MC Lyte - Ruffneck (Official Video) [Explicit]

MC Lyte - Ruffneck (Video) [Explicit] from the album 'Ain't No Other' (1993)
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[@shequanmcnear5783]

This beat is crazy then she murdered this

[@sheldonfleming7796]

Agree,a masterpiece,hardcore mc lyte,at her excellence☝️👍

[@jessicamalave2308]

💪

[@cajunbatman]

@Perverted Alchemist Teddy and Markell

[@Da1TruArtistPup]

I know right 🔥🔥

[@MJninezero]

@Perverted Alchemist Imma search up Markell Riley, this beat sounds kinda like some early Dj Muggs.

[@RayzorBlade]

MC Lyte is a beast!

[@retromatic588]

Razor Blade You already know!! 💯💯💯

[@RayzorBlade]

@@retromatic588 My Man Retro!

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

Real sh.. 💯

[@duncan3998]

A Libra beast that is💯💯💯

[@goldenmommy1383]

Ain't she doe$. I miss all that!

[@bbsteele671]

14 yr old me thought I was the sshhttt knowing every lyric of this song. McLyte is an Icon. Her voice is everywhere!!

[@viviansan6842]

MC Lyte Is A Legend.... These young female rappers don't know what's happening.... 🥰❤️

[@shawnni3014]

Facts ❤❤❤

[@lawrenceblack322]

4 Sure.

[@victorsanabria912]

Legend these are the rappers out here can't even hold a candle to her I don't even care who's out here right now believe that

[@David_Theisen]

She’d fit in with TBoz and Chili nicely!! They’d be the NEW TLC! TBoz, Lyte, and Chili

[@David_Theisen]

@@victorsanabria912 MC Lyte makes Iggy Azalea sound like, oh I don’t know, what’s the word??? Oh yeah AN UNTALENTED BITCH that sounds stupid when she opens her mouth!!! LOL yeah! She, Cardi B, and Nicki can go take a long walk off a short pier!!

[@marv_line]

MC Lyte was dope AF!!!

[@talkdattrashimmapullyacard4396]

Marry me 2 this song💏

[@OldSchoolOfMasters]

What is dope af?

[@anthonywilliams9415]

She still fine too

[@notaytguru8214]

@@OldSchoolOfMasters AF = as f*ck

[@OldSchoolOfMasters]

@@notaytguru8214 afk 11 months sry bro :-)

[@bexsy34]

These lyrics don't age, they mature like a fine wine. Can't beat the old tunes

[@ramonhernandez3812]

She also aged like wine, too. Still a beautiful queen

[@damonjohnson1408]

she ain't lying

[@yvetteivy714]

30 years from now still will be 🔥

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

So true! We had the best music back then and they had talent. Today is just so bad. 😂

[@mikey301000]

when the times and lyrics' were real & easy!!

[@Whitebrowpriest]

LL had "Around the Way Girl", and Lyte had this, "Ruffneck". Two of the best Hip-Hop anthems that paid homage to the 'real' brothers and sisters from the hood. Lyte killed this track! She is a G.O.A.T., no doubt!

[@md.s2536]

Nahhh I think "Gangsta Bitch" by Apache is a wayyyyy better choice for the mirror image version of this track. Not LL I need an around the way girl. Play the videos for Roughneck and Gangsta Bitch back to back and then try to tell me it doesn't fit PERFECTLY.

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

@@md.s2536 exactly that was more like this record wanting a bad a-- down for anything kind of flow.

[@theblob156]

What does G.O.A.T mean? Gangster.Of.All.Time?

[@torianmcneill3794]

@@theblob156 greatest

[@jaykay5838]

Maybe DRS Bonnie and Clyde

[@markhindre9111]

This 59 old white guy just loves this jam. MC Lyte is one bad...

[@InvadersMustDie1918]

The legend MC Lyte. One of the greatest female lyricist.

[@littlebrayutd]

Liquid swords 💎🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kevmccormick1767]

One of the best regardless of gender

[@Toyabecuz]

Facts!!

[@frauwunderlich3984]

No mit zam zani bicka Mata faque

[@sheldonfleming7796]

Agree all the way,this is her all time best dingle,she killed this song,she is definitly a legend,all the way👍☝️

[@Sasha-ce4tu]

Her voice is just lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@victorsanabria912]

It's not about her voice she's hardcore I can imagine how bad on Nicki Minaj with her lyrics against Nicki Minaj she didn't have to use her hands to smack her in the face

[@isaacfaulk23]

​@@victorsanabria912She wasn't even dissing Nicki because in 1993 she wasn't even a teenager yet to even be a rapper

[@journey2greatness766]

These 90 beats go hard.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@duncan3998]

New Jack Swing 93' baby

[@tonydisabatino]

"Beep him 911 and he'll be right there." What an early 90's line.

[@DateMike22]

Ruffneck and Ain't No Other as a whole was a straight classic!!! MC Lyte is one of the GOATS male or female don't matter.

[@chriss4357]

I guess roughneck was thug, at least for the east coast before the decade for a lot of guys went thug.

[@lvx_rose]

Poor Georgie's my fav of hers, especially her performance of it on In Living Color.

[@DateMike22]

@@lvx_rose Yeah Poor Georgie was dope AF. It's funny you mention that performance I just watched that episode recently.

[@celestefeatherstone8168]

Yesss MC Lyte "" if it ain't ruff it ain't right ,, I know that's right 😉

[@johnnyafro6659]

and her feature on Dr. Soul by Foster McElroy

[@capo4rm118]

Her voice 😍

[@lovinlifetoday33]

Her voiceeeeee 4reallllll .she rocked it

[@leseanworks7123]

And her delivery is on point.

[@vsrecrds]

Lyte had MEN scared to fuck wit her on the mic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@adamhawkins3036]

No shit she fine and can spit

[@SWK-Frysk]

You american? one of only ppl who don't like to loose from female (with moslims, of course, LOL. IDC, i never loose idc from who i will loosse, just don't wanna loose. Not about rap, but last fight i wom, that a-h 3 months later for life in jail, a random civilian went to work, got beat to death in the morning by drunk MF!

[@geraldjohnson3216]

Yep...she will tear this sensitive dress wearing punks up today

[@francismurage895]

She was the real deal 💯

[@vsrecrds]

@@francismurage895 and a libra ♎️

[@Dizzy1980]

0:54 "Roughneck attitude, the roughneck bastard." She was great, used to listen to this all the time.

[@char_d.0908]

A REAL female MC. 🔥🔥🔥Talent, like this is hard to find these days

[@jojofann4067]

Exactly Young M.A is PRETTY COOL.

[@talkdattrashimmapullyacard4396]

😘

[@sosaruhinda2615]

More like non existent

[@fidelcastro780]

Not a female MC , just an MC 👍

[@christissupreme5689]

@@jojofann4067 M.a aint too girly Like 2pacs baby girl Storm or Lil kim

[@rokesatarver3009]

Damn!!! 1993 this dropped I was 23 and all about the rough necks frfr!!! I'm 50 now...tou live and learn but this is still my joint!! MC Lyte is the GOAT!!!!$

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@efrainmunoz6138]

I was 15....damn this is still 🔥

[@duncan3998]

So you're basically the same age as her and Latifah? wow

[@lyte4240]

😄 shiit I was 21 ..aint nothn like ole skool

[@acct4600]

all y'all old chicks are single mothers by a ruffneck now lmao

[@vipergames4909]

I will Always love this song. 1 of my favorites. Her swag is everything. Original. Noone can copy her style

[@shawnni3014]

Yesss

[@sakiyaduncan9835]

Agreed

[@chreserespress592]

Yes

[@BMD89000]

No one.

[@firstnamelastname6193]

Mc Lyte summed up life in four words " eat, sleep,sh*t, f*ck" almost thirty years later and that still about sums it up!

[@donstyles6487]

Back when tracks had attitude. You can feel the beat.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@roshelltannen9698]

This beat slaps you and your Mama.

[@Lena-so2lq]

This song, the video. It's just the greatest. Remember the first time I heard it. Still rocks the house....

[@BabyfaceassassinMANE]

This is too raw, Mc lyte throwing the kitchen sink and everything

[@Cola-Fengirl]

St. Catherine knocks sock after Death

[@yomiwilliams4368]

“Cause If it ain’t rough It ain’t Right And If he ain’t ruff well then, he’s all wrong for the Lyte “💥💥❤️

[@marlanagivens5880]

Cha Cha Cha is everything. Never leaves my head. ❤❤❤

[@quenessyomy6924]

LYTE HAD THE BEST HAIR, HER AND QUEEN LATIFAH‼️🥰🥰

[@georgesmith5849]

Real

[@thegiftedseer6764]

And it was THEIRS

[@duncan3998]

For real! Both MC Queens dominates the trashy female rappers nowadays

[@themagicians1122]

Yessssa

[@themagicians1122]

@@thegiftedseer6764 yessssss IT WAS HERS NO WEAVE. J HEALTHY AS HELL BOUNCY HAIR💪🏿

[@reallgreen]

I miss them dayz - please come back

[@guyedmondson5666]

Maher Hawchar I wish I was round in this era but at the same time no because things were different

[@tamarastone2742]

Maher Hawchar those were the good days. Real talent

[@kalakshyabakikyu770]

@@guyedmondson5666 well we are the era and here

[@MysteriousMiddleEast]

Childhood days 😊

[@duncan3998]

🔥🔥🔥1993 🔥🔥🔥

[@adnanojd]

2024 and still Ruffin it out ✊🏾🇯🇲💯

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

MC Lyte is amazing. She played at our Grad Night at Disneyland in 1994. Those days were just it. Today is not it at all. 😂😂😂

[@SR.420]

What real hip-hop sounds...real MC'$,real beats,real lyrics and they make sense...

[@keithboykins7272]

HOW DO IT MAKE SENSE ? TELLING YOUNG BLACK GIRLS TO GO OUT AND GET A NO GOOD MAN.

[@kevindube7096]

When you say “real beats” do you mean full of samples with no live instruments being played? You trying to shit on newer music, I feel like... so I got to ask 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@SamarIqbal1-2-1]

ZERO HERO She needs a ruff neck. Back to the drawing board my dear friend! 😊

[@SR.420]

Kevin Dube yea I am fuck mumble crap and trap crap

[@SR.420]

Keith Boykins in the sense you can actually understand the lyrics they don’t sound slurred or mumbled...that’s the girls problem not mine...

[@simonpenum]

Rap like this has to make a comeback. It HAS TO!!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@lastonewon]

It wont

[@oshiablackirish7749]

​@@lastonewon it most definitely will everything repeats itself

[@keisharice6713]

Unfortunately that won't happen with that Cardi girl!

[@Tylilz]

I'm with u on that. It'll make me go crazy on the beats again

[@melihill5878]

Gotta give MC Lyte and Queen Latifah Props, I was in my 20s when this came out still listenin' - back down memory lane.......,

[@Ebd1990]

There’s no female rapper out can touch this lady. They can’t begin to rap as good as this.

[@msmrcabello]

00:50 "Beep him 911 and he'll be there", haha youngstas' don't know nada 'bout that! 😂🙅🏻‍♀️

[@keithboykins7272]

YOU' RE FUNNY.

[@msmrcabello]

@@keithboykins7272 what's really funny is at first (all the time) I say I don't remember that song then I play it and bust out all the bars and go even harder on the hook. 😂 😜🎤🎶

[@keithboykins7272]

IT SONGS LIKE THIS THAT MEESED UP THE BLACK COMMUNITY. TELLING YOUNG BLACK GIRLS, THAT MOST THAT DO NOT HAVE FATHERS IN THE HOME TOO GO OUT AND GET A NO GOOD MAN.

[@msmrcabello]

@@keithboykins7272 honestly I didn't know what I was jammin' out to back then, but it sure didn't help.

[@rja1702]

@@keithboykins7272 shut the fuck up with that stupid shit

[@PauleshiaPatterson]

Every. Single. Word. Slaps! This is 3 minutes of lyrical bliss. She makes sense & everything has meaning.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@anthonysoley7121]

MC Lyte in my opinion was a badass in that video and the song too. At the same time she will go down in history as the baddest female artist that can battle anyone or any body.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@duncan3998]

In my opinion, both her and Latifah are a HUGE force to be reckoned with.

[@psylentiam]

I wasn't born when this song came out but I do remember hearing this song from a video NBA Street 3 when I was a kid back in the 2000's. Listening to the whole thing today....straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥. One of my coworkers grew up on this music and at fight I thought MC Lyte was MC Light. That's how young I am.

[@misskay2538]

Watching in 2024! I was new in the military when this song came out

[@alfiyaa8214]

Who’s listening in 2020 and + ??? 🙌🏽🙋🏻‍♀️

[@lilrock1018]

August

[@Machtimus]

Considering this video came out on KZbin 5 months ago, I'd say everyone who watch this

[@Da1TruArtistPup]

Me

[@veecr4675]

🙋🏽‍♀️

[@redsrojas4119]

2021

[@cfoster6804]

Fresh relaxer poppin! No lace front dragging across the floor.

[@rogerlawes3291]

She didn't have to be assy to prove herself, her lyrics and skills speak for themselves.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@drewali7]

she never wrote none of her shit!!

[@torianmcneill3794]

Left Eye was originally suppose to be on the track with MC Lyte but it's Pebbles fault Left Eye didn't get her feature on this song ooh Pebbles needs karma R I P Left Eye

[@yvngteejay2398]

@@lebronnjamess4303 bro get tf out here ain’t nobody wanna here that mumble rap shit bitch pick a diff career or sum

[@jelenanedeljkovic4508]

@@lebronnjamess4303 q

[@Servant_of_TMH]

I remember listening to this on my cassette single!!!!!!!!! MC Lyte is one of the greatest lyricists of all time!!!!! 2020!!!!!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@duncan3998]

Bich, its 1993 !!!

[@Paula-nt2uc]

@@duncan3998 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@A.Simone]

She gotta swagger of a full dude and still badd af

[@veronicasmith1933]

YASSSSSS ! Always carried herself like straight dude. Then they started LACING her hair 😂

[@JSC178]

MC Lyte, Heather B, Roxanne Shante, Da Brat, Queen Latifah, Lady Of Rage... The 80s and 90s had some of the dopest female lyricists!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@scorpionqueen66]

FACTS!!!!

[@JSC178]

@@scorpionqueen66 Anjeanette knows what's up! 😎

[@scorpionqueen66]

@@JSC178 I most certainly do!!!

[@JSC178]

@@scorpionqueen66 True True 😊

[@tylorsawyerpace7561]

MC lyte and Queen latifah was the best and still 💯

[@anthonysoley7121]

MC Lyte is the greatest female rapper of all time & the best song in 93.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@annetteb2432]

Yes, she is.💋

[@KAY.BEE1]

Right next to nicki Minaj 😚

[@munyamubaiwa4313]

The Apache (RIP) replied with Gangsta Bitch. Good times...sigh...

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

@@munyamubaiwa4313 that song was fire 🔥🔥

[@zislec]

Damn remember this. Back when even female rappers had more testosterone than rappers these days.

[@ElestRado]

its good!! ахуенно читает!!! еееебоййй

[@sticky170]

😂😂😂 True that

[@drewliddell3485]

😂daaayum!

[@zebredpooding]

zislec haha true

[@WhitemenaresoSexy]

At least it had flavor

[@keniosakwe]

Nothing beats MC Lyte

[@geraldjohnson3216]

True

[@lizandrapeguero1687]

Now this is my Jam from my H.S. Days Mc Lyte killed this anthem still rocking to it in 2023 never gets old!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@temhot]

MC Lyte is a beast🔥

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@celestefeatherstone8168]

Yes she is 💪💪💪

[@BAMOORE94]

Fun fact.. did you know Left Eye was originally supposed to be on the song?! She was the second verse.. MC Lyte said it back in April.. both are cold blooded when it comes to song writing.. that would’ve been so epic!!!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@nicoleraheem1195]

That would've been so dope

[@brianmodlin1537]

WOW. That sounds like a Left Eye song,

[@brianmodlin1537]

Yes it does.

[@keisharice6713]

I would have loved to hear Left Eye's verse. It would have been so dope! In my Left Eye voice!

[@Joepo76]

Home girl commanded the stage. Second to none. Lyte and Latifah dominated this era.

[@terrydeck5665]

Lyte, My girl it was so cool meeting you and Jada at Prince's concert. Love you like Family.💙❤️

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Lyte was dope as AF str8 gangsta

[@Candii_Candii]

🗣Factssssss

[@hoodgoon3770]

The Real Hip Hop 🙂

[@dysontyronetd]

Better than shitty mumble rap

[@hoodgoon3770]

@@dysontyronetd right

[@kalakshyabakikyu770]

@@dysontyronetd how to make mumblerap kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHSzqKOZqteMpNU

[@duncan3998]

2nd time a New Jack Swing on a 1993 hit from a rapper like MC.

[@DevDog98]

"dont have to be large to be in charge" Let these little girls know size aint everything MC Lyte!

[@dimples814]

She is back with a new one WOMAN she is a whole legend

[@didgerb72]

I turned 21, and left the British Army in 93, a great year for Hip Hop. The year I met my sons mum. We separated in 01. So I spent 18 months getting fit for SAS T.A in 03. Broke my back on a weekend off from selection in March 03. Went out clubbing again from 01 to 04. Now 48 in 2020, and disabled. But still love 93 for the great Hip Hop, that was released that Yr. Best era 86 to 98. X

[@tamarastone2742]

David Buckman

[@KB-tt9oc]

"Pissing in corners, doing 80 past funeral mourners" damn that's a vibe LOL

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Her hair draping like that made officially her WIFEY on this video.

[@LoriBroaden]

That's my MCLyte❤Back in the day😊

[@ikechinedu6184]

The beats of the 90s gets to me. Wow!!! These songs are so real, never fades.

[@tllymchll7474]

Nicki, Cardi and Remy, yes I said Remy Ma don’t have NOTHING on MC Lyte! NOTHING! Her swag is legendary!

[@CHILDOFGOD13]

MC lyte and Queen latifah I loved them in the 80s - 90s 😄

[@tllymchll7474]

Blessed Monica Jones yes!!! Bring back the 90’s please!

[@CHILDOFGOD13]

@@tllymchll7474 💯👍✌️😄

[@CHILDOFGOD13]

Queen latifah song "just another day" Queen latifah and MC lyte was so hard 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@MrCrazyoldschool]

MC lyte forever

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

IF YOU SEEING THIS IN 2024,2025,2026,2027,YOU'S PART OF THE REAL ONES STILL.

[@AgnesGraham-lw3oe]

Absolutely 💯 Fa-Sho 🙌🏽💕🌟👏🏽🙏🏽

[@virgotwister]

word

[@taclejahayes3064]

Definitely 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@UnKnownn2520]

Cheers sir

[@ladyj2552]

Real talk!

[@bmt973]

I grew up on this. Hip Hop influenced me from so far away. The golden age of Hip Hop belongs in the '90s period. 🖖🏾 South Africa 🇿🇦

[@lebronnjamess4303]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfdaYyCa96hhpY

[@bmt973]

@@lebronnjamess4303 I've always been a conscious person. Worse I'm older now. Now, I really can't stand ignorant music. The kind that portrays afrikans and especially women negatively... I guess that us why true Hip Hop appealed to me back then... 1

[@chanteewing587]

McLyte is and will always be me fav female mc also queen Latifah and monie love

[@juspraeblessins9791]

THIS STILL GOES HARD, THE BEAT

[@kitxnx]

Her flow is insane!!

[@Paula-nt2uc]

She represented lol I remember when this dropped. The gear, the backpack was on point!💯

[@georgeab8290]

Classic 100%...these songs are a symphony

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@duncan3998]

Of destruction

[@InfectedChris]

Man, I remember seeing this on Yo! back in the 90's!

[@tamarastone2742]

Yo MTV Raps

[@duncan3998]

🔥93🔥

[@mmurph]

She snapped on this song.

[@cyborgdata]

One of the greatest rappers of all time.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@susanfit47]

The song peaked at No. 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October 1993 and the third No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs of her career. It also reached No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart. On November 30, 1993 "Ruffneck" became the first work by a female solo rapper to be certified gold by the RIAA. With this single MC Lyte also received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 36th Grammy Awards in February 1994, but lost to Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride". The song contains a much more aggressive style than its previous singles. In Ruffneck, which has been described as an "ode to thug love",MC Lyte explicitly talks about her sexual preference for men who have a "wicked smile with a mouth full of gold teeth", "dude with a attitude" who'll "smack it, lick it, swallow it up style." As Lyte told Vibe magazine in 2011, the song came about after then-Atlantic vice president Sylvia Rhone sent it to Virginia to work with Teddy Riley and his production team, who already had tracks ready for her. "We were just sitting around talking and they played the 'Ruffneck' track. And we were thinking, "Okay, what can make an impact?" Someone brought up Apache’s "Gangsta B---h". I thought it would be dope to give an ode to the ruffneck in the hood." Regarding her use of the expression "ruffneck" she commented "I started talking about having something that gives tribute to West Indians because I grew up around that culture. And ruffneck happened to be a term that was used in West Indian culture. It was the feel that New York was going through." Years later Lyte was asked what happened to the girl who wanted a ruffneck, to which she replied "She’s older now. She still wants a ruffneck, but a ruffneck that’s a little more into the same things I’m into. Back then, I was still finding my way and was just someone who was willing to grow. So I’m not looking for the same ruffneck that I was looking back for then." In April 2020, on the 19th anniversary of the passing of TLC's Left Eye Lopes, Lyte has confessed that she originally had an appearance in the second verse "She flew down in the middle of her tour to Virginia to hit the studio with Aquil Davidson, Teddy Riley and ME", but that it could not be finalized because it was not approved by her label. This song, "Ruffneck" is made up of multiple sampled elements from James Brown's 1973 song "The Payback", George Clinton's 1982 song "Atomic Dog". It also has an interpolation to "If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1992).

[@BlaydeAlabama]

TY!!!!!! I luv history

[@torianmcneill3794]

She used the line if it ain’t rough it ain’t right

[@MISTER.MAN.]

Lyte was truly one of the dopest female MC,s respect ✌️🇬🇧

[@primapetroza4960]

Mc Lyte one of the best female rapper in the world i think 👍👍

[@isaiahwinbrone]

She needs to marry one of those Pro bodybuilders with those buff up bodies

[@metaldog1170]

This track is 30 years old. 1993 Still FARKIN ROCKZ.! SORRY NEIGHBOURS 🔈🎵💜🤘

[@donduckensen441]

And she kept it classy. A woman you could respect

[@sunnyboy7033]

I forgot how beautiful this damn girl is. And rap skills is off the charts

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@jaimeegrinage2580]

AND... SHE DOESN'T AGE! STILL LOOKS THE SAME.

[@aaroncreagh4402]

She is attractive, ain't she?

[@julianhudson9843]

@@aaroncreagh4402 I'll take her over Naomi Campbell ANY day!!

[@theresawebb1968]

Ruff neckbwill always be a favorite of mine lyte. is an awesome rapper mc.

[@dannyo.4131]

So underrated!!!!! As far as I’m concerned, no female rappers close!!!!

[@houstonwehaveaproblem5948]

Lin Que & MC Lyte - pure gold !

[@ephemeralsamsara]

Real beauty and talent. Showcasing skill, versatility and talent to sell music not selling sex like the majority of the current crop of female rappers. A legend 🖤

[@SouthsideCardsBr]

MC Lyte would wipe the floor with Cardi B and Nicki Minaj. Lyte paved the way for the female rappers of today.

[@deenabraxton7252]

My exhusband always would say mclyte is sooooo pretty and she IS!🥰

[@SheriFromDetroit]

Very much so

[@demarc06]

@deenabraxton7552 let’s gets something correct Lyte we a bi so you have a chance Deanna. I use to tuck her, got her pregnant stupid ignorant project hoe

[@darenunlimited]

This shit hits hard AF. I remember dancing my ass off in the club to this one. Lyte cemented her legacy with this track.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@dedevilla2595]

Luv lyte never had to disrespect or womanize her self to show her talent Salute queen

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@hannibalsmith3805]

my all time favorite female rapper. i am all the way from Barbados and she was a great inspiration and one of the reasons i became a recording artist

[@MsGreen-ut9yj]

This was and STILL is the jam!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

That chorus is so hype!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@TWN321]

She raps so hard and dressed so thugged out that I Keep forgetting how beautiful MC Lyte is.

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@staceydupree8488]

Hands down one of the best lyricist alive💯

[@delenorich2852]

Rappin bout her type of dude without degrading herself or her type of dude and still it has sex appeal..real talent no doubt a classic 🔥🎶

[@christophertmunro4503]

Best female lyricist of all time by far!!!!!!!!

[@sabrinamitchell2974]

Mc Lyte is the TRUTH Love This my favorite song she has. CLASSIC, VINTAGE STYLE AND PRICELESS!!! Alot of the women rappers can't even compare!!! ♥️

[@stevenramirezmistersmokes6379]

OG MC-LYTE#1

[@JohnDoe-hi6sy]

Lyte was shootin' frfr! She said," I need a roughneck that don't snitch like a bitch/ Shed tears or switch!"💥🔥🍾

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@roadtrip808]

2024 anyone?

[@owen7185]

Yes sir 🤛

[@Certified1025]

Classic ❤❤❤

[@ladyj2552]

Right here

[@robotrobot12345]

Yep. I’m here bro.

[@annwilson90]

Aaaaaaaayyyyyooooo!!!!!!

[@user-jz7re5kd2j]

Hello Mc Lyte. You are very good rap singer. You are irresistible rap godess You are a beautiful amazing and sweet chocolate woman !!! Happy and very good things of the World for you my sister miss Mc Lyte. ❤ ❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤ From your albanian fans. ❤❤❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇦🇱🇦🇱❤❤❤

[@gigi7033]

Got what yo got get a ruffneck! Straight out of my clubbing days!

[@tyvillianheartthrob1856]

She predates DaBrat, Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott. They all owe their success to MC Lyte

[@larsgorham5379]

Her and Latifah were discovered the same year, but Roxanne Shante predates both of these ladies. The women pioneers… When females rapped about more than their vagina.. It was a form of expression, these disgusting female rappers today, with the exception of Minaj, don’t even write their own raps.. PITIFUL

[@odette4059]

Lisa Lefteye Lopes was supposed to do second verse of this song. Since Pebbles (her manager or whatever) wanted a ridiculous 80% of the track, Lyte turned the offer down. Lisa then later used the verse for her rap in House Party 3, that’s why you can hear “ruffneck” in one of the lines. Deffo would have been dope if they kept her on it!

[@lebronnjamess4303]

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[@kashiala9574]

I really wish they did it together.😭

[@missfluffydiva2120]

Pebbles exploited TLC because she was greedy and doing much better than she did in her “career”