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Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Haitian mother and a Puerto Rican father. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti. [11] [12] [13] Maxwell's father died in a plane crash around 1976 or 1977 when Maxwell was three years old. [14] Maxwell grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. [15]
Song Album 1996 "Softly Softly" (Sweetback featuring Maxwell) Sweetback: 2004 "No One Else in the Room" (Nas featuring Maxwell) Street's Disciple: 2009 "Smile" (The Alchemist featuring Maxwell & Twista) Chemical Warfare: 2012 "Fire We Make" (Alicia Keys featuring Maxwell) Girl on Fire
"Lifetime" is a song by American R&B/soul singer Maxwell, and is the second single from his third studio album Now. The song was a top five hit on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
After he completes the “blacksummers’night” trilogy, Maxwell plans to drop a collection exploring his early work of music NEW YORK […] The post Maxwell is readying an album with teenage ...
Maxwell has been celebrated and admired for forging his own path and going against the popular music grain ever since he set the R&B world on fire with his 1996 debut album, “Urban Hang Suite.”
"Fortunate" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture Life and was released on the film's soundtrack. The song was written, composed, produced and arranged by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Award and Best R&B/Soul Single (Male) at Soul Train Music Awards.
An alternate version of the song, titled "Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe", was released as a single from the soundtrack album to the film Love Jones (1997). The soundtrack album's single peaked at number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. [2] The song scored him a second UK top 40 peaking to 27 on UK Singles chart. [3]
Now is the third studio album by American R&B singer Maxwell.It was released on August 14, 2001, by Columbia Records. [1] Following the lukewarm critical reception of his 1998 record Embrya, Maxwell pursued a different direction while recording Now, abandoning the conceptual style of his previous albums.