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With his standout verses on Nelly's Batter Up, Rock the Mic remix with Beanie Sigel and Freeway and Air Force Ones, the St. Lunatics rapper is proving that when he gets behind the mic, everything is bound to go right; some have witnessed just that when he dropped that crazy verse on the Welcome To Atlanta Remix with Jermaine Dupri, Puffy and Snoop Dogg. In fact, Murph's smooth, stunning performances throughout Nelly's debut album, 2000's 9x platinum "Country Grammar;" the St. Lunatic's first album, 2001's platinum "Free City" and Nelly's 2002's 6X platinum "Nellyville," have established him as a star in his own right.  
Now stepping front and center with his debut solo album, "Murphy's Law," Murphy is rewriting the rules of the game and proving that his St. Lunatics colleague Nelly isnít the only one with serious skills. Murphy Lee shows women the utmost respect on "Luv Me Baby" His pointed delivery flows over a guitar-driven beat from Jazze Pha as he renders verse after verse about love. "That's me and how I feel about a woman," he says. "That's the real respect, the real me. Other stuff you might hear me say, but that song is to really let people know what I'm about." 
Murphy Lee keeps the vibe going on "Murphy Lee," which borrows from Marvin
Gaye's classic "Mercy Mercy Me." Produced by Jermaine Dupri, the cut has
special meaning to Murphy, "I didn't want to use a sample, " he explains. "But that sample, was amazing to me. I had to use it. It was so perfect. I knew I didn't want to degrade the song, so I had to talk about something good. I put some good, positive stuff into the ladies' ears."  Another banger on the set is "Wat Da Hook Gone Be," produced by Jermaine Dupri. Murph says this is one of his favorite cuts from the album. "It's like the beat was just so crazy," he enthuses. ìWe were in the studio and was like this doesnít even need a hook, and jokingly that is exactly how the song came about. "Wat Da Hook Gone Be,' is exactly what the hook is." 
 
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