Murs for President

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MURS for President
Mursforpresident.jpg
Studio album by
Murs
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Hip hop
Length60:09
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Murs chronology
Sweet Lord
(2008)		MURS for President
(2008)		 Fornever
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club (B) [2]
ChartAttack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
DJBooth.netStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
Okayplayer 82/100 [6]
RapReviews.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [8]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Murs for President is the sixth studio album by American emcee MURS. The album was released on September 30, 2008, under Warner Bros. Records, making this his only album to date to be released under a major label.

Contents

Release

The album debuted at No. 45 on Billboard 200 and No. 11 on Rap Albums, with 12,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold 58,000 copies in the United States as of May 2015. [10]

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on Liner Notes [11]

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Intro"
Ted "Wild Animals" Chung1:47
2."I'm Innocent"
 9th Wonder 3:52
3."Lookin' Fly"
3:59
4."The Science"
4:55
5."Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later)"
 Scoop DeVille 3:43
6."Everything"
LT Moe3:34
7."Road Is My Religion"
  • N. Carter
  • Acklins "Mr. Khaliyl" Dillon
 Mr. Khaliyl 4:13
8."Sooo Comfortable"
 Josef Leimberg 5:02
9."Time Is Now" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
 Terrace Martin 4:55
10."Think You Know Me"
 Nottz 4:00
11."Me and This Jawn"
Nottz3:34
12."Love and Appreciate II" (featuring Tyler Woods)
9th Wonder4:31
13."A Part of Me"
  • N. Carter
  • T. Martin
  • Terrence Smith
  • M. Williams
  • R. Miller
Terrace Martin4:22
14."Break Up (The OJ Song)"
Knotch4:08
15."Breakthrough"
9th Wonder4:05
Sample Credits
Note

While the “I Wanna Be” Sample is credited to The Jackson 5 in the Liner Notes, the sampled song was actually performed by Michael Jackson.

Personnel

Information is based on the Album's Liner notes [11]

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Canadian R&B Albums Chart [13] 39
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums46
US Billboard 200 [14] 45
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [15] 11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] 20
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [17] 9

Music videos

MURS Administration

MURS Administration is a mockumentary movie about MURS running for the President of Hip-Hop. In the movie he is opposed for the presidency by Swaggerty and Eniggama. The film runs for 27:00, and contains strong language and nudity.

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Murs: Murs For President". The A.V. Club. October 7, 2008.
  3. ↑ ChartAttack [ usurped ]
  4. ↑ DJBooth.net
  5. ↑ "Murs for President (2008)". EW.com. September 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008.
  6. ↑ Okayplayer Archived 2008-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ RapReviews.com
  8. ↑ Robert Christgau
  9. ↑ "Murs, 'Murs for President' (Warner Bros.)". Spin. September 30, 2008.
  10. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
  11. 1 2 Murs. “Murs for President” (Album notes). Warner Bros. Records. 2008.
  12. ↑ FunkWorm. “Hip Hop Artists...Michael Jackson”. Ihh. 26 June 2009. http://www.indiehiphop.net/hip-hop-artists-who-sampled-michael-jackson/
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 3, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "MURS Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  15. ↑ "MURS Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "MURS Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  17. ↑ "MURS Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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