The Second Album
Studio album by
Latyrx
ReleasedNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
GenreHip hop[1]
Length48:43
LabelLatyramid
Producer
Latyrx chronology
The Album
(1997)		 The Second Album
(2013)

The Second Album is the second studio album by Latyrx, an American hip hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born.[2] It was released via Latyramid on November 5, 2013.[3] It includes productions from Jel, Amp Live, and Tune-Yards, among others.[4] The album peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Consequence of SoundC+[8]
Pitchfork4.8/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

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".[6]

Mike Powell of Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Their second album isn't as radically unusual as its well-regarded predecessor, but the template remains the same: eclectic without getting wacky, thoughtful without getting preachy, full of great wordplay over beats that tie hip-hop to a history of all-purpose head-nod music from funk to electro and beyond."[10] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.8 out of 10, calling it "scattered and frantic."[9]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Arrival"Jel3:59
2."It's Time" (featuring Zion I)Amp Live3:08
3."Reload"Jel3:23
4."Exclamation Point" (featuring Forrest Day)Forrest Day3:12
5."Deliberate Jibberish"Tune-Yards2:03
6."Close Your Eyes" (featuring Busdriver)Antonionian4:43
7."Nebula's Eye" (featuring 1-O.A.K. and Joyo Velarde)G-Koop & O-Man4:16
8."The Power of Rumor (Leonard Is Lost)"
4:12
9."Watershed Moment" (featuring Gift of Gab)Tune-Yards3:10
10."Sometimes Why?"Chris Funk4:33
11."Every Man for Himself" (featuring Future People and Joyo Velarde)Future People4:52
12."Electric Chair" (featuring Corey Glover)
4:01
13."Gorgeous Spirits"The Bangerz3:17
Total length:48:43

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] 34

References

  1. ↑ Martins, Chris (October 24, 2013). "Latyrx Team with Gift of Gab and tUnE-yArDs for a 'Watershed Moment'". Spin. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 12, 2013). "Latyrx: Still Deft And Defiant After Two Decades". NPR. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (February 5, 2014). "20 Questions: Latyrx". PopMatters. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Port, Ian S. (November 6, 2013). "Lyrics Born and Lateef Return as Latyrx, Right on Time". SF Weekly. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Latyrx - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "The Second Album by Latyrx". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ Jeffries, David. "The Second Album – Latyrx". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Hadusek, Jon (November 4, 2013). "Latyrx – The Second Album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Patrin, Nate (November 7, 2013). "Latyrx: The Second Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  10. 1 2 Powell, Mike (November 5, 2013). "Latyrx, 'The Second Album'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
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