Lyrics Born introduces Everywhere at Once . Customer Reviews: "Lyrics Born has been a staple in the Bay are hip-hop scene for the last ten years and his latest offering is filled with funky basslines, feel good grooves and an all around sense of house party music for the '08 get it and you won't be dissapointed". - Leannasonfire "This is a funky little gem. There's not a bad track on it. Worth every penny!" -T.S. Wilder "Straight Brilliance... so funky it'll give you a stinger to your cerebellum". [...]
The breakdown - Marianne Faithfull's '80s classic gets a nice beefy updating, Goldfrapp is dreamy, drippy gorgeousness and Air are funkier than you've ever heard. Estelle is a British singer/rapper whose album Shine is out in May on John Legend's label. It features John, as well as Kanye West, Cee-Lo, Mark Ronson, will.i.am and Swizz Beatz. It is the perfect Mid Atlantic blend, managing to
By ANDY VIHSTADT Back to the Future After live versions leaked on the internet, Kentucky's My Morning Jacket decided to post the title track from its upcoming Evil Urges, out June 10 on ATO Records. As they put it, "We now live in the 90's--the era of the interweb and instant gratification. These are confusing times for all humankind, but especially for those of us in the music world as you well know." [...]
Lots of great albums to sink your teeth into this week, as you've got solid releases from the likes of El Perro del Mar, Elbow, Jukebox The Ghost, The Jealous Girlfriends, and Tokyo Police Club. I'm sure i'm missing a few others, but i'm in a bit of a hurry to get this post up. If there's anything else you would like to recommend, please feel free to do so. Hopefully, next week i'll have a bit more substantial to say, instead of just a few sentences. I'm also noticing the lack of posts between [...]
The first four releases by The Replacements are being reissued this week (remastered with bonus tracks). Today through Friday, Kevin Cole will be featuring each of these albums with a giveaway on the Afternoon Show . Each day will focus on a different release, so tune in! Besides those seminal albums, there is a bevy of brilliant new releases this week for all musical tastes: Barry Adamson and Lyrics Born for the groove shakers, Amelia and Don Cavalli for the roots lovers, Monotonix and The Night Marchers for the thrashers, Elbow and The Cinematic Orchestra [...]
everywhere at once , the new album by berkeley rapper & producer lyrics born , his first of new material since 2005's terrific later that day, will be released this coming tuesday, 22 april. much of the album seems devoted to the celebration of, in order of importance, women and good times -- admirable if not novel ends, though it can feel, when listening through in one sitting, slightly repetitive. which isn't to say, of course, there aren't fun, worthwhile moments. here's the first single, called "i like it, i love it" & including the refrain, [...]
Photo source: Square America Creeper - Islands Undertow - Two Sheds Time to Pretend - Mgmt I Like It, I Love It - Lyrics Born Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys Devil on the Wall - Giant Bear Whiskey in My Whiskey - The Felice Brothers Theme from Mean Season - Rench The Hollows - Why? [...]
Bay-area native, Lyrics Born, has not released a full-length album since "Later That Day" way back in 2003. Of course, there was "Same !@#$ Different Day" from 2005, his "remix" album, virtually a sophomore release (and an amazing record). Then he dropped his "Variety Show Seasons 1-3" (mix cds) and "Overnite Encore" (a wonderful live album, practically unrivaled in the world of hip hop). He spent much of the past few years on the road, touring the country with a wide-range of acts and making stops at festivals along the way. Finally, the time is almost here for a full-length [...]
WANT AD: Single male in search of a classic funk feel with some jazzy soul at its core. Need something to dance to. Prince-like use of numbers for words is preferable. Enter Lyrics Born. Via KEXP's Song of the Day Podcast, check out this funky throwback: I Like It I Love It Also, check out Hott 2 Deff [...]
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. This week, we'll keep our offering SXSW related. Below, you'll find a wide array of artists playing in Austin today. MP3: Lyrics Born -"Hott To Deff" MP3: Bound [...]
Image credit: Max Williams I was ten years old when I bought my first cassettes. With some of my savings I took the bus to the city with my brother and got two singles, Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back and Del tha Funkee Homosapien's Mistadobalina . It was a big deal back then in 1992, listening to them back-to-back all summer long. Over the years I continued listening to hip-hop, but because most of my money was spent on video games for the Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis for US readers) [...]
Hot Freaks will once again descend upon Austin during SXSW for our two-day FREE day party at the Mohawk + Club DeVille on March 15-16 . We're joining up with Aquarium Drunkard , Chromewaves , Daytrotter , LHB , MOKB , and You Ain't No Picasso to bring you the following: Friday : Jens Lekman , Cadence Weapon , Blitzen Trapper , British Sea Power , [...]
Photo by Kristen Lidell Okay, that's not entirely accurate - we knew exactly where Hot Freaks 2 was . And the first one . And that's where part the third will be as well - next month, coincidentally running at the same time as a certain music festival in Austin, Texas that shall not be named for we have no affiliation with that event whatsoever, at Club DeVille and The Mohawk (aka "the best bar in America" ) on March 14 and 15 from noon till 6PM, across two venues and [...]
The Final 5 mp3's for your Good Vibrations Playlist : Hummer (Surkin Remix) - Foals One Inch Badge Pin (Bag Raiders Remix) - Muscles Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) (Sinden & COMC Remix) – Mark Ronson [...]
By ANDY VIHSTADT Gods & Monsters R.E.M. is streaming "Supernatural Superserious," the first single from the upcoming Accelerate LP on its official site. Have a listen here , and then contemplate whether it's worth $2.50 for the ringtone. The album comes out on April Fool's Day, so let's hope Stipe wasn't joking about this one being a rocker. Down the Rabbit Hole [...]
I miss Latyrx . I'm not saying I don't like the solo work from Lyrics Born , because I do. Let's just say if you haven't heard 1997's Latyrx (The Album) , there's a major void in your collection. Anyway, that really has nothing to do really with Lyrics Born's new album – called Everywhere At Once and due for release April 22 on Anti . It just makes me long for the days of the fluid back-and-forth verses with he and Lateef the Truthspeaker . [...]
this guy is definitely giving me a nightmare tonight. Lyrics Born "Bad Dreams" ( the thighmaster on point)
happy new year's eve, gang. if you're still without plans, there are plenty of shows around the bay area tonight, including mos def 's sneakers required ball , the mars volta at the civic center ( costumes required ), cake at the warfield, & a.g. favorite lyrics born with a full band at the shattuck down low in berkeley, among many, many others. mos def - ms. fat booty the mars volta - the widow cake [...]
Ever seen a half-Japanese-American, half-Italian-American hip-hop rapper/producer get on stage and move the crowd using virtually every known vocal trick? No? Ever witnessed firsthand one of the best selling independent solo hip-hop artists of our time? If not, you can knock out two birds with one stone tomorrow night as Lyrics Born takes the stage at Emo's. Lyrics Born (born Tom Shimura) first made a name for himself as a DJ on student radio (along with DJ Shadow and Blackalicious) at UC Davis. After establishing himself in the industry as one-half of the rap duo Latryx [...]
I know I just posted the Parklife mix but as I am feeling just so darn excited about next Monday i thought I would throw some more fuel on the fire with another mix. This one is a Remix Tape of a selection of Parklife artists. Some are of other artists remixing them, some are the Parklife acts remixing others. Most are quite good tracks in my opinion especially the Bagraiders remix of K.I.M and the Teenage Bad Girl remix of Bring It On by Goose, both crackers (Also apologies about the Bloc Party remix as it is quite old [...]
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