I don't remember the first time I ever heard Murs or the moment I got hip or realized that out of all the Living Legends he was the most likely to blow but I do remember making the argument to my friends as far back as sophmore year of high school (1999-2000). We were undergrounder than thou, anything that had a hook or a chance at radio airplay was for sellouts, suckers and pussies. Murs was like the guilty pleasure, some soda pop to wash down the weight. I remember buying a casette from him outside a show at the now defunct Palookaville nightclub in Santa Cruz, the one with the hand drawn picture of a project block. It completely floored me how rappers would walk around outside their shows slanging cd's and actually talking to fans like people. They seemed bigger than billboards or baseball stadiums to me and Murs was no exception. That's why when I got to meet him so many years later on the Keys to the City shoot, it really meant alot, because I felt like we'd both grown up alot and I'd had his back the whole way.
So here's the first episode from Murs' KTTC jawn, its kind of a teaser but really sets the stage.
-Will 2dopeboyz.com
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