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Mr. Lif
Birth name	Jeffrey Haynes
Born	1977
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Producer
Years active	1997–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, 1977) 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.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Main solo albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 With The Perceptionists 2.4 Compilation albums 2.5 Live albums 2.6 Instrumental albums 2.7 Singles 3 External links

Mr. Lif grew up in the neighborhood of Brighton in Boston, Massachusetts. For two years he attended Colgate University, eventually dropping out. 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. Some artists make albums because they can. The great ones make albums because they have to. With that said, the first thing you need to know about Boston-bred MC Mr. Lif’s new album, Mo’ Mega, is that this is the album he had to make. Hot off of last year’s smash success with the Perceptionists (his collaboration with fellow MC Akrobatik and one of Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2005), Lif is back with an arsenal of new rhymes that showcase his massive talents as an MC, poet, and true life reporter.

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

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

• Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux - 2005)

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

• Live at the Middle East (Ozone - 2002)

• I Phantom Instrumentals (Definitive Jux - 2002)

• "Elektro" / "The Nothing" 12" (Nos Productions - 1998)
• "Triangular Warfare" / "Inhuman Capabilities" 12" (Brick Records - 1999)
• "Farmhand" / "Settle the Score" 12" (Grand Royal - 1999)
• "Front On This" / "Be Out" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2000)
• "Cro-Magnon" / "Fulcrum" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2001)
• "Home of the Brave" / "The Unorthodox" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2002)
• "New Man Theme" / "Pull Out Your Cut" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2002)
• "Return of the B-Boy" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2002)
• "Brothaz" / "Brothaz (9th Wonder remix)" 12" (Definitive Jux - 2006)

• Official Website
• Mr. Lif at MySpace
• Definitive Jux Official Website
• Definitive Jux - Mr. Lif Bio
• Mr. Lif's Discogs entry
• Interview at Itshiphop.tv
• Interview at NobodySmiling.com
• Interview at PitchforkMedia

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Artists
Aesop Rock | Cage | Camu Tao | Cannibal Ox | Cool Calm Pete | C-Rayz Walz | Danny! | Despot | El-P | Hangar 18 | Junk Science Mr. Lif | MURS | Party Fun Action Committee | The Perceptionists | RJD2 | Rob Sonic | S.A. Smash
Full length albums
The Cold Vein | Labor Days | El-P Presents Cannibal Oxtrumentals | Fantastic Damage | Deadringer | I Phantom | Fandam Plus: Instrumentals, Remixes, Lyrics & Video | 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 | Sabotage Gigante | Sweep the Leg | Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic | Depart from Me | 11th Hour
EPs
Enters the Colossus | 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 | Bucket of B-Sides Vol. 1 | Def Jux Teaser 2005 | Definitive Swim
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