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This is the sound of a MC that has been made to feel insecure and no longer relevant. Mc Lyte was never one that had to make an effort, she was naturally gifted. This album cover speaks for itself (Desperate)! Whatever happened to the smoothness the jazzy hypnotic furturistic swing beats she ones had ? Whatever happened to the calm manner in how she delivered her rhymes like Rakim? This album is just ridiculious and a shame in the Mc Lyte Achieves. If you want to hear the Mc at her best go with "Lyte as a Rock & Eyez on This." Also "Ain't no other" had some pretty tight tracks on it as well. This album is so fake ..its almost like she is doing this just so she can fit in. The screaming and ranting on and on through out this effort is ludicris! Then the tracks are generic as Hell! You are the greatest female rapper of all time..you changed the game for females, WAKE UP!! You do not have to stoop to this level. So what you got released from Atlantic it doesn't mean that Missy or any of the others are better than you. It just means that you need to do what suited you from the beginning " Confident ,Cool, Smooth, Calm and Collect .....Remember the LYTE.

Damn - She's my favorite rapper of all time & it hurts me to say that I really didn't like this CD. Besides 2 tracks (God Said Lyte & Ride Wit Me) the whole CD is straight garbage. Her beats get monotonous after awhile & she really doesn't need phone interludes from celebs to maintain her relevancy in the game. She should've come with tighter tracks (& maybe a couple of dope cameos from say, Missy or Yo-Yo) and her disk would've been stronger. Hopefully her next project will finally give her the respect and airplay she deserves.

"...Lyte & Madd Funk, we're flaming on, took a vacation some of 'em came and gone..." Just an example of one of the lines that she's spitting letting you know that it's been a minute, but she's back with a new crew and a sick new look, word!

"God said Lyte, from the beginnin' of time, I'm givin' them rhymes, of feminine kind, keeping it tight!..." Without a doubt, the hottest tracks are "God said Lyte", "Fire", "Brooklyn" and "Ride with Me". She's still flippin' words and phrases the way she always has on albums like "Lyte as a Rock" and "Ain't No Other" but I think this album has a newer attitude than she's tried in other comebacks. And like "Ain't No Other" (1993) which included hits like Ruffneck and I go on, she has this whole new "thing" going on that let's you know she means business and she's definetely comfortable with her legendary mark on hip hop.

Like she says.."gotcha guessing, why won't this bit*h ever die, sure as you will hide, we'll never see eye to eye, I'm the Lytro and I might go psycho, if I'm on my cycle, act like ya' might know, which way the Lyte go, but cha' never will, 'cause I never spill, fu*k it I said it, I'm that ill....."

LYTE HAS BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE QUEEN M.C. BY FAR .........THESE LAME A$$ RAPPERS(NOT M.C.'S) TODAY TAKE AWAY THE HYPE BEAT AND YOU GOTS NUTTIN'.........JUST BECAUSE U BRAINLESS KIDS ARE BUYING $HIT LIKE 50 CENT AND GAME DOSEN'T MAKE THERE $HIT HOT........HELL MILLI VANILLI SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS TOO......THINK BEFORE YOU OPEN YA LIP JUST MAYBE SOMETHING INTELLIGENT WILL ESCAPE FOR A CHANGE........YA DIGG

if this is ur first lyte cd please dont judge her. she is legendary. look back at her first five albums they were all unbelievable. real good, exceptional. her first two were her best and definitely a true representation of her effort. This album is not bad but not a good LYTE album. if LYTE can do what she was doing before, HIPHOP would change. She's still the baddest female of all time. only lauryn comes close. Also she's one of the best mcs to ever hold a mic. Even the masters themselves pay tribute to her talent. LYTE u are naturally gifted, as a big fan of urs just forget about competition because u won before it started. just do ur thing like before. what u did with no effort. Unbelievable MC. PEace girl.

This CD is hot cop it now.

My fav femcee right now by far. Show her some luv and cop this cd...the beats are fire so don't be worried about that. The lyrics are on point as well.

Not much to say, I just recently got into MC Lyte, but she has much more to offer than the single "ride wit me" that I heard on NBA street vol 2.

CD is worth every penny - trust.

I was mad at the references she kept making to what she's done, I feel like forget what you did back then what are you doing now. The best songs on the album are "Ride wit me" and "Bkly (Live That)" and "Where Home is", this album could have done without the talking at the beginning of the songs (annoying). I think I like Lyte as an actress better now, she has a re-occurring role on "Half & Half" which is on UPN.