Whatever happened to... Maxwell?

i was up for that pre-instagram when i still thought he was listening to them wearing a white linen suit, now i just dunno tbh

btw, he actually performed a full version of "Gods" last month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb1UodrODmY

I'm deliberately avoiding listening to this because I want to hear the finished studio version first

Kanye was a real trendsetter with putting out summer-themed projects as late in the year as possible

Nah, Sly Stone put out "Hot Fun In The Summertime" after their Woodstock performance, which was the third week in August.

Just had a great interview with Maxwell about his creative process and how important time and patience is to that process. Album is done and he thinks it's coming out this year for sure (we'll see), but he says for now he's just enjoying sitting on it, keeping it his, savoring it before anybody else gets to judge it. Just a thoughtful, thoughtful dude. Also more honest than most artists about caring what critics think. He wants to top himself, wants to blow people away with this record, and is quite confident he will since he took the time to do it right.

Cool. :)

that's exciting

that's so cool. is he as funny irl as he seems?

http://cdn.gossiponthis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/drakemaxwellgame.jpg?6a06a5

Hahaha; I think I'm more discerning about what's funny than Drake is, but he's smart and sweet and he speaks in good, passionate quotes, which is all you can ask from somebody when you are interviewing them. Really hard not to admire the guy's conviction, and the way he understands he has this unique capital wrt his label and his fan base, and how he takes advantage of it.

not to usurp evan here but i talked to big homie http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/maxwell-returns-to-the-road-to-prep-cyborg-y-new-album-20140530

some bits about his album in there

he was incredibly nice and generous... he started the interview by going on about how honored he was to be talking to someone from rolling stone

tbh i think he was high

he has such a passion for new music, it's pretty dope... i had to cut a bunch of the interview where he just talked at length about new shit he likes

he's a big frank ocean stan :-B

Cool. I am glad that he's doing a secondary market tour. I look forward to hearing some new material at the show.

Nice interview

lol @ hype machine

Haha. I was waiting for someone to mention that.

that part is adorable.

Anybody else caught the tour yet? I saw the opening show last weekend, and it was glorious. No new material, which makes me question progress on the album, but all the old stuff sounded great, and his band was sensational

any word on the release yet?

i like when artists preview unreleased material live, but when really big artists don't i get it. it was kinda badass that Beyonce didn't perform anything from the last album all last year when she was touring before it dropped.

Yeah, and generally crowds don't like to hear too much new material beyond one or two "special" new songs. But I thought the point of this tour was to drum up excitement for the upcoming album, and I left feeling like the new LP was actually further away than when I arrived

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10440862_972293896131540_5441593982666540049_n.jpg

https://twitter.com/_MAXWELL_/status/545656579107078144

was hoping d'angelo would cause a chain reaction

An advent calendar of the new Outkast, the new Maxwell, Detox...

winter 2015? not exactly around the corner...

BlackWintersNight etc

the first 3 months of the year are winter

he's leaving it ambiguous

The first day of winter is two days from now, but that's probably wishful thinking for an album drop.

Just a reminder... Embrya is fucking amazing.

ha hi5. I just went on another maxwell binge over the last week

Every time this thread gets bumped I get false hope.

same

Embrya is my least favorite of his albums but it doesn't stop me from singing CO.CO.CUUUUUUURRE to myself once a week.

so luxurious

Every time this thread gets bumped I get false hope.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

AAAAHHHHH I got the real rush of excitement this time

Sorry for the false alarm. I was just really feeling "Drowndeep:Hula" when I revived.

At this point, I wish he had a Questlove-esque PR hype man on his side, anything to give us a glimmer of (false) hope but the occasional blips he posts on Twitter, etc. are enough I guess

Every time this thread gets bumped I get false hope.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 1:08 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same

― brimstead, Monday, June 8, 2015 8:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

AAAAHHHHH I got the real rush of excitement this time

― lex pretend, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:48 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same

I played a bunch of Maxwell on a satellite jukebox in a roadhouse bar last night, and amazingly everybody else seemed to enjoy it, too

a feat with sade ?

https://twitter.com/RiggdUp/status/596163093878542336

niiiiiiiiiiiiice

We'll see. If he "knocked it out" at the same time as the last one, it's 6 years old. Why would it have not come out by now?

He's Axl Rosing this shit.

Don't mean to fill anyone with false hope, but he has been posting snippets on Instagram:

https://instagram.com/p/88tQsKRjHJ
https://instagram.com/p/899yPeRjCy
https://instagram.com/p/9UI60PRjHI
https://instagram.com/p/9T787rxjM9

yeah he just posted another one tonight i guess i'll try and not get excited about this

https://instagram.com/p/9w1bcFRjBd

Snippets are generally terrible. Maxwell snippets are fucking maddening because all five of these sound fine as hell.

Should we just go ahead an expect a late night drop in December, or is that trend played out?

Who cares, just release the damn album.

(which he seems to be gearing up to do!)

i would be surprised if they surprise dropped because the last record hit big with its first two singles and it just seems like the traditional timeline might work for an artist w/ his fanbase, but maybe it will be a d'angelo type thing where people close to him realize the record is done and push to just get out before it ends up being another 2 years without anything

I tell you what, it'd really make this fourth quarter of 2015 pretty fan fucking tastic if he did release it. All my favorites will literally have been released within days of each other.

But I'm getting excited and way ahead of myself.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/778926
Maxwell and Nas at Barclays in BK, $85 nosebleeds

whole show better be like

http://soulbounce.com/soul/wp-content/uploads/blog_images/nas_maxwell_ladies.jpg