Whatever happened to... Maxwell?

There was a great presentation from Jason King at EMP basically wondering when the dude would stop screwing around with those three albums so hey, a glimmer of light.

The funniest part of that presentation was King reading a Maxwell EMO BLOG ENTRY with the "Whenever Wherever Whatever" video playing in the background.

I've never really been a huge Maxwell fan, but I'm totally stoked for this.

Hahaha, yes on the blog thing. A perfect combination.

I also liked Jason saying "I see him jogging around my neighborhood, he hasn't disappeared!"

I see a mention of Rockwell upthread and can't help but wonder if there is anyone or anything that has mentioned what he is up to. The obvious paranoia in some of his stuff suggests he might make for a good interview.

http://twitter.com/wgordy

There's kind of a resemblance there, no?

Or nevermind, I am a moron. Not the same person.

this is superdope

In a word, yeah.

i saw him live back in October 01, that shit was off the hook. been looking forward to another record by him since about then. now we just need d'angelo to release another album and i will be happy for another 10 years or so.....

this is great

Heard Donnie Simpson interview him recently. He mostly came across real normal and down-to-earth. Of course, Donnie did not really follow-up on Maxwell's non-detailed answer to what he's been doing all this time. He noted that a relationship he was in did not work out, and that he's been traveling alot. They were both busy complimenting one another.

cant wait to hear this but im surprised no one had mentioned the rumors around why they were having trouble marketing dude

btw urban hang suite is easy top ten of the 90s record to me

you mean the gay rumors?

Heads up:

Soul Master Maxwell

Appears on KCRW TOMORROW, May 13 for a Rare Interview

KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long awaited return of the soul icon at 9pm PST.

KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad will host the long-awaited return of soul icon Maxwell live this Wednesday, May 13 at 9pm PST. Expect classic Maxwell tunes along with an interview and some tracks from his forthcoming album "BLACKsummer's Night." This is Maxwell’s first appearance on the Santa Monica-based public radio station. The session will air live on KCRW 89.9 FM and on KCRW.com.

i like pretty wings but something about the melody is every so slightly throwaway by his usual standards. plus the chorus makes me think of old sanitary pad tv adverts.

hey, it's got gamelan in it!

http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/maxwell-bsn-cover.jpg

1. Bad Habits 5:52
2. Cold 4:01
3. Pretty Wings 5:09
4. Help Somebody 4:01
5. Stop The World 3:55
6. Love You 3:35
7. Fistful Of Tears 3:40
8. Playing Possum 4:22
9. Phoenix Rise 2:41

wow is that short

37 minsish? Trad LP length....

I am completely in love with this song.

otm

Like, single of the year.

^^ possibly yeah

basically the first time i heard it i was just getting home and i had to park and just sit and listen to it until it was over.

http://soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/nas_maxwell_twitter.jpg
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http://soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/nas_maxwell_ladies.jpg

Wow.

We holdin up unopened bottles, empty glasses, unlit cigars and posin with clothed girls.

how many cliches in one picture.
this does indeed look very staged.

We holdin up unopened bottles, empty glasses, unlit cigars and posin with clothed girls.

i love those pictures. it's the potential in them.

the all-white wardrobery is killing me... it's like, are they getting ready for a diddy shindig?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifMLXQOoV7c

Well shit. This might be even better than "Pretty Wings".

oh my, this is just going to be the greatest album ever.

Love Maxwell. Love the new tracks, thx fr posting

Wow @ "Bad Habits."

dudes still got it

max! well...

just downloaded this...so excited

this is amazing but way too short!

Grabbing it now. I haven't even listened to Bad Habits or Pretty Wings yet, so I could experience it as a whole.

"love you" is a force

That's my favorite early on, too.

it's so good and it just...ends

this is still downloading so I'm listening to Embrya instead

After three listens, I like it, but I'm kinda disappointed all the same. I feel like none of the tracks I hadn't heard quite live up to the promise of "Pretty Wings" and "Bad Habits". Oddly enough, I think the instrumental outro might be my favorite thing other than those two songs. It's better than Urban Hang Suite, which devolves into smooth jazz a lot of the time, but I don't think I like it as much as Embrya. I know trying to rank it at this point (or maybe at any point) is stupid, but whatever. On the other hand, I've listened to it thrice in two days, so he's doing something right.

Looks like I'll be seeing him live tomorrow night if things go according to plan. Will report back.

same here i think. i like all the songs here, even really like or LOVE at least three of them, but its 37 minute runtime feels too slight to really knock me over. a few of the songs feel half-finished, and i think the album suffers on the whole as a result. i guess after hearing the first couple advance tracks i was expecting something erykah-level, but the rest just seems good right now. not necessarily a bad thing, and still one of the best r&b albums of the year so far

xpost sweeeet

It's better than Urban Hang Suite

uh

i like it a lot but no way -- that record is A+++++++ classic top ten of 90s material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN7gMZwhAeI

from NIGHT, which is finally coming out... in 2019.

OH SHIT

how does he even write songs like this

that's much sooner than expected!

the "You've insisted, you've insisted" part -- holy shit

Maxwell has filmed a music video for his newest release, “Shame.” Opening with a view of the New York City skyline and models clad in sheer dark scarves, obscuring their faces from view, the video is a vibrant look into black beauty. A low hum sets the stage for this ground-breaking video that dives deep into historical context, popular culture and realities of love; an all star cast led by super model Maria Borgess, featuring Jeneil Williams, Achok Majak, Riley Montana, Sira Kant and Adonis Bosso as regal depictions of humans shedding their shame.

Watch video here: http://smarturl.it/maxwellshame/Youtube

“We wanted to celebrate beauty. Specifically the beauty of Black women. Black women - Black people - don’t see themselves heralded as a standard of beauty nearly enough in the media, especially in entertainment, high fashion and art. It’s getting better, but we still have so far to go," Maxwell explains. "People of color have carried shame about our features, our hair, our bodies, our skin tone. As I said previously, this song is about removing the cloak of shame and opening up to love... including self-love and love of your culture. So we decided to pay homage to another beautiful video, George Michael’s iconic “Freedom” - but make it Black. The end result is gorgeous, powerful and stunning. This video is a love letter to my women of color. Feel no shame in your skin - you are beyond beautiful."

Going to see him tonight!

ive been trying to decide whether to go see him on this tour, please report back!

The DC area gig near me was so expensive. There was also a cheaper Baltimore one, but alas on a night I couldn’t make. Oh well. Maybe will just have to splurge next time

aaahhhh i'm so jealous, alfred!

So the show was terrific. He was in fine voice, casual and masterly in his between-song patter. I'm sorry that apparently Marsha Ambrosius was apparently too sick to play (talking to people in the elevator, I was impressed that many concertgoers were there as much for her, deservedly).

alright cool im leaning towards going

Soul star Maxwell presents "A Night At The Symphony," his first-ever symphonic shows this fall, joined by world class orchestras augmented with veterans of his longtime band. Maxwell, who’s known for his meticulous attention to detail in his music, is re-arranging his songs in collaboration with the 96 member National Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra respectively, for a three-night residency at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts September 18, 19 and 20, and a one-night show at the Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta on September 27th.

let's fucking goooooo

THE FIRST FROM THE FINAL #MXWLNIGHT

00 : 12 hours : 00:0FF pic.twitter.com/dumJe89rcv

— MAXWELL (@_MAXWELL_) November 15, 2021

is the album coming too or is he going to disappear for another 3 years after releasing a single again

O_O

!!???!??!!?

if this means he's dropping it at 3am, i'm staying the fuck up for that.

i guess it's not actually 3am but sometime between now and tomorrow this time? i don't know how twitter works at all.

excited.

Let's just hope that blacksummersNIGHT becomes the consensus AOTY in 2023

― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Friday, December 9, 2016 10:23 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

we're almost there guys!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO-quWd4IP0

an absolute dream

i know he said (about a fucking decade ago) that the third one would be all slow jams, but i didn't think he'd actually go through with it! this is a damn fine tune and a promise of glorious things to come.

"creamy chocolate work of art" indeed. \m/

Going back to some of the more recent remixes that I missed. This one caught me off guard. Ooh, this is nice:

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

"Shame (S508 Cassady Remix)" (2019)

Touring with Jazmin Sullivan

Serenade tour

Let's just hope that blacksummersNIGHT becomes the consensus AOTY in 2023

― pumped up kicks and levels on repeat all night (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 10 December 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link

would've been a more interesting consensus AOTY than that SZA album tbh

is the album coming too or is he going to disappear for another 3 years after releasing a single again

― ufo, Monday, November 15, 2021 7:50 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol

anyway, Tiny Desk this Friday

it's been 8 years since the last album so he should be almost done with the new one by now, surely

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/g-s1-17026/maxwell-tiny-desk-concert

so good. the crowd interactions were fun

stellar. one of the best tiny desks i've spent time with. max ofc sounds great, such a great setlist, and i cannot even begin to express my exuberance at the fact that hod david is in the mother trucking house. holy shish, he's slimmed down and still doing the work of an absolute heavyweight. rewatching/listening like a new release.

just some extra curricular gushing to follow. tl;dr- i like hod david.hod david! the elusive other half of MUSZE! he needs to be left the entire fuck alone to make music forever and ever! everything he encounters jams! look at his stupod guitar guy faces! look at his stupid hair! even that's totally classic! OH HI I'M H-O-SUCK-MY-MOTHERTRUCKIN-D SURE LEMME JUST PICK UP THE ACOUSTIC AND PLAY SOME AL GREEN REAL QUICK. wouldn't even be surprised one bit if he's a total dick irl. please insult me, hod david. absolute fucking legend, according to me.

My wife and I saw Maxwell with openers Jazmine Sullivan and October London at Capital One Arena in DC . As good as Maxwell is, the gig was marred for us by poor audio in our nosebleed seats. I have sat in high up cheap seats for others and never had such muddy vocals. He and Sullivan still impressed . ( we were some of only a tiny handful of non-Black audience members. The crowd did vary in age range from teens through age 70s).