Everywhere at Once by Lyrics Born

Everywhere at Once, released in 2008, is the second solo studio album from Lyrics Born, the Japanese-American rapper born Tom Shimura and one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. He produced the whole thing himself alongside Jake One, Trackademicks, AmpLive and Kat Ouano, and the sessions hopped all over the region, from Studio Chocula in San Francisco to The Corner Store in Berkeley and Megasonic Sound in Oakland.

The result is funky, elastic and crowded with friends: Joyo Velarde, Chali 2na, Myron Glasper and more pass through, and Lyrics Born's rubbery, rapid-fire flow bounces off grooves that feel as much like old-school funk as hip-hop. "I Like It, I Love It" is the party-starter that made the countdowns. In the US it debuted at number 192 on the Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.

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