MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha | *Best Quality* (1989)

[@latiskahopkins2466]

I'm so glad I grew up listening to real hip hop. ... I'm trying to get my boys to listen to some real music

[@ninobrown8931]

that's cool! 👍80'sHipHop

[@unicron8244]

Word Queen Keep "living" this real HIP HOP 4 em'. Your Children will thank you in the long run of your Beautiful Struggle, No doubt bout it Yo!

[@kellydukes8080]

True dat

[@lionelkennedy1394]

LaTiska Hopkins Say word!

[@markhunt7919]

LaTiska Hopkins : Did you grow in the 80's listening old school rap if you did you kids need to listen to it. YOU KNOW

[@yahson2019]

Back when hip hop was still funky. MC Lyte hands down has one the illest flows 🎤🎤

[@samaxamen]

"Visiting time: I think it's on a Sunday. But notice they only get one day To shine. The rest of the week is mine and I'll blind you with the science that the others have yet to find..." -the mighty MC LYTE

[@bless520]

SMH

[@markhunt7919]

samax amen Are you singing the song?

[@leahmonet3581]

"you're a wannabe, but you can't be what you're not, so you better start living with what you got" - thats classic

[@Jasedadon82]

lyrically she would smash the game these days

[@nkotbmalefan1212]

Best female rapper alive and of all time..period!!

[@dsales2011]

Who would be your top 5 female MCs of all time ?

[@ericmatterson9905]

Back when beats were hard, and lyrics were creative, instead of the slop they come out with in '16

[@joshuathomas3381]

+jayjaylen75 I like some trap music but majority of it is trash

[@joshuathomas3381]

***** I agree most of the time the lyrics are trash but the beats aren't that bad

[@bangucci]

Harden Thicke she was sweet back thing

[@jarvarisgreene70]

Jaunita Sho you're kinda cute

[@bangucci]

Eric Matterson kind of cute lol I never heard that before

[@MarqueshaMartin]

She's the truth ,,the dopest female rapper ever...

[@bruciekibbutz2947]

that we've heard thus far

[@sunsetman2002]

*cough* Roxanne Shante *cough*

[@omgimover4075]

I swear no female rapper can outdo Mc Lyte, I just can't see it. My other favorites are Foxy Brown, Lil Kim, Da Brat, Left Eye, Queen Latifah, YoYo...but damn no one can touch Lyte!

[@truestdude]

Agreed

[@TLovly77]

wanna3737 Yes, love'm all

[@janettamcgregor8658]

Lookingoodat38 i swear

[@kennethcurtis6864]

RIGHT !!

[@schai-hh2cl]

I agree with all of that and eve

[@imblessedso]

"The ONLY female rhyme that grown a-- men would recite word for word in public.....EVER"

[@Juiceadams88]

+imblessedso yo... she was rough enough to hang with most of the male MC's on the mic back then.

[@bryantwilliams4027]

True Story...

[@noahmack_12]

That Bassline is SICK

[@oholm09]

Noah Mack_12 its was sample kraftwerk

[@BigJuneTX]

Mc Lyte change the female rap game forever with this track.

[@corbin3082]

im 12 and this is better than the shit these days

[@90svibez6]

rite

[@90svibez6]

+jayjaylen75 who?

[@90svibez6]

+jayjaylen75 oh I got the notification and I was like whaaat💀

[@90svibez6]

+jayjaylen75 hell nah💀

[@90svibez6]

***** 💀💀💀💀💀

[@michellevenning1204]

Mc Lyte was the real deal back then. Rap in 2016 sucks.

[@YesILoveLegos]

They don't make music like this anymore. Nothing like old school

[@TheTrentgage]

ikr

[@TheTrentgage]

what has hip hop came too

[@AonnrecordsBlogspot]

this sh*t was so f*^kin' dope the year it came out ... and even to this day ... This rap is an immortal classic by MC Lyte ... I grew up listening to these tracks ... LOVE ...

[@prettything_a]

I'm 17 & I'm in love with old school hip-hop/rap. I swear when I have kids of my own not only will I make sure they know where they come from and how far we've come, but they'll only be exposed to real music. The music from my generation is such trash and I feel it's only going downhill from here.

[@maverickmilesnehemiahakath7029]

There will NEVER be another on the par or scale of the Great MC LYTE!

[@boobitybobbity]

this is true hip hop.no auto tuning,just a dj,bass and some drums.nothing can beat it

[@Demonsterful]

How does this video not have millions of views??? This is one of my favorite rap songs. MD Lyte is phenomenal, as usual. The beat is incredible, too.

[@kourtneydavis2112]

This was my jamm in High school 10grade yr.Man I miss those dayz ..MC.Lyte one of my favorite female rappers she is #1to me y'all

[@freebyrd67]

Lyte is and will always be my favorite MC.

[@deniseruffin4879]

I was 19 years old when this came out I bought it on cassette tape bumping in my Cadillac in my little mini black truck but those were the days set my family was balling now I got to work for everything I get now damn I miss them days and very much missed the eighties and miss being young

[@billhopkins8330]

I remember when this first came out. It still runs hard. Best female rapper!

[@greaveslb75]

Watching this in 2014 and this song is still shittin' on the crap they're playing today

[@alskeno9918]

One of The Best Hip Hop tracks ever

[@chloecombs5934]

Nobody can touch Lyte when it comes to her delivery. She's straight up gifted. No disrespect to any other artist out there but that's just a fact. PERIOD. Thank U.

[@JEDASE]

This beat will forever be fire

[@katebarshain4337]

The female Rakim...and to this day no one touches either one of them.

[@angiefromChi]

Kate Barshain #FACTS !!!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯

[@staciejones4059]

Right

[@girlmeetsreality4644]

You nailed it.

[@michaellaellis]

I was in the 5th grade when this came out. It was my first tape with cuss words! I knew the lyrics thanks to the Jukebox Network aka "The Box!"

[@lauricesimmons5809]

MC LYTE WILL ALWAYS BE ON TOP OF HER GAME THE AMONEY SHOW TRAIN RADIO SALUTE YOU!!

[@3DStoneCt]

No music today is as good as what we grew up on from 1980-1990 in all aspects of music, not just hip-hop. I grew up on all this... I was 12 when this came out.

[@blackqueen6331]

This my girl right here! I respect her ultimately! I'm still jamming this in 2019!!

[@darrylgrantmcclain]

MC Lyte. One of the best of all time. I can listen to her all day. All day!!!

[@vamploboluv17]

Mc Lyte!!!!!!!!! Love her, worship her. Kept me dancing throughout the 80's 90's.

[@JosephNo7]

i was looking for that, i loved it as a child:) 90s.. good ol'days

[@garionbush5906]

Lyte's dope voice and this dope beat is a match made in heaven

[@websterfelicia86]

Best Legend female lyricist alive!!! Love her! I had her ablum when I was 17 😊

[@lasheemaford8318]

Yo this shit is lit🔥🔥🔥🔥 Super proud to be an 80a baby! #hard Listening this as an adult in 2018....music will never be the same again

[@hhamk3656]

That cut on the chorus is crazy

[@seatownfunk2985]

My competition you will find them in the hospital !! Lol she dope

[@southernbrooklyngal]

Omg, my childhood!! Classic!! LOVE her!!!

[@charmisaglover7178]

This was one of the hardest songs by a female at that time I love Mc.Lyte

[@truechristianity74]

still to this day being 46 MC Lyte is like one of the dopest female rappers ever JML

[@missmocha313]

Still love this after all these years! So called female rappers of today pay attention

[@raphead2035]

That Fearless Four sample at the chorus kills me everytime.

[@antrite08]

the world needs more kids like you that show respect to the oldschool!

[@ThaUnknownOne]

Love MC Lyte! Her swag was on a million in the 80's!

[@renekias7359]

The greatest female rapper in My Opinion...Hands down: MC Lyte

[@mwazi1]

not better than lauryn hill...lyte cannot even mess with rah digga

[@stars2luv]

whoa I'm so excited to have discovered this artist.

[@Sameolshit1]

MC LYTE OMG!!! I'm 15years old & I’m sitting here listening to this with my mom…Nikki Minaj who???? My mom told me she had music that was better than Nikki, and I hate to admit this but my mom is right. In my mom’s old school lingo “LYTE stands to be the COLDEST!” MOM more “REAL” hip-hop lessons please!!!!! so far i've heard da-la-soul,Eric B and Rakim, I love this music I wish I could turn on the Radio and hear this.Thank goodness for KZbin, and the people like my mom introduing this to me

[@underscar111]

GTA 4 ?

[@meekcoston3194]

Too damn fly! I STILL know the lyrics and haven't heard this cut in years!!! good stuff

[@colinbiz]

1.Lyte 2.Lauryn 3.Latifah

[@laurahicks9558]

You cannot put Nicki and Lyte in the same sentence! It's a crime.

[@laurahicks9558]

Idk...I grew up in the 80's, in Newark, there was a certain hardness female rappers had then. They had kind of an androgynous air about them, I guess I'm just loyal to that style.

[@IamGenoBlack]

+Laura Hicks Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU

[@IamGenoBlack]

Laura Hicks I don't blame you. It's a better style. This is the dark ages for both R&B and Hip-hop. Late 80's and 90's were the renaissance periods. I think the real tragedy here is, looking at all the classics, and the comments, Nicki's name comes up everywhere. Either in mockery or defense. What I mean by that is, she is the gold standard of today. She is the means of comparison. What that tells me is the state of hip-hop is absolutely in the shitter. The fact these kids actually think she is talented and the best of her generation, and have the audacity to compare her to the greats, when her tired act has been done before, is a laughable.

[@laurahicks9558]

I don't think I have been clear...I don't want to take away from or put down someone that someone else likes. I just think Nicky is more sensationalized and commercial. When you hear lyte you KNOW it's lyte. I've heard songs from Nicky and honestly could not tell the difference between her and any of the other manufactured artists...so I mean no harm, just my opinion..all peace and love!

[@shannylove2619]

Omg i cough the worst ass whipping ever for ordering this video over 15 times on the BOX lmao but it was worth it still my fav 😂😂

[@MrParis215]

Ha ... The Box .. Yoooooo we are Old lmao ... Sometimes I would accidentally tap the wrong button and order was done ... My Life was over when that Bill came 😂😂

[@derrickpowell2563]

jayjaylen75 yes!!!

[@MrBlactye]

I get hype as hell for this classic. And This beat is all that and some.

[@thenitpickycat]

The Classics 104.1

[@chantiemitchell5156]

my favorite female rapper of my time is U MC Lyte

[@Aseop]

THIS is my FAV Lyte song! EVERYONE should know the lyrics to this CLASSIC!! Lyte was murking alot of male MC's back in the day! lol

[@AllhailtheUS]

There are a few different samples in this song. I assume you are talking about the tight little sample by The Fearless Four- "Rockin' It" is the name of the song. The underlying beat is The Four Tops- "I Can't Live Without You" which is slowed down considerably ( think chop+skrewed lol ) and then finally the little scratch part is off a strange cut called "Rocket In The Pocket" by Cerrone(?) that I've never heard of.

[@mrshame]

I had this tune on tape the year was 1989 then the cassette chewed up I was so pi**ed..but I can still remember the words as if it was yesterday. Long live real rhyming skills Masters of Ceremonies (MC's)

[@TheBaybunie]

Back then women who had skills shined and sowed pride. Those who didn't have bars were never heard of...

[@gwendolynwiggins6503]

Me and mc lyte went to the same school in Brooklyn N.Y. high school George w wingate i love mc lyte music.she is a number 1 dope rapper

[@grahamdavis7671]

I love you mc lyte, I'm on a mc lyte binge right now. BTW thank God for you tube. if wasn't for y.t. I don't know how I would get that real rap fix.

[@acceleracers9913]

"More tender then ah ronie but harder then ah jaw breaker" That's when I fell in love with Lyte!

[@dominikmikula4022]

GTA IV

[@foxyslp4208]

😃

[@MrBobzilla11]

yo mc lyte one of the dopest female mc's no question, i mean the first lines are killin em..

[@hamiter2045]

A perfect display of ferocious lyricism. Flawless victory.

[@jusashmat]

ahh takes me back to my youth... nostalgic for sure.. Pure Hip Hop..

[@662chillin]

The first female rapper to release a solo album as well as the first to go gold (Cha Cha Cha) She is your female MC's favorite female MC (unless you are Nicki lol) akin to Rakim on the male side

[@PHOTOSBYSOPHIA]

Oh my goodness I was in this video..Good ole days

[@Coco3287]

This song still goes hard!! I luv MC Lyte!!

[@AltaVegas81]

#Classic #SLAP hardest female rapper ever!Still holds that honor,till this day!

[@Morena_LV]

This is the stuff I remember as a small kid

[@TheLovePowerGoddess]

Mc Lyte and Lady of Rage. That is all.

[@shay5129]

Dam this song is still kicking!

[@themadsamplist]

Bought it on 12" when it was first released, still got it

[@LucianGabriel]

what an awsome clip :D its good you dont find this thing on youtube excluding here :P

[@faithholcomb7404]

I learned every dance step to this video when I was nine years old

[@mills2006]

She said the weekend is mine i'll blind you with the science that the others had yet to find. Legend and icon period.

[@chrisydawson]

hip hop years at its best

[@tompiscitelli2548]

banging that mushroom cut!

[@9bran9]

That bassline is beautiful. :D

[@mostmost1]

Funky as hell! This is how you write and execute lyrics. hypothetically speaking.

[@mrverbalkent2]

The drop Porsches and Town Car stretch, black and white film, the dichotomy of them bein so clean in a dusty environment all helped Lyte come across extra gangsta in this video...add to that the fact that she's a lyrical beast, and you have the classic was hot then and still is 20+ years later

[@cjae3644]

watching you watching me like the fat on your back its plain to see!! miss this music my era love rap was real back then!

[@azeemali7102]

Sweet-n-soft, remeber this song from back in the day!

[@screwheadlos6677]

Who cares about this new music😂😂when u got classics like this fo eva stucks in tha 80'$ @90'$ ✌💯🔥🔥🔥

[@Tj6297]

Ladies look listen n learn........MC Lyte is one of the best female rappers, she is beautiful and she is not NAKED she has clothes on and ppl still listend to her and bought her records.....one love

[@80sgirl80]

I remember recording this song off the radio on cassette on my 10th birthday! This song is still the shit!

[@jnl30]

There is NO female in the Game that can deliver a rap like her! Its perfect. She was feminine yet tough as a nail, but still sexy!

[@darlingeve5416]

"More tender than a roni, but harder than a jawbreaker, so don't ever second guess me!" This was my sh*t back in the day! Loved the Lyte.

[@washitawmoor8657]

MC Lyte...One Of The Best Real Emcees Ever...Male Or Female. " Timeless ".

[@geneticallysuperior6738]

she sampled rockin it by the fearless four at the start

[@jeraldarmstrong4886]

Love the backup dancer era...Leg 1 and Leg 2...Awesome

[@skept0s]

Too funny that I randomly decided to watch this video 2 days after you JEH

[@howardellis3168]

The real Queen of hip-hop!

[@djones3448]

How anyone else is considered the dopest female MC is beyond me. She is not only the dopest female she is one of the dopest period. Lyte is a legend. Plus she is related to Milk Dee author of one of the greatest songs in hip hop history.

[@Chocolatesilkk]

Only if mc lyte could go back and make music like this again... She would still go platinum... Females should model this style.

[@Sweezlballin]

@Makavellibound Example - I'm driving in gta 4 listening to the classics, when this song comes on, I change the channel till the song is over