Keith Murray "Rap-Murr-Phobia" (#52 DEBUT!)

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Rapper Keith Murray is releasing his 5th album called Rapmurrfoebia in July 2007, some four years after his latest He's Keith Murray. Spine Magazine has the first single "Nobody Do It Better" featuring Tyrese, as well as another track "Weeble Woble", both produced by Erick Sermon.

His MySpace.

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I thought this was about We Are Scientist's Keith Murray, ha.

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LOL, it's ironic that when once in a while a rapper goes by his real name he gets confused with somebody else...

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Re-up of "Weeble Wobble" from the album (now bumped to August), courtesy of Spine Magazine.

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Keith Murray Sets Release Date For New Album
By Danielle Harling

Def Squad member Keith Murray has announced a July 31 release date of his latest album, Rap-Murr-Phobia.

Executive produced by Erick Sermon, Rap-Murr-Phobia, Murray's fifth solo album will feature appearances by Tyrese, Method Man, Redman, and Junior.

Murray's clever album title, Rap-Murr-Phobia refers to a fear of what Sermon calls "real" Hip-Hop.

The first single off of Rap-Murr-Phobia, "Nobody Do It Better" featuring Tyrese and Junior, is currently in rotation on radio stations and plans for the accompanying video are in the works.

Plans for a summer tour are also in the works for Murray.

As one-third of the group Def Squad, Keith Murray aims to bring his brand of Hip-Hop to fans with his new album.

Rap-Murr-Phobia will be released on Koch Records, one of the fastest-growing music companies in the United States.

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^ I don't think so, unless people consider Jim Jones high profile, LOL...

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I’m From The Ghetto

Interview: Ryan Proctor

Before it was acceptable for hip-hop artists to reject the title of “MC” in favor of “hustla” or “dope boy,” there were those who took the art of lyricism seriously. One such person is Long Island rapper Keith Murray. His wordy, brain bustin’ rhyme style was introduced to the world in 1993 on “Swing It Over Here,” an album cut off EPMD member Erick Sermon’s solo disc, No Pressure. As one-third of Sermon’s Def Squad (which also includes Redman), Murray signed a deal with Jive Records and released his critically acclaimed debut, The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World, in 1994. That was followed two years later by Enigma. Often overshadowing his music, though, was the New Yorker’s extensive criminal record. In 1995, he allegedly struck 16-year-old David Hughes with a stool during a bar fight in New Britain, Conn. Murray proclaimed his innocence but when his appeals failed, he went on the run, ducking court dates for nearly three years. He eventually turned himself in and was sentenced in December 1998 to five years in prison. The following year, Jive put out Murray’s third album, It’s A Beautiful Thing, despite the fact he was incarcerated. Serving 33 months of his sentence, Keith was released for good behavior in 2001 and signed with Def Jam. Despite a standout performance alongside label mates Ludacris and LL Cool J on “Fatty Girl,” off FUBU’s Good Life compilation (2001), his fourth album, He’s Keith Murray, didn’t come out until 2003. Murray was unceremoniously dropped from Def Jam that same year amidst allegations he threatened and choked label employees (accusations he vehemently denies). Recently signing with Koch Records, Mr. Enigmatic is looking to rekindle his career with his upcoming project Rap-Murr-Phobia. The Def Squad representative speaks frankly with XXLMag.com about his new album, why people are scared of real hip-hop and what went wrong at Def Jam.

What’s the meaning behind the title of your new album, Rap-Murr-Phobia?
The letters m-u-r-r are the first four letters of my last name, and phobia means to have a fear of something. People today fear real rap music coming from Murray. The world is touchy-feely now and everything is soft. People are sneaky and foul and they fear real muthafuckas coming through. They’re trying to stop real hip-hop and you can see that happening over and over. They don’t let real ***I'M RACIST***s shine; they just wanna let that shit that they shape and mold get through.

A lot’s changed since your heyday, have you done anything on different on this album to appeal to today’s listeners?
If you listen to any record I’ve ever put out, I’ve always been lyrical, but I’ve also been street. I’ve always used metaphors in my rhymes and been the type of MC who tells stories. I’ve always brought my own style to the game with my use of vocabulary, mixing that with humor and the everyday struggle. None of that has changed on this new album.

But do you feel like you have to reintroduce yourself?
That’s the fun part because it makes me feel like I’ma new artist. It means I can pull in new fans and put them up on things. All around the world, when people see the reaction of the fans that already know me, they feel like they’re missing out. But the key to all of that is the label making sure they push the music right, because if the fans don’t know it’s out there, then they’ll miss out and move onto something else.

Do you feel labels today aren’t putting as much effort into promoting artists as they used to?
The question is, are these labels being smart enough and promoting their artists to the right people? Like me, I have my own separate audience. Just throwin’ my album into every store and seeing if people pick it up isn’t going to work with me. Fuck [those] who don’t understand my music and who don’t care about it, I ain’t got time for that. Those people ain’t coming to my shows or bumpin’ my music, so why waste time tryin’ to change their minds? But luckily for Def Squad, we transcend categorization and we’re not just put into that “underground” box. We’ve been on daytime radio and have worked on some of the biggest R&B records in history. So if the music I’m coming with now gets accepted on the other side, that’s cool, but I’m not gonna worry [and let that] distract me from my goal. I’m not gonna beg for acceptance from someone who really doesn’t care about me or my music. That’s like a Black man asking the Ku Klux Klan if he can be down ¬—it doesn’t make any sense. I’m here to rock for my crowd and that includes people from all over the world—Black, White, Japanese, it don’t matter, man.

Over the years you’ve gained a reputation for being somewhat of a hothead. Has that changed at all?
Experience has helped me grow and become a wiser person. The best way to beat a ***I'M RACIST*** down is mentally, because otherwise these ***I'M RACIST***s will have your career in shambles. So all that tough guy shit is out the window. All that shit is dead because right now, I’m tryin’ to think my way through this shit and get my paper. The beef shit is dead because muthafuckas will have you locked up. I’m more mature now and I ain’t about to smack someone in the head just because they say something that’s bullshit.

What do you feel went wrong with your Def Jam deal?
The shit went sour. I made the mistake of being friends with everybody at the label and letting them get involved in my project every step of the way. Then, when it wasn’t working, it became a tug-of-war and blew up in everybody’s face. I had people at the label telling me I should try this [and then] I should try that. Def Jam wanted me to try new shit when I should’ve just stuck to the basics. They wanted my music to be poppier and I changed my formula. I’ve got that original formula back now, but it took me a minute to get my head straight.

Do you consider Rap-Murr-Phobia to be a make-or-break project for you as an artist?
My heart is totally in this new album, so it has to make it because there ain’t no other option. I ain’t tryin’ to hear all that first week sales shit, [though]. Record sales are down now so everybody’s basically in the same boat. So why am I going to be thinkin’ about whether or not this album’s gonna make or break me? I’ma strong believer in what you picture in your mind you can will into existence. So if you think something’s not gonna work before you’ve done it, then it’s not gonna work. But if you work hard, take care of your business, and be honest in what you do, then nothing can stop you. I have realistic goals for this album. Rap-Murr-Phobia is about persistence, overcoming obstacles, and putting shit down. There ain’t no room for doubts in 2007. I’ma bad muthafucka and nobody can do it like me. Rap-Murr-Phobia is going to be a cult classic.

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'Return Of The Beautifullest Vocabulist' interview, with Hip Hop DX.

Part 1
Part 2

And Spine Magazine has a new song, "Hustle On".

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Murray Makes Up For Lost Time With Solo CD, Def Squad

Gary Graff, Detroit

Keith Murray's ready to make up for lost time.

The veteran New York rapper and Def Squad member -- who releases his fifth solo album, "Rapp-Murr-Phobia (Fear of Real Hip Hop), on July 31 -- has been off the boards since his 2003 release "He Is Keith Murray," after which he was accused of assaulting a Def Jam street team member and was fired from the label.

After that, Murray tells Billboard.com, "I was damaged goods. Everybody was afraid to touch me -- 'Ooh, he's got anger issues!' Sometimes it was frustrating, figuring it out, having the patience to get up to the point where I am now. It took a lot of patience ... trying to get back into the game."

With the help of Def Squad cohort Erick Sermon, who executive produced "Rapp-Murr-Phobia," Murray signed a new deal with Koch. The new album has been preceded by the first single "Nobody Do It Better," which features Tyrese and Junior. Redman, another Def Squader, and Method Man also appear on the album, and Murray proudly notes that he only used two samples on the tracks.

"Everything was hard," acknowledges Murray, who's also the subject of a civil lawsuit in Brooklyn claiming he stabbed a fan during a Christmas Eve concert in 2004. "Everything was raw dog; 'Yo, you want this shot? All right. Sit here and figure it out. Be a man and figure out your business.' The way I see it, even negative situations help me. I took all that and put it in the record to shut 'em all up. That's why people like me. They feel it. It's real."

Murray says he has "realistic goals" for the new album's sales but plans to tour in support of the album. He's also focused on a Def Squad reunion album called "Tsunami" that the group hopes to put out in the second quarter of 2008.

"Erick is already pulling beats, and we're listening to 'em and talking about it," Murray says. "Def Squad has always been a group of individuals who have transcended borders and boundaries and language barriers. We ain't just New York and New Jersey rappers; we're in every state and every country. They receive us and love us."

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TBH, I like all the songs that are out there right now. I don't know how the album will be since it's been a minute, but I'll check this out when it leaks.

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Smoking Session with Keith.

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Keith Murray Speaks on New Album
Author: Andres Tardio

Keith Murray has had to wait more than 4 years to get his career back on track. With label quarrels and some time to mentally prepare himself, he's back. This time, his album will come via Koch Records and he recently claimed he was "elated" by this new deal.

"People be like, 'Where you been at for four years?' I be like, 'Damn, it's been four years?' I had to go through a mental process with Erick [Sermon] to get to the physical process where we are now. I had to go back to the proper elements that created us. My last situation was undesirable. I had to erase that — which took some time — to get back to the mental elements that created us. I listened to Enigma [an album dropped in 1996] , listened to [his debut] The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World ... listened to the Redman albums," he told MTV.

"This album didn't take me four years [to record]," he said of his newest LP Rapp-Murr-Phobia, set to drop July 31. "What took me four years was to get my mind in the proper perspective to come out right. My heart is in this album — I know n---as is gonna love it, so do it right. Sit down and take time and do it right."

Erick Sermon was instrumental in making of this album, as he has been for the most part of Murray's career.

"We sat down and made it from high-hat to kick to snare to subjects to words to sentences to paragraph, from scratch...E only used two samples on this album, 'cause you know Koch ain't paying for samples. So it brought the best out of us. I work best with my back against the wall, like, 'This has to pop. This has to be ferocious, so when a mutha----a picks it up, they'll love us.' I wasn't comfortable with $2 million, then [the album] fades. This has to be potent, this has to be what they love me for. So I did homework on myself."

He also noted that he expects great things from himself and he only expects one thing from fans.
"I just want people to know Murray is out on July 31 and he got some sh-- that's gonna bump. People be like, 'Yo, Murray, bring that real sh—- back.' I'm bringing it back — now go buy the sh--."

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What if it was a total surprise, in a good way? LOL, judging by the few tracks out there at least he didn't turn to ringtone rap...

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Streets is Talking: Keith Murray

By Martin A. Berrios

Since Hip-Hop’s inception, there have always been rappers who have had the potential to be legends, but the unfortunate stars didn’t align in their favor. Grand Puba had the swag but no big push, The D.O.C. had the insane momentum, but witnessed his vocal chords crushed in car accident, and the list goes on and on. Def Squad product Keith Murray’s story doesn’t fall far from the top of the setback tree. Originally introduced through Erick Sermon, the self proclaimed lyrical-lexicon made a colossal impression with his single “The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World” in 1994.

Through the years, his verbose and complex style stood out immediately placing him on the tip of every critic’s pen. He would be put on pause though serving three calendars for an assault charge. Landing at Def Jam after the jail time, another physical altercation would put everything to a halt. Now off a four-year hiatus, the 33-year-old Murray is back refocused. AllHipHop.com’s Streets is Talking interview series sits down with Keith to get the real story behind his all of his highs and lows, victories and blows.

AllHipHop.com: How did you get your start?

Keith Murray: Well my uncle T-Roy is an original b-boy. He used to go out to the parties and I would be in the doorway, just looking. I had to be 10 years old or some s**t. I was looking at them n***as like, “That’s so f**king cool!” He had the Grandmaster Flash album when he had the Rolls Royce and the bear skin rug, [On the Strength] and the Run-DMC Raising Hell album; I was like, “How they do this s**t?” He was like, “All you got to do is make up a rhyme that makes sense.” Ever since then, I had the bug. I started writing rhymes and I was real studious in school, so I would incorporate vocabulary in the rhymes; that’s how my style developed.

AllHipHop.com: Is it true you stepped to Big Daddy Kane and battled him?

Keith Murray: Well my uncle Born True, God bless the dead, he used to be a bodyguard for Big Daddy Kane back in the days. Me and my cousin Drift, God bless the dead, always hung out together. He was the beat-box, and we went everywhere; tearing n***as down in every borough when we was young. I [told my uncle to] take us to Big Daddy Kane. He took us to a Juice Crew party, I auditioned there. Then he took us to the [Nassau] Coliseum when Kane had a show, then we went to the dinner and Born was like, “Kick some s**t.” So we exchanged flows at the time, it wasn’t really like a battle where I ran up on Kane and defeated him; I had the opportunity to rhyme back and forth with him.

AllHipHop.com: Were you trying to give Kane the business even though it wasn’t a formal battle?

Keith Murray: I still remember my rhyme, you crazy! Yeah, I was serving Kane the business, but then he killed me like, “Young boy/you just a toy/I’m 21/undone by anyone.” It was Big Daddy Kane! You couldn’t defeat him. He was in his prime!

AllHipHop.com: Did you battle for anyone else who we would be familiar with?

Keith Murray: No. Well, I auditioned for the Juice Crew. Kool G Rap was in the room, Big Daddy Kane, Fly Ty, MC Shan, Cool V, DJ Polo. Them n***as were in the room like, “Spit.” I got a DVD of that; I’m going to put it out.

AllHipHop.com: So what was the reaction, who was feeling you, who wasn’t?

Keith Murray: Everyone was saying, “He’s nice, put him on.” But then I went back home to Long Island, and I didn’t hear anything else about it.

AllHipHop.com: So how did you hook up with EPMD?

Keith Murray: K-Solo is from Long Island. One day [he] came to the block, and we used to rush him rhyming all the time. I had heard Erick Sermon had moved from Brentwood which was one town over from C.I. [Central Islip], so I told K-Solo to take me to E’s house. So K-Solo said, “Aight, meet me on his block.” We [end up in Sermon's] basement, E put on a beat on and I blacked out. That’s it. It was on since then.

AllHipHop.com: How were your first sessions or just being around with Erick Sermon when he record his second album No Pressure? From what I hear, those were your first times really hitting a studio?

Keith Murray: I never really did a demo until I met Curt Cazal from JVC Force and he did a little demo on me, but that was before [meeting] E. But I went to E’s house right before he went on that EPMD tour, that’s right around the time EPMD were about to break up. Erick went to Atlanta, and I went back to the block. A year later, he came back and said, “Let’s do it.” Being around Erick making that album was crazy because like you said, I [had] never been in a real studio. So I just followed his lead and when it came for me to rhyme, I went banoodles.

AllHipHop.com: What was it like the first time you met Reggie?

Keith Murray: Well Redman, I was with Erick Sermon for two years before I touched the mic. So I’m like, “Is this s**t going to happen or not?” Then he put me on that record “Swing It Over Here” with Redman. First time I met Redman, I didn’t [recognize] him; K-Solo knew him…[one time] I had to go to traffic court and he had to go to traffic court. We sitting in traffic court the same and we didn’t know each other. He had [released] “How To Roll A Blunt” and I didn’t even know him yet. I told [Redman] one time and he was like, “That was you?” Just me and him in front of the judge. [Later on], we smoked out and then we did “Swing It Over Here” and it was on.

AllHipHop.com: Did you beat the traffic ticket?

Keith Murray: Nah, my license is still f**ked up to this day, still! This is when I was 16, pushing a car that wasn’t mine with no insurance.

AllHipHop.com: What were you pushing back then?

Keith Murray: A Corvette, a burgundy Corvette; my step-pop had it. It was crazy.

AllHipHop.com: You dropped your single and title album The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World in 1994, can you describe that time period?

Keith Murray: I was selling drugs on the corner; that was my first year of community college and s**t just popped off. Erick was like, “Here is your show tape and here’s your plane tickets, I’ll see you when you get back.” Ever since then, I been on the run. My first tour was with Biggie, Meth, Redman, Nas. That was the era I was in. We was always around each other chilling, rhyming doing shows and s**t like that. So we all grew up in the industry together. Boot Camp Clik, them was my n***as - Jeru Da Damaja,

AllHipHop.com: So break down what happened between you and Prodigy of Mobb Deep at The Tunnel [legendary New York City nightclub].

Keith Murray: So we came up with The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World and we dropped that. Then that’s when Mobb Deep came with the interlude [on The Infamous] “F**k all you rappers that talking getting high on records and all that spaced out s**t.” I overlooked it. Erick said, “No, that n***a talking about y’all.” I seen him [Prodigy], and was like, “Yo, who y’all talking about on that record? Because it started getting out that you n***as was talking about us.” They were like, “Nah we ain’t talking about y’all.” So they call me to do [LL Cool J’s] “I Shot Ya.” I laid my verse first; I ain’t know who was going to be on the record or nothing. Then he comes on the record and says something [suspect], and E caught it.

AllHipHop.com: Then you see him at The Tunnel?

Keith Murray: That’s when we used to run in The Tunnel wilding. Wow, The Tunnel! Everyone always talking about their Tunnel stories, Murray was in The Tunnel, baby.

AllHipHop.com: Tell me a of Tunnel story...

Keith Murray: I will tell you a sick Tunnel story. It didn’t even happen in The Tunnel, it happened outside The Tunnel. Me and my man 50 Grand was driving in the car, in the Lexus Erick gave me when I first came out. We seen some girls, we were looking, looking, looking and BOOM my bumper crashed into a car right in front of me. I get out of the car and it’s Biggs [Kareem Burke] from Roc-A-Fella [Records]. My f**king Lexus is dented up to the moon [Lexus emblem]! His car ain’t even touched! He about to file with police and I’m like, “Oh no, please don’t do that because my ass is going to jail.” We exchanged numbers and s**t. I gave him the office number for E. I don’t even know what happened with that.

AllHipHop.com: So back to Prodigy, he said you snuffed him in front of police and ran out.

Keith Murray: Let me just make it clear, I have no problems with Prodigy. I snuffed him, yeah, but it wasn’t in front of police. I snuffed him, he ran, and I chased him, then my n***as were fighting his n***as. [We] caught one and beat him under the car with the cops there. They were saying we beat him under the cop car, stop f**king lying. My n***as beat him under the car and cops came and said, “Take it around the corner.” Matter of fact, ask Trigga Tha Gambler what happened; he saw it. I got love for Prodigy, I’m not disrespecting the n***a.

AllHipHop.com: So what happened after the first album did what it did and everything cooled down for you a little bit.

Keith Murray: I caught a case in Connecticut. Some dude got hit in the head with a stool. They said he got multiple lacerations from a razor blade. It happened to be the promoter’s younger brother, that ran up in the middle of a fight n***as was having. And I’m standing on the sidelines looking at the s**t. So he gets damaged, and they’re like, “Keith Murray did it.” I’m like, “I didn’t do s**t, so n***as couldn’t put it on me.” The district attorney said he didn’t go after me because I’m a rapper, he said he went after me because of my criminal history. I did three years for that.

I got railroaded, so I took it like a man and wiped with my hand. But I came out with Enigma before I went in. Enigma is my second album where I went spontaneously disgusting on them. I’m sitting in court and the mothaf**king album coming out the same day. So I never really got a chance to market and promote that album.

AllHipHop.com: Did you record label Jive have your back with what you were going through at the time?

Keith Murray: Yeah, Jive had my back 100%. They paid my lawyer fees and all that s**t. I was making money for them so they were willing to do whatever to do to help, and I appreciate that from the bottom of my heart.

AllHipHop.com: You released It’s A Beautiful Thing around this time.

Keith Murray: Oh yeah. I told Jive not to release that album. “The album ain’t finished, so don’t put it out.” They still put it out and that’s what made me discontent with them.

AllHipHop.com: How did the jail time change you? Did anyone try to test you since you had a deal?

Keith Murray: One thing about Keith Murray is Keith Murray is a cool dude. Keith Murray don’t bother nobody and nobody bother him. They tell you straight up don’t play
basketball in jail if you’re not ready to get into a confrontation, that’s were most of the fights start.

AllHipHop.com: You got hacked?

Keith Murray: Nah, I’m just real nice in basketball, and they couldn’t take it because they were getting a little frustrated that’s all. I love a good confrontation though.

AllHipHop.com: So you get out of jail.

Keith Murray: So I’m like listen I want to get off Jive to pursue other avenues, then Def Jam bought the project for $2,000,000. So it was cool, I went over there and start recording. At first I thought I was going to a boutique label, but I was at a corporation. Then the A&R factor came in; I never worked with an A&R before. Then the suggestions of doing this and that, that started thinning me out. It didn’t become fun anymore.

AllHipHop.com: So it was more about the business than music over there?

Keith Murray: It was like they want something but they didn’t know what that was and I didn’t know what to give them because I’m used to doing what I do. So it was definitely a crossroads.

AllHipHop.com: Was that “Candy Bar” song their idea or yours? It seemed out of your zone at the time.

Keith Murray: It was Kevin Liles’ idea. I thank him for that record because that record kept me current and I still do shows now. When that s**t comes on, it’s over in that mothaf**ker. It surprised the hell out of me on how big that record is.

AllHipHop.com: But the record didn’t get as big it could have --

Keith Murray: -- Been because the growth was stunt because of the situations that occurred.

AllHipHop.com: What’s good with this album?

Keith Murray: The album is called Rapp Murr-Phobia. It comes out July 31st. I named it that because as I been doing the knowledge of the game, Hip-Hop has been taking a lot of low blows right now. And I see that the same way Keith Murray is. The take advantage of you and hang you out to dry. I would like to think that this album is harder than Enigma but more lyrical than Most Beautifullest Thing in this World. Erick Sermon produced the whole thing. I got Redman, Method Man, L.O.D., Lil' Jamal from Illegal. I feel real good about the album. This is something I made because this is something I made and I liked making it. It was fun and I love it. My heart is into it. It’s an album!

AllHipHop.com: Have you ever seen the Beef 2 DVD?

Keith Murray: Yeah.

AllHipHop.com: What’s your comment on the EPMD segment of the tape where they were alluding to that Erick Sermon sent some guys to rob Parrish?

Keith Murray: K-Solo started that bullsh*t! He’s the reason why EPMD broke up. He said that. They got the boss looking like the villain. I wasn’t around that time, so I don’t know. I can’t really talk about it, but Erick Sermon is a good guy.

AllHipHop.com: Can you elaborate on how K-Solo separated the two?

Keith Murray: Yeah, he was Parrish's man. He told Parrish [that] Erick did it all. He’s the reason why EPMD broke up. He’s the reason why Parrish was like, "E did it."

AllHipHop.com: When’s the last time you’ve spoken to Solo?

Keith Murray: I don’t f**k with Solo. I haven’t seen Solo since Solo seen himself. [Laughs] Last time I heard, he was walking around with a Bible saying he's Jesus Christ and Suge Knight is the devil. N***as is crazy. You can print anything I say. I don’t give two s**ts.

AllHipHop.com: Yeah, keep it funky.

Keith Murray: Word up, funky like a chunky money. July 31st Rap-Murr-Phobia: The Fear Of Real Hip-Hop. You got Al Sharpton boycotting G-Unit, Al, go sit your ass down somewhere! Leave a young rich man [50 Cent] alone, trying make a living. And Imus, “Oh, Hip-Hop did it,” f**k you, you leprechaun looking ass n***a. And the media going to take it like, "Yeah, Hip-Hop did it." Why wait to say all that? We going to keep doing it and nobody going to stop us! And we [are] going to get everyone that loves us to support us! We don’t need y'all!

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Reviewed by Steve Jones
USA Today

Keith Murray, Rapp-Murr-Phobia (Fear of Real Hip-Hop): * * * (out of four) Eloquent hip-hop

Keith Murray has had his share of legal and label drama over the past 10 years, but no one has ever questioned his lyrical abilities. He returns after a long absence once again aiming to crush weak MCs with his Webster’s-size vocabulary and fierce deliveries. His Def Squad collaborator Erick Sermon and other producers provide a propulsive undercurrent to his cutting rhymes.

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Out today in the USA!!

Circuit City: $9.99
Best Buy: $11.99 w/ DVD

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8/18 chart

52 NEW MURRAY*KEITH RAP-MURR-PHOBIA 13,335 999 13,410

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Video for second single "Hustle On".

videos.onsmash.com/v/2fqRcHx8smQjmfzW

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8/25 chart

168 KEITH MURRAY - RAP-MURR-PHOBIA 4,308 -68% 17,718

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OUCH! Talk about a DROP!

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Damn. He'll be gone next week already!