Later That Day

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Later That Day...
Later that day album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)
Genre Hip hop
Length59:26
Label Quannum Projects
Producer Lyrics Born, Cut Chemist, DJ D-Sharp
Lyrics Born chronology
Later That Day...
(2003)
Same !@#$ Different Day
(2005)
Singles from Later That Day...
  1. "Hello" / "One Session"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Callin' Out" / "Cold Call"
    Released: 2003

Later That Day (stylized as Later That Day...) is the debut solo studio album by Lyrics Born. It was released on Quannum Projects in 2003. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
HipHopDX 7.5/10 [5]
IGN 9.0/10 [6]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [7]
Resident Advisor 5/5 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin A− [10]

Spence D. of IGN gave the album a 9.0 out of 10, saying, "this is much more than a standard rap/hip-hop album, being more in tune with the bugged out aural manifestations of George Clinton and Frank Zappa than anything else." [6] Barry Walters of Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "the rare hip-hop album that's as free and fun as it is tight." [9]

In 2022, Rolling Stone listed Later That Day as one of the "200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Dream Sequence (Intro)" Lyrics Born 1:30
2."Bad Dreams"Lyrics Born3:20
3."Rise and Shine"Lyrics Born5:22
4."Callin' Out"Lyrics Born3:34
5."U Ass Bank"Lyrics Born1:28
6."Cold Call" (featuring The Gift of Gab)Lyrics Born4:30
7."Interlude"Lyrics Born0:35
8."Stop Complaining" (featuring Tommy Guerrero)Lyrics Born3:25
9."Do That There" (featuring Cut Chemist) Cut Chemist 3:38
10."Before and After"Lyrics Born4:36
11."The Last Trumpet" (featuring Lateef the Truthspeaker)Lyrics Born4:54
12."Pack Up"DJ D-Sharp4:05
13."Hott Bizness"Lyrics Born3:25
14."Love Me So Bad" (featuring Joyo Velarde)Lyrics Born4:31
15."One Session" (featuring The Altered Egos)Lyrics Born4:35
16."Nightro"Lyrics Born1:37
17."Hello"Lyrics Born3:55

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [1] 40

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