The Perceptionists

Made up of rappers Akrobatik (given birth to Jared Bridgeman) and Mr. Lif (Jeffrey Haynes) and DJ Fakts One (Jason Goler), the Perceptionists are to the Boston, MA, hip-hop picture because the Justice Group of America are to superheroes: the very best of the greatest marshaling their power for the collective great. The fiercely politics Mr. Lif, whose 2002 record Crisis Rations was among the initial hip-hop information to overtly issue the mistreatment of civil liberties in post-9/11 America, meshes well with Akrobatik’s similarly intelligent, socially mindful vibe (as noticed on his 2003 single debut, Stability), and Fakts One’s imaginative beats add sonic depth to the complete. Close friends since their start on the neighborhood picture, the trio initial started working jointly on Fakts One’s university radio present in the past due ’90s, formally implementing the name the Perceptionists in 2000. A 2004 mixtape known as The Razor was the trio’s underground bow, prior to the public debut Dark Dialogue premiered in early 2005. Offering the singles “Memorial Time” and “What Possess We Surely got to Lose?” (which imaginatively examples Pleasure Division’s “She’s Shed Control”), Dark Dialogue also features visitor spots by Master and Digital Underground’s Shock-G.