''Mo' Mega'' is the second solo studio album by American hip hop artist

Mr. Lif Jeffrey Haynes (born December 28, 1977), better known by his stage name Mr. Lif, is an American rapper from Boston, Massachusetts. While being praised because of his political lyrics, he has released two studio albums on Definitive Jux and one ...

. It was released by Definitive Jux on June 13, 2006. It peaked at number 27 on the ''

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chart, as well as number 31 on the

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chart.

Title

In the album's liner notes, Mr. Lif wrote:

Critical reception

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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". John Bush of

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gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying: "With political tracks and comedy and confessionals, Lif easily covers more ground than virtually any other rapper on record, and he makes his tracks entertaining, but he occasionally falls prey to a common trap -- educating the listeners but not enlightening them."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

– vocals, production (6, 7) *

El-P Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has been a ...

– production (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10), vocals (5), additional vocals (9) * DJ Relm – turntables (2, 4) * Aesop Rock – vocals (5) *

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– vocals (6) *

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– co-production (6) * Blueprint – vocals (9) *

Akrobatik Jared Bridgeman, better known by his stage name Akrobatik, is an American rapper from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a part of the hip hop collective named The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One, which ...

– vocals (9) *

DJ Big Wiz Hail Mary Mallon was an American hip-hop group consisting of Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz. The group's name is a reference to Typhoid Mary. Their first release was the song "D-Up", featured on the compilation album, ''Definitive Jux Pr ...

– turntables (9) * Nick Toth – production (11) * Michelle Shaprow – additional vocals (11)

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2006 albums Mr. Lif albums Definitive Jux albums Albums produced by El-P