Running around like crazy the past few days, but I definitely had to toss the new video from the big homey S-K-Y, Z-O-O up on TAOD. It’s the first look from his upcoming album, The Salvation, and it’s produced by 9th Wonder. Dopeness.
(watch part one in HD on HyphenTV)
J. Moore and I recently got the chance to have one of our favorite artists in the game, the one and only Murs, come through Sound Session and kick it with us. Back when I used to do college radio down in Los Angeles (KSPC what up!), I used to joke about how many people would call in to request Living Legends music. Seriously, I’d get one every 15 minutes…it was crazy. They have such an ill following in Cali (and worldwide), and it’s been great to watch Murs build upon that to take his career and brand to a new level.
When we sat down with him, we talked all about his new Murs For President album, why he decided to sign to a major label, his love for No Limit & Cash Money records from the late 90’s, life on the road, politics, and much more. Be sure to watch both parts of the interview to see why he’s the most authentic rapper you’ll ever find.
(watch part two in HD on HyphenTV)
If you need the audio for your mp3 player, here you go:
Murs on Sound Session – http://www.mediafire.com/?zwmqjo3htnj
(back up / streaming link – http://www.zshare.net/audio/529083346101e751/ )
If there are any problems with the links or videos, just let me know. Enjoy!
Wow, it’s been a minute since I did a Throwback post. I’ve been meaning to toss up this gem from the homey K. Slack for weeks and I finally got a free minute so here goes.
You may remember Slack from his work alongside J. Gunn and Killa K as part of TheThyrDay, a really dope group from North Carolina. While they did release one (classic) album, Perfection Xperiment 2, unfortunately they broke up shortly afterwards and moved on to solo projects. Slack and Gunn have actually linked up recently for a few tracks, so I’m hoping we’ll get to see some sort of 3D reunion, at least between those two.
Before their album came out, Slack posted up a few of his solo tracks on Okayplayer and I remember stumbling upon that post and being blown away. I think this was fall of 2002 and I was in my first semester of junior year at college. This track, “broKen AnJel,” was produced by 9th Wonder and Khrysis (the beat is split in two) and it has that vintage Justus League sound. The market has been flooded with those kind of beats since Little Brother blew up, but I’ll always look back fondly on 9th and Khrysis’ early work. They definitely inspired a million copycats.
If I remember correctly, Slack wrote this track to his girl at the time and all the lyrics were heartfelt and truthful to the situation he was in. Part of the reason why I fell in love with the track is that I could apply almost the entire thing to the relationship I was in as well. “Seasons change, mad things rearrange,” and my girl and I broke up after a few years but I think we always hold on to certain songs because of the memories we attach to ‘em. This is definitely one of those joints for me.
“We have to expose the world to good music or we will all die of stupidity cause rap is really dumb right now”
Say word. As promised, here’s the second part of Murs and 9th Wonder discussing their most recent collaborative effort, Sweet Lord. Again, you should download the project immediately since it’s free, and be on the lookout for Murs For President on Sept. 30th. NW’ers, you can catch Murs at Rock The Bells on the 6th. Be there.
Swiped from Always Hustle.
(woah, sneak diss there at the end…yikes.)
Murs, 9th Wonder, and Murs’ hair talk about why you should download Sweet Lord if you haven’t already. And if you haven’t, why not? It’s free. Go grab it here. Sidenote, has anyone seen an interview where Murs explains his hair? Seriously, he must have talked about it. I know people who won’t even check for dude because of it, and I need some funny explanation to placate them. I might have to ask him about it at Rock The Bells, but really…I don’t want to be that guy.
Courtesy of Always Hustle, who apparently will drop part two tomorrow.
(image jacked from 2 Dope Boyz)
Murs and 9th Wonder made this EP two years ago and never released it, so with Murs For President dropping September 30th, they decided to use it for a nice promotional tool. Download and donate on their site if you’re so inclined. Nothing’s gonna top Murs 3:16 (The 9th Edition), but this will hold me over until the LP.
Download here.
