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 ...

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 discusses the upcoming album with 'Billboard,' along with the "Shame" music video concept, and how his second studio album 'Embrya' was a slept-on classic that still echoes into the world, 20… ...

The cool, shimmering* blackSUMMERS’night *is probably Maxwell’s most cohesive effort since Embrya, fit to soundtrack sessions of sex so exquisite and transcendental, tantric comes off as boring.

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 25: Maxwell preforms onstage at 2017 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) ...