Maxwell - Embrya
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Artist: MaxwellEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-30
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Gestation: Mythos/Everwanting: To Want You To Want
- I'm You: You Are Me And We Are You (Pt. Me & You)
- Luxury: Cococure
- Drowndeep: Hula
- Matrimony: Maybe You
- Arroz Con Pollo
- Know These Things: Shouldn't You
- Submerge: Til We Become The Sun
- Gravity: Pushing To Pull
- Eachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday: Of My Life
- Embrya
Free Music Notes for Embrya
Free Music Review: Very odd and obscure.
Hit: 2 Stars
I don't even get what some of these songs are about. The single stood out most and there were maybe 2 other tolerable songs but the others left me lost.
I've been meaning to write this review forever but never got around to it. Forgot about it even. But then I started listening to Maxwell's "Til The Cops Come Knocking", came here to see the actual name for the CD it was on (couldn't remember) and kinda saw this CD right after his debut..
I was like, "OK. Time to speak my mind."
The sounds are very different and it will take you forever to understand what he's talking about on some of these songs.
I bought it for less than 7 bucks used but hey, that's cause I'm a fan of some of the songs he's done in the past (Til The Cops...Lifetime, This Woman's Work, etc...) and will always be a fan of his smooth vocal delivery.
Should have just purchased Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite...^_^
1.8 stars.
End Note: I like different, original music but this was like a Rubik's cube; impossible for me to solve and figure out!!
Embrya Poster
The bass line of the opening track is the first sign, and the smooth funk of the second track confirms it: On Embrya, Maxwell has done it again. Sophomore efforts don't always fare well, especially when an artist is still riding high on the accolades of a debut, but Maxwell has managed to take the exquisite soul of 1996's Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and, without sacrificing any of its verve, turn it into something far more sophisticated. Not only is Embrya a sublime summer soundtrack, it's a groove masterpiece from start to finish. "Luxury: Cococure," the first single, like "'Til the Cops Come Knockin'" before it, is only the slightest taste of the treasures waiting to be devoured. If you're looking for lush ballads, skip to "Matrimony: Maybe You," the haunting "Know These Things: Shouldn't You," and the sensual slow jam "Gravity: Pushing to Pull" (and yes, nearly all the tracks are subtitled like this). They may not be as yearning as those that detailed his weekend-long tryst on Hang Suite (Maxwell knows better than anyone just how far a little restraint can go), but these tracks are gifts on their own. Put them together and you have an album that does nothing but elevate Maxwell's impeccable reputation as the man who breathed life back into the soul of R&B. --Rebecca WallworkBlues Music CDs
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