Mr. Lif looks inward on new CD, in new city

By Ken Capobianco

Globe Correspondent / June 27, 2006

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When Mr. Lif emerged on the local hip-hop scene a decade ago, he became a heady antidote to the rap world's obsession with gratuitous violence and greed. With his electric stage presence and rapid-fire flow, Lif separated himself from the cluttered field of indie MCs. Stellar records such as ``I Phantom," a beautifully realized song cycle, examined our culture's withering ... (Full article: 651 words)