Koch Records
2007
Rap-Murr-Phobia (Explicit)
About This Album
Four years after he released the unsatisfying and scattershot He's Keith Murray and got himself kicked off Def Jam for allegedly strangling a street team member, the rapper who can't be controlled returned with a solid effort that finishes a very close second behind his stunning debut, The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World. With executive producer, longtime associate and brother in Def Squad, Erick Sermon, Keith Murray's Rap-Murr-Phobia (The Fear of Real Hip-Hop) looks outright like a down and dirty return to form that just doesn't give a damn, but it's not. With guest star Tyrese and a mention of P. Diddy, the smooth roller "Nobody Do It Better" sounds anxious to shake hands with radio while "Weeble Wobble" contains an incredibly friendly hook that could easily spawn a line dance craze followed by mega uploads -- "me and my friends doing the Weeble Wobble" -- to video sharing sites. Close your eyes and you can see the moody, black and white video the soulful "Do" deserves, while "Something Like a Model" woos the ladies with Junior's sweet croon and syrupy strings. While "Model" is just good enough, the rest of the polish works beautifully and is remarkably woven in between all the chilly, unforgiving hip-hop that is Murray's "notion for murderous poetry in motion" at its best.
Track List (try tracks 3,6,7,8 and 11)

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