"Forever man, you'll never be better than; Murs & 9th Wonder wanna welcome you to Nevaland!...Classic competition, man we killin' composition. Catalogue's consistent; its compelling you to listen. True Poetry, we do it how it's pose to be, cause right before I write it, I imagine you quoting me!"
Whewwww!!! If you didn't know, I swear I told you before. This guy Murs, man this guy..(sigh). Its almost unfathomable what he creates with a mic & a concept. The quoted above from his opening track Fornever on his new album with fruity loops extraordinaire/ college professor 9th Wonder.
If you're not hip to the type of magic these guys make when sharing studio time, then I might just find more interest having a chat with you sir about life in a lost cause dimension, cause you're obviously on another [dull] planet. The album is only 10 tracks long, but its definitely ten strong tracks. From lyricism gone wild on tracks like 'Fornever feat. Kurupt' and 'I Used to Love Her [common remake], ' to more intricately personal tracks like 'Vikki Veil [tale about Mur's past relationship up with porn star Roxy Reynolds] and back on over to the laid back 'Cigarettes & Liquor' or 'Asian Girls', there's definitely something for everyone on this album.
If you're just looking for what I call conversational rap, you'll definitely get a laugh or too from this albums with tracks like 'Let Me Talk feat. Suga Free' where Murs proceeds to try and watch a sports game while his wife nags him. Its a track that many[men] will easily relate to; however, the shining moment on this track easily goes to Suga Free with lines like, "Ya man, she told the judge I hit her. She hit herself in the head wit a bag of apples, And I told her I hate going to yo spot, Cause her daddy can't say nothing unless he put that thing on his neck that make em sound like a robot" and others like, "And you ever been with one or two b*tches in the car, you know she farted but she looking at you like you did it, see yall dirty to us..".
Murs even gives us a hood version of Cinderalla in 'West Coast Cinderella'. With all that said, there's no denying the motivational, fired up track 'The Problem Is...' where Murs lays into the realizations we need to come to as a people, and the Obama-like Change we need to strive for within ourselves for ourselves. Overall, I'd rate the album a 4/5 stars.
!! MURS Concert!!!
05/21/2010 10:00 PM
Rock and Roll Hotel
1353 H Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
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