The name Latyrx (say it la-tir-iks), mixed those of two rappers, Lateef and Lyrics Born, both core members of the Solesides label, along with Blackalicious and DJ Shadow, all later known as the Quannum collective. By the 90's, each of these people, jointly or separately, had delivered masterpieces of the Bay Area indie hip-hop world, like the Melodica EP, or the much more famous Endtroducing…. And for Latyrx, the key release had been an album soberly titled… The Album.
