Mr. Lif

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Mr. Lif

Background information
Birth name	Jeffrey Haynes
Born	1977
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Producer
Years active	1999–Present
Label(s)	Definitive Jux Thought Wizard Productions Ozone Records
Associated acts	The Perceptionists
Website	Official Website Definitive Jux - Bio

For other uses, see LIF.

Mr. Lif (born Jeffrey Haynes) is an American hip hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, signed to Definitive Jux. Mr. Lif is also a member of the hip hop group The Perceptionists with long-time friends and collaborators Akrobatik and DJ Fakts One.

1 Biography
2 Origin of Mr. Lif's name
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Mr. Lif grew up in the neighborhood of Brighton in Boston, Massachusetts. For two years he attended Colgate University, dropping out after becoming enamored with the hip hop music being produced at the time. He became a performer in 1994. In 2000 and 2001 he won the Kahlua Boston Music Awards for Outstanding Rap/Hip Hop Act. Mr. Lif's family ancestry is Barbadian.

[edit] Origin of Mr. Lif's name

According to Mr. Lif, his pseudonym comes from a song he heard at a Phish concert. As Lif recounts in an interview "They had this song, 'Liftedly Man', with this incredible bass line. I don't know what it was, but the character really got to me. I thought of him as the 'ultra you', someone that is perceptive, trying to gain knowledge of self, surroundings, and situations". Later some friends of his added the "Mister".

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

I Phantom (Definitive Jux - 2002)
Mo' Mega (Definitive Jux - 2006)

[edit] EPs

Enters the Colossus (Definitive Jux - 2000)
Emergency Rations (Definitive Jux - 2002)

[edit] Compilation albums

Sleepyheads (Thought Wizard Productions - 2003)
Sleepyheads II (Classic Combos) (Thought Wizard Productions - 2006)

[edit] Live albums

Live at the Middle East (Ozone - 2002)

[edit] Singles

"Front on This" b/w "Be out" (Definitive Jux - 2000)
"Cro-Magnom" b/w "Fulcrum" (Definitive Jux - 2001)
"Home of the Brave" b/w "The Unorthodox" (Definitive Jux - 2002)
"Brothaz" b/w "Brothaz" (9th Wonder remix) (Definitive Jux - 2006)

[edit] Collaborations

The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux - 2005)

[edit] External links

v • d • e Definitive Jux
Artists
Aesop Rock \| Cage \| Camu Tao \| Cannibal Ox \| C-Rayz Walz \| Cool Calm Pete \| Danny! \| Despot \| El-P \| Hangar 18 \| Mr. Lif \| MURS \| Party Fun Action Committee \| The Perceptionists \| S.A. Smash \| Rob Sonic

Full length albums
The Cold Vein \| Labor Days \| El-P Presents Cannibal Oxtrumentals \| Fantastic Damage \| Deadringer \| I Phantom \| Fandam Plus: Instrumentals, Remixes, Lyrics & Video \| Weareallgoingtoburninhell \| The End of the Beginning \| Smashy Trashy \| Let's Get Serious\| \| Ravipops (The Substance) \| Bazooka Tooth \| Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition \| Since We Last Spoke \| The Multi-Platinum Debut Album \| Telicatessen \| Collecting The Kid \| Black Dialogue \| Year of the Beast \| Lost \| Hell's Winter \| Mo' Mega \| I'll Sleep When You're Dead \| None Shall Pass
EPs
Enters the Colossus \| The F-Word \| Daylight \| Emergency Rations \| The Horror \| We Live: The Black Samurai \| Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
Compilation Albums
Def Jux Presents \| Farewell Fondle 'Em \| Def Jux Presents 2 \| Def Jux Presents 3 \| Def Jux Teaser 2005 \| Definitive Swim
Related Topics
Definitive Jux \| Company Flow \| The Weathermen

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