Lyrics Born, “Everywhere At Once” (Anti-): For his sophomore release, the Tokyo-born, Bay Area-raised rapper Tom “Lyrics Born” Shimura employs live instrumentation instead of the sample-heavy textures of his 2003 solo debut, “Later That Day …” Though hip-hop purists may wince, the musical shift only further helps Lyrics Born expand on his own genre-bending sensibility.
The three musicians in this band find what they like in the songs, letting the melodies guide them, and play in the wide-open way they like to play.
Witness the rebirth of Lyrics Born… On Dont Change, the opening track of Everywhere at Once, San Francisco-based rapper Lyrics Born stresses the importance of not changing who you are for anybody or anything. Its a paradoxical statement since the production on the half-Japanese rappers second-solo release is almost entirely provided by a live band….
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