DUBCNN: MURS update for 2007. working with Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia,RickRock

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Murs update for 2007, signs to Warner Brothers

With major label support from Warner Bros. Murs has been able to surpass the glass ceiling of the underground circuit. Murs has been hard at work his recording upcoming album “Murs for President.” Murs has been able to sit down with several marque artists and producers such as Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, Nottz, The Game, Ne-Yo, Rick Rock, Droop E, 1500, Terrace Martin and host of others. Stay tuned for more exciting updates as Murs continues to break new ground while recording his soon to be masterpiece “Murs for President.” He is currently 35 songs into "Murs For President", which is slated to hit stores this summer. The album is the follow up to Murs' last critically acclaimed solo album "Murray's Revenge" [AllHipHop.com's 2006 Independent Album of the Year], which re-teamed him with producer 9th Wonder.

Video: Murs working in the studio with Snoop Dogg and Terrace Martin (YouTube)
Images: (1) Murs with Snoop Dogg and Terrace Martin. (2) Murs with Nottz

Murs recently headlined the Paid Dues Festival on Saturday, March 24th at the Orange Pavilion, NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. Murs performed to a sold out venue with the crowd capacity reaching 7,000. Featured acts included Felt (Murs & Atmosphere), Sage Francis, Blackalicious, Brother Ali, Jean Grae, Visionaries, Mr. Lif, Cage, Zion I & The Grouch, Devin the Dude, Evidence w/ Alchemist, Pigeon John, Los Nativos, and Hangar 18.

Video: Murs performing at the Paid Dues Festival with Slug (YouTube)
Image: Murs at Paid Dues Festival

Murs attended AllStar Weekend 2007 in Las Vegas, NV for the Second Annual Hip Hop Gaming League Finals. Murs attended major events and was profiled on TNT during Half-time of the Rookie Allstar Game. Murs was interviewed by Kenny Smith and shared the spotlight with Ne-Yo and Just Blaze discussing a video game challenge between Ne-Yo and Just Blaze during the final of Snoop Doggs HipHop Gaming League.

Video: Murs on the TNT halftime segment for NBA's Rookie All Star Game with Ne-Yo and Just Blaze (YouTube)
Images: (1) Murs playing at the HHGL finals. (2) Murs on the NBA All Star Halftime Show with Just Blaze and Ne-Yo

[Bones01]

good news. propz

[Blu Lacez]

props!!!
haven't really gotten use to his voice, but his lyrics are cool!!!

Wish him all the best!!!

props Once again!

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

shit he looks so different now!!!! but thats dope news i will support he's talented

[lonestone]

I hope he does good.

[thisoneguy360]

Murs is tight, his rapping style seems to contradict peoples like Snoop Three Six and Game though

[Conan]

yeah.. his new collaborations are definitely going to surprise a lot of his old fans..

three 6 mafia track was just a production, they didnt rap on it.

Murs laid a crazy anthem with Snoop though, featuring Latoiya williams, over a Terrace martin beat. Its a wrap!

but one thing you know about murs is that whatever happens, you know he aint changing. He's the kind of guy that stays the same person throughout. murs will never in a hundred years sell his soul or change his image to something hes not. and i think thats something you can tell just by listening to his music.

That may be true, but I guarantee you that plenty of his current fans are going to take one look at those collaborations and shudder. I'm not saying they're justified in doing so, but I see this as an inevitability. If working with Snoop and company helps take Murs' relatively deep material to a wider audience, I'm all for it. He runs the risk, though, of alienating a few of his listeners. Their loss, I'm guessing.

Anyway, I hope this new deal works out for him. I'm definitely a fan, A-list collaborations or not.

[rik]

Good looks on the update. Can't wait for some new Murs shit. 


On another note that muthafucka has a whole lot of hair. Shit's crazy.

[Lil Jay]

Good looks on the update. Can't wait for some new Murs shit. 


On another note that muthafucka has a whole lot of hair. Shit's crazy.

lol yeah, I was wondering whassup with the hair

[G. Sean Peters]

wheres Snoop in the video?

[Theodore]

lol would't recognize dude anymore. just seen him once in that dvd he put out.

anyway, looking forward to his album, though i really dont know what to expect of this

[CRAFTY]

Good looks on the update. Can't wait for some new Murs shit. 

[R-Tistic]

yeah.. his new collaborations are definitely going to surprise a lot of his old fans..

three 6 mafia track was just a production, they didnt rap on it.

Murs laid a crazy anthem with Snoop though, featuring Latoiya williams, over a Terrace martin beat. Its a wrap!

but one thing you know about murs is that whatever happens, you know he aint changing. He's the kind of guy that stays the same person throughout. murs will never in a hundred years sell his soul or change his image to something hes not. and i think thats something you can tell just by listening to his music.

That may be true, but I guarantee you that plenty of his current fans are going to take one look at those collaborations and shudder. I'm not saying they're justified in doing so, but I see this as an inevitability. If working with Snoop and company helps take Murs' relatively deep material to a wider audience, I'm all for it. He runs the risk, though, of alienating a few of his listeners. Their loss, I'm guessing.

Anyway, I hope this new deal works out for him. I'm definitely a fan, A-list collaborations or not.

Yeah, that's one thing I fear could happen, but it shouldn't.

I've heard the Droop-E track, Ne-Yo track, Kokane track, Jelly Roll, and maybe 1-2 more. The Droop-E one sounds a bit hyphy, but it actually reminds you of some of those abstract beats that the Living Legends used to rap to. The version I heard didn't have the hook yet, and the beat kept goin for like 3 minutes after the verses were done...but the verses sounded just like everything else he does. The Ne-Yo track had a hook from him sayin somethin like "yo girlfriend's bout to be yo ex-girlfriend...yo ex-girl's bout to be my girlfriend" and I think he had a verse or bridge on it...but the story sounded exactly like somethin we've heard from Murs before, without waterin anything down or tryin to make it commercially appealing, even though the beat was radio ready. The Kokane track was hot, and I can't remember if that's the one Jelly Roll did or not.

[Tanjential]

Hell yes.

3:16 is a classic. murs is the shit. gonna see him at rock the bells.

he's growin' his hair out to have a more distinctive and marketable/memorable image.

he's not gonna change his rapping style/lyricism, but he is about to market himself like he's never been marketed before. props to a hustler.

damn, i'd kill to hear dude over a dr.dre beat. snoop,kokane, jelly roll and Game? yeah bitches.

-T

[Tanjential]

seriously, all 14000 members of dubcnn need to buy this shit. this dude should be the west coast lupe fiasco.

-T