As U Were

Studio album by Lyrics Born

Released

October 26, 2010

Genre

Hip hop

Length

55:37

Label

Decon, Mobile Home Recordings

Producer

Lyrics Born, Jake One

Lyrics Born chronology

Everywhere at Once
(2008)

As U Were
(2010)

Real People
(2015)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	6.8/10^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]

As U Were is a studio album by Lyrics Born. It was released on Decon and Mobile Home Recordings on October 26, 2010.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, As U Were received an average score of 63% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Kontrol Phreak"	Lyrics Born	3:32
2.	"I Wanna B W/U" (featuring Lateef)	Lyrics Born, Jake One	3:37
3.	"We Live by the Beat"	Lyrics Born	4:14
4.	"Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (featuring Sam Sparro)	Lyrics Born	4:40
5.	"As U Were Reception"	Lyrics Born	0:53
6.	"I've Lost Myself" (featuring Joyo Velarde)	Lyrics Born, Jake One	5:44
7.	"Lies X 3"	Lyrics Born	4:23
8.	"Born-E-Oh's!"	Lyrics Born	2:03
9.	"Pushed Aside/Pulled Apart" (featuring Lateef)	Lyrics Born, Jake One	4:11
10.	"Oh, Baby!"	Lyrics Born	3:28
11.	"I'm the Best (Funky Fresh in the Flesh)"	Lyrics Born	3:09
12.	"Block Bots" (featuring Clyde Carson and Trackademicks)	Lyrics Born	3:02
13.	"Pillz 'Lude"	Lyrics Born	0:55
14.	"Pillz" (featuring The Gift of Gab)	Lyrics Born	4:25
15.	"Something Better" (featuring Francis & the Lights)	Lyrics Born	3:46
16.	"Fake ID"	Lyrics Born	0:14
17.	"(What Happened 2 Our) Love Affair"	Lyrics Born	3:30

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[6]	89

References

1 2 "As U Were by Lyrics Born". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ Bush, John. "Lyrics Born - As U Were". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ Kelly, Zach (November 29, 2010). "Lyrics Born: As U Were". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ Aspray, Benjamin (December 7, 2010). "Lyrics Born: As U Were". PopMatters. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ Eddy, Chuck (November 16, 2010). "As U Were". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ "Lyrics Born - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

External links

As U Were at Discogs (list of releases)

Lyrics Born

Studio albums	Later That Day (2003) Same !@$ Different Day (2005) Everywhere at Once (2008) As U Were (2010)

Live albums	Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live (2006)

Compilation albums	Entropy (Hip Hop Reconstruction from the Ground Up) (1993)

EPs	Entropy / Send Them (1993)

Latyrx	Latyrx (The Album) (1997)

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