Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of Maxwell’s ‘Urban Hang Suite’ With Shaila!
Join Maxwell as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of his debut album ‘Urban Hang Suite’ with Shalia on-air tomorrow, April 2nd.
Maxwell released the album on April 2, 1996 and “presented a deeply romantic-spiritual song cycle of classic soul-inspired grooves that flowed in contrast to the hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B of the era. Maxwell’s debut heralded the arrival of a major new musical talent and sensibility while
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Urban Hang Suite would become widely-recognized as a cornerstone of the neo-soul sound.”
The album includes hit singles such as, “Til the Cops Come Knockin’,” “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder),” “Sumthin’ Sumthin ” and “Suitelady (The Proposal Jam).”
Rolling Stone Menu Maxwell Wasn’t Sure He Wanted to Be a Star. ‘Urban Hang Suite’ Left Him No Choice
Twenty-five years after his debut, the singer-songwriter-producer and key collaborators look back on an album that proved R&B tradition could still thrive in a hip-hop world
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In the early 1990s, Stuart Matthewman, the writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in Sade, heard a remarkable demo: a ballad that stretched out over nearly seven minutes, making room for daredevil falsetto and a bass line as elegant as a spiral staircase, building to a description of a sexual liaison so ecstatic that it lasts for days and eventually brings police to the door.
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