Background Analysis of Songs

1. DETAILED TEXTUAL
ANALYSIS MUSIC VIDEOS

2. M BEAT FT. GENERAL LEVY- INCREDIBLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL2Bgj-za5k&hd=1
General Levy is a reggae musician who specialises in drum and bass. He is
widely known for his most popular song “Incredible” which was recorded with M-
Beat. A remixed version of Incredible reached number 8 in the UK singles chart in
1994.

3. BACKGROUND
General Levy first released songs were with his own independent record
label that was called Fashion Records who signed a distribution deal
with London Records and they re-released tracks he had already
recorded. General created many tracks for the dancehall scene but was
ostracized by the UK jungle scene in 1994. He thought of himself very
highly in the jungle genre and in an interview made a commenting
stating that ‘He run the jungle scene at the moment’. Incredible was
featured in the comedy film Ali G Indahouse.

4. KREPT & KONAN AT THE 1XTRA GRIME
PROM/FREAK OF THE WEEK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOQOA5e5hzo
Freak of the Week is a song by two British rappers from London Krept and
Konan which features vocals from American artist Jeremih. The song was first
released to the public to download on 28th June 2015 this was their first song
from their album ‘The Long Way Home’. The song made it to number 9 on the UK
singles chart and there is also a remix version of the song that includes Who Am
I by Beenie Man.

5. BACKGROUND
The album that has 16 tracks on it features collaborations with Rick Ross, Ed
sheeran, Emeli Sande, Wiz Khalifa, Skepta and Konan’s mum.

6. MAXWELL- THIS WOMEN'S WORK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkeCNeHcmXY
This women’s work was written for the film ‘She’s having a baby’. It is about the exciting
but frightening event of childbirth. The film She’s having a baby is when a man finds
out that his wife and unborn child are in danger when the song plays in the film it is
with flash backs of when the couple we happy. Maxwell’s version is a cover of the
original sung by Kate Bush. The song was written and performed in 1988.

7. BACKGROUND
About the video:
Maxwell’s cover of this women's work start with pictures of Maxwell and his lover this is
all done in black and white. In one of the pictures it shows that Maxwell's lover had
passed away and Maxwell later in the video sees a ghost of his lover in the middle
of the street and walked towards her. When walking towards her in the street he
falls into a grave full of water which would drown his sorrow, he looks up at the
cloud and that reveals the face of his lover. Towards the end of the video Maxwell
reminisces the loss of his lover and wants everything to go away.
The genre of this song is soul/RnB it also peaked in the US Billboard charts at 58 on
Billboard Hot 100 in 2002 and 16 on the hot RnB/Hip hop songs. The video has also
appeared in my favourite film Love and Basketball and also Stomp the Yard.