Murs for President
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.
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.Track listing
Unless otherwise noted, Information is based on Liner Notes;Sample Credits
- ”I'm Innocent” samples “Innocent ‘Til Proven Guilty” by Honey Cone.
- ”Lookin' Fly” samples “The Green Hornet Theme” by Al Hirt.
- ”Can It Be” samples “I Wanna Be Where You Are” by Michael Jackson
- ”Everything” samples “I’ll Take Everything” by James Blunt.
- ”Think You Know Me” samples “Moment of Truth” by The Originals.
- ”Me and This Jawn” samples “For the Love of You” by The Isley Brothers.
- ”Love and Appreciate II” samples “Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye” by Freda Payne.
- ”Break Up ” samples “Charlene” by Anthony Hamilton.
- ”Breakthrough” samples “Just Once” by The Main Ingredient.
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- Murs - Rap Vocals, Executive Producer
- 9th Wonder - Recording Engineer
- Christopher Avery - Recording Engineer
- Calvin Bailiff - Recording Engineer
- Ted "Wild Animals" Chung - Audio Mixing, Executive Producer
- Aaron Dahl - Audio Mixing, Assistant Engineer
- DJ Quik - DJ Scratches, Audio Mixing
- Dylan Dresdow - Audio Mixing
- Carlitta Durand - Additional Vocals
- Kosta Elchev - Recording Engineer
- Evan Eneman - Additional Vocals
- Latonya "Tone Trezure" Givens - Background Vocals
- Chucc Hamilton - Additional Keyboards
- Chris Jackson - Recording Engineer
- Justin Keitt - Keyboards
- Khizman - Additional Lead Vocals
- Kokane - Additional Vocals
- Shvona Lavette - Additional Vocals
- Robert "Bubby" Lewis - Bass played by
- Victor Manzano - Recording Engineer
- Terrace Martin - Recording Engineer
- Steven Mudd - Assistant Engineer
- Sebastian Nova - Assistant Engineer
- Russell "Double R" Rededux - Executive Producer
- Sukari Reid-Glenn - Flute
- Terrence "Scar" Smith - Additional Vocals
- LaToiya Williams - Additional Vocals
Music videos
- Better Than the Best
- Lookin' Fly
- Can It Be
- Me and This Jawn
- A Part of Me
- Break Up
- The Science
- Road Is My Religion