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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite by: Maxwell List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $9.97 You Save: $4.01 (29%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646643426 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: April 02, 1996 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 1841 MPN: 66434 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Handsome in his designer clothes and angelic, nappy dreads, Maxwell styles himself a modern-day urban love prophet in the tradition of Marvin Gaye. He concocts a conceptual music suite that purports to tell a fully rounded tale of meaningful love set in the tough but misunderstood inner city. What he delivers, however, contains only the faintest hints of what he promises. Instead we get a whole lot of the same tired R&B elevator slush and lyrics like "Gonna take you in the room suga'/ Lock you up and love for days." Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite is significant only in that it recasts the same old same old as something monumental, and nearly pulls it off. Initially, there's a lot to like about Maxwell: On his openers, "Urban Theme" and "Welcome," the early '80s full-band R&B and jazz pop grooves are reminiscent of Maze's brightest days and Steely Dan's coolest nights. But soon even Maxwell's passionate voice gets lost in a flat mix that turns every song into faceless background music. While R&B is at no loss for suave and sexy personalities to take the stage, a dearth of new ideas keeps the genre for the most part floundering and visionless. In the end, Maxwell's urban hang suite is just another empty room. --Roni Sarig Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - This is why a critic is NOT an artistI purchased this cd in 96 when it first came out.....I fell in love with the man, with the sound, with the vibe and the aura. How dare this reviewer try and pigeonhole this artist? Maxwell (to TRUE R & B fans) is a breath of fresh air. He can seduce a 70 year old as well as a 25 year old with his passionate stylings.......I happened to hear him on the BET awards show in June in honor of Al Green doing "Simply Beautiful"....I nearly died and went to heaven! The man is still awesome (sans his Neo fro)and I just wanted more, more, more......... I think that the critic should stick to reviewing Rock music.....cuz this genre right 'chere....YOU know nuttin about!!!! Rating:  - nice flowgreat album by maxwell. one of my favorites to listen to when i just want to mellow out. Rating: - a love-ly set of songsa great, slow, sexy set of love songs but hardly in the traditional sense. no up tempo to change the pace of things. but where is maxwell now? to be enjoyed over and over again. Rating: - Urban Hang Suite - actually 4.5 starsWhat a debut!! It really says something when an album that debuted 10 years ago is still so popular & well-regarded. Although I think in all fairness that his predecesor, D'Angelo got audiences ready for this shift in r&b, Maxwell certainly put his stamp on the movement. The first time I heard this whole album, I just knew that Maxwell would be one of those ever-improving artists whose career I'd follow. He's one of a very few of the nu-school r&b cats who successfully (in my opinion) pull off that Marvin Gaye flow that I love - they can sing in falsetto & in their natural range, layering the two vocals so that it sounds like two different singers. I love everything about this disc from Maxwell's cool vibe ... Read More: Rating: - Maxwell's MasterpieceThis album is an absolute work of art. Cool grooves with Sumthin' Sumthin', and the most beautiful song I have heard in years Wherever, Whenever, Whatever. This is a great album, if you don't like this one you have no Soul!! |
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