Murs: I feel like this is my chance to say something to black kids. Especially with what’s going on in the projects, and also they just repealed the crack cocaine law. I’ve always wanted to tell the story, a little bit just mention the real Rick Ross, for what he’s done. And also, I speak to a lot of white kids. I know my fans are white. Instead of talking directly to black kids, I tell them what they need to know about us instead of telling black people what they already know or telling my white fans stories they can’t learn anything from. A lot of white kids, and a lot of black kids just don’t know where Hip Hop came from, and they don’t know that racism still exists. Or they think the complete opposite and they think that black people who are intelligent and want revolution hate them, which is not true. So, I felt like I had a lot to say. I had finished the record before working with Scoop [Deville]. And my publicist was kind of like, “All the stuff you come in here and we talk about and build about, I don’t hear any of that on the record.” I was like, “Word?” Then Scoop showed up, and I loved all of his beats like this kid’s amazing and then we sat down and talked and he was super cool. So, I was like, fuck it. Then, I heard that “Science” beat and it reminded me of some Rakim shit where you could just be real monotone and just…Ya know?
— Murs: A Change Gone’ Come | Features > HipHopDX.com
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