Tough Questions for Maxwell
The resurgent, chart-topping singer talks Auto-Tune, hobbits, ninjas, and why it took him eight years to release a new album.
By John Sellers 07.27.09 8:05 AM
While he may have parted ways with his signature 'fro since going into self-imposed exile eight years ago, Maxwell certainly hasn't lost the silky-smooth voice that earned him the title "the Marvin Gaye of the '90s."
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New Albums from Against Me!, Cage, and 7 More
Get SPIN's take on the best and worst releases of the week!
By Spin Staff 07.07.09 7:05 AM
Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:
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D'Angelo: What the Hell Happened?
Thanks to that video, D'Angelo was poised for superstardom, and the R&B renaissance he led was about to change the world. Instead, he fell into a spiral of substance abuse and arrests -- and virtually disappeared. Eight years later, his friends and colleagues reveal where he's been and what it's going to take to bring him back.
By David Peisner 08.05.08 5:38 PM
On a Sunday in April 2006, Gary Harris pulled up to D'Angelo's large starter mansion outside Richmond, Virginia, in a limo. Harris, the A&R man who'd first signed D'Angelo in the early '90s and who had overseen his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, was on a mission: to escort the singer to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Treatment Centre in Antigua.
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