Murs

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10/07/20 • 46 min

Murs has been consistently releasing music since the late 90s, repping his home of Los Angeles the entire time. He's incredibly prolific, with a catalog ranging around 600 songs, and he's worked with practically everybody in the business, from Kendrick Lamar to El-P (Run the Jewels) to Snoop Dogg to Slug from Atmosphere. In this episode, he shares the stories behind these songs:

"My Story" (Good Music, 1999)
"Are You Ready?" (Sweet Lord, 2008)
"Doing Me" (Melrose w/ Terrace Martin, 2011)
"Signs" (3 Melancholy Gypsies, Grand Caravan to the Rim of the World, 2005)
"Freak These Tales" (Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition, 2004)
"Hot Bars" (Felt, Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci, 2002)
"Wifey" (The White Mandingos, The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me, 2013)

...and reveals why he thinks his fans don't love his favorite albums, the origin of his partnership with producer 9th Wonder, the album that *almost* became his major label debut, and the model who snubbed him on a 5-hour flight across the country.

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"My Story" (Good Music, 1999)
"Are You Ready?" (Sweet Lord, 2008)
"Doing Me" (Melrose w/ Terrace Martin, 2011)
"Signs" (3 Melancholy Gypsies, Grand Caravan to the Rim of the World, 2005)
"Freak These Tales" (Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition, 2004)
"Hot Bars" (Felt, Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci, 2002)
"Wifey" (The White Mandingos, The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me, 2013)

Murs:

www.mursraps.com

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Music lovers and hip hop nerds alike, take heed! Can't Knock the Shuffle is a podcast that takes a different spin on the all-too-familiar "story behind a song" format. In this show, producer/host Sean Kantrowitz (The Questions Hip Hop) sits with an artist, throws their entire catalog on shuffle, and then asks them the stories about whichever song the algorithm selects. Get ready for in-depth anecdotes and a peek into the creative process with some of hip hop's most prolific artists, talking about their biggest hits – and sometimes songs that they've never spoken about before.

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J-Live

J-Live is unparalleled as a writer in the craft of hip hop. He first got his start in the mid-90s with 'The Best Part,' a classic debut that was shelved and eventually bootlegged to the masses. Since then, he's also developed more as a DJ and producer over the course of a dozen independent projects that he's since released. A true student of the game, J-Live's attention to detail makes him the perfect candidate to dive into the stories behind songs in his catalog. In this episode, we explore:

"Ya Momma So Black" (How Much is Water?, 2015)

"Braggin' Writes (Revisited)" (12-inch single/'The Best Part', 1996/2001)

"The Upgrade" feat Oddisee + Posdnuos ('Then What Happened?', 2008)

"Like This Anna" ('All of the Above', 2002)

"Watch Sun Watch" feat. YC the Cynic ('S.P.T.A. Said Person of That Ability', 2011)

"Walk Like" ('Around the Sun', 2014)

"Anotha Hip Hop Song" ('At The Date Of This Writing', 2019)

Learn how J-Live's trademark part of his stage show was created somewhat by accident, the story behind the delay and shelving of his classic first album, what motivates him to self-produce vs. working with other producers on his albums, and the process by which he constructs so many of his intricately-conceived songs.

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