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.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Cool. :)
― The Reverend, Saturday, 31 May 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
that's exciting
― dyl, Saturday, 31 May 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
that's so cool. is he as funny irl as he seems?
http://cdn.gossiponthis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/drakemaxwellgame.jpg?6a06a5
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Saturday, 31 May 2014 03:26 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Evan R, Saturday, 31 May 2014 03:49 (ten years ago) link
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
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 02:30 (ten years ago) link
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
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
Cool. I am glad that he's doing a secondary market tour. I look forward to hearing some new material at the show.
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
Nice interview
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
lol @ hype machine
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Haha. I was waiting for someone to mention that.
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
that part is adorable.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Monday, 23 June 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
any word on the release yet?
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
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.
― some dude, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Monday, 23 June 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/10440862_972293896131540_5441593982666540049_n.jpg
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/_MAXWELL_/status/545656579107078144
― Simon H., Friday, 19 December 2014 05:19 (nine years ago) link
was hoping d'angelo would cause a chain reaction
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 19 December 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link
An advent calendar of the new Outkast, the new Maxwell, Detox...
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 December 2014 05:30 (nine years ago) link
winter 2015? not exactly around the corner...
― StillAdvance, Friday, 19 December 2014 10:44 (nine years ago) link
BlackWintersNight etc
― StillAdvance, Friday, 19 December 2014 10:45 (nine years ago) link
the first 3 months of the year are winter
― christmas with the canks (some dude), Friday, 19 December 2014 10:46 (nine years ago) link
he's leaving it ambiguous
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 19 December 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
The first day of winter is two days from now, but that's probably wishful thinking for an album drop.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 19 December 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Just a reminder... Embrya is fucking amazing.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 June 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
ha hi5. I just went on another maxwell binge over the last week
― Spottie, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Every time this thread gets bumped I get false hope.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:08 (nine years ago) link
same
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
Embrya is my least favorite of his albums but it doesn't stop me from singing CO.CO.CUUUUUUURRE to myself once a week.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
so luxurious
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 02:15 (nine years ago) link
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AAAAHHHHH I got the real rush of excitement this time
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 07:48 (nine years ago) link
Sorry for the false alarm. I was just really feeling "Drowndeep:Hula" when I revived.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 08:18 (nine years ago) link
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
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
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― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
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
― Evan R, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 17:40 (nine years ago) link
a feat with sade ?
https://twitter.com/RiggdUp/status/596163093878542336
― ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link
niiiiiiiiiiiiice
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
Don't mean to fill anyone with false hope, but he has been posting snippets on Instagram:
https://instagram.com/p/88tQsKRjHJhttps://instagram.com/p/899yPeRjCyhttps://instagram.com/p/9UI60PRjHIhttps://instagram.com/p/9T787rxjM9
― austinato (Austin), Monday, 2 November 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah he just posted another one tonight i guess i'll try and not get excited about this
https://instagram.com/p/9w1bcFRjBd
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 November 2015 03:39 (eight years ago) link
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?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 7 November 2015 03:43 (eight years ago) link
Who cares, just release the damn album.
(which he seems to be gearing up to do!)
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 03:45 (eight years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 7 November 2015 03:51 (eight years ago) link
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.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 03:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/778926Maxwell and Nas at Barclays in BK, $85 nosebleeds
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 December 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link
whole show better be like
http://soulbounce.com/soul/wp-content/uploads/blog_images/nas_maxwell_ladies.jpg
― boring alt-reality reverend (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:47 (eight years ago) link
i love "no one else in the room," very slept on record
― i got a really big steen, and they need some really big zings (some dude), Friday, 25 December 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
he's been hinting very heavily on instagram and twitter that the album is very imminent but, you know
― J0rdan S., Friday, 25 December 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
the album's been imminent for longer than instagram has existed
― i got a really big steen, and they need some really big zings (some dude), Friday, 25 December 2015 00:14 (eight years ago) link