Opinion: In recognition of the 25th anniversary of “Embrya,” theGrio examines the album’s impact on Maxwell’s contemporaries and future artists, despite backlash it got when released. In 1996, Maxwell ...

Maxwell spoke to us about social media's effects on fame, politics in R&B, evolution after cutting his afro, and why his second album, Embrya, was so misunderstood. “It's almost like you're going back ...

Aliffer Zamira Sabek built Seeds of Liberation on the belief that freedom begins with food, rest and real community — not rhetoric. What started as direct action in the streets has grown into an ...

It isn’t always easy to find Maxwell on his new album. Amid a flood of slithering bass lines, drenching strings and shimmering wah-wah guitars, Maxwell’s voice seems camouflaged, surrounded by sound.

Embrya, which was originally released in 1998, reached #2 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 and went Certified platinum. It also garnered Maxwell a GRAMMY Award ...

In September 1998, Maxwell took the stage at the Lady of Soul Awards — an offshoot of the Soul Train Awards that celebrated the achievements of female artists — to perform “Matrimony: Maybe You,” the ...

Maxwell’s second studio release picks up on the plush, atmospheric neo-soul of his highly promising 1996 debut. The jumping-off points are the sensual mid-’70s discs of Marvin Gaye and the sultry ’80s ...

Rock and rollers may look back to the ’60s as that music’s greatest era, but when R&B; artists meditate on their music’s golden age, they think of the ’70s. Maxwell is a perfect example. His last full ...

I owe Maxwell an apology. In 1993, while I was working for Vibe magazine, a colleague bought the singer to the office, where he sat on the floor and played his guitar. I didn’t know who he was, and in ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In 1996, Maxwell’s “Urban Hang Suite” was a vital record for the so-called ...