It's been a minute since we heard new stuff by L.A MC Murs. It's been since last year's Felt 3 which had Murs and his partner in crime Slug rhyming over beats by Aesop Rock.
Murs' new track "Varsity Blues 2" continues the Murs/Aesop collaboration as it's produced by Mr. Rock. Aesop's beat is dark and futuristic. As a producer, Aesop Rock is VERY influenced by El-P (the head of his record label/hip hop family Def Jux) and that is no more apparent than this track. Actually, Aesop's style is something of a combination of El-P's and longtime Aesop beatmaker Blockhead. Aseop's production blends the manic layers of sound and sci fi theme music influence of El-P with the playfulness Blockhead puts into his music.
Murs spits some paranoid, unstable and downright nasty rhymes over this beat which is not something he always does and it works pretty nicely.
Murs' flow on "Varsity Blues 2" kind of recalls one of Murs' albums (Out of the shitload he's done) which was released on Def Jux many years ago: The End Of The Beginning.
Murs has a new album called Varsity Blues 2 (same name as this song!) on the way. I don't know any of the other details about it, though. If it means more work with Aesop Rock like this track, that would be excellent.
I'd really like to hear Aesop Rock rap again, too. It's been a very long time since he spit and he's one of my favorite MCs. He's been heavy into producing lately, but I'd love to hear dude back on the mic. I'm hoping for a new Aesop album in the near future...
[Via 900 Bats]
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