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Template:Infobox Chinese actor and singer 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. Initally, 亞式 named his band 重音樂同學會(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. By this time, LMF is mainly a hip hop group mixed with occasional heavy metal riffs. Most critics attritube MC Yan (lead singer of N.T.) and DJ Tommy's influence to sway LMF from being strictly a heavy metal band in its early years to hip hop.

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 how smooth the creative process is with so many members having 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)
Sam (vocal)

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, "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 "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:

We only want you to become a Chinese you can be proud of. Learn from others; Need not copy. Use your heart to digest the knowledge of others. Try asking why there are so many failures here who do not support each other and always pretend to be like other people. [Chorus] We had Bruce Lee teach us we are not the "Sick Man of Asia". Though having yellow skin, we can still be ourselves. Do not follow, copy, and be like the other. Do not look down upon ourselves.... The spirit of Bruce Lee will never die and the Chinese will never forget that.

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.[1]

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 "Caucasians with yellow skin" (Cantonese lyrics: "黃皮膚嘅鬼仔") while the parents have distanced themselves with their children and are not assuming the responsibilities of raising them.[2]

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."[3]

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.[4]

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

Discography

Albums

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.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ the song "1127"
  2. ^ the song "債"
  3. ^ the song "傲氣長存"
  4. ^ the song "冚家拎"
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