Xavier23 said:

Absolutely nothing. I just dont wanna listen to it.

Every artist has every right to sing about their gay experiences/pleasures if they want. And yes, Maxwell is an extraordinary artist and I respect him for desire to come out the closet on this next album if he is...but I dont wanna hear it....just like I wouldnt wanna hear some boring-ass country song. Does that make me country-phobic???

IF this is true and Maxy decides to "come out" it will hurt his sales because his main audience is women...BLACK women. And Black women are ALWAYS worried about that DOWN LOW BROTHA. Maxy would basically be doing career suicide.

boriquateddy said:

Oh my bad, I was reading through these responses fast.

OnionJuice said:

I co-sign on all of that! If the rumors are true about Maxwell then he's still a great singer and I'll continue to enjoy his previous jams but I don't think that I'll be able to relate to his vibe any longer if the majority of his lyrics are addressed to a man. That by no means implies I'll be against him, it means that he would no longer represent like he used to(despite the long lasting gay rumors).

Before part of my diggin' his style was that he was the sensitive brother melting women's hearts and soiling their panties while getting air play in a world of generic thugs that the media decided were spokesmen for all black men. Maxwell was the voice of fellas like myself and had the respect of fans and non fans alike.If he's gone another route then I guess well still have Musiq and a few others to help break the doors down.

OnionJuice said:

so? i can't get rid of the sign myself.

sitruk7 said:

"to help break the doors down"
Think about that.

Bfunkthe1 said:

That is something to think about. If Max goes George Micheal's route, Musiq would be the only Neo cat left for you fellas to use while getting the drawers from us ladies. Ah wow, it is amazing how things can change w/in a blink of an eye.

MsLegs said:

Much respect...you made some great points...But according to the allhiphop post, the issue wasn't that Maxwell was coming out (To me people should be able to do what they want to do in their private lives, so that's the end of that)...It was the point that Maxwell recorded a record that explicitly detailed sexual acts with another man...I think that's totally different...Elton John and George Michael came out of the closet...but they did not write explicit songs about their sexual relationships...To all of the org's gay members, if you think that its homophobic for a straight man not to want to hear a record in which a man is openly professing his love to another man, you are not being reasonable. Just as there are some people that find straight explicit content a little hard to deal with, the same applies for gay themes. Once again, it's one thing to hate, hurt, discriminate on a person for there sexual preference. But a man who doesn't want to see or hear another cat getting it on with a man is not neccessarily homophobic...I know it's a brave new world, but you can't expect people to accept everything...
[Edited 6/10/05 20:46pm]

I'm not too quick to believe these rumors, but it wouldn't shock me if Max were gay. My wife says the same thing, and she loves that man.

As for his wanting to release a candidly homoeerotic album, I'd LOVE it. I'd buy multiple copies and support him all the way!

Now, a sexually vulgar album is another matter. That's old, tired and tacky whether he's talking about doing a guy or girl.
[Edited 6/10/05 21:10pm]

murph said:

"Nuff Said

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

If that's the case, then how much is this country (Prince.org) worth?

murph said:

Elton and George may not have written explicit homoerotic songs but they made homoerotic videos which makes the meaning of the song implied. So get your facts straight.

As with most of Max hetero female fans, yeah I am shocked but nothing is surprising these days in 2K.

This thread is fucked up.

Always thought Maxwell sucked ass anyway. Looks like dude's hungry 4 publicity.

HrdwcH said:

You never know. That last album didn't sell as well I heard.

That's the same shit that people used to say about blacks and interracial couples....."I don't have a problem with it, just keep it in a closet and out of my face". Meanwhile, these same people were flaunting their relationship with someone of the same race in public.

Apparently, you, as well as many other men, have no respect for women either and don't see them as equal to a man. Y'all have a problem with two men getting it on because you find it "sick" and "disgusting", but y'all are ready to cum all over yourselves watching two women. You must think it's OK for women to engage in such "sick" and "disgusting" acts because, hey, they are just a second class woman and are not equal to men. I guess they are just put on this earth to entertain a man.

That bullshit in the movies about two women is strictly fantasy. Those bitches are getting paid well for that. In real life, lesbians do not let men watch them and they sure as hell don't let a man join in. At least a lesbian with any damn self respect wouldn't. There are a few that do but they are usually crackheads or some confused slutty bitch that don't know what they want to do and have no gay pride. Also, in real life, it's not usually the couple you see in the movies....two beautiful feminine ladies getting it on. It's usually one feminine lady and one masculine lady. These bulldaggers would beat their woman's ass if she even thought about being with a man and she should beat that ass.




And what makes you think that gay people are happy every time they turn on the TV and see a damn man and woman kissing? It works both ways. If people are supposed to be truly equal, they need to take those motherfuckers off the TV also. It's about time for true equality and if people don't like it.....fuck 'em. Gay people should have the right to flaunt their shit just like straight people have been doing all along and should tell these people that don't like it to kiss their ass.

Thank you.

Oh yes he is. I've seen how Luther is first hand. He doesn't go around admitting it to the press but in every day life, he very much flaunts it and does it with a "fuck you" attitude. I could always take or leave Luther's music, but after I saw that, I gained tremendous respect for him.

If Maxwell admitted that he was gay, he wouldn't be one of those "down low" men, or as we haved called them for years...."trade". These "trade" assholes are usually those hardcore rapper types that are more masculine than a straight man. The reason they are so overly masculine is because they have something to hide.

murph said:

I mean, I get everything you're saying on some level. You can't really politicize people's tastes. People like what they like, period. But you just have to put yourself in gay folks' shoes for a second, because we've historically had so little access to commercialized art. There's nowhere for us to really see ourselves in the media other than porn and the rare George Michael/Elton/Etheridge breakthrough. So most of us have just learned to live with straight art as our main diet. And I truly don't mind it...hell, I owned Too Short as a teen, cause he's filthy and funny and the beats were hot. But it's this "if it's talking about anything gay I want nothing to do with it" attitude that really pisses me off. I can't understand why someone who like Maxwell before wouldn't at least still dig the music if he came out. It's a very all-or-nothing viewpoint, and it's the reason gay people often get blocked from music, movies, TV, etc. But I guess at the end of the day, Boriqua Teddy's right: You don't like it, don't buy it. It's not going to affect my enjoyment of it. Oh, wait. It's Maxwell. I don't like his music.

murph said:

Once upon a time,the masses had a difficult time dealing with interracial relationships.Maybe we'll get closer to utopia once we abandoned all of our phobias.

Maxwell's last album "Now" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts when it came out in 2001. I believe it went platinum. So, it was not a failure of any kind.

He's a great musician, and I'm not sure I believe this story anyway. This is a damn rumor for now.

I doubt Maxwell is gay I think this is another Wendy Williams type rumour besides have you seen his last girlfriend she was hot. can remember her name right off.

vainandy said:

vainandy said:

Exactly Vain.

vainandy said:

You are correct. A lot of these Trade Assholes or Wannabe Hard Rappper Types are actually the DL brothas who are the ones that are fucking around especially in the underground scence in LA and ATL and other cities as well.

I would have to agree with you about Max if he indeed is coming out of the closet. He definitely wouldn't be one of those closet case/greedy muthafuckas playing a woman on the side and would be true to himself. From what I've heard from people that know Max, his music is a reflection of his soul.

MsLegs said:

Of course I believe the man if it came from his lips and GM is an exception people speculated long before he came out with his gayness

TonyVanDam said:

That was so lame...

ABeautifulOne said:

...except that I was dead serious!