Maxwell

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风格: #新灵魂乐　#当代节奏布鲁斯　#都市音乐
地区: United States of America 美国

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全名Maxwell Rivera是位道地的纽约客，同时流有波多黎各和印地安血统，虽然从小在教堂的唱诗班中演出，却没有让Maxwell正视看待音乐这条路，一直折腾到 17岁，利用朋友送的廉价卡西欧键盘开始尝试创作，受到80年代节奏蓝调的影响，随即一脚踏进音乐之途。1991年在纽约各大Club演出，经过三年的琢磨，于1994年顺利签入Columbia国际唱片旗下。散发浓郁Neo-Soul媚惑情调，灵韵穿绕如丝绸般超乎想像的舒适感受，赢得四座黑人音乐最高荣誉Soul Train奖项加冕、连续四届葛莱美的提名肯定。

Maxwell是来自纽约的节奏蓝调性灵歌手，以一头蓬松的头发及其浪漫感性、丰沛情感建构的音乐观在乐坛卓然自成一格。96年步入乐坛发行首张专辑「Maxwell‘s Urban Hang Suite」，旋即专辑与单曲「Ascension（Don’t Ever Wonder）」双双打入全美节奏蓝调榜Top 10，并且获得“滚石”杂志乐评票选为「最佳节奏蓝调艺人」，”时代杂志”亦将这张专辑选做1996年十大最杰出专辑之一，进而荣获葛莱美奖「最佳节奏蓝调专辑」奖项的提名。而在97年“Soul Train（灵魂列车）”音乐奖中，Maxwell更是抱走叁项大奖：「最佳节奏蓝调/灵魂乐男性艺人单曲」、「最佳节奏蓝调/灵魂乐男性艺人专辑」，以及「最佳节奏蓝调/灵魂或饶舌乐新进艺人」等。由于首张专辑的杰出表现，使得Maxwell被视做九零年代末期Urban音乐最具代表性的人物。

Along with fellow founders D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell was enormously important in defining and shaping the neo-soul movement that rose to prominence over the latter half of the '90s. Drawing his greatest inspiration from the concept of the R&B auteur (looking to artists like Prince, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, etc.), Maxwell recorded some of the most ambitious R&B of his time, becoming wildly popular and often earning critical raves in the process. What was more, his recurring theme of romantic monogamy set him apart from the vast majority of his bump'n'grind lover-man contemporaries.

Maxwell was born May 23, 1973, in Brooklyn, NY; he adopted his middle name as his stage moniker, keeping his real identity a closely guarded secret out of concern for his family's privacy. Born of Puerto Rican and black Caribbean stock, Maxwell suffered the loss of his father (in a plane crash) when he was just three years old. The experience made him a deeply religious child, and he first began singing in his Baptist church. Still, he didn't really get serious about music until age 17, when he began writing his own songs using a cheap Casio keyboard given to him by a friend. Initially influenced by early-'80s urban R&B, he progressed rapidly, and by 1991 he was performing on the New York club scene, despite ridicule from classmates who couldn't imagine the shy, awkward teenager doing anything of the sort. After making a name for himself, he signed a recording contract with Columbia in 1994.

Maxwell recorded his debut album that year, working extensively with several collaborators: songwriter Leon Ware (who'd co-written much of the material on Marvin Gaye's I Want You album in 1976), guitarist Wah Wah Watson (who'd also worked with Gaye), and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Matthewman (a longtime cohort of Sade). Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was a romantic concept album in the vein of Gaye's greatest '70s work, with a more modern flavor courtesy of Prince's influence; inspired by a brief but intense affair, the record's giddy celebration of committed monogamy could have come off as old-fashioned as its classic influences, given the marketplace dominance of hip-hop soul at the time. Partly for those fears, it wasn't released right away, although a series of shake-ups in Columbia's management played a bigger role in the delay. It wasn't until the spring of 1996 that Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite finally appeared. Sales were slow to take off at first, even though Maxwell scored some airplay with "...Til the Cops Come Knockin'." The gold-selling second single "Ascension (Never Wonder)" lit the fuse, however, and Urban Hang Suite went platinum before a year had passed, also earning a Grammy nomination.

Now elevated to sex-symbol status, Maxwell capitalized on his breakthrough with the MTV Unplugged EP, taken from his live MTV performance. It attracted attention and acclaim outside the R&B community with the left-field cover choices "This Woman's Work" (by prog rocker Kate Bush) and "Closer" (the Nine Inch Nails hit). Additionally, the Unplugged version of "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" earned him another Grammy nomination (for Best Male Pop Vocal). Anticipation for his second full-length album was high, and when Embrya was released in 1998, it entered the charts at number three. Reviews were more mixed this time around, with some critics charging that Maxwell's ambition had crossed the line into indulgence; still, the record duplicated its predecessor's platinum sales. In 1999, Maxwell scored his biggest hit to date with the single "Fortunate," an R. Kelly composition he recorded for the soundtrack of the film Life; it was a mammoth success, ranking as the number one R&B hit of the year in Billboard magazine. Later that year, he also cut two songs for the soundtrack of The Best Man.

In August 2001, Maxwell returned with his third full-length album, Now, which was touted as a return to the more straightforwardly romantic atmosphere of his debut. It entered the album charts at number one and quickly launched a hit single in "Lifetime."

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