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- Lyte As A Rock
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MC Lyte
Released 1988

10% Dis
05:03
4,258 plays

I Cram To Understand U
04:46
2,310 plays

Paper Thin
05:18
20,388 plays

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- 1
- Lite Vs. Vanna Whyte
- 02:49
- 1,153 plays

- 2
- Lyte As A Rock
- 04:21
- 14,485 plays

- 3
- I Am Woman
- 02:49
- 1,124 plays

- 4
- Mc Lyte Likes Swingin'
- 03:20
- 1,090 plays

- 5
- 10% Dis
- 05:03
- 4,258 plays

- 6
- Paper Thin
- 05:18
- 20,388 plays

- 7
- Lyte Thee Mc
- 04:17
- 1,146 plays

- 8
- I Cram To Understand U
- 04:46
- 2,310 plays

- 9
- Kickin' 4 Brooklyn
- 02:25
- 1,931 plays

- 10
- Don't Cry Big Girls
- 03:57
- 1,083 plays

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album review

In the earliest years of the hip-hop game, women were quite frequently overlooked until a new breed of female lyricist came along and gave the proverbial middle finger to a male-dominated game. MC Lyte's debut ushered in the era of the female MC -- confident, brazen, and not afraid to put male MCs in their misogynist place without flinching. The album starts off with a rather slow introduction before kicking things into high gear with the now classic title track, which put Lyte in the center of a media frenzy. With Lyte reasserting her femininity over and over again without compromising production quality or lyric delivery, Lyte as a Rock has aged better than most records that came out during hip-hop's formative years, although at certain moments it has become dated since its release. But what has aged is more than compensated by the classic tunes and the disc's potent historical impact on a generation of women MCs. A classic. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide