embrya is the greatest thing in the world
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
i've literally only listened to maxwell over the past few days...
i'm digging embrya but now is a bit better i think. the criticism that people levy against voodoo (too focused on grooves at the expense of songs) is something that i think actually applies to embrya to an extent, but that's still a raw record. "drowndeep" def has to be one of his best songs.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 December 2012 09:37 (eleven years ago) link
there's a dearth of writing about maxwell... i want to read a fucking tome about these albums right now
i hope when he comes back he goes thru w/ that full albums tour
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 December 2012 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
I endured a Maxwell phase in September and came away thinking Embrya was my least favorite, although "Cococure" is one hell of an aural bask.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:50 (eleven years ago) link
Now's "Changed" is my new favorite.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
i've listened to "whenever, wherever, water" like 40 times in the last 24 hours
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 26 December 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i went through a phase late summer where all i listened to on the way to work every day was "drowndeep: hula"
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
i wrote an extended thing about "pretty wings" four years ago but no way would i show that to anyone
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 27 December 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
now, you guys
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
i mean you knew it and i knew it but for some reason i never listen to this record
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
i'd love to read anything about pretty wings tbh
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
nope, i wrote it in 2009 and i spend way too much time shitting on maxwell's pre-blacksummer'snight stuff (why) and sade (what was wrong w/ me)
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
now indeed
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
think i was trying to situate "pretty wings" as kind of new, "realer" sonic territory for him but he had already flexed plenty with now so whatever @ 21-year-old me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://selinadee.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/537924_10151154448130997_2001650783_n.jpg
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
stoked cant lie
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
aaahhhhhhhhhhh hyped
― lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
oh, he says that's a PARTIAL tracklist. hmmmm. does that mean he's still recording more songs?
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
i love maxwell so much goddammit
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
what if that's the album cover
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
sticky note sadeness
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
passiveaggressivenotes4ursoul
― What am I, in France? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 January 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
summers' apparently coming out "later summer early fall" which uhhh hope it happens. also a duet ep with alicia?
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1569258/maxwell-talks-new-summers-album-upcoming-duets-ep-with-alicia
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
man was that clip of "gods" ever posted in this thread?
https://soundcloud.com/the-known-unknown/gods-1-13-audio-teaser-rough
sounds incredible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
so good.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
only on my most recent listen to blacksummers'night did i realize how great the drumming is???
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
This guy is one of the all-time greats. Hope the next album is the one where he finally gets recognized as such outside of the usual neo-soul circles.
Actually, that's greedy. I just hope the album gets released soon.
― Evan R, Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
I listened to Now this morning while showering; it convinced me I've never gotten tired of "Lifetime."
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
re drums - Help Somebody (the final minute!) and Bad Habits especially.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
also the end of the "phoenix rise" instrumental
album is a treasure trove of great outros
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:22 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
yeah what the fuck !!
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
But you know, it's gonna be more hi-fi. Do you know Sam Smith? That "Latch" song, man. Not that we’re doing full Disclosure, but for me one of the ways God has been so good is I work with the people who are the best on some level.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
no idea how to interpret those sentences but they sound neat
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
my interpretaton is he's going to zhuzh it up a bit
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
"Latch" yes, not "full Disclosure" right on. He knows exactly how much we can stand of them.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
"gods" is astounding wtf
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
right?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
damn this is gorgeous. Reminds me a bit of T T D'Arby.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
Did anybody ever revisit this?http://www.villagevoice.com/1998-07-14/music/he-wants-you-to-want-him/
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
But Sade's band always kind of sucked. She made the material interesting.
disqualified
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 July 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
UHS is my least favorite Maxwell; it's often boring. But Hampton's D'Angelo worship leads her to batshit conclusions.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
the best. i hope chris dave is all over the new one. shout out to this fill on 'stop the world':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g1oIfh75cI&feature=player_detailpage#t=164s
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Friday, 12 July 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
and his presence on that jose james record is a major reason to check it out.
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Friday, 12 July 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
yahhh, Embrya is my favorite Maxwell album and *ducks* it's a better album than D had released at that point, although dream was right that everyone in D'Angelo's lane should have been fearful of Voodoo
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Friday, 12 July 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
i'd agree that embrya is better than brown sugar *also ducks*
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
that doesn't seem too controversial?
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Brown Sugar is way more ::canon::
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
a lot of people are actively bored by embrya iirc. i'd take issue with my own position actually if it were a few years ago
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
I generally Maxwell >> D'Angelo but they're doing different things so I dunno
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link