Rap Legend LYRICS BORN Announces Final Album “Goodbye, Sticky Rice” Out 10/10

THE COUNTDOWN STARTS
LYRICS BORN
Announces Final Album GOODBYE, STICKY RICE

Releases New Single “Take It 2 Far”

Announces Tour Dates

AUGUST 15, 2024 [Berkeley, CA] – “For my last album, I wanted to throw the funkiest, freakiest, messiest going away party I could for myself,” declares rap legend LYRICS BORN about his upcoming exit from the music space to further explore other entertainment realms. “I’m saying what I want to say, and then I’m boogie-ing my ass out the door.”

Before he waves sayonara to his illustrious musical career that stretches over three decades from his start as part of the iconic Northern California hip hop collectives SoleSides and Quannum Projects in the ‘90s to his solo joints in the ‘00s and onward, Lyrics Born will be releasing one final album, Goodbye, Sticky Rice on October 10, 2024 via his label Mobile Home Recordings.

His new single “Take It 2 Far” from the upcoming album is a funk-fueled track that finds Lyrics Born spitting out rhymes in his trademark cadence. ““Everything in Moderation, including moderation,” he says about the song, shooting a shifty eye. “Fuck that,” he laughs. “Let’s take it 2 far this time, & take it there with me!!”

Celebrating excess and indulgence in the best possible way, it’s a hearty song that embraces the Dionysian life. “I’m already fun but we can get funner / Every bottle upside down all summer,” he raps, popping corks and upping the ante past eleven.

As part of the lead up to the release of Goodbye, Sticky Rice, Lyrics Born will be hitting the road for a handful of West Coast shows to party it up for his last hurrah. “We are gigging, we are indulging, we are naming names, we are crying in the middle of the room, and somebody might end up pregnant,” he says. “Come say good-bye to the kiddo one last time!”  

TOUR DATES

• Sept 6: Berkeley, CA – Triple Rock Brewing
• Sept 7: Pine Crest, CA – Bear Music Fest 2024 (tickets)
• Oct 10: Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall (tickets)
• Oct 11: Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley (tickets)
• Oct 12: Nevada City, CA – Crazy Horse Saloon and Grill (tickets)
• Oct 13: Oregon House, CA – CA World Fest 2024
• Oct 23: Portland, OR – The Get Down Music Venue (tickets)
• Oct 24: Seattle, WA – Nectar Lounge (tickets)

More dates to be announced.  Click HERE for more tour info.

An entrepreneur who has branched out from music to the visual medium like film (he had a cameo in Boots Riley’s 2018 sleeper hit Sorry to Bother You and starred alongside Ali Wong, Randall Park, and Keanu Reeves in Netflix’s hit streaming film Always Be My Maybe), he also launched a cooking series Dinner in Place on YouTube that has been a runaway hit. 

“The series has received millions of views across platforms and Season Five is on the way! It’s really been rewarding to use all those other sides of my creative brain,” he says, beamingly. The series has been so successful that it won a coveted 2024 Telly Award, which honors excellence in video and television across all screens.

Crowned as the Silver Winner in the “Food & Beverage – Online” category, it is proving to be a very exciting prospect in his future. “I’m so honored to have received the Telly for Dinner In Place: Season 4,” he exclaims. “WOW! We had so much fun and cooked up some delicious meals with friends. WAIT TIL Y’ALL SEE WHAT WE GOT COOKIN FOR SEASON 5!”

Starting in the late ‘90s as a vital part of the intensely influential Bay Area hip hop collective Quannum Projects that spawned DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lifesavas and Latyrx, of which he was half with Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lyrics Born broke countless “first” barriers as the first Asian-American solo rapper to perform at Lollapalooza, Coachella, release a greatest hits record, to name a few firsts. There was never a glass ceiling that he wasn’t able to break.

Reflecting on his renowned and distinguished career, Lyrics Born concludes, “I’m gonna take an indefinite hiatus from releasing albums,” he says contentedly. “Goodbye Sticky Rice will be my 16^th. I think that’s enough for now.”’

Goodbye, Sticky Rice will be released on October 10, 2024 via Mobile Home Recordings.  

Social Media:
Website | Twitter/X | Facebook | Instagram