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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut album on the Warner Bros. label for the Los Angeles rapper features Snoop Dogg and will.i.am as guest artists.
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  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
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  1. Alternative Press
    90
    President isn't just one of the year's best; it's one of the finest efforts to come out of hip-hop in a long time. [Dec 2008, p.153]
  2. Mr. Dibbs and Oh No might have been preferable to will.i.am and Nottz, even though the beats here are decent enough. It's cool to see Murs get the money he deserves for his project and even to hear him team up with luminaries like Snoop, and it's head and shoulders above the other garbage the major labels are circulating these days.
  3. 80
    Murs for President has a cumulative bang that's impossible to deny.
  4. Murs for President isn’t the most perfect campaign, but it’s more than worthy of being on the ballot.
  5. Murs was obviously ready to put his best foot forward--and yes, Murs for President is just as ambitious as the title indicates.
  6. Under The Radar
    70
    Cameos range from Kid Rock to Snoop Dogg, and Murs' swift rhymes, chunky beats, and distinctive rapping style showcase an appetite for the sounds of high fashion gleam and street swagger. [Fall 2008, p.88]
  7. Too often, though, Murs's charm is scrapped in favor of finger-wagging and outright lecturing about respecting women, reaching out across racial lines, and any number of other things that are relevant but in mainstream hip-hop are like vegetables being forced down our throats.

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