Mr. Lif Shoots the Gift

April 18, 2003

Mr. Lif Shoots the Gift

Okay, that title is corny. But this is a solid profile of Boston's MVP, from the Chicago Sun Times. Always refreshing when the mainstream press notices a rapper for some reason other than his arrest record:

Beantown rapper gives hip-hop an intellectual lift
Mr. Lif, a huge New England Patriots fan, jokes he recently moved from Boston to California to operate the team's West Coast offices.

He adds he had nothing to do with the signing of former Chicago Bear Roosevelt Colvin. "I understand there may hostilities about that in Chicago, so I'll let Coach Belichick handle those," he says with a chuckle.

Joking aside, Lif has meant more to New England's hip-hop than he ever could to its professional football franchise. He may be the region's most important export since UConn women's basketball and Trader Joe's grocery. He's an MC whose delivery places more emphasis on lyrics than barking; returning the music to a time when rappers relentlessly deconstructed popular culture.

This, he says, comes "from being alive and being a fan of hip-hop during the era of conscious rap, when the predominant image was an intelligent black man whose power was his intellect. It also comes from seeing the struggles of my parents..."

Posted by jsmooth995 at April 18, 2003 12:23 PM

Comments

AMEN ON THAT!

Posted by: AVRIAL at April 19, 2003 02:23 AM

Mr. Lif is tight. He is coming to my town on 5/3. Everybody should listen to tracks like "home of the brave", "live from the plantation", and "Because they made it this way". Don't sleep!

Posted by: DJ Musashi at April 21, 2003 03:15 PM

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Posted by: White niger at September 7, 2003 11:03 AM

Mr Lif is a great mc in my eyes. Yesterday he rocked the stage in little switzerland!

That show was really cool together with akrobatik ...

Posted by: :P:L: at September 7, 2003 04:15 PM

Mr Lif is great and a very inspired mc. His "Live from the plantation " is cool and I could listen it day and night

Posted by: Frieda Zonnenfeld at October 5, 2003 08:57 AM

"Because they made it this way" keeps me alive. It's my favorite. Good work Mr Lif, keep it going.

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