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Have a Nice Life (album)

Have a Nice Life is the ninth studio album by American rapper Murs. It was released on May 18, 2015, via Strange Music. Production was handled by Jesse Shatkin, ¡Mayday!, Curtiss King and The Arsonist. It features guest appearances from E-40, King Fantastic, MNDR and Ryan "Myagi" Evans.

The album debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200, number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 12 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States.

Critical reception

Have a Nice Life was met with generally favorable reviews reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on five reviews.

Kellan Miller of XXL praised the album, writing: "'I Miss Mikey' speaks not only to Murs' own deceased homies, but acts as an inspirational call to ignore fears of mortality in the face of death and leave a lasting mark. With Have A Nice Life, an album that will not only impress longtime admirers but newcomers as well, Murs should have no problem with that task". AllMusic's David Jeffries claimed that "every track here punches with a purpose". Andrew Gretchko of HipHopDX stated: "while some may be upset that Murs isn't the unruly rapper he once was, he's managed to craft a project that remains true while growing up enough to talk about life in a radiant, maturity tinged glow". Sy Shackleford of RapReviews found "some areas of this album [are] a little redundant". Marcus J. Moore of Pitchfork wrote: "as a whole, Have a Nice Life stands as a decent collection of songs that, while palatable, casually floats by in a sea of average beats by Jesse Shatkin, who produced much of the album".

Track listing

Charts

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