LYRICS BORN

Lyrics Born (nacido Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura), es un rapero japonés. Él es una mitad del grupo Latyrx con Lateef la Truthspeaker.

A través de su infancia, Shimura vivió en Tokio, Japón, Salt Lake City, Utah  y Berkeley, California. Es el hijo del escritor japonés, Takao Shimura y un organizador sindical/judío estadounidense, Charlotte Arzio-Shimura. Los padres de Shimura se divorciaron cuando el tenia la edad 2 años, punto en el cual se mudó con su madre desde Tokio a Salt Lake City, Utah, y luego finalmente a California de Berkeley.
Shimura asistió a las escuelas públicas de Berkeley de cuando tenía 6 años de edad, sobresalio en escritura creativa. "Creo que obtuve mi regalo de mi padre. No sólo el talento, pero a la ética de trabajo y estilo de vida." Comenzó a practicar en hip-hop y rap cuando entró en Berkeley High School. Después de un año y entró obispo O'Dowd High School en Oakland dejó. Dejó nuevamente después de su segundo año y se graduó en St. Mary High School, localizada en Berkeley, California en 1990. Shimura comenzó su carrera de hip-hop en el Colegio de la Universidad de California, Davis, donde fue un DJ en la estación de la Universidad KDVS. Es un miembro fundador de la compañía discográfica seminal, independiente, Quannum Projects. Llegó con su compañero de área de la bahía y acompañantes de UC Davis regalo de GAB y Chief Xcel de Blackalicious, Lateef Truthspeaker, DJ Shadow, Joseph Patel y Jeff Chang (anteriormente conocido como DJ Zen).
Cambió su nombre artístico de Born de Asia a letras nacido en 1995, citando el deseo de tener su carrera en función de sus méritos en contraposición a su origen étnico.

LATER THAT DAY

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1. Dream Sequence
2. Bad Dreams
3. Rise & Shine
4. Callin' Out
      5. U Ass Bank
6. Cold Call Featuring Gift of Gab
      7. Interlude
   8. Stop Complaining Featuring Tommy Geurrero
9. Do That There Featuring Cut Chemist
      10. Before And After

11. The Last Trumpet Featuring Lateef The Truth Speaker
     12. Pack Up 

13. Hot Bizness

14. Love Me So Bad Featuring Joyo Velarde
      15. One Session Featuring the Altered Egos
       16. Nightro

17. Hello

VARIETY SHOW SEASON VOL. 1

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1. Opening Theme

2. Lyrics Born feat. Cut Chemist and Young Einstein - 'Do That There Medley'

3. Latyrx - 'Lady Don't Tek No'

4. Diverse feat. Lyrics Born, RJD2 - 'Explosive'

5. Haiku D'Etat feat. Lyrics Born, Lateef, Blackalicious - 'Top Qualified'

6. Capricorn 2 feat. Lyrics Born, Lateef, Vursatyl, Gift of Gab - 'Bout Action'

7. Tommy Guerrero - 'Getting It Together'

8. Lyrics Born feat. Vursatyl, Lateef - 'Say That Again'

9. RL Burnside feat. Lyrics Born - 'Goin Down South (LB Remix)'

10. DJ Zeph feat. Lyrics Born - 'Hands Up'

11.  Lyrics Born feat. Lateef, Halou, DJ Shadow - 'The Last Trumpet Medley'

12. Quannum MCs feat. Lyrics Born, Lateef, Gift Of Gab, The Lifesavas - 'Quannum World'

13. Lyrics Born feat. KRS-One, Evidence, DJ D-Sharp - 'Pack Up (Remix)'

14. Lyrics Born - 'Bubble Gum Wrap'

15. Lyrics Born feat. E-40, Casual - 'Callin' Out Remix'

16. The Herbaliser feat. Lyrics Born, Lateef - '8 Point Agenda'

17. Closing Theme

SAME !@#$ DIFFERENT DAY

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1. Intro
2. Hello (Remix) Prod. By Jumbo (Lifesavas)
3. Pack Up (Remix) Feat. Evidence (Dilated Peoples) And KRS-One
4. I'm Just Raw Prod. By Dan The Automator
5. Do That There (Young Einstein Hoo-Hoo Mix)
6. I Changed My Mind (Stereo MC's Rattlesnake Mix)
7. Bad Dreams Interlude
8. Shake It Off Bad Dreams Part II Prod. By Lyrics Born
9. The Last Trumpet (Halou Remix) Feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker And DJ Shadow
10. Over You Feat. Joyo Velarde Prod. By DJ Shadow
11. I Can't Wait For Your Love (Limited Time Offer) Feat. Joyo Velarde Prod. By Chief Xcel
12. The Bay Feat. C. Holliday And The Poets Of Rhythm Prod. By Lyrics Born And The Poets Of Rhythm
13. Callin' Out Remix Feat. E-40 And Casual Prod. By Lyrics Born
14. Outro
15. Stop Complaining (Morcheeba / Capricorn II Remix)
16. I Changed My Mind (DJ Spinna Remix)

VARIETY SHOW SEASON TWO

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1 Intro
2 I'm Just Raw
3 Hello
4 2 Hott 2 Cold Feat Mualem
5 Big Money Talk
6 Knock Knock
7 That Good Thing Feat. Pigeon John & Slim Kid Tre
8 Hott People
9 The Get Down Feat. Z-Trip Dj Zeph Remix
10 On The Scene Feat. Dj Enki & Rashaan Ahmad
11 Stay Loose (Lb Remix)
12 The Four Corners
13 Give It To You Feat. Blackalicious & Kween
14 Concentration Feat. Quannum Mcs & Jurassic 5
15 The Extravaganza Feat. Quannum Mcs &souls Of Mischief
16 Kiss Me I'm Famous Feat. Lateef Brush-Off Mix
17 Always Fine Tuning Feat. Dan The Automator
18 Someday Baby Feat. Rl Burnside Lb Remix
19 One Session Feat. The Altered Egos
20 Yes, Yes, Y'all (Feat. Zion I & The Gift Of Gab)
21 L.i.f.e. (Feat. Mistah F.a.b)
22 Outro

OVEMITE ENCORE: LYRICS BORN LIVE

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1. Sydney Intro

2. Shake It Off

3. Pack Up

4. Hott Bizness

5. Funk U Up

6. Lady Don't Tek No

7. Stop Complaining/Remix/Jam

8. Aim For The Flickering Flame

9. Love Me So Bad

10. Melbourne Intro

11. Callin' Out

12. Do That There Medley

13. I Can't Wait For Your Love

14. I'm Just Raw

15. Bad Dreams Prelude

16. Bad Dreams

17. Goodnite

18. Knock Knock

19. L-I-F-E feat. Mistah F.A.B.

20. I'm Just Raw (Remix) feat. Del the Funky Homosapien & Pigeon John

VARIETY SHOW SEASON THREE

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1. Intro

2. Lyrics Born feat. Joyo Velarde, Jake One - 'Do It U, Do It Big'

3. Macka Dang Dang feat. Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5) - 'Stax On The Table (LB What It Look Like?)'

4. Tommy Guerrero feat. Lyrics Born - 'Let Me In, Let Me Out (Count Remix)'

5. Galactic feat. Lyrics Born - 'What U Need'

6. Lyrics Born - 'Meow Mix'

7. Lyrics Born - 'I Like It, I Love It'

8. Lyrics Born feat. Gift Of Gab (of Blackalicious), Mike Meezy - 'Cake Walk (Remix)'

9. U2 vs Lyrics Born - 'Callin' Out (Mash Up)'

10. Lateef feat. Lyrics Born - 'Badder Than Bad'

11. Lyrics Born feat. Lateef, Big Cee - 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'

12. RJD2 feat. Lyrics Born, Pigeon John - 'Have Mercy (Remix)'

13. Lyrics Born feat. Joyo Velarde, Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5) - 'Hott 2 Deff'

14. Lyrics Born - 'Rewards and Consequences'

15. Lyrics Born - 'It Go'

16.  Lyrics Born - 'This Is What We Fought For?'

17.  Lyrics Born feat. Del The Funky Homosapien, Pigeon John, Herb Alexander (of Primus) - 'I'm Just Raw (Re-Opened and Remixed)'

18. Lyrics Born - 'Shake It Off (Hypkritical Remix)'

EVERY WHERE AT ONCE

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1. Intro Tag

2. Don't Change feat. Myron Glasper, DJ D Sharp

3. Hott 2 Deff feat. Chali 2na, Joyo Velarde

4. Differences feat. Joyo Velarde, B'Nai

5. Cakewalk feat. Trackademicks, Baby Jaymes

6. Shoe Hoes Anonymous (Skit)

7. I'm A Phreak

8. I Like It, I Love It

9. The World Is Calling feat. Joyo Velarde

10. Top Shelf (Anything U Want)

11. Is It The Skin I'm In? feat. Myron Glasper

12. Homeland Security (Skit)

13. Do U Buy It?

14. Rules Were Meant To Be Broken

15. Whispers feat. C. Holiday

16. I Can't Decide (Everywhere At Once) feat. Myron Glasper

17.  Re-Intro (Bonus)

18. Let Me In, Let Me Out (Remix) (Bonus)

AS U WERE

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1. Kontrol Phreak

2. I Wanna B W/U feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker

3. We Live By The Beat

4. Coulda Woulda Shoulda feat. Sam Sparro

5. As U Were Reception (Skit)

6. I've Lost Myself feat. Joyo Velarde

7. Lies X 3

8. Born-E-Ohs! (Skit)

9. Pushed Aside/ Pulled Apart feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker

10. Oh, Baby!

11. I'm The Best (Funky Fresh In The Flesh)

12. Block Bots feat. Trackademicks, Clyde Carson

13. Pillz 'Lude (Skit)

14. Pillz feat. Gift Of Gab (of Blackalicious)

15. Something Better feat. Francie And The Lights

16. (What Happened 2 Our) Love Affair? (Bonus)