The name is audacious: Lyrics Born. As if a Bay Area-bred Asian rapper with a husky Tone-Loc voice can be an able purveyor of unadulterated rhymes. As if the genre needs someone with a preternatural ability to lyrically straddle the mainstream-vs.-underground fence without losing face with either audience. He is, and it does.
Lyrics Born. May 3, 1 a.m., $17-$20. House of Blues, 632-7600.