Murs & ¡MAYDAY! Talk Collab Album, Merging Writing Styles, Tech N9ne, Miami Scene & Drop A Freestyle [Video]

Hip-hop artists Murs and Mayday came through Sway in the Morning to promote their new collaboration album Mursday! The rappers spoke about how they came together to collab and the difficulty of adjusting to each others’ writing styles. They also explained why they adopted old school methods of collaborating together. Additionally, Mayday! explained how they feel comfortable collaborating with any Miami artists and why their location restricted them from being exposed to the greater hip-hop world. Plus, the crew dropped some dope freestyles for us with music provided by DJ Wonder.

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Mega Ran feat. Joell Ortiz & Murs – Losses [Stream]

After being named a “Rapper Likely To Be Big in 2014” by LA Weekly, Mega Ran steps to the plate in a lead-off role and blasts a thunderous home run. His new track “Losses” is a heartfelt lifeline to anyone who’s lost anything or anyone to the high-stakes game of the streets. Produced by Alex Minor. Ran recruits Brooklyn’s Joell Ortiz of Slaughterhouse and LA’s indie rap hero MURS, and tops it off with a soulful chorus by Arizona songstress Tina Estes to drive it home, making “Losses” a vast departure from the video-game tinged tracks that he’s been known for as of late. “Losses” is the leadoff for Mega Ran’s newest EP, “Wouldn’t Miss It For The World,” coming this spring as a free download.

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