Lyrics Born - Everywhere At Once
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Lyrics BornEverywhere at Once (Anti-/Epitaph) A founding member of Quannum Projects, Lyrics Born first found success with 2004's Callin' Out, a celebration of syncopated rhymes and funkified basslines. Four years later, the Bay Area rapper's still on the same dance floor. Truly hyph-lite, LP four, Everywhere at Once, drops more fizzle than pop over a rote canvas of 1980s B-boy stance and Hott 2 Deff breaks. Though Differences shoo-bee-doo-wahs its way to R&B crooner status, variation shows rarely, LB holding tight to opener sentiment Don't Change. The proven practice works better than obligatory experiments: Do You Buy It? smears a robotic drone, and thoughtful reaction to Born's Japanese-American heritage on Is It the Skin I'm In? misses with implausible...
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