blackSUMMERS'night

"BlackSUMMERS'night" is the fifth studio album by American R&B recording artist Maxwell. He produced most of the record with longtime collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Hod David; two songs were also co-produced by Stuart Matthewman. The album was released on July 1, 2016, by Columbia Records and charted at number three on the Billboard 200 while garnering widespread acclaim from critics. BlackSUMMERS'night was Maxwell's first record in seven years, following 2009's BLACKsummers'night, which was the first in a planned trilogy of albums whose names were distinguished by the capitalization of letters in one phrase of the same title. BlackSUMMERS'night reached #1 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) chart.