Hip Hop has always been a male led genre and it seems now more than ever. However that has not always been the way. Over the years numerous talented female emcees have reserved places in our memories; of course Roxanne Shante, on the more commercial side Salt N Pepa, Latifah, Monie Love, Jean Grae and maybe even Yo Yo for those Left Coast fans but one name that cannot go without a mention is of course Mc Lyte. Mc Lyte (Lana Michelle Moorer) burst onto the Hip-Hop scene at the tender age of eighteen in 1988 with the classic album “Lyte as a Rock”. This album featured the instant classic, “Paper Thin” and was mostly produced by her brothers Audio Two. Although it also features an early prince Paul production credit on “Mc Lyte Likes Swingin’”
Lyte followed up her debut almost a year to the day with “Eyes on This...
Lyte followed up her debut almost a year to the day with “Eyes on This...
- 2/11/2013
- by Scott Ronan
- Obsessed with Film
On latest Watch the Throne track, duo trade bars over soul classic 'Try a Little Tenderness.'
By Rob Markman
Jay-z and Kanye West
Photo: Getty Images
Otis is back, Otis is back! The King of Soul may have passed 40-plus years ago, but Jay-z and Kanye West have resurrected Redding's spirit on a new track off their highly anticipated Watch the Throne LP.
On Wednesday (July 20), Hov and 'Ye's "Otis" premiered on New York City DJ Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show, and then spread throughout the Internet.
"Otis" opens with a slowed-down refrain lifted from Redding's 1966 version of "Try a Little Tenderness." The musical icon wails, "It makes it easier, easier to bare," shortly before the piano sample is chopped and reworked. As the bass line is ushered in and the drums drop, Jay shouts out, "Sounds so soulful, wouldn't you agree?" before tearing into his boastful bars.
By Rob Markman
Jay-z and Kanye West
Photo: Getty Images
Otis is back, Otis is back! The King of Soul may have passed 40-plus years ago, but Jay-z and Kanye West have resurrected Redding's spirit on a new track off their highly anticipated Watch the Throne LP.
On Wednesday (July 20), Hov and 'Ye's "Otis" premiered on New York City DJ Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show, and then spread throughout the Internet.
"Otis" opens with a slowed-down refrain lifted from Redding's 1966 version of "Try a Little Tenderness." The musical icon wails, "It makes it easier, easier to bare," shortly before the piano sample is chopped and reworked. As the bass line is ushered in and the drums drop, Jay shouts out, "Sounds so soulful, wouldn't you agree?" before tearing into his boastful bars.
- 7/20/2011
- MTV Music News
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