Murphy Lee: Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy’s Law

By Alice Webb

Garbage with a pleasant fragrance still is garbage.

“Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy’s Law” is a CD not worth buying or burning.

In the future, it would be in Murphy Lee’s best interest to limit himself to guest appearances on other albums.

Of the album’s 19 tracks, two are worth listening to because their saving grace is catchy beats.

-“Wat Da Hook Gon Be” and the popular radio tune “Shake Ya Tailfeather” entrance you with music, and before long have you singing choruses that make no sense, such as:

“Wat da hook gon’ be/ C I don’t need no hook on this beat/ All I need is the track in the back round/ My headphones loud keep the drink goin round.'”

Excuse me, Mr. Lunatic, but if you don’t need a hook, what was that?

The rest of the album is horrible. The beats suck, and the lyrics get outrageously ridiculous.

“Cool Wit It” is more repetitive than cells multiplying. How many times can you say “cool wit it” in one song? For the answer, pick any number and multiply it by infinity.

The worst is yet to come. “Red Hot Riplets” is one of the best examples of lyricism gone down the drain. In an attempt to gain the attention of a woman, the best line available is:

“I need some Kool-Aid/ Tell her what you mean, man/ You all that and a bag o’ chips/ I just wanna know if you and me can dip.”

Murphy Lee had a golden opportunity to make a CD worth listening to – at least halfway through – but instead he used his previous success to trick people into buying a CD full of filler.

“When I’m left over, aluminum foil me baby” are lyrics to his song “Luv Me Baby.”

Sorry Murphy, but garbage gets thrown in the alley.