Maxwell Shell is subjected to a problem few wordsmiths can claim: he writes SO much that he has a hard time finding places to put his words even in his notebooks, much less packing them into allotted times on the mic. When he linked up with the sound architect Real Soon the (Instru)Mental, suddenly he found himself able to leave behind the constraints of traditional wordsmithing. As a duo, they've launched into an exploration of hip-hop that threatens to blaze new trails in style, delivery, thought process, and sonic concept. Maxwell Shell says what's on his mind at ALL times, is unafraid to take a meditative, personal, spiritual path, and will leave you in the dust if you don't keep up. He's been there and done that, he represents hard, and his love of life, poetry, and family (blood and extended) emanates like an aura...an aura that sharpens into clear images when he speaks on his life in Cleveland, OH.