I remember one day I got up and I was bawling, just crying. I had lost homies that got shot and went through different shit and got locked up. I just get up and I miss my friend Eyedea some days.” Being on tour with the ¡MURSDAY! tour, Jesse was like “You should write to this beat! You should write to this beat!” I was like “I don’t know what to write to this. I just wanted to do something that kind of represented that vibe.įor me, recording with Jesse kind of brought back those feelings. I listen to all those songs when I go to funerals. I feel like for our side of things, there hasn’t been a “I Miss My Homies” or “Gangsta Lean” or “So Many Tears” or “Smile”. Unfortunately, I’ve lost and buried a lot of friends of mine. “I Miss Mikey”, I made a song about someone who’s been dead or lost in your life. We talked to MURS to get his perspective on the song, in which he revealed how Eyedea’s passing brought him more tears than close family members. Over a somber yet hopeful instrumental by Jesse Shatkin, MURS breaks down the effect that death has on his psyche, and how he, in turn, honors their memory. In honor of the late, great, and incredibly talented Eyedea (and to the dearly departed in general), MURS created “I Miss Mikey”. With “I Miss Mikey”, MURS ends his album Have A Nice Life with an ode to a fellow emcee, an underground legend, and a friend.
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