Millennium Metaphors

Millennium Metaphors
Studio album by
Phi Life Cypher
Released25 September 2000
GenreHip hop
LabelJazz Fudge
ProducerSkitz and others
Phi Life Cypher chronology
Millennium Metaphors
(2000) 		The Instrumentals
(2000)

Millennium Metaphors is the debut studio album by the Luton-based hip hop group Phi Life Cypher.[1][2][3] Its highly political lyrics have been likened to the early work of Public Enemy.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
RapReviews6.5/10[4]

Tim Perry, in The Independent, wrote that the album got "across the current angst and disillusionment with Blair's Britain like no others" and that it was the "absolute flipside of the Lexus-and-diamonds rappers".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" - 1:05
  2. "ABC" - 5:25
  3. "Rhyme of the Times" - 4:12
  4. "BBC" - 3:50
  5. "Racists" - 4:26
  6. "Drop Bombs" - 2:59
  7. "Take Heed" - 3:50
  8. "Verbal Wars" - 4:13
  9. "Phi Life Phi Life" - 4:39
  10. "Last Men Standing" - 3:35
  11. "Fatcats" - 4:55
  12. "Herbaholics" - 4:52
  13. "Phi Life Is Here" - 3:38
  14. "Tiks Sappan" - 1:21
  15. "Bring It to Ya" - 4:35
  16. "Bad Men from the West" - 4:43
  17. "Class A Material" - 3:52
  18. "Crazy Balheads" - 3:23
  19. "Millennium Metaphors" - 4:21
  20. "Shining" - 3:45

References

  1. ^ "Phi Life Cypher's 'Millennium Metaphors'". Hip-Hop Connection. No. 210–211. April 2007. p. 106.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved 23 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ The Wire. C. Parker. 2000. p. 82. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Phi-Life Cypher :: Millennium Metaphors :: Jazz Fudge Recordings". www.rapreviews.com.
  5. ^ Tim Perry (7 October 2000). "Phi-Life Cypher 'Millennium Metaphors' (Jazz Fudge)". The Independent.


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