★★★★★
If you were female and wanted to rise above trophy or titty video status in late 80s hip-hop, It took balls to challenge the dominant macho crotch-grabbers. Brooklyn's MC Lyte asserted herself on the battleground, paving the way for the likes of Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott and later Pink-style personas who took it to the mainstream...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-26
★★★★★
I got love for MC Lyte. You got love for MC Lyte. If you don't, you should. How could you not have love for a woman who maintained her self-respect and earned the respect of others in this man's world? Who was an essential part of the often referred to golden age of hip-hop? Who released six studio albums and one greatest hits collection? Who always came different but kept the focus on lyrical expression every time she came back...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
"Hot damn ho, here we go again."Younger, new-school hip-hop heads might immediately think of '99s scorching cameo by the Notorious K.I.M. What you need to do is get your mind right and start thinking about '88, when Brooklynite MC Lyte was starting and finishing shit with her debut cut, "10% Dis." She rocked the mic when there were no Lil's, Foxy's and Missy's...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Unlike so many of her femme-metal counterparts, she knows how to talk tough without yielding to the stupid temptations of macho. But as nobody's girl, she spreads 10 tracks among four producer-DJs, who chill too close to the max as she attempts to carry the music with her bare rap. Even their weirdest hooks are understated by half, and Lyte's quotes (not samples) from "I'm in the Mood for Love," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "I Am Woman," and "Hit the Road Jack" aren't loud enough to compensate...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
knows what she knows ("When in Love," "All That")
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
No longer a minimalist, she layers samples ("Rockin' It"! Millie Jackson!) and backtalk like a pro, sometimes like an original--the rhythmic obscenities on the spectacularly unsisterly "Shut the Eff Up! (Hoe)" are mind-boggling. Her tales of the drug wars are tough and prowoman, and the narrative tone of "Cappucino"--part fable, part metaphor, part confessional revery, part dumb it-was-only-a-dream--is avant-garde. Elsewhere she's a pro.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Missy-of-the-Year jump start, '70s-funk cruise control ("In My Business," "Top Billin' ").
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
as sane as Chuck D, plus she likes to have her toes sucked ("TRG [The Rap Game]," "Everyday")
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Hip-hop doesnot have to be hard; it can be sensitive and smooth, as this rap vetproves on her third effort. Act Like You Know finds MC Lyte softeningher image without losing her edge. Its first single, "When in Love,"combines gentle funk and a hummable chorus with the rapper'sreflections on...well, you can figure it out...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
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