Wednesday, December 8 2010
Lyrics Born: As U Were
No one could begrudge him his taste for booty pop and getting “funky fresh", but Lyrics Born’s genre rigor fosters a regrettable lack of imagination.
Wednesday, April 14 2010
Joyo Velarde: Love and Understanding
Filipino diva and frequent contributor to Lyrics Born records takes a nostalgic, R&B stab at her own LP.
Monday, November 16 2009
Verse-Chorus-Verse: An Interview with Lyrics Born
Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.
Monday, November 2 2009
Soulico: Exotic on the Speaker
Deftly incorporates a multitude of rhythmic structures and vocal styles that are distinctly Middle Eastern, hip-hop, or, as the case may be, both.
Thursday, May 15 2008
Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once
Tom Shimura's second solo LP is hip-hop soul food, as funky as you wanna be.
Tuesday, January 9 2007
Lyrics Born: Overnight Encore
I would rather that Lyrics Born just knuckled down and gave us another studio album, for chrissake.
Tuesday, April 19 2005
Lyrics Born: Same !@#$ Different Day
Don't let the title fool you. While the material here is largely based on tracks from LB's debut Later That Day, it isn't the same shit. This is a 70s funk party -- hip hop by way of the Dramatics -- and it rocks harder than LTD in almost every way. It truly is a different day -- and a much better day by the sound of it.
