This week’s From The Vault comes all the way from 1996 courtesy of Maxwell. Released as the 2nd single from his debut album, ‘Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite’, ‘Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)’ was the 1st of many hits for the falsetto master, peaking at #8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.
This song is a true classic of 90s R&B and still enjoys consistent airplay (even here in Trinidad). Maxwell is definitely one of the best singers (male or female) that the industry has seen in a long time and what is most impressive is the fact that his vocal prowess has only gotten better.
If you want to test the power of this record then simply play it in a large crowd and see what happens.
21 COMMENTS
_MAXRIAH_
March 6, 2011 at 8:26 pm
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! My BOY!
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BITCH-PLEASE
March 6, 2011 at 8:49 pm
NO, he’s MY boy!
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ヅ•·.·´¯`·.·•-ΛALEXISR-ΑΛΕΞΙΣ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ★ ☆ ✰ T.I.P.•·.·´¯`·.·ヅ
March 6, 2011 at 8:55 pm
STAND UP!
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BREEZYTHEBEST
March 6, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Damn Trent you should have put whenever, wherever,whatever,that is my ish.
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RONALDMATTERS.COM
March 6, 2011 at 9:23 pm
MY PUSSY RUNNETH OVER WITH JUICES RIGHT NOW!!
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RONALDMATTERS.COM
March 6, 2011 at 9:24 pm
*PRESSES REPLAY*
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Royalkev
March 6, 2011 at 9:31 pm
So true! Everyone looooves Maxwell! I liked a few of his songs: Fortunate, Lifetime, This woman’s work, Bad habits and ofcourse my favorite from him, Pretty wings are classics!
*NEW*ThePagewithroyalkev.blogspot.com(…Still a place for EVERYTHING! )
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Leo
March 6, 2011 at 9:54 pm
this dude is a miracle, hands down. love
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genes
March 6, 2011 at 10:53 pm
my fave will have to be cococure and lets no play the game
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123456
March 6, 2011 at 11:01 pm
1. Wow finally a man vault after over 10 back to back females.
2. one of the best singers??? i luv max but cmon now his voice is not even strong
3. max is hot
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GUEST
March 6, 2011 at 11:47 pm
vocal prowess has gotten better w/ time??? LOL, love Max, but uhmmm…….NO
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stan
March 6, 2011 at 11:49 pm
i prefer some of his other songs. but it’s still good to see him featured.
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Jair
March 7, 2011 at 2:02 am
Love Maxwell. I saw his tour with Jill Scott, and this was the encore song before “Pretty Wings”. He had the entire STAPLES Center singing the words. It was such a magical moment. Ah, memories…
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Anthony The Great
March 7, 2011 at 2:23 am
I was actually just jamming to this song in my car like 2 hours ago. I love Maxwell. He is absolutely one of the few male r&b artist who I adore.
I miss his afro.
@12345
You don’t have to have strong voice to be considered a great singer.
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amar
March 7, 2011 at 2:25 am
says its blocked in my country
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~aMaZiNG.Lee~
March 7, 2011 at 3:17 am
YESSSSSSSSS! Love this man to death!
I love each and every one of his albums dearly and I still think he’s VERY underrated. He needs to hurry up with the second installment of his BlackSummersNight trilogy!
Love Maxwell! <3
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Reina
March 7, 2011 at 5:23 am
@JAIR I was there 2, it was a magical moment!!
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Tami
March 7, 2011 at 6:18 am
Ronald Matters YOU ARE A MAN HOW THE HECK DO YOU HAVE A PUSSY?
Anyways I love Maxwell he oozes sexy, classy and sensuality love him.
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@audrey_j
March 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm
LMBO the animation iz killin meh !!
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eueu
March 8, 2011 at 4:25 am
THIS IS STILL A CLASSIC
MY MAMA WAS A MAXWELL FAN FROM DAY ONE
COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF HIM
HE’S ONE TALENTED DUDE
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Cheers (Drink to That)
March 10, 2011 at 5:51 pm
This was such an AMAZING song, they don’t make songs like this anymore! SMH
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