Brooklyn native Maxwell has been crafting transcendent neo-soul since the mid-‘90s, when his masterpiece debut, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, revealed his sublimely understated vocal style and gift for emoting. The lush orchestration and sensual groove of “Luxury: Cococure” reveals his effortless cool, while “Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)” challenges hip-hop's ubiquitous “player” stereotype, instead espousing the beauty of monogamous love. And “This Woman's Work,” his homage to Kate Bush's original, is the work of a cerebral, socially minded singer.