Latyrx


Latyrx is an American alternative hip-hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born. The duo originates from the Solesides collective at the University of California, Davis.

History

and Lyrics Born were both members of the Solesides collective, a group affiliated with Jeff Chang's radio show on KDVS, the student radio station at the University of California, Davis. Initially, both recorded as solo artists, with Lyrics Born originally using the moniker "Asia Born". In early 1993, Lyrics Born released the first single on the Solesides label titled "Send Them".
DJ Shadow, another Solesides member, contributed production to four tracks on Latyrx’s debut album. The first release under the name "Latyrx" came in 1996 as the B-side to Lateef’s solo single "The Wreckoning". The track, also titled "Latyrx", used a vocal layering method in which both MCs rapped different verses simultaneously.
In 1996, additional solo releases followed, including Lateef’s "The Quickening ", produced by DJ Shadow, and Lyrics Born's "Balcony Beach", backed with "Burnt Pride". Much of their solo work, along with new material, was compiled into their debut album, [The Album (Latyrx album)|The Album], released in 1997.
The follow-up EP, Muzappers Mixes, was released in 1997 and included the single "Lady Don’t Tek No".
During this period, Solesides Records restructured into a new label, Quannum Projects, with the collective adopting "Quannum" as its official name. Latyrx subsequently appeared on "8 Point Agenda", a 1999 single by The Herbaliser, and contributed material to the Quannum Spectrum compilation that same year.

Discography

Albums
EPs
  • The Muzapper's Mixes EP
  • Disconnection
Remix albums
  • The Muzapper's Mixes
Compilations
Live albums
  • Latyrx: Live at Google
Singles
  • "Lady Don't Tek No"