Artist: Lyrics Born
Best Album: Everywhere At Once
Best Song: I’m Just Raw
This Letter Could Have Been About: LL Cool J, Lady Sovereign, Language Arts Crew, Latyrx

Why I’m Writing About This Artist: I’m kinda tempted to say “Because he’s half-Japanese” and leave it at that, but– while it’s true, and while his ethnic background definitely informs his work, the simple fact is that the guy is talented as all hell, and– true to his name– one of the more lyrically inventive MCs working today.  True fact: my go-to Pandora station is a mix of Lyrics Born and Atmosphere stations, and it pulls in so much good shit from other artists who I’d otherwise never have heard of that it makes my Pandora One subscription worth it all by itself.  He’s also got a live album out, which is not an achievement many rappers can boast of, and he’s the “yrx” part of Latyrx along with Lateef tha Chief.  Latryx is awesome as hell too.

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