Real talent. No auto tune, no skin lightener, no bleach blonde floor length hair, no plastic surgery needed. Just her and her DJ. Mad respect ✊
@anonymoussource53442 жыл бұрын
It’s 3 years later and the music of today still sucks and blows donkey balls. Everyone should take notes from the past.
@helenbestman5338 Жыл бұрын
True facts.
@RTDavis05037 жыл бұрын
She's the Rakim of female rappers. No female rapper is greater
@CoachMelFootball6 жыл бұрын
Queen Latifah 🤔
@DoctorMeatDic6 жыл бұрын
...apart from Roxanne Shante who shits all over MC Lyte
@yourfavoritefoolmac97536 жыл бұрын
Rodney Davis Lauren hill dogg, lyte nice with her lyrics, but ms. Hill crush the game for female artist.
@Q_pun_saves6 жыл бұрын
uuuhhnmm Lauren Hill,Queen Latifah,Roxane Shante,
@lukata776 жыл бұрын
Please don't dispute this man's comment with rappers who are great but didn't have that flawless, poetically smooth flow that Mc Lyte had, no female was as calm and hard as she was.
@dankomanapalli97544 жыл бұрын
The youngins will NEVER understand the greatness....Lyte the GOAT.
@janicetillman60442 жыл бұрын
DAMN RIGHT 👍
@lawrencesmith84375 жыл бұрын
Who's listening to this in 2019? She was one of my favorite Mc's
@jamalmarsh26175 жыл бұрын
Best FD Female MC eva
@bestintheworld06245 жыл бұрын
Who's begging for likes and attention in 2019?
@wootsy14065 жыл бұрын
MC Lyte.....HELL YEAH!!! this was when hip hop was hip hop...
@dscus5 жыл бұрын
She should have been push to the front. Not whack ass Salt and Pepper. And she still looks hot today .
@b.alexisbeauty50135 жыл бұрын
ME!
@mikekillagreen94325 жыл бұрын
The beat is sick and her flow is crazy.
@williamhendrix97169 жыл бұрын
the dopest female....Evva!!
@teresaburt25266 жыл бұрын
Glad I came up in this era
@daTruChosen5 жыл бұрын
@@teresaburt2526 Same... '75 born.
@markpayne96985 жыл бұрын
Facts
@Militantreturns5 жыл бұрын
One of the best
@manuelgutierrez64715 жыл бұрын
100% agree
@trpoihgg10 жыл бұрын
I dont care what nobody says mc lyte paved the way for many female hip hop artists. Nikki,kim,foxy show your respect for the real queen of hip hop.
@trpoihgg10 жыл бұрын
***** whose shant'e? damn I got to look her up now.
@angelajackson182010 жыл бұрын
Shante don't think so
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
That's rite
@jeremy191754 жыл бұрын
@@angelajackson1820 Roxanne shante
@lionelkennedy60922 жыл бұрын
Lyte is the GOAT 💜
@ClearYourMindTravel6 жыл бұрын
Everything about Cha Cha Cha is dope. Her delivery, the beat, everything.
@dsales20114 жыл бұрын
"Shut The Eff Up" too. One of the hardest diss tracks of all time.
@janicetillman60442 жыл бұрын
FACTS i used to watch YO MTV RAPS and I couldn't wait for them to play MC LYTE I used to be rapping In the mirror hahaha and when I grew up I started rapping my voice is raspy like hers hahaha I'm super tite
@DOUG-E-BEATZ7 жыл бұрын
My man Niko almost broke his neck whenever this came on Liberty City Classics.
@astrocap53737 жыл бұрын
MrDIGITALNOIZE damn you just brought me back... I miss my 360
@missmegahertz30697 жыл бұрын
lol
@thatonerampartmain88435 жыл бұрын
YES
@mythoughts17635 жыл бұрын
LOL
@krisjhonhines96205 жыл бұрын
NIKO BELLIC LIKE THIS MY JAM SORRY PACKIE
@coreyhendricks94902 жыл бұрын
One Of Dopest Female MC'S Of All Time ✊💯
@questkid73 Жыл бұрын
The Dopest!
@Loveable_Capricorn8 жыл бұрын
She will forever be my favorite female rapper... I sincerely miss those days I swear......
@TheAmpleSample7 жыл бұрын
Tiegan York actually one of the better rappers period, skills is skills, male or female
@ritarevell71956 жыл бұрын
My kids listened to her. She had messages for them.
@darylhaney43365 жыл бұрын
You think she could beat Latifah?
@WhitemenaresoSexy5 жыл бұрын
@@darylhaney4336 Yes, definitely.. Queen Latifah don't have what she has..
@darylhaney43365 жыл бұрын
@@WhitemenaresoSexy I agree!!
@charleso53869 жыл бұрын
All-time Classic. Lyte would put to rest all the females in the game today.
@Starwalker-lu3ot6 жыл бұрын
I agree. Today's female rappers can't hold a candle to MC Lyte.
@rgw1380rw4 жыл бұрын
@@Starwalker-lu3ot I wouldn't exactly agree with that statement. The more popular female rappers of today aren't that great, but emcees like Rapsody can hang with the likes of top tier male emcees.
@jacquigreen88955 жыл бұрын
This is a classic. It should have way more views. Notice how intelligent her lyrics are. It's not vulgar or laced with profanity. Real Hip Hop. Play this for your children remind them what real music sounds like.
@winnerwinner91945 жыл бұрын
She lyrically killed this... "its clear to see that your a wannabe, but u cant be what ur not , so u better start living with what u got"
@darthv.83688 жыл бұрын
These wanna be rappers today DON'T HAVE A CLUE
@theonlinegemini8 жыл бұрын
Aint that the TRUTH!!!
@Loveable_Capricorn8 жыл бұрын
Not at all!
@Starwalker-lu3ot6 жыл бұрын
No they don't!
@AonnrecordsBlogspot6 жыл бұрын
'cause they ain't real rappers. Autotune ain't real rap G
@veryrare78166 жыл бұрын
@@AonnrecordsBlogspot XXX
@Goatchild909 жыл бұрын
Straight MOTHERFUCKING Classic!!!!!!!!!
@СергейФеркович7 жыл бұрын
Joshua Stephens
@PDwo6 жыл бұрын
You goddamn right!
@courtneygilbert40095 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯
@markpayne96985 жыл бұрын
Facts
@yolandahoggard2765 жыл бұрын
All facts
@q-bert64545 жыл бұрын
After 30 years, this song is still dope
@marvellhudson379210 ай бұрын
Lyte was D.O.P.E., delivering only positive energy. Facts.
@nmsmiaa7 жыл бұрын
I'm 21 and know this song word from word. I love MC Lyte!
@Isaiah118237 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@SyedAli-xm1yq4 жыл бұрын
Kids, this is hip hop.. listen and take notes.. this is how hip hop music are made..
@alb78443 жыл бұрын
Lyte is the straight epitome of the female 80's MC....earings, hair and flow.
@screamingeagletim4 жыл бұрын
This is real hip hop right here. Best female emcee ever. "More tender than Roni, but harder than jaw breaker." What flow she has.
@tangie78 жыл бұрын
" how many times i gotta worn you, about the lyte it'll blind your sight but the rythm will still guide you through the night"
@richo60295 жыл бұрын
Cold
@dipmalyagantait47165 жыл бұрын
My favorite is," my competition you find em in the hospital."
@tehutibrim5945 жыл бұрын
Not 1 swear word and it's just as hard this day in 2019 Hip-hop royalty
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
That's rite
@smokeurobinson5 жыл бұрын
1:26 "I'll be damned." Had to point that out cuz as a kid in the late 80's "damn" was still considered a bad word.
@clares99574 жыл бұрын
Say you right !!!
@PatrioticTroll5 жыл бұрын
35 years later and I still remember every single lyric. She will always be the best female rapper. Period.
@kpitt120411 жыл бұрын
I still love myself some Lyte. This song always makes my head nod!
@MimiKeel7 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@MrBlactye7 жыл бұрын
M C. Lyte has so many bars for days.
@sholacreighton86106 жыл бұрын
To me Mc Lyte is the best female Mc even though we also got Queen Latifah, Roxanne Shante, Eve, Jean Grae but Mc Lyte just really listening to her show a true female lyricalist
@jasonblackson67995 жыл бұрын
pure elements. elements!
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
That's rite!😊
@nicoleharrington90864 жыл бұрын
And mc trouble
@sholacreighton86104 жыл бұрын
@@nicoleharrington9086 I forgot about Mc Trouble.
@Fl407710 жыл бұрын
This the shit.. Real hip-hop!!!
@oneflowerninjamagic19125 жыл бұрын
"They only get one day to shine; the rest of the week is mine!" Damn, Lyte... take it easy on em!
@Julia-wv6su9 жыл бұрын
I love MC Lyte
@essentialistlifestyle20483 жыл бұрын
MC Lyte went in on this joint Hard She is surely the Dopest female rap Of all times 🙌🏻 I bow to her
@bobcummings82286 жыл бұрын
I can still do the CHA CHA CHA to this in 2018! Rap classics never die, they just get better!
@pauletteadams84055 жыл бұрын
U can't be whatchu not, so u better start living wit Whatcha got. Mc Lyte classic jam!
@NoName-6428 жыл бұрын
Watching bet awards with my son I had to school him on who mc lyte is. He saw her talking before the commercial and was like "dad who is that?" Told him the I was real rap....
@soulblack6216 жыл бұрын
She will forever rank among my top rappers...male or female. Cali got much love for the Lyte!
@Julia-wv6su9 жыл бұрын
MC LYTE AND MC TROUBLE my favorite female MC's of ALL TIME!!
@junebug5520118 жыл бұрын
+Julia Knight ikr..RIP MC Trouble
@illuminado61908 жыл бұрын
+Junebug KITTY-ROSS What year died?
@junebug5520118 жыл бұрын
she died in 1990
@illuminado61908 жыл бұрын
Junebug KITTY-ROSS :o
@box5bastard2776 жыл бұрын
Trouble was the one rip Toy yell
@tonyorob5 жыл бұрын
This cut is STILL cold to this day, for real.
@mem10fan29 жыл бұрын
Real music!!!
@pety60145 жыл бұрын
You said this 3 years ago and it still stands today lol.... You are correct!!!
@courtneygilbert40095 жыл бұрын
Real hip hop
@brentjames64105 жыл бұрын
Our era music now sucks Hip hop
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
That's rite!😊
@Marcusone37 Жыл бұрын
Those Porsches SCs in the background! Ahead of the game!
@cjowens1029858 жыл бұрын
One of the hardest 70's beats
@Emick19784 жыл бұрын
Yessssssssss
@Emick19784 жыл бұрын
80s though 89
@iluvbiggirlz4207 жыл бұрын
I play Stop look and listen every week. My kids who are 14 and 17 says im stuck in the 90's .
@MyTito654 жыл бұрын
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED HIP HOP CLASSICS OF ALL TIME !! ALL TIME!! HER VOICE, THAT BEAT, AND BASS LINE .... AND THE...... WELL WELL WELL WELL....THAT SHIT IS 🔥🔥🔥!!!! THAT VOICE COMMANDS YOUR ATTENTION....
@robertblackston16384 ай бұрын
The 🐐 Female MC!
@mikekillagreen94325 жыл бұрын
She was a freaking teeanger killing it!!
@truthhurts64594 жыл бұрын
I was 15 ..just moved to Tucson Arizona..everyday after school I would watch Yo!Mtv raps and then Rap City.. Those were the days❤
@elimin-84 жыл бұрын
Too-Strong
@valentinoparker26666 жыл бұрын
1989 I was 6 would hear this song coming from up the street used to hear the song before u saw the video
@leejosey6095 жыл бұрын
mc lyte ! you are pure amazing ! my god that voice !!!!!
@Pretti_Lucky4 жыл бұрын
Who listening in 2020???? She is the BEST... no comparison!!! PERIOD💯
@candygreen18314 жыл бұрын
Greatest woman Mc to ever do it
@lovemusic35005 жыл бұрын
Mc Lyte, so classy and adorable face, Big MC Lyte fan.
@sheilapearson56332 жыл бұрын
God I love this girl cold blooded.stil fire.
@thedarkknight495611 жыл бұрын
This song still sounds good today.
@bradleyweaver91824 жыл бұрын
Has anyone seen her lately? She is absolutely beautiful! Big up Mclyte you are a pioneer and a nowaday diva
@LaCheleWallace8 жыл бұрын
Back when female rappers were sick wit it without trying to look like white women. She's top 5, easily. #anditsstillallgood
@SafcBoii8 жыл бұрын
LaCheleWallace can't forget Champ MC
@speirsgameingwithkevatwood71997 жыл бұрын
LaCheleWallace she will fuck up any female rapper man shes the first girl mc that was real real cold man
@mariehutchinson91487 жыл бұрын
LaCheleWallace and what exactly is a white woman?
@jayfreedom15927 жыл бұрын
LaCheleWallace rank #1 to me
@kayrup37127 жыл бұрын
and wasn't selling sex
@oneluv722 жыл бұрын
'88-89' when hip-hop was at it's finest!! 👊🏽💯
@oneflowerninjamagic19125 жыл бұрын
"I do get better, the voice gets wetter. Nobody gets hurts.... "As long as you let her!"
@globalrei8 жыл бұрын
mushroom hair style mc lyte is the Tupac of female rappers can't no one see her cha cha cha is still the shittttttttt
@antoinettewright33514 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite MC lyte ! I can still rap this song word for word!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@tyronwest4610 Жыл бұрын
Lyte was rough rugged and raw !! 🎤🎶💪🏾👑
@dsarg111 жыл бұрын
"do my thing with an 89 swing"..my senior year in high school and she was the only true female rapper...
@peteypete18504 жыл бұрын
Queen and mother of Hiphop.
@shebal65548 жыл бұрын
she's the best female rapper of all time,to me.
@tonycapalot16275 жыл бұрын
Still looks the same too this day.. crazy beautiful.
@dianacomby37828 жыл бұрын
where r the female rappers like this today?! she killed this!!
@tanyag12005 жыл бұрын
This is still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🎧🎶 in 2019 & beyond. Shout out to MC Lyte.
@IvyZenz4 жыл бұрын
Classics radio station.
@denicecottrell51939 жыл бұрын
Real Rap Music
@nahjeesaint33465 жыл бұрын
Yooooooooooooooo caught goose bumps didn't hear this since a kid
@courtneygilbert40095 жыл бұрын
One of the most dominant female in rap history
@unapologeticallyintroverte90324 жыл бұрын
Her background dancers Leg 1 and Leg 2!! Back when dancers had stage names and were almost as famous as who they danced behind!! 💯
@baselinezmantv68147 жыл бұрын
one of the best female rappers ever 100%
@kromon9287 жыл бұрын
I was in the car with my friend and this came on backspin, I start reciting every lyric. She looks at me shocked. Real music stays with you forever!
@navisolim11 жыл бұрын
damn i LOVE this song :)
@guyhill62695 жыл бұрын
My favorite MC Lyte song. The lyricism on this track is just perfect.
@girlmeetsreality46446 жыл бұрын
The female version of Rakim. Shes a stellar MC.
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
This was the jam back in the day and I had loved this video 😊
@Unknown_Trip10 жыл бұрын
Still relevant in 2015, good stuff :D
@daniel-andybecu28044 жыл бұрын
This is almost on 1 mil!!! Still a hundred to go.
@sensfan3575 жыл бұрын
2019 and it’s still fire 🔥
@andreavianas72479 жыл бұрын
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MC LYTE
@donnacrenshaw59725 жыл бұрын
My Favorite Female Rapper, Of All Got Damn Time. "MC Lyte" A True Hip Hop Icon Legend!!! 😍😍😍💯💯💯💣💣💣💥💥💥 ALL HAIL THE QUEEN 👑👑👑👑❤❤❤
@tomekajustice93929 жыл бұрын
MC LYTE SO DAMN TITE EVEN TO THIS DAY WHEN I HEARD CHA CHA CHA AND THAT VOICE SHE MADE ME BECOME A LYRICIST
@SCARDS225 жыл бұрын
Saw you in 1989! BEST SHOW EVER! Get it GIRL!
@aritehook4u11 жыл бұрын
A damn CLASSIC, period! Used to hear this in the mall back in the day when we was buying the new Jordans and trying to get girls phone numbers. The good ol' days.....
@djbusiness20105 жыл бұрын
Still one of the hardest BEATS 📻 ever
@milliemusic7 жыл бұрын
best female rapper of all time At least on this one!!!!!!!!!
@juanitarenee43944 жыл бұрын
Let's give it up for the DJ in the back 💯🔥
@user2997q5 жыл бұрын
2019 & this still a bop!
@TheMaddBlackMann5 жыл бұрын
2nd verse is one of the greatest verses of all time
@yulondaroyster68499 жыл бұрын
REAL HIP HOP
@hm27536 жыл бұрын
👍
@brentjames64105 жыл бұрын
Love mc lyte
@2tallmadets5 жыл бұрын
Nicki Minaj who
@deidragreer49585 жыл бұрын
That's rite!😊
@MCK20254 жыл бұрын
@@2tallmadets Nicki remixed this back in 2007 & it wasn't bad 🤷♂️
@BigHRD28 жыл бұрын
MC Lyte one of my favorite female rappers.
@stillirise78136 жыл бұрын
First female rapper album I ever bought
@mrs.r73756 жыл бұрын
2018... Lyte made me fall in love with hip hop back in!! I was about 7 years old
@Totalavulsion4 жыл бұрын
2020 anyone? I’m an 80’s child to the core. Let’s keep this vibe going hard. Lyrics: You can cha-cha-cha to this Mardis Gras I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far And I do get better, the voice gets wetter Nobody gets hurt (as long as you let her) Do my thing with an '89 swing The dopeness I write, I guarantee delight To the hip-hop maniac, the Uptown brainiac In full effect, MC Lyte is back And better than before as if that was possible My competition, you'll find them in the hospital 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 So come along and I'll lead you the right way Just clap your hands to the words I say, come on... I've got the power to spread out and devour At the same time I'll eat you up with a rhyme But I'll let you slide 'cause you accidently hopped on the wrong side Now come on, that's suicide Hypothetically speaking Ok, let's say you didn't know what you were doing You're new in town, and you're looking around For another name to ruin, and it's me that you're pursuing? Well well well, I'll be damned I might as well tell you who I am I am the capital L-why-T-E And it's shocking I'm the one you're mocking Oh yes, I've been watching you watching me And like the fat on your back it's plain to see That you're a wannabe, but you can't be what you're not So you better start living with what you got Yeah, DJ K-Rock when you hear a scratch Now it's time to kick a rhyme out the batch And you're the receiver eager as a beaver Time to convert the non-believer That I'm a roadrunner leaving you in the dust I can adjust to the times and at times I might just get quicker Than the ticker of your pacemaker More tender than a roni but harder than a jawbreaker So don't ever second guess me And if you're wondering who could the best be Think a second and recollect the worst whipping you ever had yet And I'll bet that I did it My fingerprints are still on you How many times I gotta warn you About the light? It'll blind your sight But the rhythm will still guide you through the night [Kick this tip... Kick this one here for me and my DJ]
@butterypanda68532 жыл бұрын
Gta IV fans are satisfied with with the Classics channel
@LGKids3 жыл бұрын
When is her Versuz coming! Peace!
@shomailarabbani27716 жыл бұрын
You can cha-cha-cha to this Mardis Gras I'm the dopest female that you've heard thus far And I do get better, the voice gets wetter Nobody gets hurt (as long as you let her) Do my thing with an '89 swing The dopeness I write, I guarantee delight To the hip-hop maniac, the Uptown brainiac In full effect, MC Lyte is back And better than before as if that was possible My competition, you'll find them in the hospital 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 So come along and I'll lead you the right way Just clap your hands to the words I say, come on... I've got the power to spread out and devour At the same time I'll eat you up with a rhyme But I'll let you slide 'cause you accidently hopped on the wrong side Now come on, that's suicide Hypothetically speaking Ok, let's say you didn't know what you were doing You're new in town, and you're looking around For another name to ruin, and it's me that you're pursuing? Well well well, I'll be damned I might as well tell you who I am I am the capital L-Y-T-E And it's shocking I'm the one you're mocking Oh yes, I've been watching you watching me And like the fat on your back it's plain to see That you're a wannabe, but you can't be what you're not So you better start living with what you got Yeah, DJ K-Rock when you hear a scratch Now it's time to kick a rhyme out the batch And you're the receiver eager as a beaver Time to convert the non-believer That I'm a roadrunner leaving you in the dust I can adjust to the times and at times I might just get quicker Than the ticker of your pacemaker More tender than a roni but harder than a jawbreaker So don't ever second guess me And if you're wondering who could the best be Think a second and recollect the worst whipping you ever had yet And I'll bet that I did it My fingerprints are still on you How many times I gotta warn you About the light? It'll blind your sight But the rhythm will still guide you through the night [Kick this tip... Kick this one here for me and my DJ]
@janicetillman60442 жыл бұрын
AND SHE WAS STILL IS IN MY BOOK
@jamalmarsh26175 жыл бұрын
Best female MC. And prettiest😍
@RoganRicheart7 жыл бұрын
Hip Hop I grew up on. Can't even understand most of the kids nowadays.