It takes a uniquely adaptable producer to craft the slinking, stripped-down beats at the forefront of the 2020s female R&B revolution all while transforming Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. But Tim Maxey is versatile enough to bounce between those worlds—and to create several others all his own. The Chicago native’s compositions are never cluttered: They breathe, they bend, then snap back into robust pockets.