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Supa dope emcee and HipHop trivia wizard MURS dropped an official video to his single “Melancholy”. In the video MURS enters the historic Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. He hops on stage with intro to the beat going as he describes the melancholy vibe he’s been in lately. Watching the video and listening to Murs bars is reminiscent of a depression group session which fits the melancholy theme of the song.
Although the song is pretty introspective, the Michael ‘Seven’ Summers produced track is very upbeat to match Murs’s bottom line of the song which is , he’s feeling meloncholy
Now some of you might be thinking ‘But melancholy means prolonged depression or a gloomy state of mind. BUT it also means sober thoughtfulness or pensiveness which basically means “expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness”. That’s what we think Murs it trying to translate in this tune…pretty dope!! Also that A Tribe Called Quest jacket he’s rocking is pretty dope too!
“Melancholy” is featured on Murs’s album “A Strange Journey Into The Unimaginable” on Strange Music Records.
Album Dropping 03.16.2018
About the Mutual Musicians Foundation:
Kansas City’s Local 627, African-American division of the American Federation of Musicians, founded in 1917, and known as the Mutual Musicians Foundation, still stands in Kansas City, Missouri’s historic 18th and Vine district at 1823 Highland Avenue.
Today, the tradition jams on at the Mutual Musicians Foundation, located on the former site of Local 627 at 1823 Highland Avenue, in the heart of the historic 18th and Vine District. The Mutual Musicians Foundation, Inc., originally incorporated to manage the building and assets of Local 627, continued operating the building as a social club for musicians and fans after the merger with Local 34 in 1970. In 1979, the Foundation was prominently featured in Bruce Ricker’s film, The Last of the Blue Devils. A National Historic Landmark, the building is also entered in the National Register of Historic Places and the Kansas City Landmarks Commission Register.
Mutual Musicians Foundation ca. 2006
As they have since 1930, musicians gather at the Foundation Friday and Saturday nights after midnight to jam into the early morning hours. The Foundation also serves as a rehearsal space for members, a classroom for visiting students and a place for private parties. A living museum, the Foundation preserves and develops Kansas City’s rich musical heritage.
In 1979, the Mutual Musicians’ Foundation Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1981, it became a National Historic Landmark.
