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Mr. Lif

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Is This the Coachella 2012 Lineup?

    Coachella 2012 is still more than four months away -- so naturally, it's time to start hyperventilating over rumored lineups for the first year the festival will stretch over two weekends. One "leaked" lineup appeared last week on StarzUncut, a celebrity gossip website with more than 58,000 Twitter ... More >>

  • Music

    May 4, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    Coachella 2012 is still more than four months away -- so naturally, it's time to start hyperventilating over rumored lineups for the first year the festival will stretch over two weekends. One "leaked" lineup appeared last week on StarzUncut, a celebrity gossip website with more than 58,000 Twitter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Mr. Lif and Brass Menazeri -- You've Never Heard Anything Like This Radness

    ​Wildly popular yet uncompromisingly traditional local party-brass band Brass Menazeri got into a jam with Boston's Mr. Lif. The result is so beautiful it changed our brains just to hear a little bit. Brain different now! Different and better. Wonderful brain-changing video after the jump.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ Doc Fu (Red Wine)

    ​DJ Doc Fu runs with the Red Wine crew, which means you can find one his sets slipped into a fine dining establishment (Farmer Brown) or a corner dive (Dalva), depending on the night. The love for this particular DJ runs from this coast out east as well: he's supported such heavies in the hip-ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2009

    Last Night: Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif at the Independent

    ​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2009

    Gift of Gab’s talent sidetracks his solo missions

    ​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    The truth hurts: Brother Ali should try his hand at failure

    ​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Lif Off

    ​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 1, 2007

    Getting Paid

    ​Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Mr. Lif, hosted by Lyrics Born November 7, 2009 The Independent Better Than: This year's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Indie hip-hop icons still pack them in up in the Bay Area. On Saturday night, the Independent was dominated by indie artists who have spent more than 15 ... More >>

  • Music

    December 20, 2006

    Live Wires

    The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Unagi emerges from the local hip hop underground

    The high and lowlights of 2006 performances

  • Music

    September 27, 2006

    DJ Krush

    Stepping Stones (Sony Japan)

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Mr. Lif

    Mo Mega (Definitive Jux)

  • Music

    July 5, 2006

    Going fishing for inspiration

    Mo Mega (Definitive Jux)

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    The Perceptionists

    Black Dialogue

  • Music

    February 2, 2005

    Hear This

    Hip hop's first agitprop supergroup has arrived, and so have four teenage siblings from Texas who play indie pop. Yippee!

  • Music

    December 1, 2004

    BeatBox

    Aesop Rock makes the unintelligible, well, entertaining; the legendary Shapeshifters shuffle up from L.A.

  • Music

    September 29, 2004

    BeatBox

    DJ Krush lays down the moody beats; "Remember" takes you all the way back to the '70s, for better or worse.

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Fabled Aesop

    The rhymes are strange and the beats are bleak, but Aesop Rock insists that his latest is anything but experimental

  • Music

    September 10, 2003

    Keeping It Eel

    Having learned to love himself -- literally -- instrumental hip hop producer Unagi has arrived with a sensual debut

  • Music

    May 14, 2003

    Hear This

    Prefuse 73 (aka Scott Herren) is a one-man beat Cuisinart whose sonic spray bridges hip hop and electronica

  • Music

    October 29, 1997

    Reviews

    Prefuse 73 (aka Scott Herren) is a one-man beat Cuisinart whose sonic spray bridges hip hop and electronica

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