Artist: Lyrics Born

Hip-Hop group Latyrx are excited to announce they are hitting the road with New Orleans funk Jazz jam band Galactic on their Freeze Out Tour, starting on February 14 in St Louis and ending in Los Angeles. The groups have collaborated in the past, most notably on Galactic’s 2007 album From the Corner To the Block. Latyrx will open eleven shows on the tour and will headline the two Idaho dates (Feb 20 & 21). February: 19 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot 20 Sun Valley, ID (Headlining) 21 Boise, ID [...]

Eels return to Showbox at the Market on Tuesday / photo by Jim Bennett The great shows continue this week. On Tuesday night, we enjoy the first of two nights with Aaron Neville at Benaroya Hall. At Showbox at the Market, the  Eels are playing with Nicole Atkins , and there's also  Habib Koite and Eric Bibb at Triple Door. Don't forget  Linda's 19th Anniversary Party with Grave Babies Listening Party and Hardly Art DJ Sets at Linda's Tavern. On Wednesday, The Deer [...]

New video from Latyrx (Lyrics Born & Lateef the Truthspeaker) "Gorgeous Spirits (Aye, Let's Go!)," off the Disconnection EP and upcoming The Second Album . Produced by The Bangerz Video directed by Mark Austin Heim iTunes: Disconnection - EP - Latyrx http://www.latyrxauthentic.com

New music from Latyrx "Gorgeous Spirits (Aye, Let's Go!)" produced by The Bangerz, from the Disconnection EP dropping tomorrow (11/13). iTunes: Disconnection - EP - Latyrx via SPIN

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Have you ever felt like you were in on a big secret? And nobody believed you when you told them this secret? Like the one where one of the most influential bands of the last 40 years staged a reunion in a 1,000 person night club that, somehow, didn't sell out in 30 seconds? Because [...]

DISCONNECTION EP drops November 13th 2012! Featuring Zion I Prod by Amp Live, The Bangerz, Headnodic & more. lyricsborn.com/tourdates www.facebook.com/latyrx

Here's a feelgood bootleg from the deep vaults of FORT KNOX FIVE . This one smashes The Cars and Lyrics Born with some chilled-out funk from the Washington DC crew. Free download ++++++++++ Links: fortknoxfive.com Fort Knox Five on SoundCloud Fort Knox Five on twitter Fort Knox Five on facebook

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Download: Trackademicks – Breeze Mobbin’ The Honor Roll Crew presents Trackademicks' latest project, Breeze Mobbin'. A succinct 10-songs deep, Track offers up more of his "Fresh Coastin" branded slap and continues his exploration of synth based chord progressions intertwined the hard melodic bass-lines that are native to the his Bay Area soil. Calling on some of his most tried and true collaborators, the roster includes Das Racist's Kool A.D. ("Wooowww"), Heart Break Gang's IamSU! ("Crew Thang"), Livewire/Town Thizzness boss J. Stalin ("Crew Thang") and long [...]

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photo by Morgen Schuler Another special week of shows lies ahead. On Tuesday, we spend the first of two nights with the talented  Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars  at the Triple Door. Also on Tuesday, we have  Jack White and Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three  at WaMu Theater. Cold Specks  are at Barboza on Wednesday night and then things start really heating up. Thursday night,  Reignwolf, Nightmare Fortress, Walking Papers, Grave Babies , and Trash Fire  are playing a Free show at Linda's Tavern, and  Lyrics Born and [...]

iTunes: As 'U Were (Remixes) - Lyrics Born Lyrics Born's As U Were Remixes EP is now available on iTunes. The 9 track EP features remixes from Amp Live, Break Science, Inspired Flight, Trackademicks, Mocean Worker, Party Ben, DJ Erb, Far East Movement, Yultron and DJ Icewater.

Check out the Yultron Remix of Lyrics Born's "I Wanna B W-U" featuring Proh & Lateef, off the upcoming As U Were Remixes EP dropping August 7th 2012.

http://www.indiegogo.com/latyr x2 LATYRX is an indie rap duo which hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, California and consists of MCs Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born - co-founding members of the seminal indie label, Quannum Projects. Over the years these two prolific artists have collaborated with Fatboy Slim, Galactic, Z-Trip, Blackalicious, Kasabian, DJ Shadow, KRS-ONE, Sam Sparro, E-40, Dan the Automator, Pigeon John, Jurassic 5 and many others, and have released classic and well known songs such as "Lady Don't Tek No", "Storm Warning", "Latyrx", "Callin Out", "Wonderful Night", "The Last Trumpet", [...]

Alan Wilkis - Shadow (feat. Lyrics Born and White Hinterland ) This track - the second in a series of singles called  PRINTS  from the Brooklyn-based producer - feels like it could have been a mashup, but it’s actually a beautiful new collab. If you hit play, you’re going to get drawn into this wicked and weird nerd-boy stalker short film written and directed by Ryan O’Hara Theisen of  Lucky Branded Entertainment , too. Hard to resist. Get the original track and the remixes by  CHLLNGR, The Hood Internet, YELLE DJs , and [...]

SHADOW is the second installment from PRINTS, a series of singles by Brooklyn-based recording artist and producer, Alan Wilkis. The song is a collaboration between Wilkis, Lyrics Born and White Hinterland. Written & Directed by Ryan O’Hara Theisen

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Last week they made a glourious return and rocked the damn spot! Lateef the Truthspeaker & Lyrics Born are some funky ass cats. They kept the party live from beginning to end. True showmen. Now check their newest offering from their forth coming album. Boom!

The official music video for "Call to Arms" from Latyrx. Track produced by Headnodic. Video directed by Mark Austin Heim

A few months back, CoS  brought you the first collaboration in Brooklyn-based producer Alan Wilkis’ multimedia project PRINTS, “Come and Go” featuring The Kickdrums. It’s been awhile, so let’s refresh: PRINTS is a series of singles which start with Wilkis and his instruments. Once the track is in place, he brings in another artist to collaborate on the vocals. Remixes, videos and original artwork follow, leading to a fully realized “print”. For the second entry in the series, Wilkis enlisted Berkley, CA rapper Lyrics Born and Portland’s indie songstress Casey Dienel, [...]

Go behind-the-scenes with Lyrics Born & Lateef the Truthspeaker for an exclusive making of the video for the single "Call to Arms". Featuring appearances by Boots Riley (The Coup, Street Sweeper Social Club) and Karyn Paige. Download the single for free at http://www.latyrxauthentic.com /calltoarms Video dropping May 1st, 2012.

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Bay Area Pop Funk Chanteuse Karyn Paige . Today, I'm happy to announce that she's dropping a new single to tide us over until she finishes her full length album. Consistent with her first release, The KP EP ( I reviewed here ), her latest single "You Know I'll Always Love You" pays tribute to the Pop R&B heyday of the 802s with swelling and buzzy synthesizers. Ms. Paige transforms from the sexy fuming diva sitting on the bed in " Stay Away Tonight " to [...]

Download audio file (Latyrx-Latyrx.mp3) I mean... not much needs to be said about the groundbreakin' duo that is Latryx . Lateef The Truth Speaker & Lyrics Born made a name for themselves with their sound & their sound said it all! Since then they have gone on to do solo & various other side projects, but everyone always wondered & asked when they would see the two as Latryx once again. [...]

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