| "Incredible" | ||||
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| Single by Keith Murray featuring LL Cool J | ||||
| from the album It's a Beautiful Thing | ||||
| Released | September 15, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Mirror Image Recorders (Dix Hills, NY) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
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| Producer(s) | Erick Sermon | |||
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| LL Cool J singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Incredible" on YouTube | ||||
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"Incredible" is a song by American rappers Keith Murray and LL Cool J. It was released on September 15,1998 through Jive Records as the only single from Murray's third studio album It's a Beautiful Thing . Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image Recorders in Dix Hills. Production was handled by Erick Sermon,who used a sample from James Brown's song "Sportin' Life". The single peaked at 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and 27 on the Hot Rap Songs in the United States.
A music video directed by Diane Martel was released for the song. The music video,a parody of comics' Batman and Robin,starred Murray as the Robin-inspired "Lyrical Lexicon" and Redman as the Batman-inspired "Funk Doctor Spock". The two faced LL Cool J as the duo's archnemesis based on The Joker called "The Last Laugher",Erick Sermon as "The Green Eyed Bandit",Craig Mack as "Sinister James",and the Catwoman-styled character "Chickenhead".
A sample of the song was used in Army of the Pharaohs's song "The Ultimatum" from the album The Unholy Terror .
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Incredible" (Clean Version) | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Incredible" (Instrumental) | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Incredible" (Album Version) | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Incredible" (Acapella) | 3:00 |
| Charts (1998) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles (OCC) [2] | 52 |
| UK Dance (OCC) [3] | 14 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [4] | 8 |
| UK Indie (OCC) [5] | 13 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 70 |
| US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [7] | 27 |