Whatever happened to... Maxwell?

he sounds like a really great guy in that interview

― max, Sunday, July 26, 2009 12:08 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

totally otm

Bad Habits is really really dope.

^^^

My favorite is "Help Somebody," whose intro sounds like Portishead.

the ending of bad habits is >>>

is it just me or have his lyrics gotten a bit cornier?

i love whatever instrument it is thats used at the start of pretty wings.

Buying this on way home from work, Quite Stoked. His Twitter is a wonder of capitalisation:

MASHANTUCKET.. sacred INDIAN grounds in CT.. thank u for coming to the SHOW u were AMAZING to US at FOXWOODS. i pray we did u half as RIGHT
11:51 AM Jul 26th from web

this song playing possum is amazing.

^^^ Am very tempted to compare it to food. Am not sure what food. But it would taste tremendous.

possum, perhaps?

pretty wings
is
so
fucking
good.

blared it so many times in the shop today, like just kept replaying it, i'm pretty sure customers were confused

shame about the rest of the album, amirite?

Well, no.

maybe when i'm in the mood for BORING...

Listened to this album about 10 times the last few days. "help somebody" is my fav right now but the first 4 tracks might be his strongest consecutive tracks out of all his albums. Them plus the UR sounding last track are worth the price of admission, the other 4 songs are good too, though!

interesting reading him talk about radiohead; the single totally starts out like one of the clanky quiet bits on kid a (or mmm amnesiac), like treefingers?, maybe?

just had my first listen and am into this

see, i don't like help somebody! I think the whole album might be a slow burner with different tracks clicking for different folks.

it's a Good Song but idk why there's such a fuss about it one way or another, especially considering the track it immediately follows

'help somebody' is dope, u dudes just havent come around to it yet

the only one i skip is 'stop the world'

maybe i havent come around to it yet either, but it feels undercomposed

I think it's my favorite album track as of now.

the dj quik album had this same effect to iirc

i dunno i dont think its the same thing though. with maxwell its just that there are so many details & compositional crevices for u to discover
which is why 'stop the world' kinda doesnt work for me -- i dont feel like there's anything composed about it, its just so loose & unmoored

quik on the other hand was more pushing further & further your tolerance for weird

I kinda meant more that different people drastically gravitate to and away from different songs; no general consensus as to THE BEST or THE WORST

yah agreed w that

usually a sign of a good album

this albums grown on me but it doesnt seem quite as well written/developed as his stuff usually is.

ha, i just had the listen of 'Help Somebody' that opened it up to me. Itunes informs me it was #6 that did the trick.

i'm not as high on "pretty wings" as the rest of yall but it sounds SO GOOD on the radio. it's so different than anything being played, even with stuff like keyshia cole. i'm as big a backer of autotune & shit like "every girl" but i think we're gonna be alright if something like "pretty wings" can break to the top still.

"pretty wings" is really good but when he goes into his slurry soul-man vamps it sounds like "pret-ty WANGS" and i laugh every time...

me too! (as evidenced by my display name)

haha i didn't even notice that.

'pretty wings' sounded so slight when i first heard it, but is in fact...the opposite of slight. those quiet windchimes doing their thing so subtly. the entire album is secret sumptuousness.

everyone i work w/ loves it but the joke going around the ballpark is that the song is secretly called 'chicken wings.' big lols

"Help Somebody" and "Stop The World" are fantastic.

i like this record a lot — the second half sounds way less composed/arranged, and i kind of wish at least one of those was stretched out a bit more — but it's hard not to like it, still. particularly when he asks the girl to call the president. that is sweet.

i love pretty wings but he sings in *just* high enough of a register that i cant quite hit all the notes when i sign along, its pretty annoying

god if i judged R&B based on what notes i can actually (pretend to) hit!

sudden weird insight into why people like records w/bad singing

Haha

Seein' him and Common at the Hollywood Bowl tonight.

Pretty f-in' pumped.

ive heard incredible things about his live show

Expect lots of wangs, tbh.

This might be my album of the year.

yeah man its up there for me too

ive heard incredible things at his live show

def in my top 3

Got drunk. Wish I hadn't. Made for an interesting morning. Now at office, wishing I were still at Hollywood Bowl, last night, before the wine started flowing. Ugh.

Uh...but was the show any good?

The show was phenomenal. Highly recommended.