heatherb | 
11 26th, 2008| 
After 30 near-flawless shows, he seemed unstoppable — until Friday night. When neo soul’s superman took flight without his beautiful falsetto that straddles innocence and seduction, the night was a tease at best.
For followers who have deified Maxwell since the early-90s, the lover-man guise was removed and the penitent singer felt the weight of embarrassment in every cracked note.
“I can’t believe you are being so nice to me,” he said, sipping his “chicken soup in a cup.” “You deserve better.”
For months Maxwell has soaked up praises at the end of each prodigious show on his out-of-nowhere comeback tour. Critics raved at how the singer could pack venues and sell out months in advance after being out of sight for the past seven years with no more than song snippets posted on his MySpace page.
Off his voluntary detour to self-discovery, Maxwell shocked everyone with the “Black Summer’s Night” tour and brought along budding star Jazmine Sullivan. Read the rest of this entry »
