- hip hop
- 47 min
- 14 tracks
- Definitive Jux
I Phantom is the debut studio album by American rapper Mr. Lif. It was produced mostly by alternative hip hop artist El-P, among others, at Boston Butta Beats in Boston and the New York City-based Steel Acres, The Danger Room, and Def Jux Studios. Mr. Lif composed I Phantom as a concept album about the working life of an African American who is pressured into pursuing the dubious rewards of the American dream.
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Grave, spare, contemporary and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Bad Card2:10
- 2A Glimpse at the Struggle3:29
- 3Return of the B‐Boy7:36
- 4Live From the Plantation3:59
- 5New Man Theme3:23
- 6Handouts0:41
- 7Status4:00
- 8Success4:17
- 9Daddy Dearest0:57
- 10The Now3:48
- 11Friends and Neighbors2:34
- 12Iron Helix2:42
- 13Earthcrusher3:47
- 14Post Mortem3:60
14 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mr. Lif
- Label
- Definitive Jux
- Released
- September 17, 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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