What was the best Maxwell Album?

[The Gentleman]

Embrya is that shyt on a nice system / with a sub

Coco cure is my shyt!

 

[The Gentleman]

Personally, I love Embrya the most out of all of Maxwell’s albums. UHS was my intro to Maxwell and I love it dearly still. Songs like Reunion, Dancewitme, Suitelady, Lonely’s the Only Company etc. It is brilliant modern soul. I think Embrya just speaks to me the most tho, as a music lover and artist myself.

Embrya is just so ambitious and groovy. It mixes ambient, psychedelia, electronic stuff and even has a rockish edge at times. The vibe is so cool and weird. Submerge, Gravity, Everwanting, Matrimony and Eachsecond… are just top tier songs. Love Embrya and Maxwell so much. Shame the album was panned by critics until recently. It’s so cool!

That’s a very happy album even though is very low key. It doesn’t get enough respect.

 

[WaveWhisperer]

Embrya his best work

 

[Rain]

Urban Hang Suite

 

[DonRe]

I voted blacksummers. The others are too eclectic for my traditional rnb self.

but drowndeep hula is fukkin fire. And what put me on was his vh1 storytellers concert thing.

That really made me delve into his catalogue

 

[The Gentleman]

Really? I woulda been tight as hell if he didn't perform any of those songs. I went to the Maxwell concert at the Barclay's a lil while back and he did one of my all time fav Maxwell songs "Submerge" off that album.

That’s back when Maxwell was is getting production from Stuart Matthewman from Sade’s band. Sade’s had a huge input on the early development of Maxwell’s sounds.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

i should love Embrya on paper because I love weird eclectic R&B but I wasn't feeling it much outside of Submerge. Like I get what he was trying to do but it didnt quite connect. It could be the mixing. Might smoke something and try again right now

UHS, Lifetime from "Now" and shyt like Don't Ever Wonder is what I associate with Maxwell

 

[FeverPitch2]

Urban Hang Suite is a whole mood, as the kids say.

Embrya is thinking music, you gotta be outside for that.

Now is a lowkey a Country album. I only bought it because a made a strip club
beat from a sample of “This Woman’s Work”.

A country album??
Y'all be saying anything on here.

 

[FeverPitch2]

Now wasn't no hoe, either.
Shiiiid, the first Black Summer was bangin.
But those first three were a hat trick.

 

[Sauce Dab]

A country album??
Y'all be saying anything on here.

Yeah that didn’t make no sense. I guess he said that because he heard an acoustic guitar on a couple tracks and just called it a country album

 

[Taadow]

A country album??
Y'all be saying anything on here.

It had a rustic, acoustic, twangy aesthetic to it.

 

[FeverPitch2]

It had a rustic, acoustic, twangy aesthetic to it.

No, it didn't.

 

[jerzboy]

I slept on Embrya... it’s really good. Put it on rotation for a flight.

 

[Taadow]

No, it didn't.

Yeah, it did lowkey
...which is why I said that.

 

[UNCLE JAM]

I attended his concert, which was really good, but noticed he didn't perform ANY songs off embrya.. Not even matrimony

Which made me wonder am I the only one who thought that was his best album...

My favorites

Embrya
Now
Urban Hang Suite

Saw him live in March he performed nothing off Embrya,as a matter fact the last 2 tours I have seen before seeing him in March,he did no songs from Embrya then either.