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October 28th, 2018

Maxwell
@Smart Financial Center

Sunday, 10/28/2018 8:00PM

 


Maxwell with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, have been credited with helping to shape the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s. Along with D'Angelo's Brown Sugar and Badu's Baduizm, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite has been recognized by writers for beginning neo soul's popularity and helping the genre obtain commercial visibility. However, in contrast to D'Angelo, Maxwell was more conventional in his approach on his debut album.


Neo soul was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B. Heavily based in soul music, neo soul is distinguished by a less conventional sound than its contemporary R&B counterpart, with incorporated elements ranging from jazz, funk, hip hop and electronic to pop, fusion, and African music. It has been noted by music writers for its traditional R&B influences, conscious-driven lyrics, and strong female presence.

In commenting on the "new soul revival" (neo soul) in music, Maxwell told Entertainment Weekly back in 1997 that "everything musically was inspired or influenced by something from the past. It's not about creating some super-fresh new thing. If it doesn't lend itself to your history, how is it going to extend to your future? That's what's really brilliant about looking into children's eyes—you can see their parents in them." The Washington Post called Maxwell, "the Marvin Gaye of the '90s". Its columnist wrote that his Urban Hang Suite "heralded the arrival of a top-of-the-class graduate of the old school of soul, one who could sing about romantic aspiration and tribulation with heart-wrenching emotion. It was as if the aesthetic that Gaye ascribed to — 'music that has feeling, hope and meaning – all the things people are looking for' — had been rediscovered after a long, hedonistic interlude." Humm


In June Maxwell's "We Never Saw It Coming," came out with Billboard.com describing the singer's latest creation as, "warm, gravelly vocals feathered onto the stripped-down, brooding ballad, led by a somber piano melody and atmospheric synths. "I am here, falling in circles far/Sorrowfully I fall/We never knew at all," he croons. "We never saw it coming/Like a truck that's passing/A gun that's blasting/I feel the lashing."

Maxwell
Smart Financial Center
18111 Lexington Blvd. 
Sugar Land, TX
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The Houston brewery offers an immersive experience, perfect for visitors of all ages. From the advanced brewing technology to the history displays, you will gain a better understanding of the historical significance of one of America’s oldest brewers.

Opened in 1966, the Houston Brewery has quickly become one of our “greenest” breweries. The brewery gets some of its energy from landfill gas that is piped in six miles from the nearby McCarty Landfill. On average, the brewery sources approximately 30 percent of its energy needs from alternative energy. The brewery’s energy efficiency and conservation efforts also include an on-site bio-energy recovery system (BERS), where brewery wastewater can be recycled adding to our water conservation efforts.


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