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The music video takes place in a dim household and some scenes of the video shows five separate women in their beds sleeping. Maxwell served as an Incubus who is in bed with the women in their own scenes. In the final minutes of the video the women all levitate above their beds after reaching a state of euphoria by the Incubus.
Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Haitian mother and a Puerto Rican father. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti. [11] [12] [13] Maxwell's father died in a plane crash around 1976 or 1977 when Maxwell was three years old. [14]
According to R. Kelly, Maxwell didn't want to sing "Fortunate". Instead, he wanted to sing the song " Life " - which Kelly gave to K-Ci & JoJo . Kelly rejected Maxwell's idea because he felt that the neo-soul singer wouldn't have been believable singing a song from the perspective of a prison inmate.
Maxwell's lyrics concern his falling in and out of love during his sabbatical period prior to the album's release. [6] In an interview with Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul, Maxwell stated "The inspiration was real life itself. You know, while I was taking time away from the industry, I came across a relationship that took me by surprise."
Embrya is the second studio album by American recording artist Maxwell, released on June 30, 1998, by Columbia Records.As on his 1996 debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, he collaborated with record producer and Sade member Stuart Matthewman.
The album has been noted for the sincerity of Maxwell's lyrics, which depict a man's weakness and vulnerability to a woman's love. [9] [17] In an interview with music journalist Mark Coleman, Maxwell cited his respect for African-American women as the inspiration for the respectful nature of his lyrics towards women. [4]
"Bad Habits" is an R&B song by American R&B singer Maxwell. The song is the second single released from BLACKsummers'night and peaked at number four on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, spending 46 weeks on the chart. [1]
"Luxury: Cococure" is a song by American R&B singer Maxwell, released as the first single from his second album, Embrya (1998). The song received heavy radio play on mainstream pop and r&b radio markets, but failed to reach either Billboard Hot 100 or R&B songs chart. The single peaked to no. 16 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in 1998. [1]