The Second Album (Latyrx album)

The Second Album
Studio album by Latyrx
Released	November 5, 2013
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	[3]
Pitchfork Media	4.8/10[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.	Title	Producer(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. "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.

External links

• The Second Album at Discogs (list of releases)