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
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 (eleven years ago) link
yeah otm
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Friday, 12 July 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
i think theyre more similar than that
― just sayin, Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Accessories and Indoor Plumbing
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
maxwell not dressing his age is sadface
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 09:20 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
My most anticipated album of the year. Can. Not. Wait.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Also that instagram account is very uncomfortable to me. Feels like a window into his private life we shouldn't be seeing. Doubly weird since my understanding was Maxwell was a quiet guy who enjoyed his privacy.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 14:34 (eleven years ago) link