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LBTV presents Lyrics Born Variety Show Season 5 on the Floor - Release Date Announcement lyricsborntv 407 views Lyrics Born talks about his latest mixtape, Variety Show Season 5 and announces the release date (Feb 28th, 2012). http://www.lyricsborn.com http://www.facebook.com/lyr...
LBTV presents Lyrics Born DJ Set @ Milk SF 10.28.11 lyricsborntv 539 views Lyrics Born spinning at Milk in San Francisco, CA for a very special Halloween party w/ Miles the DJ and Party Ben. http://www.lyricsborn.com http://www.facebook.com/ly...
LBTV presents 'GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP' as read by Adam Mansbach & Lyrics Born lyricsborntv 746 views Author Adam Mansbach is joined on stage by Lyrics Born at a recent appearance in San Francisco, CA at the JCCSF. Adam and LB read his best-selling book, 'Go The Fuck To Sl...
LBTV presents Adam Mansbach in Conversation with Lyrics Born at the JCCSF 10.09.11 lyricsborntv 189 views Lyrics Born joined author Adam Mansbach on stage at the JCCSF on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 for a special appearance. The two chopped it up about parenting, music, culture ...
LBTV presents Lyrics Born - 2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum - The Fillmore 10.03.11 lyricsborntv 227 views Lyrics Born gives his keynote address at the 2011 Mayoral Candidates Forum in San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore. http://www.lyricsborn.com http://www.twitter.com/lyrics...
LBTV presents LYRICS BORN Public Speaking Engagements - Adam Mansbach - Go The Fuck To Sleep lyricsborntv 225 views Lyrics Born will be speaking at two very prominent events. The first, the Mayoral Candidates Forum for The Grammys organization will take place October 3rd at The Fillmore ...
LBTV presents Lyrics Born - Rifflandia 09.24.11 lyricsborntv 205 views Lyrics Born talks about his summer touring behind his latest album, 'AS U WERE' as well as shows with Lateef the Truthspeaker as Latyrx. Coming up this weekend (Saturday, ...
LBTV presents LYRICS BORN - AS U WERE Interview Sessions Part 2 lyricsborntv 516 views Lyrics Born talks to host Lisa Oh about his latest album AS U WERE and why he never makes the same album twice. Get the latest updates on LB at http://www.lyricsborn.com...
LBTV presents STERN GROVE 2011 - Jazz Mafia ft. Chali 2na - hosted by Lyrics Born lyricsborntv 1,213 views Sunday, June 26th, 2011, LBTV was on hand to capture the amazing performance of the Jazz Mafia Orchestra's "Emperor Norton's Suite" for the first time anywhere. With a num...
LBTV presents LYRICS BORN - AS U WERE Album Release Party - The Fans lyricsborntv 200 views LBTV host Lisa Oh takes you outside The Independent in San Francisco, CA late last year to talk with the fans waiting in line to see the LB show. Stay tuned for more exc...

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One of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling independent hip-hop artists of this era, Lyrics Born is not the type to sit still. While recording his fourth solo album, completing new projects, and making decisions at Quannum Projects, he still averaged over 150 sold-out shows a year. He's a whirlwind.

His breakthrough solo debut, Later That Day, was a huge indie seller and one of the top 5 most critically acclaimed American hip-hop records of 2003 alongside Jay-Z's The Black Album and Outkast's Love Below/Speakerboxxx. With the release of Everywhere At Once, rapper/producer Lyrics Born finds himself part of a new vanguard of hip-hop artists like Gnarls Barkley, M.I.A., and Kanye West who are pushing the edge with compelling yet instantly accessible sounds.

Everywhere At Once reveals the full breadth and depth of his skill and vision: minimalist grooves, reimagined electro, East Bay greasy funk, devoluted punk, futurist dancehall, postmodern blues, tomorrow's slappers. He's an artist who is not interested in the limits set by the market or even his past triumphs.

Everywhere At Once leads off with a brace of crowd-pleasers. "Hott 2 Deff", "Differences", and "Cakewalk" feature guest work from Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Baby James, B'nai, Myron Glasper, Jake One, Amp Live, Trackademicks, and LB's brilliant partner, Joyo Velarde. Kat Ouano from Crown City Rockers, C. Holiday, and The Count are also featured.

Although soul-baring songs have marked Lyrics Born's career—think his 1996 indie hit, "Balcony Beach", or 2000's global smash "I Changed My Mind"—Everywhere At Once is also his most personal record to date. Songs like "Whispers" and "Skin I'm In", he admits, are his attempts to come to grips with the passing of his best friend Benjamin Davis and his identity issues growing up Asian American, respectively. "I don't think that people know a whole lot about my personal experience," he says. "And as a people, Asian Americans are kind of like background music in this country. These are parts of my experiences so I just wanted to talk about it." The album reveals much about one of the most beloved artists in the game.

His 1997 debut with Lateef the Truth Speaker, Latyrx, sold 100,000 for his influential indie label, SoleSides. When the label was reborn as Quannum Projects, the album he helmed, Quannum Spectrum, yielded him an international hit with "I Changed My Mind". His day-in-the-struggle concept album, Later That Day, featured "Callin' Out", a monster crossover that lodged at 1 at the influential rock station LIVE 105 for 5 weeks. Same !@$ Different Day collected new tracks and alternate versions of tracks and became Quannum Projects' fastest seller. Overnite Encore captured the excitement and intensity of LB's live show, and produced another chart-topper, "I'm Just Raw".

Lyrics Born has been one of the most licensed hip-hop artists in the world, with placements on Diet Coke, Motorola, Nokia, and Vans commercials, TV shows such as "Entourage", "Six Feet Under", "What About Brian", "Gossip Girl", and "Gilmore Girls", films like Michael Mann's "Collateral" and Justin Lin's "Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift", and videogames by EA Sports, 2K Sports and Atari. He has had sponsorships with Puma, Adidas, Diesel, and Evisu.

"I came up in a tradition where you made records, then you toured," he says. "I like seeing people having a good time. That's how I feel like I'm moving forward, that things are in motion. I'm a performer—it's part of who I am."

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