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...latest Def Jux tour made its final stop at the Middle East in Central Square last Saturday, playing to an energetic, almost entirely white crowd. It was the triumphal return of Boston’s own The Perceptionists, featuring Mr Lif, Akrobatik and DJ Fakts One, who tore through unreleased political tracks (“Where are the weapons of mass destruction?” goes the chorus of one surprisingly catchy track) as well as an extended praise poem to the New England Patriots. Shock G, founding member of Digital Underground provided a bridge between the acts, guesting with...
...flying leaps, coming dangerously close to connecting with the Middle East’s low ceiling. At one point, during a small dance routine, he even does the splits and comes up grinning at fellow Living Legend Scarub, who accompanies Murs set. Sacrub remains unimpressed. In accordance with the Def Jux community spirit, Scarub gets to strut his own stuff several times, particularly after Murs does a string of “Girl raps” including a song dedicated to “All the girls who ever gave me head...
Murs is something of an anomaly in the Def Jux world. His labelmates run the gamut from the dense, free-associating backpack rap of Aesop Rock, through the political screeds of Mr Lif and the new Perceptionists, to El-P’s own industrial dystopic rap. Murs does not fit any of these descriptions. He has been called the most mainstream Def Jux artist, a suggestion supported by the fact that his last album, Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition was produced entirely by 9th Wonder, who had his big break producing “Threat?...
...Like when Rick Rubin produces the Red Hot Chili Peppers, then it’s a Rick Rubin album. I like that. Lyrically, I’m all over the place as well, so the production helps unify the album.” Murs’ Def Jux debut was a who’s who of underground producers, featuring El-P, Ant, RJD2 and Blockhead on songs that veered from battle raps to narratives and back. “I wanted to show everything I could do,” says Murs...
...describes the challenge of making his way in the rap game; he pays an ambivalent tribute to gansta culture on “Walk Like A Man” and protests his honestly dirty intentions on “Bad Man.” In the Def Jux crowd, Murs rhymes are distinguished by the very ordinariness of their subject matter...