“Bad Habits”

“Sumthin’, Sumthin’ “

*…So if it’s cool I wanna rock with you, slip you my mellosmoothe, rock you until you’re blue, but only, only if it’s cool…*

Sorry –  y’all know I love me some Maxwell. Check him out live at today’s ”Early Show” taping.

FYI -” BLACKsummersnight” is an awesome listen. Very consistent. Very ‘classic Maxwell’, if you know what I mean. Think “Urban Hang Suite” or “Now” - not “Embrya” (which I loved, btw).

From Maxwell’s older interviews, I get the impression he’s more “a child of the universe”, than the average brother – which probably accounts for the trippiness of “Embrya”. But after purchasing (and loving) the new album, I’m very curious to hear the version that Sony shelved due to reportedly “homo-erotic overtones”. I know I shouldn’t be – but I am.

And let me just say my all-time favorite Maxwell song, pre-”Pretty Wings”, was the trip-hoppy “Softly, Softly”, which he performed on Sweetback’s album.