Antoinette - Who's The Boss

[@lordgodspeed1539]

Yes a lot of people would say that she sounded "like a Rakim sound alike" . But she's one of the most underrated dopest females from her time. And one of the most forgotten

[@mauriceb2172]

Word!

[@marcus.6487]

chroo

[@Etcher]

Word life!

[@10dev785]

Naw looking back at this, everyone during this time was a Rakim influenced....even the girls

[@joefresh82]

I feel "I aint no joke flow" . I remember this battle. Lyte had 10% Dis

[@JerzeeGrind]

Antoinette, Sweet T, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante, Queen Latifah, Monie Love best female rappers

[@cocorain6549]

Little Kim and Foxy Also.

[@otisblue30]

I agree, plus Kim, Da Brat, YoYo, Salt-N-Pepa, & Missy. Gotta show love to all the greats!

[@marlak4203]

Notice all of these female rappers who were mostly out at the same time and were OUT. Meaning they were ones you could name off the top of your head easily because they were all big time in the media unlike how we only have so few today and it took like 10 years before Cardi was on while Nicki was out by herself.

[@DB-115]

Antoinette & Boss were in a lwahue of their own. Rage was dope too but they were def. the standouts.

[@NOGAMES215]

So you're just going to forget Heather B_ Bahamadia _Hurricane G_ _Boss_ Vita_ Nikki D_Mc Smooth_ Lady of Rage_ Ra Digga_isis_Mia X_YoYo_Foxxy Brown and LAURYN HILL?👀😬🙄🙄🙄🤔💭🖕🏽🤷🏽‍♂️

[@STRAIGHTP]

Antoinette was alaways one of my favorite females. Her flow, her angst, her tone.

[@michaelelliott2194]

Still one of the hardest tracks I've ever heard from a female rapper. Antoinette had a razor sharp flow.

[@truechristianity74]

You never heard of Boss or the Brat

[@mauriceb2172]

her flow is beast.

[@conradsutton1456]

At least when she called out Lyte she had the lyrical ability to do it. Back in the day when you had to have TALENT to make music.

[@kenrickkahn]

Take off those nostalgic glasses..

[@seanmccombie6379]

that's true the past 5 or so years of hip hop have been down there with the worst since it began

[@marvinscottjr.4310]

Very very true

[@jackmckinley5817]

@@seanmccombie6379 Mainstream rap isn't representative of rap as a whole...

[@seanmccombie6379]

@@jackmckinley5817 good point yeah I was generally meaning the mainstream but also lot of newer stuff isn't that good . some but not many I've heard

[@iroc31407]

she's beautiful...

[@williamnoel1682]

"Face to face, rhyme to rhyme, fist to fist. / Sweet dreams when rings hit lips." AND HOW SHE DELIVERED IT!!!

[@willluvert4146]

That part....

[@MyTito65]

THIS WAS THE TIME WE COULD WATCH OUR CULTURE ON OUR OWN CHANNELS AND ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN AND MEN SHARE OUR MUSIC WITH US ... BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@zshakur]

One of my FAVORITE Emcess!!!

[@ashley.bankss]

I’m here from watching black femininity TV. I did not know anything about this woman until today. She was dope as hell. The rhymes, the flow, the music video concept 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@DevanteMcDaniel]

Me either, tbh! I honestly HATE I didn't! She's COLD!!!

[@Jay-iu4st]

🔥🔥🔥

[@realtalk3848]

Wth.... Damn... How old are the both of you??

[@DevanteMcDaniel]

@@realtalk3848 44

[@KL33O100]

The same

[@QueenP901.]

she had rap skills...WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY before her time....she really needs to receive more recognition...

[@drumsrugged7202]

Always had a crush on her... love her voice and the bars were crazy... ill Beats... wished she could have got more shine and exposure

[@fab5frk]

Her style of flow was like a faster female version of Rakim.

[@ShiestyPLOWuTang]

Yup 😂😂😂

[@marjoriechapman3073]

fab5frk Call

[@themodel05]

SHE WAS CROWNED THE FEMALE RAKIM AND RAKIM DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGED HER❤ SHE WAS SOOOO DOPE

[@RockwellJunya]

"Beat biter, dope style taker. Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker." - Lyte

[@Kmakmizzle]

@@RockwellJunya - Antoinette won imo. but Lyte had better promotion.

[@robertaustin4931]

I Was A Fifteen Year Old Freshman In High School When This Song Came Out. I Still Like It. Classic!!!

[@mauriceb2172]

Word! Me Too!

[@theTrend7]

2020 her flow is still tight.

[@abdoulayecoulibaly5028]

Intro] Day time, night time, any time's the right time Who's the boss? Of course, Antoinette's rhyme [Verse 1] Now here we go, hug your stereo It might pump or jump around Bum rush the sound beat it down run it in the ground The bigger they are the harder they fall, oh well they fell Their records couldn't sell even if you gave 'em away free Ah, honey you're just a wannabe Rap star, and now you're trying to front on me But kids who play will suffer when the beat is on And the going gets tougher when the heat is on I go off and I be keeping it kept on Make like a rash, break out or get stepped on Step child you're just a son in this And Antoinette is like runnin this Yeah dance go ahead, do that Instead pick up your head cause I flew that Antoinette taking no loss wearing no shorts But telling you who's the boss [Verse 2] If you were brave because you escaped or get hit wit' You little nit wit You better get wit' Antoinette on set cause I'm fed up I'm going head up, now get up Ducks who get stuck in Grab your cup and I'ma fill it to the brim So take a sip don't bite Your lip don't take bites out or it's gonna be M.C.'s lights out The young the old the bold they all like be looking Because I'm hooking, but I ain't a hooker So save that for T.J That he-say and she-say ain't no threat I'm knocking out gangs with no stress So who's the boss? It ain't a weak chick So let me launch a rhyme and let the beat kick Verse 3] Lace up so you could face up and hit the lineup Play me wrong and yes you might wind up Dead on arrival, because this is survival of the fittest So do your pushups and get wit' it Before I go off without that No question about that ("They're closing in!") Yo, I doubt that Face to face, rhyme for rhyme Fist to fist, sweet dreams when rings hit lips so Slow down, I won't go down in a throw down Yup she's out now that's another hoe down You should be knowing this You can't flow with this The best, the gangstress, the def soloist I roll, the mic transforms like a decep A's in effect so who could possibly e-fect The chick with soul, the boss who has to master To ducks who front I make like a ghetto and blast ya' I'm hyper, riper, doper, stronger Breakbeats get broken and rhymes last longer I'll find and lose ya and left ya lost And you sweat to death like a horse Now who's the boss?

[@mauriceb2172]

My girl was dope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jimmy67luv]

One of my favorite female rappers of all time...my jam from her was "this girl is off on her own". She killed that, sounding like a female Big Daddy Kane/Rakim...she was one of the most slept on emcee's ever. I still love her...she was as dope as they come.

[@ZigZagWoman]

I remember when this came out. I thought her leopard short hookup was so fly, I went to the Korean store and copped a knockoff one lol

[@marcus.6487]

✌🏿😄

[@ohcamnam9383]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@jerometurner3317]

Antionette sounds more like the wrath of Kane style than Rakim Allah

[@jerometurner3317]

She's from Brooklyn? Right

[@CJ_7519]

@@jerometurner3317, Bronx!

[@8thWonderr1]

"Break Beats are Broken,rhymes last longer"...there are Rappers and there are MC's...Antoinette was an MC

[@shaunspellman2856]

"And damn you cram to is understand that!!! "

[@DaPhilthyDog]

2020 and beyond. Who still banging this classic? Clearly there was beef between Lyte and Antoinette and my guess is that her label didn't promote her as well as Lyte's label did causing Antoinette to fade out. Notice how Lyte had more videos and a better budget than Antoinette. Everybody talked about this beef in school but we'll never know how it would've ended if Antoinette had the backing Lyte had.

[@mauriceb2172]

Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_

[@shaunspellman2856]

Herbie love bug was her producer..... Nuff said!! Esp after watching the s&p movie.... I think he sabotaged her career!!!

[@marcus.6487]

eggzackly

[@thomasjones7176]

@@shaunspellman2856 💯 Facts that is why I don't trust darkskin dudes since I'm lightskin they Crooked💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@we-lit6071]

...these bars still HARD right now & im still fan!!!💯🔥

[@dennisellis5986]

MUMBLE RAPPERS CAN'T COMPETE WITH THIS EVEN ON THEIR BEST OR WORST DAY.

[@djkaneck1]

The first official female rapper is Angie Stone. She was with the Sugar hill and Spoonie Gee. In 1979 her group "Sequence" had track called "Funk You Up". i've been a DJ for a long time and I wished I'd kept all my records.

[@karmadeluxe6069]

Man I wish I had a time machine that '80s and some parts of the '90s are some of the best years we had so much fun our music was the best, everything! Then crack hit and destroyed everything

[@entertainingsportshighligh7525]

UM, CRACK first hit in like 1984 - 85, yet you say "THE 80's and 90's WERE THE BEST YEARS" !!!!!! So how did "CRACK DESTROY EVERYTHING" !!!??? But at the same time the 80's and the 90's were the "BEST YEARS" !!!????

[@kinghiggins5021]

Mission impossible I like the concept Special agent Antoinette When of the Best clash rap songs

[@Oldschoolhiphoplustplus]

Flow RIDICULOUS.

[@dentpulla]

Got an autograph book from her. She was and is my all time greatest female rapper and also could take out most dudes hands down. Please don't argue that fact😮

[@jedskee80]

she has always been one of the flyest female mc'c ever. she was pretty as hell and strong on the vocals.

[@Originalman360]

I loved Antoinette…they used to call her the female Rakim

[@leomartin1903]

It's was great to be a teenager back then.

[@JuanCruz-uu5lr]

Tim Scratch was from around the way Jefferson Projects

[@robertaustin4931]

One Of The Original Queens Of Hip-hop!!! She Indeed Gotz Skillz!!!

[@mauriceb2172]

Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_

[@dudeseriously57]

She was my favorite rapper for a short time years ago. She was very dope back in the day.

[@iantucker2310]

All that sexiness…fully clothed

[@NewYorkGiantsBlood]

Sistas back then 😍😍😍😍😍

[@sammystallings7765]

I never forgot her. She was like a female Big Daddy Cane with that style if you know rap

[@bosshog8277]

From the first word she blazed and kept her foot on the gas and necks through every bar. Damn she’s a beast. She’d slaughter any dude out now. And seen her recently and she’s still beautiful, hasnt aged a bit

[@sterlingferguson7234]

Even in 2024, I still rock this in the trenches of Norf Philly....

[@10dev785]

lol dame i use to love this girl

[@iang4228]

Hands down, the baddest female emcee!!!

[@kenrickkahn]

No, Roxanne Shante baby

[@nateword]

she's up there

[@CrazyAJOnYT]

Shes up their wit Sparky & Shante for sure.

[@cornellmcphatter7909]

MC LYTE...hands down .

[@CrazyAJOnYT]

@@cornellmcphatter7909 😂. MC Lyte gets way too much recognition. She's good or whatever, but there are other MC's that were out there too, not just her. People need to stop coming down here to trash other MC's over Lyte's name. MC LYTE IS NOT THE ONLY FEMALE MC !! ANTOINETTE WAS/ AND STILL IS POPULAR !!

[@cwill2285]

Man listen I loved this song, she was/is so DOPE!!!!!!!!!!

[@hennylo68]

She could spit./

[@DB-115]

"Don't take bites out..or its gonna be MC's Lytes Out.." MC Lyte ain't want no parts of Antionnette.

[@kayadavid1037]

Truth be told she was more lyrical & had a better flow than Lyte. Lyte just had the "It" factor & probably a better team & connections around her to have a longer career

[@darrylmangum6631]

another dynamic female MC and one of my favorite old school MC's and yes she could spit like the rest she could hold her own I would like to meet her in person

[@mauriceb2172]

Word!

[@williammackey9371]

I'm want my Jane Bond movie with this in the trailer.

[@jdub76]

Antoinette was a good rapper. She could flow but was underrated. She fell short of the battle between MC Lyte. If anyone has Antoinette's video Never Get Enough with Pepa and Spin could you please post. I've been looking for that video for the longest.

[@CJ_7519]

#jdub, here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l52wgZqthNGmZrs.

[@zeke6319]

Man who remember this one? She was fine.

[@mauriceb2172]

Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_

[@elecbeats1982]

I love her so much

[@nellyluscious]

Dope Classic!!!!

She's the female version of rakim

[@nellyluscious]

Mechacelzi yup love her!

***** me too and I wish she was still around

[@breonaruss938]

Hey, I found you again. It's official, you're my music buddy! 😊🎶

[@nellyluscious]

Bre'ona Russ Hey lol and ok!

[@cav65]

Thick and beautiful lyrical voice like a east coast Trina

[@Dantana773]

Dope... She had some Bars I remember when this came out and this video use to play on Rap city.. she had a fly style to go with her pretty face

[@lincolnlsbro]

Man!!!!!!This is Always My Favorite Rapper Period Male/Female!Why?Because,She was Tough and Had Pronouns,Adjectives,Verbs and was Very Articulate with Her Words!A True Smooth Lady Like that was a Hard Rock but still Dressed and was a Lady!I Miss You Antoinette!You should be in and at the 50 Years of Hip Hop!You where wayyyyyy ahead all this Female Gangester stuff!!I remember seeing All your videos on Uncle Ralphs Show called “Video Music Box!Every Friday in NYC on Channel 31 on NYC TV!A True Lyricist!!A True Lady and Entertainer with True skills with words!!And she did it without cursing and showing ass or calling anyone the N the B and selling Her Soul

[@Originalman360]

She was the female version of Kool G Rap…I’ve even seen some say she was the female Rakim…😮 she def wasn’t afraid to go rhyme for rhyme

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Antoinette is underrated and dope

[@selease]

The damned outfits in the 80s were pure hell. LOL. I know...I was there. LOL

[@selease]

You would sweat your a$$ off! LOL

[@Theraiman616]

Hahaha

[@ohcamnam9383]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@mountainmamanirvana31]

Is that Bill Nye driving that limo? 😅😅😅😅 as a child of the 1980s i can attest that i literally just heard of this chick 😅😅 i grew up loving MC LYTE

[@TamekaGilliam]

I had those same gold earrings. So many memories.

[@blacksultan85]

antoinette's rhyme is like a ticking time bomb!

[@India.stackss]

as a young upcoming artist tryna perfect her craft and coming back to listen to the Blue prints, DA culture! .. I can say I'm heatedddd it's no rappers like this in my generation now

[@ninosimone]

she's dope

[@ianshelby5730]

I remember her!!! She had a rakim flow

[@jycerius]

One thing yall not paying attention to is the dress of the artist and the folks in the video. No skimpy clothes just raw lyrics

[@derrickclark5510]

Pure Gold!!!

[@Thundercats125]

I can't say who won between her and Mc lyte. They were both lyrically inclined.

[@mauriceb2172]

Yep!

[@shaunspellman2856]

Lyte had punch lines, Antoinette just flowed like water!!! "Couldn't punch mine so what's the punchline, me huh you better wait for lunch, I'm not the one to be played, tried to wipe the map but I stayed, calm cause you ain't got the bomb to drop science Dennis, ya just a menace, you must be drugged or higher than hitler"..... Antoinette

[@ghostblack305]

She sound more like Big Daddy Kane than Rakim, but pretty dope, good to here some old school rap, pure talent, no Autotune to help all the flaws, No make up on the track, just natural rhyme skills. Peace Ghost Black

[@QueenCraftsChannel]

Man she really had some hard bars and a dope beat!!! I forgot about this banger. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cutflower36]

I remember!!

[@Yay-hovah]

This was so dope!

[@kakyland]

wish I was in NY at that time...... real vibe 😍

[@bjt3774]

I love classic hip-hop battles. It was is and shall continue to be what made hip-hop the best. It brought out some of the best material. I mean think of LL vs. Moe Dee, BDP vs. Juice Crew, and of course Lyte vs. Antoinette. Classics!!!

[@dcflava74]

I definitely remember this when it came out,i was like 15 years old,ahhh the days of the fades,hoop ear rings and ladies just battling it out with each other,i remember there was like a beef between Antionette and M.C lyte,this song was basically a shot at Lyte,anyway dope song 89 style.

[@erae7549]

Classic 89

[@nutjersey4819]

I was definitely in love with her back then.Damm she fine..

[@Ruffneck2005]

This was THE SHIT!!!!. Haven't seen this clip for years!.Back in the day you had to wait a week for 1 hip hop video to come on MTV, and i always liked this one. Thanks for this post man!!

[@nicholasthomas8076]

Timeless 🍷🥂🕺🏾

[@Queenalika85]

Currently reading her book

[@williammason475]

Rakim twin sister

[@danieldrakeford1668]

No she sounds more like a female Big Daddy Kane

[@TheBoodog1]

Daniel Drakeford , that's because Kane wrote this song! Lol

[@CEEPMDEE]

Not quite.. not by a long shot. She did not write her own rhymes and they were not nearly as clever as Rakim's.

[@ShiestyPLOWuTang]

@@TheBoodog1 Do you have proof?

[@andrewbintang4591]

antoinette was the real underground hip hop talent back then and didn't need ghostwriters like lyte did.

[@TheTRURUDBOI]

Before cursing was a thing.

[@natmackey9692]

Tru Rudboi They did curse in their songs back then though...

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

Tru Rudboi rappers have been cursing on wax ever since 1979 (when the first rap songs came out!), with Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s song: ” Superrappin’ ”. You know nothing fool.

[@Ehav4Ever]

This brings back memories. I loved this video back in the day with the Spy vs. Spy gig. It was funny when they took out the guy in the wheel chair.

[@mostyle70]

wow! I have not seen this in a long time a true throw back when hip hop was fun.

[@leonharrington73]

Classic!!! When she came out she was the answer to all female rappers of the time.I think if she had more exposure and a better record label she could have went far.

[@neilcasualsanthony895]

Well dope and fly WORD 😎

[@GeeMoney843]

I always like the name I G Off..i used to like this video back in the day. Seeing the outfits takes me back.

[@QueenCraftsChannel]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! I forgot all about Antoinette!!! Damn this brings back so many memories!

[@donniepinkett4786]

Wow, we need the old hip hop back!!!

[@SupaTykoon]

Super Classic!!!!! still got the single:)

[@mauriceb2172]

Word!

[@okolopierre4514]

She could smoke Nicki's boots ! Real hip hop!

[@terrytees]

The who' the boss LP is a classic too, Thanks 4 this video benn a long time since i saw it

[@MyTito65]

Antoinette is a another UNDERRATED FEMALE HIP HOP LYRICIST WHO HAD A VOICE THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THAT NEW YORK ACCENT AND HER FLOW OF RYHMES COMMANDED YOUR ATTENTION...

[@mauriceb2172]

Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_

[@nateword]

she is in my top 5 of female mc's and to think when i say her name no one remembers here

[@luvindogadis411]

Antoinette was rockin thangs. Her two songs that Mantronik produced "The Fox That Rocks The Box" and "Let's Take It From The Top" were dope cuts. And she's fine too. My favorite female rappers are: Roxanne Shante, Antoinette, MC Lyte (remember 10% Diss), Salt 'n Pepa, Boss, BWP, Sweet Tee, Cookie Crew, Gangsta Boo and Nikki D.

[@Peppa26]

I used to have those gold earrings too....brings back memories

[@marsco-op2002]

She's killing this $h!t!😎🔥🤎👑💯

[@BIGDELPHILLY]

DAMN. True Fucking Classic. I am 34. I first heard this joint when I was 13. 21 years later this shit is still a BANGER!!!!!!

[@AbbottSupreme]

That beat was ill yo!! Good look melhex!!!..

[@XavierCoolDude]

Late 80s YO MTV. Great time to listen hip hop

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Smiling

[@simpdown1404]

Video Music Box classic