Lyrics Born

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The first artist to release an EP on San Francisco's Soleside Records, Lyrics Born went under the original moniker Asia Born on 1993's Send Them before changing it three years later on his collaborations with labelmate Lateef. After being featured on Lateef's "The Wreckoning" b/w "Latyrx" single, Lyrics put out his own 12", "Balcony Beach" b/w "Burnt Pride," in October of 1996 before jumping in the studio again with Lateef and DJ Shadow as Latyrx for The Album in 1997. He began working on a solo album the following year, though it spent five years in the workshop before appearing on Quannum as Later That Day... The success of his debut prompted LB to release a modified version of it, Same !@#$ Different Day, which contained new material as well as remixes of older songs, and in 2006, after an extensive world tour, the MC issued Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! The majority of the record was taken from two 2005 performances in Australia, but also included new studio tracks. Near-constant touring helped solidy LB as one of alternative hip-hop's most distinctive players, and in April 2008, signed to Anti-, Lyrics Born released Everywhere at Once, which featured members of his live funk band as well as production work from Jake One, among others. Lyrics Born returned in 2010 with the album As U Were which featured guest appearances from an eclectic mix of artists including singer-songwriter Sam Sparro, drummer Stanton Moore and alt-rock band Francis and the Lights among others. ~ Mike DaRonco, Rovi

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    Fight Music: Mixed Martial Artists Talk About Their UFC 160 Entrance Songs
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    May 24, 2013
    Anyone who’s seen a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) walkout knows that “walk” is the wrong word to apply to the entrance ritual. “Strut,” “stalk...
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    B.o.B. Blasts Sergio Garcia For Tiger Woods Controversy
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    May 22, 2013
    By Maurice Bobb If Atlanta rapper B.o.B. had his way, Sergio Garcia, the Spanish golfer who made racist comments about Tiger Woods at the European...
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    Happy Birthday, Biggie: 3 Ways the Rapper Spread Love (It’s The Brooklyn Way)
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    May 21, 2013
    In high school, there was always that one person you were in love with who didn't love you back, that one teacher who made you believe the sky’s the l...
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    MTV Artist To Watch: Jake Bugg
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    May 20, 2013
    Meet MTV's latest Artist To Watch: freewheeling alt-folk wunderkind Jake Bugg. When The Telegraph calls you "an East Midlands Bob Dylan ," you...
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    Kanye West's 'New Slaves': Why It Reminds Us Of College Dropout
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    May 18, 2013
    Yeezy's new revolutionary song sounds like 2013, but it reads like 2004.
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    Kanye West's 'New Slaves': Why It Reminds Us Of College Dropout
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    May 18, 2013
    Yeezy's new revolutionary song sounds like 2013, but it reads like 2004.
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    In Brief: The Who, Lyrics Born, Purling Hiss, WFMU
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    . You can grab the first single, "Lies X 3" here. -- Purling Hiss, aka Mike Polizze of the Philadelphia band Birds of Maya, drops his latest LP, Publi...
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    Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truthspeaker and More Join Galactic in San Francisco
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    case these days, Corey Glover of Living Colour also sang with the band for most of the show. Glenn Hartman and Jonathan of the New Orleans Klezmer All...
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  • May 24 Friday
    Napa, CA, US Uptown Theatre
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  • May 30 Thursday
    Ozark, AR, US Mulberry Mountain Lodging and Events
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  • Jun 2 Sunday
    San Francisco, CA, US Ocean Beach
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  • Jun 15 Saturday
    San Francisco, CA, US Fog Watch Picnic Area
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  • Jul 26 Friday
    Soda Springs, CA, US Unknown venue
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Discography

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  • As U Were [Remixes] (2012)
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    As U Were [Remixes] (2012)
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  • As U Were (2010)
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    As U Were (2010)
    Decon Records
  • Everywhere at Once (2008)
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    Everywhere at Once (2008)
    Anti
  • Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! (2006)
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    Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! (2006)
    Quannum Projects
  • Same !@#$ Different Day (2005)
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    Same !@#$ Different Day (2005)
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  • Later That Day... (2003)
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    Later That Day... (2003)
    Quannum Projects
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