Let’s face it, Hip-hop isn’t really something you would link to the Brits. In fact, the scene has endured much criticism over the years, leaving UK’s brand of Hip-hop fading into the music industry’s darkest corners. This, however, proves to be the perfect stage for this British rapper “Murds” as he defies these odds and generates a unique voice within the Hip-hop scene.
Born and raised in Bracknell, England, Robert Bambridge, despite the genre proving an obscure kind, spent his entire childhood immersed in the Hip-hop scene. Murds then picked up the pen as a teenager in college, representing the beginning of the young artist’s journey.
In a culture fundamentally estranged from Hip-hop, Murds persisted with his music, often leaving him reliant on his own progress and effort as both producer and lyricist. And despite the numerous challenges, Murds introduced his premier mixtape in 2014.
Self-made and home-produced, “Perfeckt” features Murds expressing several defining chapters along the young rapper’s life. And although the lyrics allude to the rapper’s darkest moments, Murds’ edgy rhymes somehow manage to add lighter, vibrant tones, leaving powerful messages hidden within each track. Imagine a black canvas bursting with bright, neon colors, with each blot and stroke representing the rapper’s defiant message towards a dark reality.
Murds’ most recent work “Turning Point”, a video uploaded on Youtube, features the rapper expressing a certain “180 degree turn”. Being a freestyle rap, the video not only solidifies his skills as a rapper, but exhibits his uncanny ability to express craft intrinsic rhymes and heart-piercing poetry out of life’s harsh realities.
“Defiance” is a word that best defines Murds and the edgy music he brings into the scene. From defying UK’s Hip-hop obscurity, to defying the darkness plaguing reality, Murds himself portrays an unparalleled voice piercing against the darkness, growing louder as he continues to defy whatever challenge stands his way.
By Jods Arboleda for RAPstation.com
