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Monday, April 20, 2009
Tonight Tonight in Music: Mr. Lif
Posted by Megan Seling on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Mr. Lif - "Brothaz"
Mr. Lif, Willie Evans Jr., Nite Owls, Grieves
(Neumos) Boston's intellectual rapper Mr. Lif has two hiphop albums with Definitive Jux (I Phantom and Mo' Mega) and a new one, I Heard It Today, which comes out April 21. Mr. Lif has the distinction of being the first and probably only hiphop artist to deal with TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Program), and therefore continues hiphop's role of being the CNN for black folks. He raps/reports: "Obama wouldn't stop 'em [the banks]/Neither would McCain/Let me explain/I got lost playing your game/They pumped a couple slugs in my frame/Y'all taxpayer slayers/Turn the other cheek deregulators/Trust betrayers/Reagan, Nixon, and Petraeus poorly portray us/Program us just to sway us/Promise us favors/Then use 'em just to dominate us/Oh, now you're printing $700 billion just to save the children?/Y'all muthafuckaz 'bout to make a killin'." Sadly, many blacks will not hear this important report/rap because the hiphop channel they're watching is not CNN, but QVC. CHARLES MUDEDE
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