ALBUM REVIEW: Lyrics Born - Everywhere At Once

Lyrics Born has one the most unique flows in the game today.  Both his voice and his delivery stand out in a mostly watered down game we call hip hop.  Lyrics Born has style that grows on you everytime you give his album a spin.  The album started off nicely with a George Clinton meets hip hop sound on the song Don't Change.  A funked out westcoast beat with a smooth melody (gotta love those horns).  Differences, Track 4, was by far the highlight of this album for me.  A smooth beat with dope lyrics, a track the fellas can cruise to and the ladies can sing to.  For me when the album started to become a little played out was towards the middle, when it became a little to strange.  It recovered nicely at the end with Wispers, a smooth soul sounding track and on the Let Me In, Let Me Out (Remix) to end the album.  Let Me In, Let Me Out (Remix) uses a hard guitar sound to add a little rock feel to the album.  That is the thing about Lyrics, he is not afraid to step outside the usually boundaries of hip hop, and for me that is the positive and the negative of this album.  He tries new styles and for some tracks worked well, but for some he tried a little too hard and left me thinking maybe if he were a little more conventional the album would have been a little bit better.  I don't think this was one of his best efforts, but is still worth a listen.  I love his delivery and ability to cross genres and step out of traditional hip hop, but at times I feel that is also what is holding him back from making a true classic album.  

ALBUM RATING

7 out of 10