Lyte as a Rock

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All Music Guide - Rob Theakston
In the earliest years of the hip-hop game, women were quite frequently overlooked until a new breed of female lyricist came along and gave the proverbial middle finger to a male-dominated game. MC Lyte's debut ushered in the era of the female MC -- confident, brazen, and not afraid to put male MCs in their misogynist place without flinching. The album starts off with a rather slow introduction before kicking things into high gear with the now classic title track, which put Lyte in the center of a media frenzy. With Lyte reasserting her femininity over and over again without compromising production quality or lyric delivery, Lyte as a Rock has aged better than most records...
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All Music Guide - Rob Theakston
In the earliest years of the hip-hop game, women were quite frequently overlooked until a new breed of female lyricist came along and gave the proverbial middle finger to a male-dominated game. MC Lyte's debut ushered in the era of the female MC -- confident, brazen, and not afraid to put male MCs in their misogynist place without flinching. The album starts off with a rather slow introduction before kicking things into high gear with the now classic title track, which put Lyte in the center of a media frenzy. With Lyte reasserting her femininity over and over again without compromising production quality or lyric delivery, Lyte as a Rock has aged better than most records that came out during hip-hop's formative years, although at certain moments it has become dated since its release. But what has aged is more than compensated by the classic tunes and the disc's potent historical impact on a generation of women MCs. A classic.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/25/1990
  • Label: Warner Bros Mod Afw
  • UPC: 075679090522
  • Catalog Number: 90905
  • Sales rank: 41,334

Album Credits

Performance Credits
MC Lyte Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals
Technical Credits
Audio Two Composer
MC Lyte Composer
Mickey Dee Engineer
Gary Clugston Engineer
Prince Paul Producer
Nat Robinson Producer, Executive Producer
Dan Sheehan Engineer
Shlomo Sonnenfeld Engineer
Yorum Vazan Engineer
Bob Defrin Art Direction
Milk Dee Composer
King of Chill Composer
Frankford Wayne Mastering
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