Maxwell – Maxwell s Urban Hang Suite 2LP Online Hot Sale

20th Anniversary Colored Double 12″ Vinyl Edition of Neo-Soul Icon s 1996 Debut Complete with 8-Page Booklet & New Essays from Nelson George & Mitchell Cohen!

Maxwell, an iconic singer-songwriter-performer, began redefining classic soul music for a new generation with the release of his critically-acclaimed debut on Columbia Records in April 1996. Fueled in part by the RIAA gold single, Ascension (Don t Ever Wonder), and other hits including Sumthin Sumthin and the classic Whenever Wherever Whatever,  Maxwell s Urban Hang Suite picked up a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album and went on to achieve US double platinum status in 2002.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Maxwell s game-changing debut, a special 2LP collection will be released in October 2016. Pressed on metallic gold 12 vinyl, this LP package comes with an 8-page booklet that includes rare images from the original album and single photo shoots. The booklet also includes a very special pair of revelatory new essays: 1) an appreciation of Maxwell and his music by noted R&B scholar, music culture critic, journalist and filmmaker Nelson George; and 2) a behind-the-scenes reminiscence on the making of Maxwell s Urban Hang Suite penned by music industry veteran Mitchell Cohen, who, as Senior Vice President of A&R at Columbia Records, signed Maxwell to the label and helped shepherd the music from raw concept to full realization.

Nelson George calls Maxwell s Urban Hang Suite, a musical landmark that began the career of one of pop music s finest voices, while Mitchell Cohen still marvels at the first time he heard Maxwell s music on an embryonic demo tape: …it got under my skin; I heard echoes of music that I d grown up with and loved, early Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, some of the great R&B and doo wop singers like Clyde McPhatter, Pookie Hudson and Lee Andrews. And the mu-sic was slinky and sexy. It made unexpected twists, had a seductive pulse. The tape said ‘Max-well s Urban Hang Suite, and I had no idea who this Maxwell was, but I thought I should find out.