MC Lyte - Eyes On This (1989)

A rapper with considerable technique and a fine sense of humor, Lyte was one of the most highly regarded female MCs of the late '80s and early '90s -- especially on the East Coast.Eyes on This, the Brooklyn native's second album, tends to be one-dimensional lyrically -- she spends too much time bragging about how superior her rapping skills are and how inept sucker MCs are. Though it's hard not to admire the technique and strong chops she displays on such boasting fare as "Shut the Eff Up! (Hoe)" -- an attack on Lyte's nemesis, Antoinette- and "Slave 2 the Rhythm," she's at her best when telling some type of meaningful story. Undeniably, the CD's standout track is "Cappuccino," an imaginative gem in which Lyte stops by a Manhattan cafe and gets caught in the crossfire of rival drug dealers. In the afterlife, she asks herself: "Why, oh why, did I need cappuccino?" Were everything on the album in a class with "Cappuccino," it would have been an outstanding album instead of simply a good one.

01. Cha Cha Cha
02. Slave 2 The Rhythm
03. Cappucino
04. Stop, Look, Listen
05. Throwin' Words At U
06. Not Wit' A Dealer
07. Survival Of The Fittest (Remix)
08. Shut The Eff Up! (Hoe)
09. I Am The Lyte
10. Rhyme Hangover
11. Funky Song
12. Please Understand
13. K-Rocks Housin'

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Recordkingz - Heavyweight (2009)

Heavyweight piles into the hip-hop fray in a very similar way to Jake One’s White Van Music last year. By this I mean that it finds a talented producer hooking up with a host of talented MCs and dropping dope phatness. It’s even possible that Juliano (formerly one half of 90s duo The Creators), arguably has the edge on Jake One and that this has the potential to give a kick up the arse to a few flagging careers, proving once again that the music industry (and to some extent the public’s) obsession with rapper-cult-of-personality is forgetting one vital thing. It doesn’t matter how good the lyrics, nobody ever danced to poetry. When was the last time you heard a proper jump-up hip hop track anyway? The underground has been plagued by masturbatory production for too long - even if there has been some lyrical insanity. On the other hand, the mainstream shits out club beats like its got diarrhoea – but is plagued by lyrical inanity. This isn’t to say that everything on here will light fires under people’s feet – simply that Juliano remembers one of the key original premises of hip-hop. Move the crowd.

01. The Heavyweight Muthaf**ka (Feat. Portobello Dave) (Skit)
02. I Cried (Feat. Tragedy Khadafi)
03. Take A Walk With Me (Feat. Joell Ortiz)
04. Do You Feel It (Skit 1)
05. Rock Ya Shoulders (Feat. The Beatnuts)
06. Hip Hop Throwback (Feat. Guilty Simpson)
07. Playin To Lose (Feat. Little Brother)
08. Scratch And Chop (Skit 2)
09. This Is 4 My Peoples (Feat. Evidence)
10. Heat (Feat. Mobb Deep)
11. Da Money (Feat. Glasses Malone)
12. Pay Your Respects (Feat. Problemz)
13. Keep It Coming (Feat. Craig G Will Pack And K Major)
14. Get High (Skit 3)
15. Bad Cats (Feat. Phil Da Agony Montage And Mo Money)
16. Juliano On The Cuts (Skit 4)
17. You Been Warned (Feat. Aasim)
18. Keep On (Feat. Chalice And Ruk)

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