Luckyiam Explained

Luckyiam
Birth Name:	Tommy Woolfolk, Jr.^[1]
Alias:	Luckyiam.PSC
Birth Date:	2 August 1973
Origin:	Los Angeles, California, US
Genre:	Underground hip hop
Occupation:	Rapper
Years Active:	1990–present
Label:	Legendary Music, Luck & Lana Records
Associated Acts:	Living Legends, The Prime, CMA, Mystik Journeymen

Tommy Woolfolk Jr., better known by his stage name Luckyiam, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a founding member of Living Legends.^[2] He is also a member of CMA and Mystik Journeymen.^[3]

History

Luckyiam released Most Likely to Succeed in 2007.^[4]

In 2009, he released a collaborative album, One Uppers, with Sapient of Debaser as The Prime.^[5]

I Love Haters was released as a free download on Lifted Research Group's website in 2011.^[6] The album features guest appearances from Aceyalone and Slug.^[7]

He released Time to Get Lucky in 2012.^[8] He formed the duo Luck & Lana with vocalist Lana Shea.^[9] Luck & Lana have since released 2 albums together with production team Kill the Computer, under the name Luck & Lana Kill the Computer. Their first self-titled album was released in 2013. The follow-up, titled Go, was released in 2016 and has been critically acclaimed for both its lyricism and genre-bending beats.^[10]

Discography

Albums

• Walkman Invaders (1995)
• 4001: The Stolen Legacy (1995)
• Children ov tha Night (1996)
• Pressed 4 Time (1996)
• Worldwide Underground (1998)
• The Black Sands ov Eternia (1999)
• Overall (1999)
• Justify the Means (2002)
• Magic (2002)
• Extra Credit (2002)
• Extra Credit 2 (2003)
• All Over (2005)
• Most Likely to Succeed (2007)
• The Present (2009)
• One Uppers (2009)
• Return 2 the Love (2010)
• I Love Haters (2011)
• Time to Get Lucky (2012)
• Luck & Lana Kill the Computer (2013)
• Go (2016)

EPs

• Break That Fear (1998)
• Mercury Rising (1999)
• Malapas Tears (2002)
• The Collectors Item (2003)

Singles

• "Escape Forever" (1996)
• "The Best" (1999)
• "Windows" b/w "Tactics" (2004)
• "If I Do" b/w "Please Be Quiet (Shut Up!)" (2002)
• "Shut Up" b/w "Come Along" (2002)
• "Are We There Yet?" b/w "Good Side" (2004)
• "Canustaycool?" b/w "Jane Is a Groupie" (2005)
• "The Best I Can" b/w "Borrowed Time" (2008)

Guest appearances

• Murmurecordings - "Strike a Pose" from Poor Local Poetry (1998)
• Eligh - "Mingus and Me" and "A Gas Dreamers Farewell" from Gas Dream (2000)
• Omid - "Live from Tokyo" from Monolith (2003)
• Scarub - "Make Things Crack" from A New Perspective (2004)
• Subtitle - "Crew Cut (for Sale)" from Young Dangerous Heart (2005)
• Eligh - "Love ov My Life" from Grey Crow (2010)
• Grieves - "Identity Cards" from 88 Keys and Counting (2010)
• Isaiah Toothtaker - "Unheard Unseen" from Illuminati Thug Mafia (2011)
• Lush One - "Stella Artois" from Gold Bricks in the Wall (2011)
• Sole - "D.O.I. (Death of Industry)" from (2011)
• Abstract Rude - "Kan of Whoop Ass Reprise" from Keep the Feel: A Legacy of Hip Hop Soul (2015)
• DJ Free Leonard - "Power To The People" from "Assimilate Or Eliminate" (2015)
• DJ Free Leonard - "Hip Hop Ain't The Same" from "Assimilate Or Eliminate" (2015)
• Broken Treaty Poet - "Take AIM" from "Birthright Tribal Member Soundtrack" (2017)
• DJ Free Leonard - "Wise Words Spoken" from "T.H.E.Y. EP" (2018)

See also

• Living Legends
• Sunspot Jonz

Notes and References

1. Web site: A RAVE REVIEW . ASCAP . American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . April 27, 2023.
2. Web site: Luckyiam. Fingers on Blast. May 9, 2012.
3. Web site: Luckyiam: 'I Love Haters' (Album). Prefix. Andrew. Martin. August 3, 2011.
4. Web site: Most Likely To Succeed. XLR8R. Max. Herman. July 30, 2007. August 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20111224080438/http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/luckyiam/most-likely-succeed. December 24, 2011. dead.
5. Web site: Luckyiam & Sapient Unite To Form The Prime. CraveOnline. Johnny. Firecloud. October 15, 2009. August 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121218194249/http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/143012-luckyiam--sapient-unite-to-form-the-prime. December 18, 2012. dead.
6. Luckyiam Explains Improving Lifestyle, "I Love Haters," Talks Living Legends. HipHopDX. Andres. Vasquez. August 13, 2011.
7. Web site: Luckyiam – "For You" (ft. Aceyalone & Slug). UGSMAG. September 6, 2011.
8. Web site: Luckyiam – "I Been". UGSMAG. April 3, 2012.
9. Web site: Indie musicians bring high energy to Midland. Midland Reporter-Telegram. Rich. Lopez. March 11, 2015.
10. Web site: Review: Luck & Lana Kill The Computer – "Go". Insomniac Magazine. Kevin. Keith. January 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095308/http://insomniacmagazine.com/2016/01/12/review-luck-lana-kill-computer-go/. February 1, 2016.