| Li(f)e | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sage Francis |
| Cover: | Life-cover.jpg |
| Studio: | Engine Studios, Chicago, Illinois |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Anti- |
| Producer: | Brian Deck |
| Prev Title: | Human the Death Dance |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Copper Gone |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Li(f)e is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis.[1] It was released on Anti- on May 11, 2010.[2] It peaked at number 145 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3] The cover art was created by Shepard Fairey.[4] "Slow Man" and "The Best of Times" were released as the singles from the album.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Brett Uddenberg of URB gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "Backed by an unusual consortium of indie rockers, Rhode Island's finest dissects the human condition with brutal honesty and unparalleled wit." Meanwhile, Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine gave the album 2 stars out of 5, describing it as "a collection of songs that never fully gets off the ground, spooling out like never-ending spoken introductions, as the rapper futilely waits for his beats to come to life."
Credits adapted from liner notes.