"...I'M A FREE MAN,
AND I CAN DO wHAT THE HELL I wANT.
DROp wHEN I wANT TO DROp..."
Following Seviin's performance, the crowd witnessed
a movement. Accompanied by his locally-based,
hand-picked band, and draped in U-C-ME gear,
Murph Derrty took the stage and transitioned the
sold-out crowd from a disconnected, pretentious lot,
to a raucous crew of all-out, receptive party-goers.
Opening with his 16 bars of fire from the Grammy
Award-winning single, "Shake a Tailfeather," and
eventually bringing it home with his fan-favorite, "Not
a Stain on Me," Murph rocked the house from "Action"
to "Cut," and the crowd rocked right along with him!
Throughout this one-night-only engagement, Murph
exuded the confidence and passion of a star, and
graciously shared his shine with two members of
his St. Lunatic family, Kyjuan and City Spud, who
playfully supported Murph and lit up the stage while
cranking out classic cuts like "Midwest Swing" and
"Air Force Ones." It didn't end there.
Murph helped his fans remember the hot Summer
days of riding down Natural Bridge Road with
speakers blasting, as they sang along in tune to
his first solo-single, "What the Hook Gone Be." He
continued by ripping both old and new cuts, and he
also took time out to explain his motivation for asking
to be released from Universal Records.
"I never thought of myself as a waiter,
because I never thought of this
business as a restaurant".
.....
H e c o n t i n u e d ,
"My 1st album went platinum, but there was no
second album. Within the last year, I asked for my
release from Universal Records and they gave it to
me. So now I'm a free man, and I can do what the hell
I want. I drop when I want to drop. Now I'm in control
of my own destiny." And this new-found freedom has
allowed Murphy Lee to open up and allow us into his
world once again.
But don't mistake him; just because Murph is rocking
a U-C-ME shirt doesn't mean he's tucked away his
Derrty Ent. chain. There's no beef amongst St. Louis'
first family of rap, and Murph continues represent the
Derrty Ent. family as an active member of the `Tics,
as well as constantly collaborating with and shouting
them out in his independent endeavors.
"Everything I do is for the group. The only difference
is: when I go in with the group, it's more competitive.
That's how the `Tics have always been. When we're in
our ciphers we try to go hard. The next person has to
go harder than the last." He continues, "With my solo
project,