Through the album and its follow ups, Maxwell has been credited—alongside Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, and Erykah Badu—with popularizing neo soul for mainstream audiences in the late 1990s. [ 8 ] His second and third albums, Embrya (1998) and Now (2001), both received platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA ...

Aug 4, 2017 · Gerald Maxwell Rivera, commonly known by his stage name Maxwell, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. He is among a number of artists who were influential in helping to create the "neo soul" musical sound in the late 1990s.

May 7, 2021 · Maxwell’s silky smooth falsetto was accompanied by orchestra level instrumentation, and something that up until that moment had been left behind in the ’80s — the horn solo. The album “Urban...

Apr 19, 2021 · Maxwell strains the conventions of R&B and further pushes the NeoSoul sound with round fat basslines, expressive runs, and feral growls that show off his Baptist upbringing and layered production.

Nov 11, 2023 · With Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Maxwell, and many others, the genre found its class again: Neo-soul relit the flame of soul music and returned it to its roots in terms of composition and lyricism.

Jan 29, 2010 · R&B crooner Maxwell was one of the breakthrough artists in the early-'90s genre known as neo-soul. His 1996 debut, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, helped make him a heartthrob. His 2001...

"Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away." Maxwell scored his first Top 40 hit with 1996's "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)."

Jul 26, 2023 · Grammy-winning soul singer Maxwell makes his debut with the San Francisco Symphony on Aug. 4 and 5. (Cliff Watts) Maxwell has been performing shows in the Bay Area since 1997, when he toured with his first album, Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite, a game-changing work that helped shape neo-soul as a genre.

With tracks like “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder),” Maxwell introduced us to his unique brand of R&B—smooth, sensual, and oh-so-sophisticated. The album peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum, solidifying Maxwell as …

Aug 15, 2016 · Since his 1996 album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, launched him to stardom and helped define the 1990s school known as "neo soul," Maxwell has spent two decades faithfully crafting his own...