Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)

A veteran MC and Los Angeles native, Murs has seen multiple sides of the music industry, with releases on respected indies and a brief dalliance with a major label. Yet as he prepares for a self-imposed rap retirement, he rightfully intends to end on a high note with *Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)*. The third and final installment in a series that began in 2016, the roughly half-hour-long send-off both overtly and subtly calls back to an earlier time in his life and career in an apparent bid for closure. Opener “Silverlake Rec League” blends childhood reminiscing with clear-eyed metaphoric recognition of his underground king status. From there, he continues with the heartfelt “Enjoy,” the defiant “Chopper,” and the educational motivational “F.A.M.I.L.Y.,” all the while demonstrating how he’s endured in the game. After the autobiographical “Flowers For will.i.am” and the expansive “OCH,” he eventually reaches “Stylus Groove,” an exemplary finale for his discography.