The rap career for Murs can be best described as idiosyncratic. From being in one of the most underground West Coast rap groups, to carving his own name, then being a pioneer in the Hip-Hop artist to artist collaboration album craze, and even touching a mainstream audience at one point. The journey has been vast for this independent rapper, but with the release of ‘Speak N Spell’ it looked to be the beginning of the end.

Murs seemed to be on a mission to drop “EP’s” a few years back. Something that didn’t feel uncommon for the Los Angeles native but on ‘Speak N Spell’ he would proclaim that these releases were all leading up to a farewell from HOP music. Wiardon who is the producer and collaborator for this particular release is from Austin T.X. The meeting between Murs and Wiardon started from a cancelled Murs show in Austin when Wiardon was only twelve years old. The young fan had then reached out to meet Murs back then. Flash forward and Wiardon is now making music to which that happenstance meeting turns into a moment of familiarity, and a job for the up and coming producer.

‘Speak N Spell’ doesn’t sound like the usual production Murs fans have associated with the rapper. Wiardon seems influenced by the likes of The Alchemist and Madlib so expect “boneless beats” for the majority of this release. Still what is provided is Murs giving his signature stories of L.A. with unique execution. Larry June and ICECOLDBISHOP are the only features on this release, that might be the shortest EP ever made as it is only thirteen minutes. A length that should not deter one from listening but instead getting an À la carte before the final meal from Murs is served. What did you think of the album?

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