Lazy Mutha Fucka

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label = Warner Music
yearsactive = 1993-2003
currentmembers = MC Yan (陳廣仁)
DJ Tommy (張進偉)
Kit (梁永傑)
Phat (陳偉雄)
Prodip (梁偉庭)
Kevin (李健宏)
Wah (孫國華)
Gary (鄭華勝)
Davy (陳匡榮)
Kee (洪柏琪)
Jimmy (麥文威)
Sam (李燦森)
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LMF also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka or "Lazy Muthafucka", is a Cantonese hip-hop group in Hong Kong. The group, signed by Warner Music, was founded in 1993 and disbanded in 2003. The members from the disbanded LMF are now pursuing their solo careers.

Their songs are very controversial because of their influence on Hong Kong youth and hip-hop culture and attitude.

LMF offers Hong Kong an alternative to Cantopop. LMF remains one of the few, if not the only, well-known localized rap groups. LMF highlights the economic oppression and social alienation faced by the lower class of Hong Kong, all coming from Hong Kong's overcrowded public housing estates. In essence, LMF uses Bruce Lee as a role model of a generation of Chinese youth.

Their last and final album, "finalazy", was released just before their breakup.

Early Years

LMF was founded by someone identified by Next Magazine only as 亞式 (Sic) in 1992. 亞式 was the founder and organizer of "Dark Entry", an annual rock concert that featured local indie bands. Initially, 亞式 named his band 重金屬同學會(translation: Heavy Metal Students Association). He gave his band an English name: Lazy Mutha Fucka.

During this period, LMF did not have set members. Local musicians would get together and jam under the LMF headline. LMF "borrowed" players from many talented Hong Kong bands: Anodize, Zig Zag, Zenith, Fraina, and Martyr were among the bands who lend members to LMF's performance at the Dark Entry concert.

Dark Entry lasted a few years before financial problems led to its discontinuation. With the disappearance of Dark Entry, 亞式 and LMF also went into hiatus.

Revival Years

In 1998, members from three local bands: Anodize, N.T., and Screw, plus DJ Tommy got together and revived LMF. It's unclear what role, if any, founder 亞式 played in LMF's revival. Most critics attritube MC Yan (lead singer of N.T.) and DJ Tommy's influence for turning LMF into a mostly hip hop band, one that mixes rap with heavy metal/rock.

LMF dropped the Chinese name 重金屬同學會 and began calling themselves 大懶堂 (translation: Lazy Clan).

LMF became a band with set members instead of a "revolving door" type of band. Still, MC Yan told BC Magazine that he considers LMF more of a community than an actual band. He also said he's amazed at the smoothness of the creative process given so many members can have input. He attributes their creative success to all members having the same vision of where they want to take their music.

The ten full-time members and two part-time members are:

Full-time members:
MC Yan (vocal)
Kit (vocal)
Phat (vocal)
Wah (vocal)
DJ Tommy (turntable)
Davy (drum and guitar)
Kevin (drum)
Jimmy (bass guitar)
Kee (guitar)
Prodip (guitar)

Part-time members:
Gary (guitar / bass guitar)
Sam (vocal)

Music

Each member of LMF brought a distinct sound to the group: Anodize is a hard rock band and one of the most popular indie bands in HK. Screw is a speed/trash metal band. N.T. is a metal/funk band. DJ Tommmy was fresh off winning the best DJ in Hong Kong award and is regarded as one of the best in the world.

In the late nineties, LMF played at various clubs and generated a lot of buzz in the indie music scene. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998 under their own label - A.Room Production ("A Room Studio" is the name of the studio where they recorded the album. It's also the location where Anodize, Screw, and N.T. recorded before they joined LMF). The album features six songs and sold almost 100,000 copies worldwide, a feat that is unheard of for a Hong Kong indie band without backing from a major label. In 1999, they signed with Warner Music HK's independent label - DNA.

LMF's music can be described as a coherrent mix of hip hop, rock, and trash metal, with occasional funk or even reggae thrown in. The genius lies in their ability to seamlessly put together all genres. For example, "傲氣長存" features a trash metal-like intro, evolves into a funk beat, turns into a brief hip hop mix before returning to the funk beat with rap vocal. The chorus is trash metal with singing vocal and the interlude is speed metal with heavy guitar muting and rap vocal on top.

Controversy

LMF represent the youth culture and attitudes in Hong Kong. They have a great influence on Hong Kong popular culture.

The title of their most popular song, " _zh. 冚家拎" (Hum Ga Ling), is one of the strongest cursing phrases in Cantonese mingled with English phrases like "You know what the fuck I'm sayin~" . In English, "Hum Ga Ling" literally means "Put one's entire family into hell (or death)." The song is packed with foul language in Cantonese and English. Since the public response of Hong Kong to the media was and is still very conservative, LMF continued to remain low key, though it was well received underground.

The emergence of LMF has also received HKEAA's attention. In 1999 HKASL Chinese & Chinese Culture Paper II (Cultural Problems), candidates have been asked to comment on the statement "Foul Songs Display True Art".

Culture

Behind the profanity of " _zh. 冚家拎" lies a deeper message. Another popular song by LMF, "1127", is a tribute to Bruce Lee. The song encourages young Chinese to take pride of their rich Chinese ancestry, culture, and history, instead of pretending to be like the Westerners. Notable lines from the lyrics include:

A documentary, "Dare Ya!" (Cantonese title: "大你"), was made about LMF, composed of interviews with different members of the rap group.

Politics and society

The group concentrated a large amount of their effort in expressing their discontent towards the political and economic turmoils in Hong Kong, such as the Asian financial crisis, as well as the incompetence of the Hong Kong political leaders, as demonstrated through the song "WTF". they also attempted to reinforce a distinct and unique Hong Kong cultural identity in which the youth of Hong Kong should be proud of as illustrated in the song "1127" taking Bruce Lee as a Chinese role model. [the song "1127"]

Many of LMF's songs reflected the cultural problem of having a lack of an identity for today's youth to look up to and be proud of in the modern Hong Kong society. In their song "債" (Debt), they stated that many Chinese parents send their children to the opposite side of the world only to have them grow up to be "" (Cantonese lyrics: " _zh. 黃皮膚嘅鬼仔") while the parents have distanced themselves with their children and are not assuming the responsibilities of raising them. [the song "債"]

LMF criticised Hong Kong's music culture. They said in the song "傲氣長存" that Hong Kong is no place for music, but rather entertainment in the form of scandals created by the paparazzi. They also criticised that producers can't make good music in a line that translates roughly as "if you don't fucking know how to be creative, then don't be so conceited." [the song "傲氣長存"]

In the song "冚家拎", the majority of the song criticised Hong Kong's corrupt society. They accused the paparazzi of making up fake news and making subjective opinions to sell their newspapers and magazines. They also expressed anger toward adult content and illegal contents found in newspapers. [the song "冚家拎"]

Television appearances

In 2000, beer brewer San Miguel Corporation terminated their contract with Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Ka Fai and signed LMF to star in six different commercials for the beer company. The commercials ran during Christmas and Lunar New Year. The song "Para Salud" was recorded to air in the beer commercial, which was also in their album "LMFAMiGLiA".

Trivia

* The beginning of "WTF" on "Finalazy" samples Shirley Bassey's theme song for the 1971 James Bond film, "Diamonds Are Forever".

* In the song "Thank You", one of the people thanked is 亞式, the original founder of LMF.

* Popular artist Michael Lau released several series of collectable vinyl figures based on some members of LMF. The "Crazy Children" is a line of collectable Lau figures that includes Davy, Prodip, MC Yan and DJ Tommy. "Crazy Children" is also the name of a song on LMF's "Crazy Children" album. Lau also designed some of the album covers and posters for LMF and are close friends with several of the LMF members.

Discography

Albums

*"LMFsHits Greatest Hits 2CD"
*"Finalazy"
*"LMF Videophile"
*"L.M.F.CRAZYCHILDREN [2nd version] "
*"L.M.F.CRAZYCHILDREN"
*"the realazy mofo. DBF"
*"Respect For Da Chopstick Hip Hop"
*"LMFAMiGLiA LIVE"
*"LMFAMiGLiA"
*"Lazy Family 大懶堂"
*"Lazy Family 大懶堂 EP"
*"Gardener VS LazyMuthaFucka"
*"LazyMuthaFucka [Taiwan version] "
*"LazyMuthaFucka"
*"HMA - The Latest Independence Music Of HK 自主音樂圖鑑 track 09 "同床""
*"DJ Tommy - Scratch Rider"
*"DJ Tommy - Scratch Rider"
*"Anodize - Anodize 4"
*"The Explosive Original Sound Track Gen-X Cops track 02 "XXXX"
*"William So - 蘇永康的化粧間 track 07 "詐唔知"
*"Ronald Cheng - One More Time
*"Aroom Represents"

Disbanding

LMF disbanded in 2003 mainly due to insufficient income. The reason for this was because they had too many members, with usually 10 in each concert, and the difficulty of acceptance of their music by the general public as their songs are somewhat controversial. They are now pursing their own solo careers and new bands. Kit and Phat have formed 24Herbs, a rap group. Phat is also the lead singer of punk rock band, Hardpack, with Kevin on the drums. MC Yan has helped Edison Chen on several of his albums, making hip-hop and rap more accessible to mainstream audiences. On the underground side, MC Yan has been working with several MCs and has formed a new group, Yellow Peril. Davy is DBF and still active in the music scene.Fact|date=June 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.warnermusic.com.tw/focus/regional/lmf/ Warner Music Taiwan: LMF]
* [http://www.chinamantaggin.org/ MC Yan official website]
* [http://www.djtommy.com/ DJ Tommy official website]
* [http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/nations/0,8782,101788,00.html/ Article on LMF] Source: Asiaweek.com
* [http://hk.geocities.com/yeungchunchi/LMF.htm Discography and songs]
* [http://www.fixdown.com/gc/geci/g811.htm Lyrics]
* [http://pinkmessage.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=186 interview with member Prodip (sound & video)]
* [http://www21.sbs.com.au/alchemy/index.php?pg=ct&ct=1&sc=2&id=578 MC Yan Interview with Alchemy SBS Radio 2008]