Keith Murray It's a Beautiful Thing Album Review, Songs, Rating

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Keith Murray
It's a Beautiful Thing
Release Date: 1999 01 12
Running Time: 51:50
Label: Jive Records
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Keith Murray may have a distinctive rapping style, but that doesn't necessarily make for distinctive albums if his third album, It's a Beautiful Thing, is any indication. It's no coincidence that the title recalls Murray's high-water mark, "The Most Beautifullest Thing in the World" -- the entire album is a self-conscious attempt to return to those glory days, which is ironic because he's never really changed his style over the years. Still, name-association means a lot, and that may be the reason why there do seem to be several highlights on It's a Beautiful Thing, since there are no real musical or lyrical breakthroughs anywhere on the album. Indeed, it's by-the-books Murray, which will undoubtedly satisfy some long-term fans, who only need new songs to keep their interest. The rest of the audience will find the album to be a bit uneven, despite his obvious flair for lyrical gymnastics (or maybe because of them, since many of his rhymes don't make sense, even in the absurdist sense) -- the sounds aren't really new and only a handful of songs catch hold. There's enough to make It's a Beautiful Thing a reasonably entertaining listen, even if they aren't enough to make it memorable. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Intro	Kawasaki, Sermon	:53
2	When I Rap	Murray, Smith, Simmons, Smith, Sermon, Williams	3:21
3	Incredible	Murray, Sermon, Wesley, Bobbit, Brown, Smith	3:03
4	Some Shit	Sermon, Everett, Williams, Morricone, Murray	3:14
5	Bodega Skit	Sermon, Murray	:40
6	Slap Somebody	Murray, Sermon	3:57
7	Secret Indictment	Murray, Raeford, Sermon	3:41
8	Radio	Gatling, Sermon, Griffin, Davis, Jordan, Debarge, Hall, Murray, Debarge	3:50
9	Intersection	Murray, Smith, Sermon	:52
10	Shut the Fuck Up	Sermon, Murray	2:15
11	Interlude	Murray	:36
12	Media	Ousley, Murray, Noble, Hancock, Sermon	3:30
13	Life on the Street	Sample, Jennings	4:04
14	Ride Wit Us	Sermon, Shaw, Murray, Noble	3:51
15	Jungle Boogie	Boyce, Mickens, Bell, Brown, Thomas, Smith, Westfield	:56
16	High as Hell	Jackson, Murray, Sermon	3:22
17	Bad Day	Isley, Jasper, Isley, Murray, Sermon, Isley, Isley	3:55
18	Message from Keith	Murray	2:05
19	My Life	Murray, Holland, Sermon, Everett, Holland, Dozier	3:45

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