Win Tickets ($30): Hip Hop & Love Tour Featuring MURS, Tabi Bonney, & More @ Refuge PDX
November 8, 2011 — PDXPIPELINEPipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see MURS Hip Hop & Love Tour on Monday, November 14 at Refuge PDX. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Monday, November 14.
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From our sponsors at Refuge PDX:
Hip Hop & Love Tour feat. MURS, Tabi Bonney, Ski Beatz & The Senseis, McKenzie Eddy, Da$h, & Sean O’Connell
Monday, November 14
8 p.m. | $15 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets at Eventbrite
Refuge PDX
116 SE Yamhill
www.refugepdx.com
Murs is the hardest-working rapper alive. If he's not running circles around America as part of Paid Dues, the annual hip-hop festival that he created and organized, he's doing backflips across a stage in Budapest, or shaking hands with fans in Japan before catching a bullet train to a packed in-store performance.
When he's not on the road, he's in the studio, feverishly adding album after album to a cavernous discography which boasts projects released by major-label behemoths like Warner Bros. clear across the industry spectrum to indie powerhouses like Rhymesayers and Def Jux, a testament to the respect this man commands from the underground and commercial world alike. And all from a guy who only got a manager three years ago.
To hear him tell it, he has no choice but to work hard. From the rhymes in his notepad to the hair on his head, Murs is not your average rapper. Hell, he's not your average guy. Never has been. His stomping grounds is the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, the kind of neighborhood where cornrows and Chuck Taylors are decidedly more common than dreadlocks and Vans, so Murs was on his own from early on. Those were the days when he first put pen to paper and began perfecting what he calls ¬Ëœsitcom rap': songs about the everyday life of those of us who don't live in the hood, and don't live in Hollywood either - the life the majority of us are living.
Listening to Murs is something like listening to a regular guy who just happens to know how to rap. His lyrics are straightforward, down-to-earth, and honest, delivered with a vocal tone and forcefulness that recalls a slightly more relaxed Ice Cube.
November 8, 2011 at 15:50
Simple: I support real hip-hop. Murs is pretty much the opposite of crap like Drake.
November 8, 2011 at 15:57
I’ve been a Murs fan for years but have never seen him live. Going to this show would be rad!
November 8, 2011 at 17:17
Please give me an opportunity to bond with my son who introduced me to Murs. He is getting too old to cuddle- this might be my last chance.
November 8, 2011 at 17:36
Real hip hop! This is what Portland needs.
November 9, 2011 at 10:18
Amazing line-up would love to see them jam.
November 9, 2011 at 10:38
I’ve only heard a couple of MURS songs, but Tabi’s the shit!
November 9, 2011 at 12:58
We take our friends out to music venues all over Portland and Refuge is one that we have yet to visit. This would be a great opportunity to see a new venue AND MURS at the same time!! We would be SO excited!!
November 9, 2011 at 18:15
This would be my first show in Portland. I love hip hop and am a big Murs fan. Itd be amazing to see all of these artists live.
November 9, 2011 at 22:18
MURS is one of my very favorites (I love him with Slug in Felt)! My very best friend is in town for a long weekend & neither she or I has seen him. This would be the highlight of her trip for sure.
November 10, 2011 at 11:21
I love MURS! You should pick me because I’m a college student on a budget who loves hip hop! I’m going to go whether I win or not.. but the $30 extra dollars could buy me top ramen for months! :P
November 10, 2011 at 16:27
Long time listener, first time poster. Murs always puts on a great show, Id love to see him but my finances are lacking. If you can help me out that would be great!
November 10, 2011 at 18:30
give us a reason to get out and about this weekend!
November 10, 2011 at 18:33
I can jump high!
November 10, 2011 at 21:50
Hell yeah can’t wait for this show
November 10, 2011 at 22:41
Murs is awesome! I saw him in San Luis Obispo, CA and he was insane! I would love to see Murs go crazy awesome on stage again. MURS FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
November 10, 2011 at 23:07
I will go ape-shit, balls-to-the-wall crazy if I get see Murs live! I know all the lyrics to all of his songs. Please oh please, I would die to see Murs!
November 11, 2011 at 08:12
I fucking love Murs…moved here from the Bay Area, being gay and living in the hood loving hip hop never went together. MUrs changed all that for me. His song “wild style” bout the two gay lovers tryn to get thru high school let me know I wasn’t alone. Tho they ended bad, Murs always made me feel there a place in this world for me, and someone out there making music for the real people no matter who or what you are. It would touch my heart to get to see the man I rocked in my headphones when I thought bout giving up.
November 11, 2011 at 08:31
I fuc$*!# hella love Murs…moved here from the Bay Area, being gay and living in the hood, loving hip hop never went together. MUrs changed all that for me. His song “wild style†bout the two gay lovers tryn to get thru high school let me know I wasn’t alone. Tho they ended bad, Murs always made me feel there a place in this world for me, and someone out there making music for the real people no matter who or what you are. It would touch my heart to get to see the man I rocked in my headphones when I thought bout giving up
November 11, 2011 at 11:00
Suzanne Vega is one of my top favs! props to murs fa shooo.. B)
November 11, 2011 at 14:51
Murs has a lock on the contemporary hip hop scene. Beats that kill and words that provoke important thought. If you haven’t seen this show, it’s time to get caught up on Monday night.
November 12, 2011 at 00:02
Have been listening to this gem for a few years, it would be amazing to see him finally
November 12, 2011 at 19:08
I love MURS! I would love to see him live :)
November 13, 2011 at 14:49
I love MURS and we don’t get any concerts in Alaska! I’d love to attend this show!
November 13, 2011 at 15:44
I would love to go see this show! Murs is def true hip hop and Tabi Bonney! Are you for real? I love his music! I tried to see them last year when they were at Hawthorne theatre but unfortunately couldn’t make because of finance issues that required me to work mandatory OT :( winning these tickets would totally make up for missing these guys last time they were in town.
November 13, 2011 at 22:40
I’d Love to win so I can occupy Refuge PDX!! :)
November 14, 2011 at 00:38
I want the tix because I’m the #1 pdxpipeline fan and the #1 Murs fan!
November 14, 2011 at 09:25
LOve for the REAL hip hop with a message that matters.. so glad to know about this~
November 14, 2011 at 13:39
Love and Hip-Hop are one and the same! so stoked to see this show!!! <3
November 14, 2011 at 16:08
Because I have never been to Refuge and although I love Murs I have never seen him live. So this would be to make 2 nevers into haves for me.
November 14, 2011 at 19:33
Murs restores the honor of Hip Hop when so many uninformed people only see hate and violence.