Lenny Kravitz on a song and he is able to make singing over electric guitar in classic R&B fashion sound flawless. I’m not trying to say that Miguel hasn’t explored other territory musically because he most definitely has–and to great effect, but Frank’s music hardly ever sounds like anything else you are currently listening to. Frank Ocean on the other hand is not so easy to classify, yet that he retains an equally as large fan base shows that his conceptual sound is working. When you think of general R&B, Miguel is a newer staple musician in that area of thought which is a testament unto itself. Past that, we are dealing with two very different musicians. Basic similarities can be drawn from Frank Ocean’s and Miguel’s music simply because it can sound similar at times. Picking a “best” between the two is something that can and likely will be debated as long as people are allowed to formulate their own opinions and don’t live under the rule of a ruthless dictator.
First of all, the beauty of comparing these two artists is that they are both masters of their craft and they make equally compelling music. Now that that disclaimer is out of the way, we can get down to it. Being human though, our brains must fulfill their desire to create an opinion and thus, a winner must be selected (if you are one to completely disregard any opinion but your own, feel free to stop reading here because what follows has a 50% chance of pissing you off, statistically…I actually did the math). Both are incredibly talented musicians and no human can deny them of their earned places within the music industry. One of the most recent of these comparison battles is between Frank Ocean and Miguel. I can only hope that last reason is what the least amount of people agree with. Or it could be because they sound so ridiculously similar that people are upset that they have to look up a song before they can determine which person’s vocal chords are gracing their ears. It could be because their music occupies the same headspace and covers extremely streamlined topics. It could be because the sheer amount of artists in this genre and its sub-genres that get airtime on pop radio. Perhaps the genre most afflicted by this phenomenon is R&B. There are an unbelievable amount of artists whose similarities to other artists within their genre have sparked the great debate about “who is better” for as long as music has had a place in our culture. Kelly, The-Dream and The Weeknd, Usher and Chris Brown.
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