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 (thirteen years ago)
i'd love to read anything about pretty wings tbh
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:21 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
now indeed
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 December 2012 02:28 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
http://selinadee.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/537924_10151154448130997_2001650783_n.jpg
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:53 (thirteen years ago)
stoked cant lie
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:56 (thirteen years ago)
aaahhhhhhhhhhh hyped
― lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
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 (thirteen years ago)
i love maxwell so much goddammit
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:27 (thirteen years ago)
what if that's the album cover
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:27 (thirteen years ago)
sticky note sadeness
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 January 2013 21:28 (thirteen years ago)
passiveaggressivenotes4ursoul
― What am I, in France? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 January 2013 01:24 (thirteen years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
so good.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:58 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
re drums - Help Somebody (the final minute!) and Bad Habits especially.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:42 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
― 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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
no idea how to interpret those sentences but they sound neat
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:03 (twelve years ago)
my interpretaton is he's going to zhuzh it up a bit
― r|t|c, Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:07 (twelve years ago)
"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 (twelve years ago)
"gods" is astounding wtf
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:27 (twelve years ago)
right?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:30 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
i'd agree that embrya is better than brown sugar *also ducks*
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:21 (twelve years ago)
that doesn't seem too controversial?
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:28 (twelve years ago)
Brown Sugar is way more ::canon::
― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:31 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
i feel like they were easier to compare in say '96 when there was only brown sugar and urban hang suite. both embrya and voodoo are so elsewhere.
and of course now and blacksummers'night are extremely distinct from both each other and his starting point
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:39 (twelve years ago)
yeah otm
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:41 (twelve years ago)
agreed, i don't think of MWell and Dlo as similar artists at all, any more so than Ke$ha and TSwift are
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:25 (twelve years ago)
i think theyre more similar than that
― just sayin, Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:53 (twelve years ago)
it made sense to compare them at a time when they were merely 'male R&B singers who were more like each other than either was like R. Kelly,' but that's long since been a useless and reductive way to think about either.
― Picasso Birdman (some dude), Saturday, 13 July 2013 02:06 (twelve years ago)
http://instagram.com/maxwell
his life is pretty much like i imagined it
though with more bathrooms
― szarkasm (schlump), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 01:40 (twelve years ago)
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Accessories and Indoor Plumbing
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:05 (twelve years ago)
http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/c393d5c60e2811e3862522000a1f9c96_7.jpg
maxwell18 hours agooh yeah.. this, right.. well get ready!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:30 (twelve years ago)
maxwell not dressing his age is sadface
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 09:20 (twelve years ago)
i heard "pretty wings" (2009's best single??) on the radio two days ago and wondered abt this project
― dyl, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 13:56 (twelve years ago)