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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...
Murs points out that few hip-hop albums have a single producer the 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...
In contrast, Murs 3:16 9th’s production is scrupulously clean cut and consistent, of a piece with the mainstream soul-sampling work of Kanye West. The album’s ten tracks are surprisingly short and direct as well—one gets the impression that a...
Yet Murs is “proud to bear the title” of underground (rumor has it that his name stands for “Makin’ Underground Raw Shit”). He sees underground music as defined by its subject matter, encompassing ordinary, everyday events, and by...
At the show, Murs and Scarub keep heads nodding and arms pumping, despite some noisy fans of Mr Lif. Towards the end of his set he looks both tired and elated. “I officially messed up my back doing all those jumps,” he announces to...