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2013 studio album by Latyrx
The Second Album is the second studio album by Latyrx , an American hip hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born .[ 2] It was released via Latyramid on November 5, 2013.[ 3] It includes productions from Jel , Amp Live , and Tune-Yards , among others.[ 4] The album peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[ 5]
Critical reception
At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Second Album received an average score of 63, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 6]
Mike Powell of Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Their second album isn't as radically unusual as its well-regarded predecessor, but the template remains the same: eclectic without getting wacky, thoughtful without getting preachy, full of great wordplay over beats that tie hip-hop to a history of all-purpose head-nod music from funk to electro and beyond."[ 10] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.8 out of 10, calling it "scattered and frantic."[ 9]
Track listing
Title Producer(s) 1. "Arrival" Jel 3:59 2. "It's Time" (featuring Zion I ) Amp Live 3:08 3. "Reload" Jel 3:23 4. "Exclamation Point" (featuring Forrest Day) Forrest Day 3:12 5. "Deliberate Jibberish" Tune-Yards 2:03 6. "Close Your Eyes" (featuring Busdriver ) Antonionian 4:43 7. "Nebula's Eye" (featuring 1-O.A.K. and Joyo Velarde ) G-Koop & O-Man 4:16 8. "The Power of Rumor (Leonard Is Lost)" 4:12 9. "Watershed Moment" (featuring Gift of Gab ) Tune-Yards 3:10 10. "Sometimes Why?" Chris Funk 4:33 11. "Every Man for Himself" (featuring Future People and Joyo Velarde) Future People 4:52 12. "Electric Chair" (featuring Corey Glover ) 4:01 13. "Gorgeous Spirits" The Bangerz 3:17 Total length: 48:43
Charts
References
^ Martins, Chris (October 24, 2013). "Latyrx Team with Gift of Gab and tUnE-yArDs for a 'Watershed Moment' " . Spin . Retrieved December 18, 2017 .
^ Christgau, Robert (November 12, 2013). "Latyrx: Still Deft And Defiant After Two Decades" . NPR . Retrieved August 7, 2014 .
^ Sawdey, Evan (February 5, 2014). "20 Questions: Latyrx" . PopMatters . Retrieved August 7, 2014 .
^ Port, Ian S. (November 6, 2013). "Lyrics Born and Lateef Return as Latyrx, Right on Time" . SF Weekly . Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
^ a b "Latyrx - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums" . Billboard . Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
^ a b "The Second Album by Latyrx" . Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
^ Jeffries, David. "The Second Album – Latyrx" . AllMusic . Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
^ Hadusek, Jon (November 4, 2013). "Latyrx – The Second Album" . Consequence of Sound . Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
^ a b Patrin, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Latyrx: The Second Album" . Pitchfork . Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
^ a b Powell, Mike (November 5, 2013). "Latyrx, 'The Second Album' " . Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
External links
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