'L*A*W' CD 'Tha Planet 12 Syndrome' debuts

Lawrence "L*A*W" Worrell is on a roll.

The Central Islip singer-songwriter's debut album "Tha Planet 12 Syndrome" has been getting attention from fans and music supervisors since he released it in June. The director of "We Are the Hartmans" liked his music so much that not only will L*A*W's songs appear in the movie, but he will as well.

"I know what happened," says L*A*W, the grandson of the late Sam "Bluzman" Taylor, the legendary Long Island Music Hall of Famer. "Granddad has been having some conversations with G-O-D."

L*A*W says his grandfather's death had a direct effect on "Tha Planet 12 Syndrome" as well. "I'd been working on this album for three or four years, testing everything out," he says. "While I worked with George Clinton and Amy Winehouse, I was also working on new songs, because I really wanted it to present me as I am. . . . But after Granddad passed, something in me said, 'I gotta get this done now,' and I started finishing one song after another."

L*A*W says the album reflects all of his interests, from the hip-hop of "With Your Heels On" and R&B of "Daddy" to the funk of "Brooklyn" and even the country-tinged "I Don't Wanna Be an American Idol."

"Record companies like albums to stay on one side of the fence," he says. "But I have so many different sides. I love funk-rock, but I also needed to do something different. It's all about getting your attention and preparing you for a journey. That's why there's 'Digital Love Experience,' which is completely techno. . . . It's all different from what people are expecting from me. That's what I want people to expect."

L*A*W plays The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St., Manhattan, 212-673-7030, on Friday.

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