New Murs: Dreadlocks
Saturday July 28th 2007, 4:01 pm by Kevin

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Living Legends alum Murs put out one of my favorite records last year with his Murray’s Revenge. He’s since signed with Warner Bros. (weird, right?) and is preparing to release, just in time for the election season, Murs for President.

His management company has posted the first single, Dreadlocks, a track about, uh, yeah, dreadlocks. Like Noz over at Cocaine Blunts, I’m not sure what to make of this Rick Rock-produced track, which also shows up on the Madden ‘08 soundtrack.

On the one hand, it swipes a De La Soul line (from Bitties in the BK Lounge) for the chorus’ hook. And I’ve got nothing against the beat or the hyphy/Bay Area-influenced feel of the track. It just seems Murs’ tongue-in-cheek delivery doesn’t exactly suit the style. I’m wondering if this is the exception on Murs for President or a sign of what’s to come.

Either way, Murs is playing the Paid Dues Festival on Aug. 10 at Mesa Amphitheatre. Get tickets here.

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I am a big fan of Murs, it is may be the only musical artist both me and my dad like. Murray’s Revenge was awesooome. Dreadlocks is nottt my favorite Murs song.

Comment by Lici 07.28.07 @ 9:28 pm

[...] E. So Much Silence has a new Murs track HERE. Check out one of the funniest hip hop songs ever from MURS. He talks about collecting Star Wars figures. HA. Murs - BTS . [...]

Pingback by Thepunkguy » Morning Music Links (07.30.07) 07.30.07 @ 6:55 am

I like Murs but I am not into this track

Comment by Shaun 07.30.07 @ 7:17 am

This song is terrible. I have nothing against Murs, just trying to listen objectively.

Comment by LaPhonse 07.30.07 @ 11:22 am

yeah this song is really lame, its very unfortunate cuz i love murs

Comment by daniel 08.04.07 @ 8:00 am

well murs is tight no matter wat song he does but i think this song is alright

Comment by mike kettle 08.19.07 @ 4:28 pm

[...] Anyway, you can still get Murs’ Dreadlocks (previous post) at his management company’s Web site, too. Right damn here. remix, hip-hop - These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

Pingback by So Much Silence 11.14.07 @ 10:43 pm

[...] Murs for President, drops (allegedly) in late September. Judging on a few of the comments after I posted the lead single off that album, y’all might be happier with this 9th Wonder [...]

Pingback by So Much Silence 07.24.08 @ 12:00 pm

[...] Warner Bros. certainly opened up the purse strings on the promotional/production budget for this album, Murs’ major-label debut. Because Murs has embodied the underground everyman — God’s Work sums it up — it’s hard to reconcile a couple of the guest spots on President: will.i.am and Snoop Dogg. (I won’t even mention sampling James Blunt on Everything.) I know, the underground vs. mainstream argument is tired, but the very inclusion of at least will.i.am might turn off the most stubborn indie heads; after all, it’s hard to forgive the direction to which he helped lead Black Eyed Peas. (Sidenote: Not included on the album was the supposed first single, Dreadlocks, that was not well received.) [...]

Pingback by So Much Silence 10.16.08 @ 12:23 pm

[...] I recently realized that Murs didn’t include Dreadlocks, a track that was met with tepid response, on his new [...]

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