Mr. Lif - Success Feat. Aesop Rock

[Sooftah]

El-P went in with this beat.

[J73DD37J]

i can relate to this but from a diff perspective and its creepier that itoh138 uploaded it on my b day

[burtflaxton]

Just an update if anyone cares... I am back at work. Wife is at home with both my kids. I see them about 3 hours a day if that. The "system" is not conducive to happiness.

[empi1290]

@burtflaxton LOL u came back two years later lol

[secretcountry]

@burtflaxton damn man, i read that top comment like fuck yea! sorry to hear that shit man. fuck the system

[Raper1531]

Epic!

[WutDfuzz]

This is one of those albums that's so good it makes you completely rethink everything.

[cKunke2]

@WutDfuzz Mr. Lif changed my view on music and life. Songs like new mans theme and this were my soundtracks for the past few weeks while debating to quit my only job. Best decision I ever made.

[SlappaDaBass18]

Also, this beat FUCKING BANGS.

[TheVaudvilleVillain]

i got hired today :)

[Hoplite0010]

Mr. Lif, Changing lives.

[klok1usa]

this is a really powerful song im thankful that i got to hear it and i want to say a prayer for all the lives lost in japan today.

[blackLAhat]

Just my luck, when I find the only copy of this in chicago I have no money to buy it :'(

[bugsholmes]

Mr Lif is just about to release another classic featuring Andy Kayes!!

[CYBERxBULLY]

the only word i can think of is genious

[ExcellenceUSAF]

I saw this from Johnny's side.

[420Harlequin]

VERBAL NUKE 

[TheNaramatu]

Daddy had a name tag that said, "Busy Working"

Mommy had a milk carton that said, "Missing Person"

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with

That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface

[ekimizzi]

dear "David after the Dentist", THIS is real life, Mr. Lif... cheers! Boston!

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[skulldrix]

Wow, life sucks. Thanks alot, now I really am not looking forward to anything.

[6753433]

top of the line me mateyz

[CamerOneiric]

john insignificant

[cyborgdata]

lif is on the realest shit i'v ever heard.

this is real life hip hop, amazing.

[ColoredKaizoku]

This song is amazing.

[SlowChromeHand]

Amazing song!

[Ali3343]

i love this song it has a powerful point, the only thing i didnt like was how in the chorus the beat got a bit crazy but other then that 10/10

[crazycreo]

Sick i know =D

[FieldingYost]

LYRICAL MASTERPEICE

[immenseone1]

wow thats awsome ya the monitary system is so messed up and the world is corrupted from money and people have forgotton what is more important which is family our children and what kind of live we really want to live and i know no one wants to work there life away for companies and corporations that treat people like they r just replacable robots for lteraly portions of a penny

[kidmuzik92]

This song.Phenomenal!!!

[donewellisbetter]

family and love forever...forget money and stress!

[Stoh13]

@donewellisbetter Sometimes family and love can give you stress also

[MrJoepoe1]

this song makes me feel good

[mattymc10]

your sayin fuck education? your an idiot. Lif for life

[Bootlem]

What song is the Aesop Rock quote from?

[newenglishsound]

He just rapped the hook special for this song.

[Herbalistix1]

Peace from the Grand Canyon State. Taking bong hits for all yalls, -archimedes

[RIPDAJ]

The album came out in what ? 2002 ?

Album is a must have.

[keikun332]

Def a must

Fuck college

Fuck the 9 - 5 grind

Fuck all that shit

open those ears and listen to this divine truth

[Herbalistix1]

i wouldnt say fuck college, but yeah fuck that 9 - 5 shit when you can have the government pay for your education...

[MyDormantSoul]

@keikun332

we still need to make money. Education gives us power, cant u see that? It is true we are victims of an evil society, but we have to do what we can to survive.

[keikun332]

oh trust me. I do understand. I went to college for a bit. Now I own a business and it's rough.

I'm just saying. they make you take liberals and stuff and don't help guide you. They just kinda point you in a general direction and most people wind up dropping out or not using their degree

[Ewokfrost]

true that......listen to "because they made it that way"

[endsequence]

@keikun332

What exactly do you live for without societal structure? Just curious what your thoughts are, since you've got views on the grind. Any insights?

[Herbalistix1]

Emergency Rations dropped in '02 with the track titled i Phantom. I think this LP is newer.

[RIPDAJ]

I think not, i can rememeber that i bought it and in the artbook it says 2002. I can be wrong tho'.

peace from the netherlands

[Herbalistix1]

i just decided to go buy this album

[LuCaRiOfan94]

This an album everyone NEEDS to buy.

[TheThomatron]

fuckin werdup burtflaxon life aint about accomplishin shit n money its about livin n lovin it

[piranha55x]

incredible

[burtflaxton]

I quit my $50,000 a year job the day after I heard this song. It has been 2 years and I spend 85% of my day with my wife and daughter and make about $16000 a year.

Happy as fuck.

[Holzfamily]

Then congrats to you man. Not many have the balls to do that. I salute you!

[costrock]

word!

[TRIPLESIXSICCNESS]

Good Decision.

Not to mention broke as fuck,

[bigkillpac]

Damn. Lif would be proud.

[Zgamer618]

@burtflaxton Holy shit for real?

[xJackMattx]

@burtflaxton thats awesome man congratulations. its not the money that matters, its all bout the love :D

[EmptyPlanetFilms]

@burtflaxton however that works out

[Damian2354]

@burtflaxton I'm sure your wife was ecstatic when she found out. lmao.

[MyDormantSoul]

@burtflaxton

The day after?.....

[deluminati]

@burtflaxton ...big up dude, most people would need a crisis not just a real piece of wisdom from lif to wake up and smell the coffee

[kinneas]

@burtflaxton No you didn't lol.

[TheGzarza]

@burtflaxton nice man im hopefully gettin a good paying job which id get roughly 66 thousand dollars in 6 months 7 days on 7 off i jus plan on savin alot of money then investing it and shit finding a simple job like you did

[BTC141]

@burtflaxton yea, lif has the power to move us in the right direction.

[Doorgasm]

@burtflaxton This is one of the greatest comments I've ever witnessed on Youtube....congrats man

[LunarIce]

@burtflaxton we as humans aspire to happiness, congrats on finding yours

[omgitslukky07]

@burtflaxton Fuck you man, your kids are gonna hate you for being poor as fuck.

News flash: Kids don't give a fuck about that shit when they hit their mid-to-late teens (and early 20's), when they're looking to shoot off in the world on their own. This is neigh impossible when your parents are fucking broke as hell. Some lift off that is.

When they go into the world by themselves, they'll take what you give them and double it - if you give them nothing, what have they got to double? Fuck you.

[zeromaniac96]

@omgitslukky07 you are a fucking disgrace. youre probably just pissed because no one gave you eveything you wanted and you had to actually work for something. who the fuck are you to say shit about the dudes kids or wife and want they do and dont want? so

Fuck You.

[ridingwood]

@omgitslukky07 money doesnt make you happy in life fuckin idiot,...kill yourself man

[BigRaffa17]

@omgitslukky07 my grandma rasied me and we were poor as fuck and i wouldnt take back any of it because even though we lived from paycheck to paycheck she would still manage to get us stuff and it would be even better than anything else because we didnt get anything and everything we wanted, we were grateful that she could of gotten us anything. SO maybe u need to have a talk with ur fam and shit cuz idk sounds like you have issues

[zkyggen]

@burtflaxton loser

[ridingwood]

@zkyggen well, it seems like you didnt understand life...

[zkyggen]

@ridingwood loser

[burtflaxton]

@zkyggen I won. Nice try though, better luck next time.

[zkyggen]

@burtflaxton Loooooser

[MJRBlog]

@burtflaxton for real brotha congratz i have mad respect for u as a human being im not selling my soul for a few more comforts in my life either it all fades away love is forever peace yall

[donewellisbetter]

I think I PHANTOM is the best album I've ever heard. great themes, awesome beats, amazing lyrics....stellar all the way through. totally relateable. it embodies america and the times we live in...getting a job, raising a family, etc.

[TRIPLESIXSICCNESS]

yeah, what do you think of "Organized Confusion" the album?

[Lightworks4Dilla]

also sick as hell! there are so many dope mc's from these times out there.. pharoahe's lines in "prisoners of war" >>all, but you're right, their whole stuff is really sick

[Lightworks4Dilla]

@ TRIPLESIXSICCNESS

[nduffy327]

This is one of my favorite tracks from Lif, the way he just delievers so perfectly, and I like Aesops chorus in this too. (And for the record it is "MILK CARTON", for those hard of hearing). I first thought "Phantom" was Lif's best track, but months and months of looking and listening to songs like "Datablend", "Success", "Universal", "Cro-Magnon", and others I found by looking through his LPS, and albums. Great song though, it's one of my favorites.

[hughnonr]

this and the two following tracks on I phantom has to be some of the best shit ever put out by anyone, regardless of genre.

[KainTepes]

damn... this song sounds like what my dad went through. (and this is the main reason why i dont plan on getting married)

[lvngdead]

sad song.

[Alfonsucio]

the oil left the water and the water kept searchin'

[GuitarHeroDragon]

"Daddy had a name tag that said, 'Busy Working'

Mommy had a milk carton that said, 'Missing Person'

John had a new baseball glove, with nobody to learn with

That's oil and water trying to mix on the same surface"

=]

[cordani]

"belt buckle" LOL

this song always gets at me like few can... amazing.

[caps1in1ya1ass1]

LMFAO. Who the hell thought it was belt buckle. It's milk carton. People have bad hearing now eh?

[jpom29]

Is this a Producto beat?

[DeadCee]

def sounds like it.

[mpchead621]

ehh i dont think it really sounds like it.. maybe a tiny bit.

[DeadCee]

naw cuz el-p always uses the mechanical sounds and incorporates it with soft melodies, listen to all his classics mann. listen to deep space 9mm or like whats dat one song wit aesop and the 7 dwarfs in da intro same formula cuzzo

[mpchead621]

yeah (your thinking of Delorean) im familiar with his stuff, to me it just sounds different from a lot of his stuff because its not dark-sounding enough. its possible though.

[DeadCee]

loo yah exactly, delorean. naw im quite familiar with his stuff as well. i been a def jukkie since highschool. early onn,. eitha orr its good to see otha brothaz is into dis stuff too. outb where im at its all just whiteboys lollll

[mpchead621]

same since high school im in high school and im white, i dont really see how it makes a difference though. i dont know anyone else who even knows about def jux or any of its artists. but i know that many many black people like it, as much if not more than white people. so don't feel so self conscious about listening to it, theres no reason to

[DeadCee]

lol tru. and my bad i assumed form the screen pic u was. loll, eitha orr, yah i never knew anyone dat did geowing up. it sucked cuz u hear this stuff and it builds this energy inside of u u gotta let out and no where to channel it u know? other than making the music urself.

[mpchead621]

yeah it would be great to have friends who listen to this but i dont even bother showing them my music cause i know they wouldnt be able to appreciate it at all judging by what they listen to. but its cool though, i just make music

[ueberall11]

I think so.

[Zgamer618]

a e s

[offthahook8]

brilliant song, one of the best hip hop tracks ever

[Theloxs]

wtf is this beltbuckle bullshit

[BigCalm55]

that doesnt even resemble belt buckle

[7DEZ7]

T.O.N.!!!!!!!

ThanX 4 thiz #1

HIP HOP!!!!!!!

[Fimmion]

Mister Lif is the man!

[Jefari23]

Shits dope nigga i love this shit son.

[whitecampbellguy]

this is one of my favorite hip hop songs of all time

[JAYLIB03]

I love i phantom by Mr LIF. One of my top 5 albums.

[DBrown877]

Great track.And I think A said milk carton.

[TairyHesticles]

One of the best Def Jux tracks ever.

[youngcosmonaut]

*belt buckle. my fault.

[youngcosmonaut]

it is milk carton. why the hell would it be belt bucket? that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. when someone goes missing they appear on a milk carton not a belt bucket and in this case mr. lif who is the husband goes missing because he's busy working.

try listening to the lyrics, why don't you.

[TairyHesticles]

Its both, idiot.  I can't believe that you are arguing over "milk carton" vs. "belt buckle" It switches every other verse.

[bluejeanbaby71]

i think its belt buckle son

[alexmiddleton4]

"daddy had a name tag that said busy working, mommy had a belt buckle that said missing person" thats a sick line in the chorus.

[D0CT0RZee]

its "milk carton", not "belt buckle". moron.

[alexmiddleton4]

fine, fine. i did think that milk carton made more sence but my ears diseaved me

[CorneliusMcGee]

no its not milk carton. its belt buckle. dont be so quick to call someone a moron, idiot.

[sirfrank11]

allright

no cooment

[gOnads77]

get LiFTED.

[Scytale0facedancer]

felt

[docRka]

Mr. Lif rules!