Live at the Middle East is a 2002 live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by underground hip-hop artist Mr. Lif

Mr. Lif

Mr. Lif is an American hip hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts. Often noted for his political lyrics, he has released two studio albums on El-P's Definitive Jux label and one on Bloodbot Tactical Enterprises. Mr...

. The album, released on Ozone Records, was recorded live at The Middle East

The Middle East (nightclub)

The Middle East is a live music venue, bar and restaurant in the Central Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Having featured a huge variety of musicians since 1987, the establishment, with its upstairs and downstairs rooms, "is the nexus of metro Boston's rock-club scene for local and touring...

 Restaurant and Nightclub in Cambridge, MA. The performance includes appearances by fellow Perceptionists

The Perceptionists

The Perceptionists are an American hip hop group on the Definitive Jux label. The group is made up of MCs Akrobatik and Mr Lif, along with DJ Fakts One. They hail from Boston, Massachusetts...

 lyricist Akrobatik

Akrobatik

Akrobatik is a rapper from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He has collaborated numerous times with many fellow Boston rappers , and recently formed a hip hop collective named The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and DJ Fakts One....

and DJ Akbar.

In addition to being a live album recorded before Mr. Lif's full-length debut I Phantom, the album is notable for the early appearance of the artist with Akrobatik as the Perceptionists, an almost 13-minute freestyle with Akrobatik, and multiple halts in the performance whenever the artist yells "Stop the record!"

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:56
2. "Get This Paper" – 2:53
3. "Live from the Plantation" – 4:23
4. "The Fringes" – 4:15
5. "Elektro / Cro-Magnon" ( – 4:56)
6. "Stop the Record" – 2:42
7. "Be Out" – 3:31
8. "The Nothing" – 1:21
9. "Universal" (featuring Insight) – 3:27
10. "Insight Intro / Triangular Warfare" – 3:06
11. "Earthcrusher" – 3:35
12. "I Beat Ak in FIFA 98" – 2:10
13. "Inhuman Capabilities" (featuring Akrobatik) – 3:30
14. "Freestyle Session" (featuring Akbar and Akrobatik) – 12:44
15. "Deadfro" – 5:03
16. "Retrospect/Outro" – 8:10