Talk:Maxwell (musician)

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What about his amazing voice?

I think Maxwell has one of the most amazing voices in R&B history!! He's my modern day Marvin Gaye mixed with his own unique style. Simply Amazing...

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[edit] Singer's Real Name

For respect to the artist and his family, please DO NOT place his personal information on this wikipedia page. NewSoulFan4Life 13:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whistle register

Does anyone know which song(s) Maxwell access the whistle register? I know that he hits some high notes, but I wasn't aware that he could sing that high!

Stuns me that almost no one ever mentions Love and Lock you up Fa Days. Very hard to find single, and to me just one of the hands-down baddest, hippest, seductive, jams ever made. Dude, if youre reading this, PLEASE re-issue that on CD!

  • Re: Whistle register

I've never seen any type of reference that Maxwell is a whistle singer. Please provide a link to wherever you got this information.

There used to be a website that offered the song Lock U Up N Love Fa Days. I've never heard of Love and Lock you up Fa Days. What's the year on this single? NewSoulFan4Life 17:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Lock U Up N Love Fa Days can either refer to his first single, "'Til the Cops Come Knockin'" or the B-side to "Ascension" found on the single.

[edit] External Links Changed to See Also

All the links that were available before the change were working the last time it was checked. I and certainly not the people who started groups and have websites, do not appreciate having their links thus their hardwork just simply erased like it means nothing. The Latest Maxwell News (Myspace) is a fan site available for diehard fans. Each and every Maxwell fan site and group that is active deserves some kind of recognition. NewSoulFan4Life 09:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:EL lists fansites under 'Links normally to be avoided'. So, as a general rule, I remove them on sight unless there are special circumstances (major fansite for extermely popular subjects). Veinor (talk to me) 15:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
All the sites linked were considered MAJOR fan sites! NewSoulFan4Life
  • One yahoo forum has had 38 messages in 7 days; one has had 24, and the last 87. Not a lot of activity. In any case, they're forums, another link type covered by WP:EL.
  • The freewebs site doesn't exist.
  • The lyrics site I didn't mean to remove.
  • Muszewell has next to no content; just some links and a YouTube video.
  • "The Latest Maxwell News" is myspace and is also recommended against under WP:EL.
  • "The Maxwell Chronicles" has nothing but links, one of which is to a forum with extremely little activity.
So, as you can see, I can't find any reason to see any of those links as 'major'. Veinor (talk to me) 15:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
You're not looking at this from the perspective of a fan of Maxwell's but as someone who is "working" with Wikipedia.
  • "The Maxwell Chronicles" just re-launched and people are asked to visit their DISCUSSION forum.
  • Maxwell Fan Forum, MaxwellStyle, and Maxwell Musze Group are all active at the moment.
  • "The Latest Maxwell News" is a very influential part of the Maxwell fan community. Regardless of what WP:EL says, it is important. Just as all of these other sites are. Maxwell has been inactive himself as well but these fan sites and groups have kept up with his fans and news on him. To not show them is like a slap in the face. NewSoulFan4Life

[edit] MAXWELL'S RETURN

At present date there is no information as to what is the hold up and the fans are still, after 5 long years, awaiting for his return. Hopefully this is a record company mix up maybe. Rumors can be so hateful and mean. NewSoulFan4Life 17:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

HMV.co.uk have the album scheduled for release on 31-07-06. The album is still "To Be Confirmed": http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=456987. Tbh, I cant see the album being released that early - we'd all know about it by now if it was. Rimmers 17:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
You never know. But I kind of doubt that it will be released so soon without a forthcoming single. Hopefully we'll get an album this year. NewSoulFan4Life 17:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I am new to communicating about Maxwell on any forum. But I was disappointed with the (lack of) content on Wikipedia. Its like they got this straight off the sony music site. And I wish there was more of an outcry about how this artist can "make" 3 albums and still not release them. Oh and please spare me with the "there are other forces working" excuse. Maxwell, I am angrily moving on at this point.68.157.15.167 (talk) 13:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ARTIST CONTRIBUTIONS

There was a comment about Maxwell helping the image of the black community... I had a problem with this, and since there was NO citation to back up this claim, I deleted it.

  • In what way did it say he helped the black community? --Maxwellfan4life 04:53, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relationship Status

There have been a lot of pictures of Maxwell with Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes. Are the two dating or just good friends?

  • A search was conducted and both Maxwell and Doutzen Kroes were photographed walking together in February 2006, Search Maxwell, Getty Images.
    • As far as the two dating, research says it was only a rumor. They could just be friends, he seems to be friends with a lot of models. --Maxwellfan4life 04:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discography Additions

Is it possible to add information for some of the singles, such as covers, track listings, etc.? I have most of the singles from the first album and feel it would be of interest to fans who do collect his music. --Johmbolaya

[edit] Father's Ancestry

  • Maxwell's father was Puerto Rican. I know this firsthand as I attended school with him in New York back in the 1990s before he made it big. Furthermore, in 1995 he gave Details magazine an interview where he said he returned to Puerto Rico to meet his father's relatives. To say that he wasn't Puerto Rican is not only a slap to him, but also to his deceased father. --XLR8TION (talk) 02:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mother's Ancestry

There have been many claims that Maxwell's mother was either Trinidian, Haitian and even African-American. Unless there are sufficient citations to validate one of these claims, the classification of his mother's ancestry should be listed as "Afro-Caribbean". It maintains a NPOV for the time being. If someone out there has valid, respectable and sufficient references to validate her nationality, please keep her ancestry as "Afro-Caribbean" for now.--XLR8TION (talk) 04:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

  • cuban father haitian mother http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1999/Aug-13-Fri-1999/weekly/11705783.html UnclePaco (talk) 04:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
    • That is a review from a newspaper. Not reliable or credible. Please provide several citations on his mother's ancestry, otheriwse a NPOV should remain on article. As for his father's ancestry, he is definitely Puerto Rican. --XLR8TION (talk) 04:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
      • How interesting that there aren't ANY places on the Internet that mention Maxwell's mother as Haitian which is her nationality. Recently, an unofficial fan group of his on MySpace.com posted old articles/interviews Maxwell did over the past years and in those he STATES that his mother is Haitian. NewSoulFan4Life (talk) 07:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)