this is superdope
― cumlord jamar (The Reverend), Friday, 8 May 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
In a word, yeah.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 May 2009 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw him live back in October 01, that shit was off the hook. been looking forward to another record by him since about then. now we just need d'angelo to release another album and i will be happy for another 10 years or so.....
― pipecock, Friday, 8 May 2009 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
this is great
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 8 May 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard Donnie Simpson interview him recently. He mostly came across real normal and down-to-earth. Of course, Donnie did not really follow-up on Maxwell's non-detailed answer to what he's been doing all this time. He noted that a relationship he was in did not work out, and that he's been traveling alot. They were both busy complimenting one another.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 May 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
cant wait to hear this but im surprised no one had mentioned the rumors around why they were having trouble marketing dude
btw urban hang suite is easy top ten of the 90s record to me
― autogucci cru (deej), Saturday, 9 May 2009 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
you mean the gay rumors?
― sex and gambling (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 9 May 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Heads up:
Soul Master MaxwellAppears on KCRW TOMORROW, May 13 for a Rare Interview KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long awaited return of the soul icon at 9pm PST. KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long-awaited return of soul icon Maxwell live this Wednesday, May 13 at 9pm PST. Expect classic Maxwell tunes along with an interview and some tracks from his forthcoming album "BLACKsummer's Night." This is Maxwell’s first appearance on the Santa Monica-based public radio station. The session will air live on KCRW 89.9 FM and on KCRW.com.
Appears on KCRW TOMORROW, May 13 for a Rare Interview
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long awaited return of the soul icon at 9pm PST.
KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long-awaited return of soul icon Maxwell live this Wednesday, May 13 at 9pm PST. Expect classic Maxwell tunes along with an interview and some tracks from his forthcoming album "BLACKsummer's Night." This is Maxwell’s first appearance on the Santa Monica-based public radio station. The session will air live on KCRW 89.9 FM and on KCRW.com.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i like pretty wings but something about the melody is every so slightly throwaway by his usual standards. plus the chorus makes me think of old sanitary pad tv adverts.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
hey, it's got gamelan in it!
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/maxwell-bsn-cover.jpg
1. Bad Habits 5:522. Cold 4:013. Pretty Wings 5:094. Help Somebody 4:015. Stop The World 3:556. Love You 3:357. Fistful Of Tears 3:408. Playing Possum 4:229. Phoenix Rise 2:41
― i'm educated in sex, yes (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
wow is that short
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 04:55 (fourteen years ago) link
37 minsish? Trad LP length....
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I am completely in love with this song.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:25 (fourteen years ago) link
otm
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Like, single of the year.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 26 May 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ possibly yeah
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
basically the first time i heard it i was just getting home and i had to park and just sit and listen to it until it was over.
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 May 2009 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/nas_maxwell_twitter.jpghttp://soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/nas_maxwell_whiteparty.jpghttp://soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/nas_maxwell_ladies.jpg
― a hater (The Reverend), Friday, 5 June 2009 08:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow.
― Matos W.K., Friday, 5 June 2009 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
We holdin up unopened bottles, empty glasses, unlit cigars and posin with clothed girls.
― StanM, Friday, 5 June 2009 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
how many cliches in one picture.this does indeed look very staged.
― mark e, Friday, 5 June 2009 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i love those pictures. it's the potential in them.
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 June 2009 08:47 (fourteen years ago) link
the all-white wardrobery is killing me... it's like, are they getting ready for a diddy shindig?
― a hater (The Reverend), Friday, 5 June 2009 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifMLXQOoV7c
Well shit. This might be even better than "Pretty Wings".
― ringtony ringtoni ringtone (The Reverend), Monday, 15 June 2009 08:08 (fourteen years ago) link
oh my, this is just going to be the greatest album ever.
― b!tchass, birdchested bastard sees a dude bigger than he (a hoy hoy), Monday, 15 June 2009 08:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Love Maxwell. Love the new tracks, thx fr posting
― admrl, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow @ "Bad Habits."
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 15 June 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
dudes still got it
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Monday, 15 June 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
max! well...
― admrl, Monday, 15 June 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
just downloaded this...so excited
― matos w. k. iw (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 June 2009 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
this is amazing but way too short!
― matos w. k. iw (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 June 2009 03:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Grabbing it now. I haven't even listened to Bad Habits or Pretty Wings yet, so I could experience it as a whole.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 June 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
"love you" is a force
― matos w. k. iw (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 June 2009 05:32 (fourteen years ago) link
That's my favorite early on, too.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 June 2009 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
it's so good and it just...ends
― matos w. k. iw (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 June 2009 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
this is still downloading so I'm listening to Embrya instead
― s4rgent boy tell em (The Reverend), Monday, 22 June 2009 05:59 (fourteen years ago) link
After three listens, I like it, but I'm kinda disappointed all the same. I feel like none of the tracks I hadn't heard quite live up to the promise of "Pretty Wings" and "Bad Habits". Oddly enough, I think the instrumental outro might be my favorite thing other than those two songs. It's better than Urban Hang Suite, which devolves into smooth jazz a lot of the time, but I don't think I like it as much as Embrya. I know trying to rank it at this point (or maybe at any point) is stupid, but whatever. On the other hand, I've listened to it thrice in two days, so he's doing something right.
― body merkin (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 07:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks like I'll be seeing him live tomorrow night if things go according to plan. Will report back.
― body merkin (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link
same here i think. i like all the songs here, even really like or LOVE at least three of them, but its 37 minute runtime feels too slight to really knock me over. a few of the songs feel half-finished, and i think the album suffers on the whole as a result. i guess after hearing the first couple advance tracks i was expecting something erykah-level, but the rest just seems good right now. not necessarily a bad thing, and still one of the best r&b albums of the year so far
xpost sweeeet
― only god can sugg me (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 07:11 (fourteen years ago) link
It's better than Urban Hang Suite
uh
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i like it a lot but no way -- that record is A+++++++ classic top ten of 90s material
instrumental outro is DOPE
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
(on the new one)
I don't hugely care for Urban Hang Suite tbh. Embrya beats the shit out of it imo.
― body merkin (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
cant imagine not caring for 'if the cops come knocking' or 'ascension' or 'dance with me.' the album is a pinnacle of R&B
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I could pretty much take "Ascension" and "Whenever Wherever Whatever" and leave the rest.
― body merkin (The Reverend), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:08 (fourteen years ago) link
not liking dance with me shd be punishable by death fwiw
i do like embrya, but .. yeah theres nothing on it like 'dance with me' - the start-stop instrument explosions midway thru that song are just XD
― autogucci cru (deej), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 10:13 (fourteen years ago) link
gawdammit I want to make love to him
― bitches can't stand me I got pockets on my pannies (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
"I want to know why everyone's clothes still on."
― Matos W.K., Wednesday, 24 June 2009 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
OH SHIT
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
how does he even write songs like this
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
that's much sooner than expected!
― ufo, Friday, 5 October 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
the "You've insisted, you've insisted" part -- holy shit
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Maxwell has filmed a music video for his newest release, “Shame.” Opening with a view of the New York City skyline and models clad in sheer dark scarves, obscuring their faces from view, the video is a vibrant look into black beauty. A low hum sets the stage for this ground-breaking video that dives deep into historical context, popular culture and realities of love; an all star cast led by super model Maria Borgess, featuring Jeneil Williams, Achok Majak, Riley Montana, Sira Kant and Adonis Bosso as regal depictions of humans shedding their shame.
Watch video here: http://smarturl.it/maxwellshame/Youtube
“We wanted to celebrate beauty. Specifically the beauty of Black women. Black women - Black people - don’t see themselves heralded as a standard of beauty nearly enough in the media, especially in entertainment, high fashion and art. It’s getting better, but we still have so far to go," Maxwell explains. "People of color have carried shame about our features, our hair, our bodies, our skin tone. As I said previously, this song is about removing the cloak of shame and opening up to love... including self-love and love of your culture. So we decided to pay homage to another beautiful video, George Michael’s iconic “Freedom” - but make it Black. The end result is gorgeous, powerful and stunning. This video is a love letter to my women of color. Feel no shame in your skin - you are beyond beautiful."
― maura, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Going to see him tonight!
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
ive been trying to decide whether to go see him on this tour, please report back!
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
The DC area gig near me was so expensive. There was also a cheaper Baltimore one, but alas on a night I couldn’t make. Oh well. Maybe will just have to splurge next time
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
aaahhhh i'm so jealous, alfred!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 18 October 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
So the show was terrific. He was in fine voice, casual and masterly in his between-song patter. I'm sorry that apparently Marsha Ambrosius was apparently too sick to play (talking to people in the elevator, I was impressed that many concertgoers were there as much for her, deservedly).
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 October 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
alright cool im leaning towards going
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, 19 October 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
Soul star Maxwell presents "A Night At The Symphony," his first-ever symphonic shows this fall, joined by world class orchestras augmented with veterans of his longtime band. Maxwell, who’s known for his meticulous attention to detail in his music, is re-arranging his songs in collaboration with the 96 member National Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra respectively, for a three-night residency at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts September 18, 19 and 20, and a one-night show at the Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta on September 27th.
― maura, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
let's fucking goooooo
THE FIRST FROM THE FINAL #MXWLNIGHT 00 : 12 hours : 00:0FF pic.twitter.com/dumJe89rcv— MAXWELL (@_MAXWELL_) November 15, 2021
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
is the album coming too or is he going to disappear for another 3 years after releasing a single again
― ufo, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link
O_O
!!???!??!!?
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
if this means he's dropping it at 3am, i'm staying the fuck up for that.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 02:32 (two years ago) link
i guess it's not actually 3am but sometime between now and tomorrow this time? i don't know how twitter works at all.
excited.
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
Let's just hope that blacksummersNIGHT becomes the consensus AOTY in 2023
― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Friday, December 9, 2016 10:23 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
we're almost there guys!!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 05:09 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO-quWd4IP0
an absolute dream
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
i know he said (about a fucking decade ago) that the third one would be all slow jams, but i didn't think he'd actually go through with it! this is a damn fine tune and a promise of glorious things to come.
"creamy chocolate work of art" indeed. \m/
― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Going back to some of the more recent remixes that I missed. This one caught me off guard. Ooh, this is nice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFBLvqttSk
"Shame (S508 Cassady Remix)" (2019)
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
Touring with Jazmin Sullivan
Serenade tour
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 March 2024 04:44 (three weeks ago) link