he acted like he had temporary insanity when he was describing why he made that record, and how "left" it was. which is pure bullshit. there's nothing "left" about it unless u look at it thru the ever-narrowing lens of contemporary r&b/soul muzak.

actually its less him im meh with, more the strictures that led him to pretty-much disown the MAJORITY of that LP and hardly perform any of the songs (bar "Everwanting" on his most recent tours).

i love that he was guna perform the WHOLE ALBUM before his throat got fucked up. that shows me he was at least making peace with the album and giving fans a RARE treat. but his explanations and his handling of the song on Vh1 Storytellers was so...GRATING lol. he even dissed his own lyrics on the 2nd verse by sayn sumthn like sarcastically telln the crowd "OH YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKN BOUT!", making light of the fact that it still goes over ppls heads, even tho the lyrics aren't THAT fkn complicated.

...so yeh lol. course i still love Max, always and forever he will be the man. but his vibe toward the greatest disc of music he's ever produced in his entire career was just off. mostly i couldnt believe that in 2012, he's still feeling the need to defend, explain away and EXCUSE "Embrya". dude should NOT have been an r&b star, he shoulda run with a different crowd altogether that won't automatically make him feel so fucking insecure bout following his own muse/Musze.

V.