"Murs For President" Single & Words From DJ Quik - Plus Release Date

[Rud]

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"Murs For President" Single & Words From DJ Quik - August 21, 2008 By : Rud



Since April 2007 we've been talking about the highly anticpated new album from "Living Legend" Murs. Since signing to Warner Bros Records Murs has been working on "Murs For President" and the album is now ready for release on September 30, 2008.

Back in November you had the first chance to hear material from the album in the Nottz produced then lead single "Better Than The Best" [ Quicktime Low | Quicktime High | Windows Media Low | Windows Media High]

Then in January "Better Than The Best" spawned a video which you can watch on Dubcnn here. Since then his time has been taken up with the Paid Dues and Rock The Bells festivals which were once again a huge success. Last month Murs re-emerged with the acclaimed "Sweet Lord" free album release alongside regular co-collaborator 9th Wonder - if you missed that download it now.

Recently word got out that "Murs For President" was being mixed down by none other than DJ Quik. Today we have some new video for you that was shot backstage at Rock The Bells festival in San Bernardino. DJ Quik appeared on stage during Murs' performance and then later was filmed talking about Murs and the new release "Murs for President."

DJ Quik - Talks "Murs For President" & Murs (Video)

Regular visitors will have spotted the link on the homepage for Murs' official single "Can It Be" - for those that havent heard it - listen below.

Murs - Can It Be Quicktime | RealPlayer | Windows Media

Enjoy the new music and stay tuned to Dubcnn as always for the latest from Murs and the new album "Murs For President" which is in stores September 30, 2008

[Lord Funk]

"Sweet Lord" was my soundtrack for the car during my holiday over the past couple of weeks. Considering it's free, it's better than most of the albums I've paid for over recent months. I'm really looking forward to "Murs For President" - I didn't know Quik was involved, but am anticipating it even more now!

[Rud]

Yea i'm loving Sweet Lord and the fact quik mixed MFP has definitely upped the anticipation level!

[Intriago33]

For some reason when I stream this on WMP, I get a problem.
No worries though, I will be looking out for this record regardless, Murs never dissapoints.

What happened to Dreadlocks being the single?

[Rud]

I will have an MP3 stream on the all new dubcnn audio player asap!

[Smoke]

i prefer some DJ Quik productions , i dont care about mixing a disc, it's a long time that i dont hear a new Quik music
anyway

[BANGADOSHISH!!]

 

[UCC]

Dope, it's good to have some conscious West Coast stuff coming out to balance all the uber-Gangsta stuff... good to see Quik is down with it too

[Detox Iz Not Active]

i prefer some DJ Quik productions , i dont care about mixing a disc, it's a long time that i dont hear a new Quik music
anyway

[CHUCK KNOXXX]

hell yes....god am i glad dreadlocks didnt make the cut, and that new track sounds dope.....most anitcipated album for me, cannot wait for this to drop....sweet lord was supper dope so now om confident that the new album will be along the same lines....quik mixing it is an added bonus, but if he had went wit pure 9th wonder production all the way thru, i wouldnt have been mad

[Laconic]

Here is some more info from the album:

Murs for President

He is the only rapper with his own music festival. Each album he releases sells more than its predecessor. He toured the world without having a major record deal. So, there's a reason why independent rap stalwart Murs decided to name his major label debut album Murs For President. Murs wants to be rap's leader and spokesperson, the artist who helps give rap a credible face to fans, the media and critics. After all, the Los Angeles rapper is articulate and well read. He doesn't use drugs and his platform consists of peace, love, unity and having fun. "Let me speak for hip-hop. I'm the one guy who is qualified to represent us to the masses -- which are obviously tired of us because hip-hop often can't sell records. It can only sell ringtones. It's become a mockery of itself. It's become club music. For us to lead back into the marketplace and to be a respected art form, I feel that I'm the most qualified person. It's time for hip-hop to have a change." From front to back, the eclectic, genre-bending, politically charged, musically adventurous Murs For President illustrates a change of direction for rap. The vibrant, optimistic "Can It Be" marks Murs' return to music, and his dedication to make a change for the better with his words and through his influence on others. The bouncy, horn-propelled "Looking Fly" finds Murs paying homage to his forward-thinking fashion sense, while "Science" breaks down blacks' history in the United States and how it is tied to hip-hop's evolution. As he has done on his earlier albums -- which include such acclaimed releases as Murray's Revenge and Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition -- Murs examines his own love life on several Murs For President cuts. The angst-filled "Part Of Me" documents the immediate, often turbulent time when a relationship dissolves, while the soulful "Breakin' Up" details the mixed feelings people have once they have some distance from what had been a long-term relationship. For Murs, it is important to make credible relationship songs because so few exist in rap. "For young black males, being in love has such a negative connotation," he explains. "Usually, your mother has been screwed over by some guy. The first time you get hurt by a girl, you use that as your reason to mistreat women for the next 20, 30 years of your life. I'm trying to hold up the mirror to myself." Indeed, part of Murs' background is the reality that he was raised in the gang-infested streets of Los Angeles. Thus, he's a product of and fan of gangster rap. Murs pays homage to his city's love for heavy funk on "Comfortable," which features hardcore rap crooner Kokane and documents Murs cruising throughout Southern California's streets in his '96 Cadillac. Then, on the heavy "You Think You Know Me," Murs raps from the perspective of a Crip, a Blood and a Cholo, showing that gangbangers often have more to their lives than their street affiliations. "I know a lot of great men who, at first glance, you might be scared to death of, or you might not want to give a job to," he says. "But, they're trustworthy. They're loyal to a fault. If you show them a little bit of love and trust and let their family grow, then they're going to be loyal." Being that Murs had the time and resources to record an album on a major label, he wanted Murs For President to explore all aspects of his personality. Thus, he worked with a variety of artists and producers, from Snoop Dogg to punk band Whole Wheat Bread to will.i.am to DJ Premier and DJ Quik. "This one is for all the marbles," Murs reveals. "If this don't go, it don't go. This is it for me. I'm almost 30. I've been doing this forever and if I don't know how to do it by now and I can't make a platinum record, I've failed. If I can't get a Grammy, sell a million records and initiate some type of change in the culture and the music that I love, then it's time for me to step aside." Murs is so passionate about his music and his place in the rap pantheon because he's one of rap's best independent success stories. As a member of the Living Legends, Murs learned the art of independent self-promotion by selling cassette tapes of his music out of his car and touring with Living Legends in Europe and Japan. Given his underground status, Murs also embraced the power of the Internet long before most artists realized the power of the burgeoning medium. "When rappers were screaming don't download, I was screaming, ‘Do it,' because that was the only reason people would know my music in Texas and I could go do a show there and that would get me paid," Murs explains. "I needed them to go to the show so they could buy the T-shirt and get on my mailing list so I could build something. There's not many rappers who have built their fanbase like that." Through the Internet, touring and his flurry of independent releases with Living Legends, with producer extraordinaire 9th Wonder, as one-half of Felt (with Atmosphere's Slug) and as a solo artist, Murs has become one of rap's best success stories. His Paid Dues makes him the only rapper to own his own music festival. But for Murs, the success of Murs For President will dictate his legacy. "My whole life, I've been trying to be Ice Cube," Murs says. "The little stuff that I've got that people trip off of, I'm not even tripping off of because Shaquille O'Neal has a platinum plaque and I don't -- and I call myself a rapper. That hurts my feelings when I wake up in the morning. That's what I'm here to get. I'm making a decision to leave Planet Underground Hip-Hop. I'm jumping off right now. Whoever wants to come with me, come with me." And be sure to vote Murs For President.

And a another track from the album: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/audio/id.5524/title.murs-me-and-this-jawn

[R-Tistic]

I still wonder if the title track that Nitti produced is on there. It may be "too club" for some of his fans.

Everybody NEEDS to buy this!

[We Fly High]

I dont think it is making the cut.

I was fortunate to watch some of the mixing process for this, and to see DJ Quik mixing down the records on analog.. man.

It's great to see that sort of support. and you can tell Murs is so humbled by the experience. dj quik = g.o.a.t.