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Within seconds of beginning our interview by phone, Def Jux rapper Murs has interrupted my questions to ask where I’m from (I have an accent). When I tell him, he says he’s surprised I even listen to hip-hop. “Hip-hop?...
Formerly of the Living Legends crew, currently on the cutting edge Def Jux label and aspiring Harvard student, Murs is finally starting to break it big after many years on the West Coast underground. Def Jux has become the hip-hop label to watch thanks to the careful management of...
Murs says of the Def Jukies that, even if their not all best friends, “We all get along. There’s a common respect.” How much does El-P’s choice of who to sign have on the label community? ?...
The 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...
If commercial rap often has the best beats, underground rap tends to rule the roost when it comes to performance, and Murs proves the point. A long, pointed beard offsets his Denzel good looks. When he raps, his energy is channeled through blazing eyes while one hand reaches towards the...