Album cover: Li(f)e

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Sage Francis Bio

"All great truths begin as blasphemies," proclaimed the fiery playwright George Bernard Shaw. It's a sentiment that can be applied exponentially to the works of rapper Sage Francis and his exhilarating new album Li(f)e. Francis has never been afraid to provoke. As a result he is a sometimes polarizing and increasingly important figure in modern music. Adored by many, reviled by a few but never ignored and always essential, Sage Francis has emerged as the reigning agent provocateur of hip hop. Read more



This website is dedicated to the new Sage Francis album entitled LI(F)E. It drops on May 11th, 2010 and features music that was written and/or performed by Califone, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, Tim Fite, Calexico, DeVotchKa, Yann Tiersen, Buck 65 and more. The album was produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine.) The cover art was done by renowned artist and illustrator Shepard Fairey. Pre-order package deals for the CD & vinyl are AVAILABLE NOW at www.StrangeFamous.com. The blog below is for updates on the album as well as the US/Canada tour with B. Dolan and Free Moral Agents.

LI(F)E BLOG

October 2nd, 2011

The Sage Francis blog has moved to SageFrancis.net!

CLICK HERE TO “LIKE” SAGE FRANCIS ON FACEBOOK!
Click here to “follow” Sage Francis on Twitter!
Click here to check out Sage’s WEBSTORE! Strange Famous Records.

www.SageFrancis.net

September 12th, 2011

“LET EM COME” video: Scroobius Pip, P.O.S. & Sage Francis

Distraction Pieces is the album. Support the SFR crew and pick it up here: http://bitURL.net/DistractionPiecesSFR

Hold tight for the SFR REDUX of this song featuring additional verses by myself, Metermaids, and Cecil Otter!
Strange Famous Records will be releasing that audio for free this week!

Love,
Uncle Sage

September 9th, 2011

Makeshift Patriot – 10 years later

Relevant then, relevant now.

MAKESHIFT PATRIOT by Sage Francis

“Recorded in October 2001 Read more

September 6th, 2011

ROOFTOP SHAKE LP streaming in full!

We’ve spent the past couple months promoting the Metermaids “Rooftop Shake” LP — an album that took two years to complete — and it drops TODAY! If you’d like to sample this album before purchasing it on iTunes or THE SFR STORE (CD & MP3), we are providing a full streamable version here:
ROOFTOP SHAKE by Metermaids by Strange Famous Records

As you’ll notice, I am featured on two songs (one of them with the legendary Buck 65.) Other features include Grammy Award-winning 9th Wonder and the X-Ecutioner’s DJ ROB SWIFT on all the scratches.

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August 31st, 2011

BAD THINGS: A new song I did with B. Dolan and Metermaids

Bad Things Redux
BAD THINGS REDUX
BAD THINGS is from the Metermaids “Rooftop Shake” album. This extended redux features me and B. Dolan on vocals, M. Stine on the beat & scratches by DJ Rob Swift. Exclusive pre-sale package deals available NOW at www.StrangeFamous.com

Enjoy the free download and please share this track wherever you can. On facebook, twitter, G+, messageboards, OR ANY SOCIAL NETWORK YOU ARE ON. Or just go oldschool with it by blasting this song from your car as you drive laps around your town’s coolest shopping plaza. People still do that, right? The support and extra promotion is much appreciated!
-Sage Francis