Artist	Song
Lyrics Born	Cakewalk
from Everywhere at Once (2008)
Latyrx	Burnt Pride
from The Album (1997)
Lyrics Born	Funky Hit Records
from As U Were (2010)
Lyrics Born	Hott People
from Quannum Spectrum (1999)
Lyrics Born	Funk U Up
from Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! (2006)
Latyrx & Blackalicious	Burning Hot in Cali On a Saturday Night
from The Album (1997)
Lyrics Born	Don't Change
from Everywhere at Once (2008)
Lyrics Born	Pushed Aside/Pulled Apart (feat. Lateef)
from As U Were (2010)
Latyrx	Latyrx
from The Album (1997)
Lyrics Born & Gift of Gab	Cold Call
from Later That Day... (2003)
Lyrics Born Featuring Joyo Velarde	I Can't Wait for Your Love
from Same !@#$ Different Day (2005)
Haiku D'Etat	Top Qualified (Featuring Blackalicious, Lyrics Born & Lateef)
from Coup de Theatre (2004)
Lyrics Born	Block Bots (feat. Trackademicks & Clyde Carson)
from As U Were (2010)
Axum, Lyrics Born & Soulico	Put Em Up (feat. Lyrics Born & Axum)
from Exotic On The Speaker (Bonus Edition) (2009)
Lyrics Born	I'm Just Raw
from Same !@#$ Different Day (2005)

Comment:

Long considered a sorely overlooked underground long-player, [i]The Album[/i] is best summed up by the mind-boggling song "Latyrx." A mission statement of sorts for Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lyrics Born and their close friend/buzz-stirring beat conductor DJ Shadow, it features synths that flutter and flicker like a scrambled TV screen and severed rhymes that present the pair as instruments, not rappers. Which certainly makes sense on the Lyrics Born side, as he's made a career of stretching his voice like a pound of Silly Putty. Depending on the song, you might hear him sing, speak, or tear a track in two, from the playful rhythm and blues of "Differences" to the hard-nosed funk of the Blackalalicious-backed "Burning Hot in Cali On a Saturday Night."

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