The Second Album (Latyrx album)

The Second Album
Studio album by Latyrx
Released November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
Genre Alternative hip hop
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
Latyrx (The Album)
(1997)		 The Second Album
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of Sound[3]
Pitchfork Media4.8/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

The Second Album is the second studio album by Latyrx, an American hip hop duo consisting of Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truthspeaker.[6] It was released via Latyramid on November 5, 2013.[7] It is produced by Jel, Amp Live, and Tune-Yards, among others.[8]

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".[1]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
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)"  Adam Theis, Lyrics Born 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 Joyo Velarde)Future People 4:52
12. "Electric Chair" (featuring Corey Glover)Kaveh Rastegar, Jeremy Ruzumna 4:01
13. "Gorgeous Spirits"  The Bangerz 3:17

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Heatseekers Albums[9] 34

References

  1. 1 2 "The Second Album by Latyrx". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "The Second Album". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (November 4, 2013). "Album Review: Latyrx – The Second Album". Consequence of Sound.
  4. ↑ Patrin, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Latyrx: The Second Album". Pitchfork Media.
  5. ↑ Powell, Mike (November 5, 2013). "Latyrx, 'The Second Album'". Rolling Stone.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 12, 2013). "Latyrx: Still Deft And Defiant After Two Decades". NPR.
  7. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (February 5, 2014). "20 Questions: Latyrx". PopMatters.
  8. ↑ Port, Ian S. (November 6, 2013). "Lyrics Born and Lateef Return as Latyrx, Right on Time". SF Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Latyrx - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

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