The Perceptionists
The Perceptionists are an American hip-hop group from Boston who are classified as alternative hip-hop and political rap . The group consists of the rappers Mr. Lif and Akrobatik , as well as originally the DJ Fakts One. The group released under the label Definitive Jux .
career
The three members had been friends with each other since their youth. They met in the local hip-hop scene in Boston. They worked together for the first time in the late 1990s as part of Fakts Ones university radio show . In 2000 they finally gave themselves the name "The Perceptionists" and officially formed a trio. In 2004 the first release appeared, a mixtape called The Razor , which was aimed at the underground . The official debut album Black Dialogue followed in 2005 .
Subsequently, however, the group separated due to personal differences. It wasn't until 2016 that the members made music together again, on Mr. Lif's solo album Don't Look Down . After that, Mr. Lif and acrobatics began, without fact one, to work on another Perceptionist work. They were inspired by the reconciliation between Q-Tips and Phife Dawg , which led to the recording of a final A-Tribe-Called-Quest album shortly before Phife Dawg's death . The long player was released in 2017 by the Mello Music Group label under the title Resolution .
Discography
Studio albums
- Black Dialogue (2005)
- Resolution (2017)
Mix tapes
- The Razor (2004)
Singles
- Memorial Day
- What Have We Got to Lose?
- Blo / Let's Move (2005)
- Black Dialogue / 5 O'Clock / Champion Scratch (2005)
Web links
- The Perceptionists at Allmusic (English)
- Jesse Serwer: The Perceptionists: Triple Play. In: Features. XLR8R, March 23, 2005, accessed March 18, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Simpson: Resolution - Acrobatics, Mr. Lif, The Perceptionists - AllMusic Review. AllMusic , accessed September 16, 2017 .