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  • 1.
    The Urban Theme
  • 2.
    Welcome
  • 3.
    Sumthin' Sumthin'
  • 4.
    Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
  • 5.
    Dancewitme
  • 6.
    'Til the Cops Come Knockin'
  • 7.
    Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
  • 8.
    Lonely's the Only Company, Pt. 1 & 2
  • 9.
    Reunion
  • 10.
    Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
  • 11.
    Maxwell - The Suite Theme
  • 12.
    gestation:Mythos
  • 13.
    everwanting:To Want You To Want
  • 14.
    i'm You:You Are Me And We Are You (pt me & you)
  • 15.
    luxury:Cococure
  • 16.
    drowndeep:Hula
  • 17.
    matrimony: Maybe You
  • 18.
    arroz Con Pollo
  • 19.
    know These Things:Shouldn't You
  • 20.
    submerge:Til We Become The Sun
  • 21.
    gravity:PushingTo Pull
  • 22.
    eachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday:Of My Life
  • 23.
    embrya
  • 24.
    Get To Know Ya (Uncut)
  • 25.
    Lifetime (Uncut)
  • 26.
    W/As My Girl
  • 27.
    Changed (Uncut)
  • 28.
    NoOne (Uncut)
  • 29.
    For Lovers Only (Uncut)
  • 30.
    Temporary Nite (Uncut)
  • 31.
    Silently (Uncut)
  • 32.
    Symptom Unknown (Uncut)
  • 33.
    This Woman's Work (Uncut)
  • 34.
    Now/At The Party
  • 35.
    the Suite Urban Theme (The Hush) (Live)
  • 36.
    Mello: Sumthin (The Hush) (Live)
  • 37.
    The Lady Suite (Live)
  • 38.
    This Woman's Work (Live from MTV Unplugged)
  • 39.
    Whenever Wherever Whatever (Live)
  • 40.
    Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) (Live)
  • 41.
    Gotta Get: Closer (Live)

Profile Information

About Me
Maxwell - Noone
Maxwell - Ascension
Maxwell ~Sumthin' Sumthin' ~
Submerge: Til We Become The Sun
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

1. Urban Theme
2. Welcome
3. Sumthin' Sumthin'
4. Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)
5. Dancewitme
6. Till The Cops Come Knockin'
7. Whenever Wherever Whatever
8. Lonely's The Only Company
9. Reunion
10. Suitelady
11. Suite Theme

Maxwell - Embrya

1. Gestation: Mythos/Everwanting: To Want You To Want
2. I'm You: You Are Me And We Are You (Pt. Me & You)
3. Luxury: Cococure
4. Drowndeep: Hula
5. Matrimony: Maybe You
6. Arroz Con Pollo
7. Know These Things: Shouldn't You
8. Submerge: Til We Become The Sun
9. Gravity: Pushing To Pull
10. Eachhoureachsecond eachminuteeachday: Of My Life
11. Embrya

Maxwell - Now

1. Intro
2. Get to Know Ya
3. Lifetime
4. W/As My Girl
5. Changed
6. NoOne
7. For Lovers Only
8. Temporary Nite
9. Silently
10. Symptom Unknown
11. This Woman's Work (Kate Bush)
12. Now/At the Party


All songs written by Maxwell (Musze) unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Suite Urban Theme (The Hush)"
2. "Mello: Sumthin (The Hush)"
3. "The Lady Suite"
4. "This Woman's Work" (Kate Bush)
5. "Whenever Wherever Whatever"
6. "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" (Musze, Itaal Shur)
7. "Gotta Get: Closer" (Musze, Trent Reznor)
8. "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'" (international bonus track)

Bio
Maxwell (born May 23, 1973), played an important role in the development of the soul sub-genre, neo-soul.
Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was Pentecostal and raised in Vieques, Puerto Rico. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti.

Maxwell began working with songwriter Leon Ware and noted guitarist Wah Wah Watson to record his debut Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite in the early 1990s. When the album was finished Columbia had doubts about its potential and shelved it for two years. The album was finally issued in 1996.

Heavily inspired by the sound of classic soul music, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite did not catch on with audiences until the release of its second single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)," which became a hit. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite sold over 2,000,000 copies, earning 2X platinum status, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

On October 2006, Maxwell contributed the song "Segurança (Security)" to the AIDS-Benefit Album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization.

On June 15, 1997, Maxwell taped an episode of the MTV concert series MTV Unplugged in New York City, performing his own songs as well as covers of songs by Kate Bush ("This Woman's Work") and Nine Inch Nails ("Closer").[6] Maxwell clashed with his label about the release of an album of his unplugged session, so only an EP [7] containing seven songs was released for sale.

Maxwell's second studio album, Embrya, was released in 1998. The following year, Maxwell released "Fortunate", a single written by R. Kelly and featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Life. The single peaked at number one on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. To date, "Fortunate" is Maxwell's most successful single and was Billboard's number one R&B single of 1999.

Now, Maxwell's third album, was released in 2001, becoming his first No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard's R&B album chart. It featured the hit singles "Lifetime" and a studio version of "This Woman's Work," the Kate Bush song Maxwell covered during his 1997 MTV Unplugged set.[8]

Maxwell appeared on the 2008 BET Awards, where he performed the song "Simply Beautiful" in a tribute to Al Green.[9][10][11]

After taking several years off, Maxwell released his latest album BLACKsummers'night on July 7, 2009. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Albums Top 200 chart, his second album to receive that ranking. Maxwell said his reason for leaving the music industry for such a long period was "to just to take time off. The music industry has so much competition and there was no rush for me." He performed his hit single "Pretty Wings" at the 2009 BET Awards. An audio clip of the song "Pretty Wings" from BLACK was featured on Maxwell's myspace page in spring 2008. The full single made its world premier on the Tom Joyner Morning Show on April 28, 2009, after the New School/Old School Remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley. "Pretty Wings" is also sold as a digital download on iTunes. In October 2009 — to coincide with Maxwell's autumn European tour, which included dates in London and Manchester — "Bad Habits" became the album's first UK single.[12]

Maxwell received six nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards, including "Best R&B Album" for BLACKsummers'night and "Best Male R&B Vocal Performance" for "Pretty Wings."[13] "Pretty Wings" was nominated for the "Song of the Year" which was written by Maxwell under his publishing moniker Musze.

The follow-up to BLACKsummers'night and the second installment in a planned trilogy, blackSUMMERS'night, is set to be released in 2011.[14]

References:
1. ^ Granditsky, Maria (4-1996). "A reluctant star on the rise". http://hem.bredband.net/funkyflyy/maxwell/bio.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
2. ^ http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/maxwell/artist.jhtml.
3. ^ San Miguel, Celia: a woman's worth, page 80. Giant Magazine, September 2009.
4. ^ www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622567/
20090929/maxwell.jhtml
5. ^ http://www.
thelatestmaxwellnews.com/
2009/08/17/maxwell
-let-me-love-you-giant-magazine/
6. ^ Maxwell Unplugged tv.com
7. ^ Maxwell Unplugged CD entertainment.
circuitcity.com
8. ^ Maxwell Borrows From NIN, Kate Bush mtv.com
9. ^ flash required http://www.imeem.com/
24summerbreeze/video/d_9c0nAD/
2008_bet_awards_maxwell
_simply_beautiful_music_video
10. ^ flash required http://vids.myspace.com/
index.cfm?fuseaction=
vids.individual&VideoID=37720501
11. ^ http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/06/
maxwell_shocks_awes_and_delights_
at_bet_awards.php
12. ^ Maxwell interview by Pete Lewis,
'Blues & Soul' October 2009
13. ^ 2010 Grammy Award Nominations.
Grammy.com/nominees. Accessed December 20, 2009.
14. ^ Kennedy, John (January 3, 2011). Maxwell To Release blackSUMMERS'night In 2011 | VIBE. Vibe. Retrieved on 2011-03-15.
Website:
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..♪♫♪

Love In Progress...

 

Birthname: Maxwell Rivera: In an age of immediacy the idea of waiting sounds hopelessly outdated. But that said, there is something to be said about anticipation. Such is the case with Maxwell’s new album. Yes, after an extended hiatus the sexy ambassador of soul has returned with a brand new look and a fresh yet deliciously vintage sound. The same artist who brought us classic songs like “Sumthin’ Sumthin’,” “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)” and “Lifetime” (not to mention the unforgettably ethereal cover of Kate Bush’s “This Woman’s Work”) is back with a challenging, mature, sensual, courageous and emotionally open album entitled, BLACKsummers’night (Columbia). BLACKsummers’night , the first installment of a trilogy, is a collection well worth the wait.His fourth studio album and first in eight years, BLACKsummers’night is the sound of an artist taking the commitment to his craft and the conversation with his audience that much further. Needless to say, it is a conversation that’s been overdue; but as the soft-spoken, multi-platinum artist sees it, in order to come back it was necessary to step away. “I wanted to return to ‘what was the promise?’”

 

Maxwell offers. “What did my music and creativity speak of to people? For me, coming back to that promise was kind of where my heart was really gravitating towards. I didn’t intentionally step away from all of it, but I just wanted to…live my life a little bit, and then be able to make music with that pure experience again.”He might have been out of the spotlight, but Maxwell along with long time collaborator and friend Hod David, had begun crafting BLACKsummers’night several years ago. The album is the first installment of a trilogy entitled BLACKSUMMERS’NIGHT. BLACK is a much darker but soulful compilation, SUMMERS’ leans more toward the gospel side and NIGHT is more a cool collection of slow jams. By late 2008, the process of polishing and shaping the album was full on.

 

Though having much of his creative team on board, Maxwell still approached the creative process with extreme caution and the painstaking meticulousness of a true genius. “Every time I’d get in the studio it would be like am I trying to outdo this last record? I just wanted to make a really good record.” Of course, what Maxwell’s notoriously modest character failed to warn was that what he was creating was more than “good” but rather (like his other projects) a timeless piece of work.Composed of nine indelible songs BLACKsummers’night finds Maxwell exploring life with a bold and purposeful sensuality unmistakably his own.

 

Opening with a delicate hint of wistful chimes, the first single, “Pretty Wings,” is nostalgic, (“your face will be the reason I smile”) and yet undeniably passionate. “It’s about the last relationship I had,” Maxwell describes. “How you meet the person of your dreams but at the wrong time. She was a serious muse and the song is a testament to what I wanted to say and say, to her.” “I can be a bit emotionally handicapped” he elucidates, “but through music, I can say what I want to.” Another of the album’s more persuasive songs is “Stop the World.” A rhythmic rush of desire, Maxwell describes “Stop the World” as “having corporal relations.” “That’s what I call having sex…” he unabashedly reveals “…and that’s stopping the world.” …Mhmmm.

 

Equally personal is “Fistful of Tears.” Pushed along by a sturdy and incessant piano, Maxwell, shifting from those oh so recognizable falsettos and baritones, rides the melody like a man both possessed by and resigned to his feelings. “It’s kind of about wanting to leave the industry and a relationship, but then realizing that I should give it a last try. Don’t let it go.” Then there’s the jazz thumping “Cold.” Peppered by a funked up horn section and wrapped in a moist honey soaked groove, this fun, head bopping track finds Maxwell asking the eternal lovers question, “why do you like me like you do?” It’s very sexy stuff.On June 24th Maxwell galvanized an unsuspecting audience at the 2008 BET Awards with a live rendition of Al Green’s classic song, “Simply Beautiful.”

 

It would be his first live performance in seven years. Without his signature afro or silk mono-chromatic suit, it was hard to tell if this six-foot tall body was merely a mirage or indeed the man that for so many years had left legions of devoted fans wanting more. But after uttering the first gentle lyric (“If I gave you my love…”) everyone remembered and so did Maxwell. The unforgettable performance became one of the most talked about in 2008. It left each audience member (regular folk and superstar celebrities alike) rejoicing that unquestionably authentic soul sound that was denied to them for far too long. Overwhelmed and inspired by the ecstatically warm response, Maxwell decided to boldly hit the road, with no album, nor concrete plan to follow.

 

Less than two months later the artist announced the launch of his much speculated 2008 BLACKSUMMERS’NIGHT tour. Maxwell initiated the tour with his first concert at South Africa’s Macufe Music Festival. Maxwell sold out 10,000 seats and was given honorary South African citizenship. The show, which aired on “BET’s Access Granted,” was not only his first concert (as well as on-air interview) in seven years; it was his first show ever in South Africa.In the U.S., all 144,000 tickets for the tour sold out within minutes of their on-sale date. An overwhelming demand for Maxwell caused the original 26-date tour to be extended to 33 dates. He performed in all the major cities including New York; selling out the renowned Radio City Music Hall and uptown New York’s 3,000 seat theater, The United Palace.

 

New York Times writer Jon Caramanica asserts, “Maxwell has something that his emulators lack: complexity…some of the most potent moments [at Radio City] came in the pregnant spaces between notes, with Maxwell managing to hold a feeling even with his mouth shut.”For Maxwell the opportunity to get back on stage and receive such an enormous response, especially without an album to support, was revelatory and further inspired him to complete his oft delayed album. “That experience is something for which I am beyond grateful. To be able to take a risk and to have that genuine interest from people is so rare. It actually made making this record even more precious. It was that pure energy. It was like, ‘oh, this is why I do it.’ It’s because people care about real music and they’ll wait for you.”In 1996, a then 23-year old Brooklyn born phenomenon took the music world by storm with his debut, Urban Hang Suite. (He signed to Columbia Records at the tender age of 21, already having composed more than 300 songs before signing on to the major label.)

 

The critically acclaimed CD received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album and went on to achieve double platinum status. Maxwell’s MTV: Unplugged (1997) achieved gold status with his live rendition of “This Woman’s Work.” He was heralded as the future of soul music and proved his staying power when he followed up with 1998’s platinum seller Embrya. In 1999 Maxwell’s single, “Fortunate” (off of the LIFE soundtrack) became Billboard magazine’s number one hit of the year. Maxwell’s third album, Now (2001) debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart; selling 300,000 copies its maiden week and eventually also reaching double platinum status. The album was appropriately described by Entertainment Weekly as “A velvetined gauntlet thrown at the feet of today’s bling-bling-obsessed R&B pack.”

 

To hear Maxwell explain it, as much as his fans were waiting for him, he was waiting for them-and in the process of finding himself. “Sometimes I can’t believe I do this because you’re living your life. Going to the corner store, taking out the garbage and the next thing you know you’re on stage at Radio City Music Hall. It’s such a humbling thing and you’d think it would make my ego go out of control but I feel humility. Like this is why I need to do this. It’s not about your ego. It’s about celebrating your opportunity and the blessing to work and the joy you can possibly bring to people.

 

That’s how it all resonated with me.”A constant throughout BLACK Summers’night is its live and often raw sound. The entire album was recorded with an extraordinary live ten-piece band. He is taking it back to when a solo genius artist offered music that was close to perfection. No synthesizers, no duets. Just Maxwell bare and in the flesh ready to give old fans and new ones a sensory experience that he never fails to bring.

 

Tracks:

  1. play Maxwell — The Urban Theme
  2. play Maxwell — Welcome
  3. play Maxwell — Sumthin' Sumthin'
  4. play Maxwell — Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder…
  5. play Maxwell — Dancewitme
  6. play Maxwell — 'Til the Cops Come Knockin'
  7. play Maxwell — Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
  8. play Maxwell — Lonely's the Only Company, P…
  9. play Maxwell — Reunion
  10. play Maxwell — Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
  11. play Maxwell - The Suite Theme
  12. play maxwell — gestation:Mythos
  13. play maxwell — everwanting:To Want You To…
  14. play maxwell — i'm You:You Are Me And We …
  15. play maxwell — luxury:Cococure
  16. play maxwell — drowndeep:Hula
  17. play maxwell — matrimony: Maybe You
  18. play maxwell — arroz Con Pollo
  19. play maxwell — know These Things:Shouldn'…
  20. play maxwell — submerge:Til We Become The…
  21. play maxwell — gravity:PushingTo Pull
  22. play maxwell — eachhoureachsecondeachminu…
  23. play maxwell — embrya
  24. play Maxwell — Get To Know Ya (Uncut)
  25. play Maxwell — Lifetime (Uncut)
  26. play Maxwell — W/As My Girl
  27. play Maxwell — Changed (Uncut)
  28. play Maxwell — NoOne (Uncut)
  29. play Maxwell — For Lovers Only (Uncut)
  30. play Maxwell — Temporary Nite (Uncut)
  31. play Maxwell — Silently (Uncut)
  32. play Maxwell — Symptom Unknown (Uncut)
  33. play Maxwell — This Woman's Work (Uncut)
  34. play Maxwell — Now/At The Party
  35. play Maxwell — the Suite Urban Theme (The …
  36. play Maxwell — Mello: Sumthin (The Hush) (L…
  37. play Maxwell — The Lady Suite (Live)
  38. play Maxwell — This Woman's Work (Live from…
  39. play Maxwell — Whenever Wherever Whatever (…
  40. play Maxwell — Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder…
  41. play Maxwell — Gotta Get: Closer (Live)

 


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At 7:27pm on February 8, 2014, Edie Antoinette said…

Nice .... real nice!!! Thanks L!!

At 9:20pm on January 7, 2014, Lydell Jackson said…
At 9:16pm on January 7, 2014, Lydell Jackson said…
At 9:10pm on January 7, 2014, Lydell Jackson said…
At 9:03pm on January 7, 2014, Lydell Jackson said…
At 10:46pm on August 25, 2011, Edie Antoinette said…
Drive By! LOL!
At 1:08am on March 26, 2011, Lydell Jackson said…
You know I created that image just for you chile. Trade secret! Very time consuming, so I use them sparingly. You Special and you know you a big chicken!
G-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!!!! LOL
At 12:51am on March 26, 2011, Lydell Jackson said…
All of you who like the new short hair Maxwell were just intimidated by than mane! LOL...That powerful looking lion just might bite you on the back of your neck! Don't be scared! ROFLMBO...and you know I'm bald by choice...Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Lions Rule!
At 12:43am on March 26, 2011, Lydell Jackson said…


The original Maxwell with big hair is my favorite image of him! The Leo look...and my all time favorite song... Whenever! I know yall feelin' me on this!
At 8:57pm on March 25, 2011, Dr. Simon F. Quattlebaum said…
No sweat! Some of these are going on my new iPod Classic! You get the reare gems like nobody else got! I can imagine what your record room looks like!!
 
 
 

Introspection

Entr'acte

  1. play Norman Brown — Night Drive
  2. play Norman Brown — Feeling
  3. play Norman Brown — Still
  4. play Miles Davis — miles 1
  5. play miles 2
  6. play miles 3
  7. play miles 4
  8. play miles 5
  9. play Marvin Gaye — I Met A Little Girl
  10. play Santana — 01 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
  11. play Santana — 02 Black Magic Woman-Gypsy Queen
  12. play Mongo — 02. Afro Blue



The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me"). 


As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even 
harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

 

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created. 

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon). 

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available. 

Enjoy.  "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967) 
 
 "I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)
   
 "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)
   
 "If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)
 



Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a
well-known penning Double Exposure's
"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay." 
 While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. If, by chance, you know of a way to get in touch with Frankie Beverly or his management, please drop me an e-mail. It would be absolutely great to do an interview with him about his pre-Maze work. He's still playing out, most recently doing a New Year's Eve show in Atlanta.
:: Funkinsoulman ::

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