The Second Album (Latyrx album)

The Second Album
Studio album by Latyrx
Released November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
Genre Hip hop[1]
Length 48:43
Label Latyramid
Producer Jel, Amp Live, Forrest Day, Tune-Yards, Antonionian, G-Koop & O-Man, Adam Theis, Lyrics Born, Chris Funk, Future People, Kaveh Rastegar, Jeremy Ruzumna, The Bangerz
Latyrx chronology
The Album
(1997)The Album1997		 The Second Album
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundC+[4]
Pitchfork4.8/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

The Second Album is the second studio album by Latyrx, an American hip hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born.[7] It was released via Latyramid on November 5, 2013.[8] It includes productions from Jel, Amp Live, and Tune-Yards, among others.[9]

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".[2]

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."[6]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Arrival"Jel3:59
2."It's Time" (featuring Zion I)Amp Live3:08
3."Reload"Jel3:23
4."Exclamation Point" (featuring Forrest Day)Forrest Day3:12
5."Deliberate Jibberish"Tune-Yards2:03
6."Close Your Eyes" (featuring Busdriver)Antonionian4:43
7."Nebula's Eye" (featuring 1-O.A.K. and Joyo Velarde)G-Koop & O-Man4:16
8."The Power of Rumor (Leonard Is Lost)"Adam Theis, Lyrics Born4:12
9."Watershed Moment" (featuring Gift of Gab)Tune-Yards3:10
10."Sometimes Why?"Chris Funk4:33
11."Every Man for Himself" (featuring Future People and Joyo Velarde)Future People4:52
12."Electric Chair" (featuring Corey Glover)Kaveh Rastegar, Jeremy Ruzumna4:01
13."Gorgeous Spirits"The Bangerz3:17

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 34

References

  1. ↑ Martins, Chris (October 24, 2013). "Latyrx Team with Gift of Gab and tUnE-yArDs for a 'Watershed Moment'". Spin. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "The Second Album by Latyrx". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jeffries, David. "The Second Album – Latyrx". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (November 4, 2013). "Latyrx – The Second Album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Patrin, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Latyrx: The Second Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  6. 1 2 Powell, Mike (November 5, 2013). "Latyrx, 'The Second Album'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 12, 2013). "Latyrx: Still Deft And Defiant After Two Decades". NPR. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (February 5, 2014). "20 Questions: Latyrx". PopMatters. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  9. ↑ Port, Ian S. (November 6, 2013). "Lyrics Born and Lateef Return as Latyrx, Right on Time". SF Weekly. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Latyrx - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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