MO’ MEGA - MR. LIF
Mr. Lif enjoys status as the architect of some of the rap world’s most visceral polemics, both as a solo artist and with his Perceptionists. Strange then that “Mo’ Mega” uses all its political juice in its first half, turning midway through to more generalized Everyman stories and, disappointingly, fairly standard sophomore album tales from the road such as “Long Distance,” with its awkward sex talk, or the throwaway “Washitup!,” which rehashes De La Soul’s tossed-off-in-its-own-right “A Little Bit of Soap.” Lif’s in good hands production-wise, as El-P furnishes a grand storm of rock on “Collapse” and “Take, Hold, Fire!” Lif’s desire to broaden his material with generation-jumping stories of family (”Looking In …” and “For You”) is well-meaning, but his own fierce catalog makes “Mega” seem like a missed opportunity. Billboard
