The Life & Death of Scenery
{{Infobox album
| name = The Life & Death of Scenery
| type = studio
| artist = L'Orange and Mr. Lif
| cover = The Life & Death of Scenery cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|10|14}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip-hop
| length = {{Duration|m=21|s=59}}
| label = Mello Music Group
| producer = L'Orange
| chronology = L'Orange
| prev_title = Time? Astonishing!
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = The Ordinary Man
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Mr. Lif
| type = studio
| prev_title = Don't Look Down
| prev_year = 2016
| title = The Life & Death of Scenery
| year = 2016
| next_title = Resilient
| next_year = 2017
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=Paul |title=The Life & Death of Scenery - L'Orange, Mr. Lif |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-life-death-of-scenery-mw0002973788 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}
| rev2 = Noisey
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{Cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=September 8, 2017 |title=Robert Christgau on Fat Tony's Realism and an Abundance of Mello Music |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/robert-christgau-on-fat-tonys-realism-and-an-abundance-of-mello-music/ |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3score = 8/10{{Cite web |last=Zuppardo |first=Scott |date=November 4, 2016 |title=L’Orange and Mr. Lif: The Life and Death of Scenery {{!}} PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/lorange-mr-lif-the-life-and-death-of-scenery-2495409457.html |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}
| rev4 = RapReviews
| rev5 = Tom Hull
}}
The Life & Death of Scenery is a collaborative concept studio album by American rapper Mr. Lif and record producer L'Orange. It was released on October 14, 2016, through Mello Music Group with distribution via The Orchard and was available for free on Adult Swim website. Production was entirely handled by L'Orange, with Michael Tolle serving as executive producer. It features contributions from Akrobatik, Chester Watson, Gonjasufi, Insight, Wyatt Cenac and DJ Qbert.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Victoria |date=October 14, 2016 |title=Mr. Lif & L'Orange Have Different Perspectives On Joint Album "The Life & Death Of Scenery" |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.40863/title.mr-lif-lorange-have-different-perspectives-on-joint-album-the-life-death-of-scenery |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}
The album's futuristic dystopia concept, inspired by Fahrenheit 451 and Nineteen Eighty-Four, is about a society where art has been banished.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 279
| writer1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 0:33
| title2 = A World Without Music
| writer2 =
| extra2 =
| length2 = 2:23
| title3 = The Scribe
| writer3 =
| extra3 =
| length3 = 3:08
| title4 = The Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 304
| writer4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 0:31
| title5 = Antique Gold
| writer5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 2:49
| title6 = The Gentle End
| writer6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 2:34
| title7 = The Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 341
| writer7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 0:46
| title8 = Strange Technology
| writer8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 2:32
| title9 = Five Lies About the World Outside
| writer9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 3:07
| title10 = The Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 421
| writer10 =
| extra10 =
| length10 = 0:30
| title11 = A Palace in the Sky
| writer11 =
| extra11 =
| length11 = 3:06
| total_length = 21:59
}}
Personnel
- Jeffrey "Mr. Lif" Haynes – vocals
- Wyatt Cenac – vocals (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 10)
- Jared "Akrobatik" Bridgeman – vocals (tracks: 3, 8)
- Chester Watson – vocals (track 5)
- Sumach "Gonjasufi" Valentine – vocals (track 8)
- Andre "Insight" Todman – vocals (track 9)
- Richard "DJ Qbert" Quitevis – scratches (track 3)
- Austin "L'Orange" Hart – producer
- Seiji Itaru Inouye – mixing
- Glenn Schick – mastering
- Michael Tolle – executive producer
- Douglas Hale – artwork
- Sarah Mattmiller – graphic design
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mrlifmmg.bandcamp.com/album/the-life-death-of-scenery The Life & Death of Scenery] at Bandcamp
- {{Discogs master|1082505|The Life & Death Of Scenery|type=album}}
{{Mr. Lif}}
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Category:Mello Music Group albums
Category:2016 collaborative albums