Murray's Revenge

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Murray's Revenge
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 2006
Recorded2005
Genre Hip hop
Length32:03
Label Record Collection
Producer 9th Wonder
Murs chronology
Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition
(2004)
Murray's Revenge
(2006)
Sweet Lord
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
AllHipHop Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Okayplayer 4/5 [7]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
RapReviews7.5/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Murray's Revenge is the second collaboration album from California rapper Murs (of Living Legends) and North Carolina producer 9th Wonder (formerly of Little Brother).

Contents

Like their first collaboration Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition , the album features ten songs, all produced by 9th Wonder, and is less than 40 minutes long. This effort was Murs' most commercially successful release, being his first to break into the Billboard 200 album chart. It debuted at No. 166 on the Billboard 200 and No. 70 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It has sold 46,000 copies in the US as July 2008. [12] The album features guest appearances from Joe Scudda and Big Pooh. Murray's Revenge featured music videos for "L.A." "Yesterday & Today" and "Murray's Revenge." The album is profanity free.

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album's Liner Notes [13]

No.TitleWriter(s)Sample CreditsLength
1."Murs Day"*"The Rainmaker" by The 5th Dimension 1:54
2."Murray's Law"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"Go Out and Get Some (Get It Out'cha System)" by Millie Jackson [14] 2:39
3."Silly Girl" (featuring Joe Scudda)
  • Carter
  • Douthit
  • Joseph "Joe Scudda" Griffen
*"Silly, Wasn't I" by Valerie Simpson 3:46
4."Barbershop" (featuring Rapper Big Pooh)*"Coming Down from Love" [15] by Bobby Caldwell 4:28
5."Yesterday & Today"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"Around the Way Girl" by LL Cool J [16]
*"Yesterday I Lied, Today I Cried" by William Bell
3:35
6."Dreamchaser"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"A Love That's Worth Having" by Willie Hutch
*"...4 Life" by N.W.A [17]
2:34
7."L.A."
  • Carter
  • Douthit
  • Lloyd Ferguson
  • Fitzroy Simpson
  • Donald Shaw
*"Atlas" by The Mighty Diamonds 2:49
8."Love & Appreciate"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"Let Me Live in Your Life" by Ben E. King 3:12
9."D.S.W.G. (Dark Skinned White Girls)"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"I Feel So Good Again" by The Moments 4:27
10."Murray's Revenge"
  • Carter
  • Douthit
*"Nautilus" by Bob James 2:42

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes [13]

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [19] 15
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [20] 70
US Billboard 200 [21] 166

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