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...ranges from slavery to crack.Similarly, “Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later),” which borrows the hook from Michael Jackson’s “I Wanna Be Where You Are,” begins with MURS?? solution to all of America’s ailments: “Love one another / Realize there’s no difference.” However, MURS?? indignation at being branded a sellout takes over before long. He goes on to respond to the haters accusing him of abandoning...
...cover of Tupac’s “I Get Around” as well as backing up Murs throughout his set. Shock emerged from behind his decks and keyboards to play himself and alter ego Humpty Hump on “Risky Business” from Murs?? Def Jux debut, The End of the Beginning...
...whole way through. “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...
True to form, the latest release on Definitive Jux subverts expectations. On The End of the Beginning, Murs?? debut album on the fashionable NYC label, the Living Legends rapper forges a new style fully removed from those of his likely influences...
Sadly, this glimpse into Murs?? complexity is hardly developed on the rest of the album. Given its shortcomings in the content department, The End of the Beginning is best enjoyed—as Murs implies—like a good situation comedy. It’s not an awful way to spend an hour, but don’t expect to learn much...
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