Lyrics Born Announces “The Lyrics Born Variety Show Season 5: On the Floor!” Mixtape – Due 2/28

L Beezys the world over should be pretty stoked about this announcement. Tsutomu “Tom” Shimura, better known as Lyrics Born, has unveiled his latest project, the 5th installment in the Lyrics Born Variety Show mixtape series. This one is entitled On the Floor and is comprised of two step and boogie remixes of his material. It is scheduled […]

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Two Cents: GT’s Top 10 MVs from 2011 (and 10 Honorable Mentions)

2011 was a banner year in the world of Asian-American music. We saw more releases than ever, more artists achieving more mainstream success, and more fans across more ethnic backgrounds recognizing the great music by our artists. But along with more of the good comes more of the bad – with there also being an […]

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Latyrx (Lyrics Born x Lateef) Release the Latryical Madness Volume One Mixtape

Lyrics Born & Lateef the Truthspeaker have teamed up as Latyrx to bring you the Latryical Madness Volume One mixtape. It’s a heavyweight listen with a hopping 23 tracks including a number of guest artists such as Joyo Velarde, The Gift of Gab, Fatboy Slim and many more. If you want to check out the […]

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Just ‘Cause: Lyrics Born & Adam Mansbach Read “Go the F**k To Sleep”

Earlier this year, an alternative book known as Go the F**k To Sleep by Adam Mansbach became something of a pop-cultural phenomenon. Dubbed as “a children’s book for adults“, the facetious narrative injects humor with a youthful styling to create something you’ve likely never seen or heard before. Recently, Lyrics Born joined author Adam Mansbach for a […]

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Lyrics Born Features on Headnodic’s “Moving On Up”

Bay Area native Lyrics Born has a feature spot on Headnodic’s latest track “Moving On Up” released in late June with the music video released earlier this week. It’s kind of a trippy song and visual but a somewhat refreshing stylistic flip compared to all the music we hear on the radio. If you can […]

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[Music Video] Lyrics Born – “Coulda Woulda Shoulda”

Peep the latest visuals from Deacon artist Lyrics Born for his track “Coulda Woulda Shoulda” off his As U Were album. You can expect heavily stylized visuals to match the funky texture of the track. I’ll be sure to update later with my thoughts! Source: PreFix Mag [update] It’s always refreshing to see artists have fun […]

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Lyrics Born Releases the As U Were Album

It’s finally here. LB’s latest album, As U Were, featuring the single “Lies x 3” has officially dropped. It’s packed full of 17 tracks with a lot of features including his wife Joyo Velarde. One thing I’ve noticed is that Born likes to switch up the sound on every album and it seems like this […]

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Lyrics Born Drops the “Lies x 3” MV

This just may one of the slickest stylized MV production this year. Lyrics Born makes his video comeback for the single “Lies x 3“. It’s done in the style of 70’s Japanese exploitation film, detailing a girl creepin behind her man’s back. This must of been one hell of a video to edit in post […]

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Lookin’ Back: Complex Mag Features “8 Pioneers In Asian-American Hip-Hop”

In lieu of the historical success by the Far East Movement with their single “Like a G6” and recently released album, Complex has put together a little feature article on who they consider 8 Pioneers in Asian-American Hip-Hop. In no way is this to be considered a definitive list, but it’s a great read on […]

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Lyrics Born Shares Sneak Peek of “Lies x 3” MV

I love it when artists drop something different than your average video and flex their creative muscle a little more. Check out this ultra stylized video trailer for Lyrics Born lead single off his upcoming As U Were album, “Lies x 3”. It looks like it combines a little bit of psychedelic 70’s pop art, with some […]

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