25 Best MC Lyte Songs

Standouts from the timeless catalog of the rap great.

15. "Kickin' 4 Brooklyn," MC Lyte - Around-the-way girl MC Lyte takes out-of-towners for a trip over the bridge on this hard-as-nails track from her criminally overlooked 1988 debut, Lyte as a Rock.  (Photo: Derick E. Hingle/PictureGroup)
LYTE AS A ROCK - MC Lyte is still nice with the mic. Lyte was among the performers at the Roots & Friends concert at Club Nokia.(Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET)
MC Lyte - It would be negligent to talk about female rappers without mentioning MC Lyte. Lyte was one of the most trailblazing rappers of her time, leaving the hip hop community with classics like "Paper Thin," "Lyte as a Rock" and "Ruffneck."   (Photo by Michael Caulfield/Getty Images)
Hip Hop Honoree - In 2006, Lyte was one of the rap pioneers honored at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors broadcast. She was joined by fellow female MC’s Da Brat, Remy Ma and Lil’ Kim and they all performed some of her biggest hits, including, “Lyte as a Rock, “Paper Thin” and “Ruffneck.” (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)Living Legend - MC Lyte took the mic during Girls' Night Out. (Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images for BET)

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"I Am the Lyte" - Off of her 1989 LP, Eyes on This, this beat-ladened, braggadocious cut was another example of Lyte's massive mic skills."Every human is lurkin' and loomin'/ Hooper on the beat and you know the s**t is boomin'," she affirmed.  (Photo: Earl Gibson III/Getty Images for BET)

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