It still has tracks that follow the mold of the debut album but the whole presentation of the set from it’s song titles which was words all put together and the front cover which is Maxwell in an underwater scenario sees it all given to the listener in way which says that you are not just listening to a piece of music, you are to become part of it. The use of words like “You” and “Me” are highlighted to make his point. There is an insistence on making simple words bolder and with more meaning. The lyrical content is deeper as he delves into a world in which love and sex and relationships have all become one and he is seeing everything in a liner way. With “Embrya” he rips up the rule book and releases an album which was indulgent, experimental and ultimately unique. Maxwell had produced a debut album that was smooth, easy to listen to, modern with a ode to the past and was littered with radio freindly hook filled songs. The debut has made Maxwell into a star and he had received success in the charts and also critical acclaim for “Urban Hang Suite” in which he was riding on the wave of the Neo Soul movement as he brought Soul/Funk/R&B and Jazz into a contemporary style which was accessible to the masses but still retained it’s gravitas. Maxwell certainly suffered from this problem with his second album “Embrya”. It says something when critics continue to predictable criticise an artists sophomore album with the accusations of being too much a departure from the debut often thrown in the faces of musicians who have attempted to change the direction of their musical careers.
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