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- The End Of The Beginning
- - 116,811 plays
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Murs
Released 2003

God's Work
04:24
9,515 plays

What Do You Know
04:05
8,788 plays

Risky Business
04:52
7,587 plays

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- 1
- You And I
- 03:13
- 10,813 plays

- 2
- Dibbs Did This Shit
- 02:09
- 4,247 plays

- 3
- What Do You Know
- 04:05
- 8,788 plays

- 4
- The Scuffle
- 03:44
- 4,497 plays

- 5
- The Night Before?
- 04:38
- 6,877 plays

- 6
- Transitionz Az A Ridah
- 03:26
- 6,854 plays

- 7
- Happy Pillz
- 04:56
- 15,170 plays

- 8
- Risky Business
- 04:52
- 7,587 plays

- 9
- The Dance
- 04:37
- 4,681 plays

- 10
- God's Work
- 04:24
- 9,515 plays

- 11
- Def Cover
- 03:56
- 3,701 plays

- 12
- Please Leave
- 03:46
- 3,991 plays

- 13
- Sore Losers
- 02:50
- 3,635 plays

- 14
- BTS
- 03:07
- 3,672 plays

- 15
- 18/W A Bullet Remix
- 04:27
- 6,619 plays

- 16
- Brotherly Love
- 03:50
- 5,422 plays

- 17
- Got Damned?
- 04:19
- 5,154 plays

- 18
- Done Deal
- 03:28
- 5,590 plays

album review

A ten-year hip-hop veteran, Murs doesn't want to be called an up-and-comer anymore, and he proves his maturity with one of the most refreshing rap records in years, an excellent debut for Definitive Jux named The End of the Beginning. Murs has an old-school flow that recalls Ice Cube, and unlike many in underground rap, he's not only got a clever delivery but a lot to say. What immediately impresses about the album is the ample variety of moods and material: "The Night Before..." is a streets-is-watching nightmare with a vicious chorus ("Last night I almost got shot on my block/Not the block where I live at/The block where I chill at"), but a few tracks later, Murs is inviting Digital Underground's Shock-G over to his pad for "Risky Business," and looking on in disbelief as Shock's alter ego, Humpty Hump, wreaks more carnage than The Cat in the Hat (sample: "Yo, is your Dad's Rolls blue?/Cuz I got bad news..."). "Transitions az a Ridah" has him remembering good times on a skateboard and ordering a moment of silence for all his favorite spots, while Aesop Rock stops by for the deliriously stoned "Happy Pillz." Whether he's ordering past-their-prime rappers off the mic ("Please Leave") or stressing over how much his favorite action figures cost ("BT$"), Murs is the most entertaining, least affected rapper since Biz Markie, and with the skills of Ice Cube it's clear that unlike the Biz, he's no novelty act. As usual, he says it best, on "The Night Before...": "Now some claim gangsta rap's to see an end of the streets, but it's use is an excuse to pretend over beats/So I'm-a lend my speech to all within my reach to tell what really goes on, from sales to the streets." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide