MAXWELL
These Maxwell 'Bad Habits' Remixes
Are All Good
A quick stalking of glance at Maxwell's social media accounts today may have left many disappointed who were looking forward to another installment of #MaxwellMondays. After last week's bounty of the teaser to "Gods" from SUMMERS' and a "Pretty Wings" remix, we were looking forward to a little sumthin' sumthin' from him today. Well, as it turns out Max may have decided to skip this week's #MaxwellMondays (although the day is still young) because over the weekend he added two remixes of his hit song "Bad Habits" to his SoundCloud page. Call it #MaxwellSurpriseSaturdays, but it was definitely an unexpected treat to see these two very different remixes that have been floating around for the past few years get dug out of the crates. Of the two remixes, the "Bad Habits (Remix)" was originally released in 2009 around the time that the single dropped, and it flips the script on the bedroom banger turning it into something for the dance floor with a hip-hop soul treatment. The second remix is from those prolific Urban Noize fellas who blended "Bad Habits" with Jay-Z's rap on "Party Life" from American Gangster in 2010 -- and shockingly enough it works. So much so that it makes you wish that Jigga and Max would consider a collaboration in the near future. Check out both remixes, and know that whatever day of the week Maxwell decides to break us off with new music, old remixes or whatever he fancies, we are ready to be broke off.
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Maxwell's 'Pretty Wings'
Are 'Free To Fly' Anew On This Remix
Lady J | 01/09/2013
As we wait in hot anticipation for the release of the full-length version of Maxwell's"Gods," our ears have been temporarily assuaged by the KeyKat "Free to Fly" remix of "Pretty Wings." It's no secret that we love some Maxwell around here, so it is with some trepidation that I approach anything that alters his original recordings, but producer/trumpeter Keyon Harrold came correct and further stoked the fire burning for Maxwell's impending domination of our 2013 playlists (look, I already warned you that love, or at least intense like, for this dude runs deep around these parts). Throw in a little bass and a bit of synth, and you have a fresh version of "Pretty Wings" that'll have you digging into your iTunes playlists for another helping of BLACKsummers'night. KeyKat funked it up right, so I advise you to go ahead and get into it (and the free download) while the gettin's good.
>via: http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2013/01/maxwells_pretty_wings_are_free_to_fly_...