Murs

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- Murs For President
- Released 2008

- Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
- Released 2004

- Murray's Revenge
- Released 2006

- The End Of The Beginning
- Released 2003

biography

A longtime friend of Definitive Jux leader El-P, rapper Murs first appeared as a solo artist in 2003, after nearly a decade of working with various groups in the underground. Based in Los Angeles, his first single was released in 1993, and came from a self-released album by his first group, 3 Melancholy Gypsies. The track barely made a dent, but it did catch the attention of indie hip-hop fans in the area. Through time, the group members became friends with Mystik Journeymen, who asked 3MG (their shortened name) to join him when he started the Living Legends collective in 1996.

Between both 3MG and the Living Legends, Murs rapped on several influential indie rap albums, appearing on more than 20 records, EPs, and singles within a seven-year period. When El-P started to pull together his Def Jux label, Murs contacted the producer and told him he would release his solo record for the company once he had the opportunity. His commitments to both the Legends and 3MG often kept him from working on the album, but after a few years of slowly putting together tracks, Murs finally delivered The End of the Beginning in the spring of 2003.

Featuring flashier production than his group projects, the album was more in tune with a mainstream hip-hop record, though projects with Anticon rapper Slug under the name Felt -- A Tribute to Christina Ricci and A Tribute to Lisa Bonet -- unveiled a more experimental side to his artistry. The rapper returned to solo work with Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition, a collaboration with producer 9th Wonder, in 2004. One of the tracks from that album, "Walk Like a Man," inspired a movie starring Murs himself, along with Damien Wigfall. The soundtrack, Walk Like a Man, also appeared in mid-2005. Murs teamed up again with 9th Wonder to release Murray's Revenge in 2006. Two years later, he jumped to the majors for a contract with Warner Bros., which yielded Murs for President, with appropriately major-label features for will.i.am and Snoop Dogg. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

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- - amazin'
  - - By GBbaseball38
    - 6/29/2009 22:08:45
  - check this man out!!
  - 1 out of 1 people
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- - Beware MURS Merch guy
  - - By Biniss
    - 11/16/2008 18:52:07
  - I was gonna buy MURS for President at the show the other night, but the merch guy said I could download it for free if I bought the other, newer MURS + 9th Wonder CD. Sounds good, right? Buy the newer CD and get Murs For President for free. What he didn't tell, of course, is that I had to sign up for a Zune account in order to download it. I learned this after the purchase. Thing is, I have a Mac and you can't opperate Zune on Macs. Not to mention that Zune sucks. I love ya, Murs, but that merch guy is screwing fans.
  - 1 out of 5 people
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- - Murs Killed It In Pittsburgh!
  - - By Belt826
    - 10/26/2008 11:50:50
  - With a bad eye & pulled groin he still killed it!
  - 2 out of 2 people
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- - Murs for President
  - - By JonDre Da Giant
    - 10/2/2008 03:29:11
  - Don't sleep on the album, one of the most dynamic, period
  - 5 out of 5 people
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- - That bio is wrong.
  - - By I KruZer I
    - 8/17/2008 03:41:53
  - Slug is one the original emcees from Rhymesayers, not anticon.
  - 5 out of 6 people
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