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536:"Oh, there are nutty people out there who want rappers to be this or that. I see rap melding into other types of music - reggae, house, R-and- B - to stay alive. After being underground for too long, you get ready to blow out. To me, the tracks still sound street, but they have something that adults could like, too. I'm the common denominator on all the tracks, and I tried to stay MC Lyte."
589:("Eyes Are the Soul", "Lola from the Copa"). She said about the album content "I'm talking about so many things, from drinking and driving, smoking causing cancer, losing virginity, abortion from a pro-choice stance, drug addiction, AIDS. I tried to pick topics and issues that hadn't been done to death by rappers. Then I tried to make it seem funny, to put the message in a palatable way."
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2121:"MC Lyte Goes R&B on 'Act Like You Know Me': Sept. 17 in Hip-Hop History"
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Icons of Hip Hop: An
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2679:"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992"
2374:"Album: MC Lyte: Act Like You Know - Review"
1433:"Absolutely Positively..... Practical Jokes"
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2482:"THE 25 GREATEST RAP ALBUMS OF 1991"
1703:Bass – Reggie McBride (tracks: 1, 8)
864:"The 25 Greatest Rap Albums of 1991"
2466:Bernard, James (October 25, 1991).
2426:Griffin, Gil (September 27, 1991).
2341:(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
1721:Saxophone – Bob Shepphard (track 2)
1667:"Groove With You" by Isley Brothers
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1715:Lead Guitar – Nick Kirgo (track 8)
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1887:"MC Lyte – Act Like You Know"
1609:My World Is Empty Without You
1177:"All That" (feat. Dana Eaves)
2848:I Cram to Understand U (Sam)
2668:. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
2650:. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
2297:"Act Like You Know - EW.com"
1982:"MC Lyte - US Hot Rap Songs"
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1048:"Mickey Slipper (Interlude)"
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2484:. July 6, 2016 – via
1734:Mastered By – Carlton Batts
1634:"This Song Is Familiar" by
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2605:(track listing). MC Lyte.
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1960:Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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2549:"BYRD FREDDIE HARPER"
2522:"MOORER LANA MICHELE"
2510:– via Albumism.
2125:The Boombox (website)
1653:"Another Dope Intro"
539:In an interview with
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2127:. September 17, 2018
1555:"Search 4 the Lyte"
1352:"Lola from the Copa"
1092:Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez
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621:Professional ratings
392:First Priority Music
119:Red Chamber Studios
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2939:Fighting Temptation
2619:cite AV media notes
2470:– via EW.com.
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1558:"Funky Drummer" by
1017:"Act Like You Know"
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143:Studio With A View
109:Power Play Studios
2918:Keep On Keepin' On
2876:Stop, Look, Listen
2821:Badder Than B-Fore
2813:Compilation albums
2075:. October 16, 1991
2071:The New York Times
2041:. October 26, 2019
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1595:"Bubble Bunch" by
1587:Just Be Good To Me
1543:Brass Construction
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2576:"ROBINSON KIRK S"
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1613:The Supremes
1597:Jimmy Spicer
1470:Richard Wolf
1408:Ronald Isley
1398:Marvin Isley
1361:Nat Robinson
1308:Freddie Byrd
1190:Nat Robinson
1155:Richard Wolf
1127:Joseph Longo
1081:Poor Georgie
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1026:Richard Wolf
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909:When in Love
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380:studio album
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328:When in Love
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123:Sherman Oaks
44:Studio album
3002:1991 albums
2974:Discography
2932:Ride Wit Me
2869:Cha Cha Cha
2486:The Boombox
2168:February 3,
1689:Lead vocals
1683:Performance
1625:"All That"
1560:James Brown
1549:James Brown
1501:David Minor
1467:Lana Moorer
1449:The 45 King
1439:Lana Moorer
1393:Ernie Isley
1389:Lana Moorer
1358:Lana Moorer
1340:The 45 King
1330:Lana Moorer
1293:The 45 King
1283:Lana Moorer
1255:Lana Moorer
1236:The 45 King
1223:Lana Moorer
1183:Lana Moorer
1152:Lana Moorer
1096:David Paich
1089:Lana Moorer
1054:Lana Moorer
1023:Lana Moorer
995:Lana Moorer
964:Lana Moorer
918:Lana Moorer
896:Producer(s)
856:The Boombox
810:Joan Morgan
610:disc jockey
606:Spoonie Gee
508:Flavor Unit
500:The 45 King
404:The 45 King
225:The 45 King
137:Los Angeles
2996:Categories
2862:Paper Thin
2588:2021-07-24
2561:2021-07-24
2534:2021-07-24
2348:. p.
2249:"MC, Lyte"
1862:References
1636:Funkadelic
1628:"Cozy" by
1566:The J.B.'s
1442:Mark James
1333:Mark James
1286:Mark James
1277:"Kamikaze"
1227:Mark James
1186:Dana Eaves
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