Editing MC Lyte (section)

===Influences, style and rapping technique===
MC Lyte has considered artists such as [[Salt-N-Pepa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalgrind.com/1863528/mc-lyte-interviews-salt-salt-n-pepa-exclusive/ |title=Hip-Hop Legends Unite: MC Lyte Interviews Salt Of Salt-N-Pepa |website=Globalgrind.com. |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref> [[Rakim]],<ref name="xxli">{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/mc-lyte-wants-to-inspire-people-by-any-means-necessary/ |title=MC Lyte Wants To Inspire People By Any Means Necessary |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] (website) |date=September 16, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> [[Roxanne Shanté]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roxanne-shant%C3%A9-mn0000354140/related |title=Roxanne Shanté Related · Followed By |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref> [[Doug E. Fresh]],<ref>{{cite web| quote=MC Lyte to Doug E. Fresh: You are one of my biggest inspirations. Your poster was on my wall years before we met|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CSvGL6_pcXu/?hl=es-la |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CSvGL6_pcXu |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram photo by therealdougefresh • 18 August 2021|author=|date=|work=instagram.com|accessdate=9 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Kool Moe Dee]],<ref name="xxli" /> [[Sha-Rock]] from [[Funky 4 + 1]],<ref>{{cite web| quote=When you talk about MC Lyte, she'll say when I was 11-years-old coming up to Harlem i use to hear Sha Rock on cassette tapes, and she influence me to do what i do today,|url=https://wwmt.com/news/local/hip-hop-legend-wants-to-keep-the-history-of-the-culture-alive |title=Hip-Hop legend wants to keep the history of the culture alive |website=[[WWMT]]|date=February 9, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_FIDgFQ-U/?hl=es |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CO_FIDgFQ-U |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram photo by iammcsharock • 17 may 2021|author=|date=|work=instagram.com|accessdate=9 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Run-DMC]]<ref name="xxli" /> as her inspirations early in her musical career. In an interview with ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' in 2013, Lyte talks about the influence in her early days of [[Melle Mel]] and [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]] (specifically the song "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"). She also claimed to know "all the words" on [[Kurtis Blow]]'s records.<ref name="xxli" /> Throughout her career, has also paid tribute to other artists such as [[Spoonie Gee]] (who she covered on ''Act Like You Know''), [[Slick Rick]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slick-rick-cypress-hill-de-la-soul-get-all-star-tributes-at-vh1s-hip-hop-honors-95894/ |title=Slick Rick, Cypress Hill, De La Soul Get All-Star Tributes at VH1's Hip Hop Honors |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] (website) |date=October 3, 2008 |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> [[The Rock Steady Crew]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imposemagazine.com/photos/rock-steady-crew-40th-anniversary-concert-with-mobb-deep-mc-lyte-mc-eiht-and-more-at-rumsey-playfield |title=Rock Steady Crew 40th Anniversary Concert With Mobb Deep, MC Lyte, MC eight, and More at Rumsey Playfield |website=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |date= August 2017|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> [[LL Cool J]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/12/28/watch-ll-cool-j-kennedy-center-tribute |title=Watch Busta Rhymes, Black Thought, MC Lyte, and more honor LL Cool J |website=[[The Fader]]|date=December 28, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> and [[Queen Latifah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/2021-bet-awards-watch-queen-latifah-medley-ft-lil-kim.html |title=Lil' Kim, MC Lyte, and More Honor Queen Latifah With BET Lifetime Achievement Award |website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]] |date=June 27, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' in 2015, when asked about her motivation to record her latest album, ''[[Legend (MC Lyte album)|Legend]]'', Lyte said she was inspired by [[Kendrick Lamar]], [[Kanye West]] and [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], among other rappers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesource.com/2015/06/25/mc-lyte-talks-legend-album-state-of-hip-hop-and-longevity/ |title=MC Lyte Talks 'Legend' Album, State of Hip Hop, and Longevity |website=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|date=June 25, 2015 |accessdate=October 1, 2021}}</ref>

Her style of rap has been described in the book ''Listen to Rap! Exploring a Musical Genre'' as "mid-tempo but aggressive (lots of plosives) and carefully articulated, with emphasis on end rhymes."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fonseca|first1=Anthony J.|title=Listen to Rap! Exploring a Musical Genre|year=2019|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=9781440865671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o6KsDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> Her [[alto]] voice tone<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/05/03/mc-lyte-hip-hop-legacy/ |title=Hip-hop isn't just what MC Lyte does. It's who she is. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 3, 2022 |accessdate=April 8, 2024}}</ref> is one of the generally most highlighted features in her music, being described as "husky",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/mc-lyte-lyte-as-a-rock-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective |website=Albumism |date=September 12, 2018 |accessdate=April 8, 2024 |title= MC Lyte's Debut Album 'Lyte as a Rock' Turns 30 - Anniversary Retrospective |quote=Lyte demonstrates tremendous verbal ability on Lyte as a Rock, using her husky voice and conversational flow}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/tellmemore/2010/08/31/129557337/lessons-from-a-female-emcee-wannabe |website=[[NPR]] |date=August 31, 2010 |accessdate=April 8, 2024 |title=My Rhymes: Tight, But Not Quite Lyte}}</ref> "raspy",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/life/fru-gal/2013/11/07/mc-lyte-wants-you-to-be-unstoppable-/3470347/ |website=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=November 13, 2013 |accessdate=April 8, 2024 |title=MC Lyte wants you to be 'Unstoppable' |quote=She was born Lana Moorer, but to fans she's MC Lyte, the New York-bred female rapper with a recognizably raspy voice.}}</ref> "raw",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegumbo.net/blog/2020/9/14/mc-lyte-made-hip-hop-take-notice |website=thegumbo.net |date=September 14, 2020 |accessdate=April 8, 2024 |title=MC Lyte Made Hip-Hop Take Notice |quote=Nat Robinson, founder of First Priority: She was unique, had a raw, powerful voice that just dominated}}</ref> "throat-grabbing"<ref name="bv"/> and "authoritative".<ref name="ct">{{cite web|title= MC Lyte has words for a new generation|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-05-06-0305060030-story,amp.html|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Tribune (website)]]|date= May 6, 2003 |access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref> Her voice is also considered by [[Public Enemy]]'s [[Chuck D]] as "one of the greatest voices of all time."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hope |first1=Clover |title=The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop |date=2021 |publisher=Abrams Image |page=44}}</ref> According to the ''[[Hutchins Center for African and African American Research#Affiliated institutes|Hip hop Archive and Research Institute]]'', "MC Lyte combined a deep, rich, strong voice with emotional vulnerability, insightful artistic and social analysis, and a playful sense of humor."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wers.org/leading-ladies-of-hip-hop-mc-lyte/ |website=[[WERS]] |date=March 24, 2023 |accessdate=April 9, 2024 |title=Leading Ladies of Hip Hop: MC Lyte}}</ref> 

Much of the lyrical content of MC Lyte's repertoire is based on [[Braggadocio (rap)|braggadocio]] rap, although she recorded a considerable number of songs that address [[social issues]], such as [[addictions]] ("[[I Cram to Understand U (Sam)]]",<ref name=TTJ2004>{{cite book|editor1-last=Forman|editor1-first=Murray|editor2-last=Neal|editor2-first=Marc Anthony|title=That's the Joint: The Hip Hop Studies Reader|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=978-0415969192|edition=1}}</ref> "[[Poor Georgie]]",<ref name=TNYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/16/arts/the-pop-life-029091.html |title=The Pop Life |website=[[The New York Times]] (website) |date= October 16, 1991|accessdate=April 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="ct"/> "[[Eyes Are the Soul]]",<ref name="Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics"/><ref name="ref">{{cite book|title=Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture|author=Hess, M.|date=2007|volume=2|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=9780313339042|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXy2wTEsbCsC|page=313|access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref> "Lola from the Copa"),<ref name=hhia/><ref name=hha>{{cite web|url=http://hiphoparchive.org/artists/mc-lyte |title=MC Lyte |website=[[Hutchins Center for African and African American Research#Affiliated institutes|Hip hop Archive and Research Institute]] |date= March 27, 2015|accessdate=April 9, 2024}}</ref> [[misogyny]]/[[Sociology of gender#Gender and violence|gender issues]] ("[[Paper Thin (MC Lyte song)|Paper Thin]]",<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.google.com/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/best-of-88-mc-lytes-machismo-slaying-anthem-paper-thin-762801/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] (website) |date=December 10, 2018 |accessdate=October 9, 2020 |title= Best of '88: MC Lyte's Machismo-Slaying Anthem 'Paper Thin'}}</ref><ref name=TTJ2004/> [[I'm Not Havin' It]], "Please Understand",<ref name="encyclopedia"/> "Eyes Are the Soul",<ref name="Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FDGhFkpneDIC| access-date = 2021-03-02 | author = [[Lester Spence|Lester K. Spence]] | title = Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics | year = 2011 | publisher = U of Minnesota Press | isbn = 9780816669875 }}</ref> "Mickey Slipper",<ref name=hha/> "[[I Go On]]",<ref name="albumism">{{cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/lest-we-forget-mc-lyte-aint-no-other |website=Albumism |date=January 3, 2019 |accessdate=June 16, 2021 |title= LEST WE FORGET: Revisiting MC Lyte's 'Ain't No Other' (1993)}}</ref> "[[Freedom (Theme from Panther)|Freedom]]"),<ref name=z/> [[HIV/AIDS]] ("Eyes Are the Soul",<ref name="Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics"/> "Lola from the Copa")<ref name=hha/> and [[crime]] ("[[Self Destruction (song)|Self Destruction]]",<ref name="Okayplayer"/> [[Cappucino (song)|Cappucino]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/mc-lyte-eyes-on-this-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective|title=MC Lyte's 'Eyes On This' Turns 30: Anniversary Retrospective 
|date=October 2, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2021 |website=Albumism}}</ref> "Not wit' a Dealer",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/hip-hop-awards/photos/nxm1br/25-best-mc-lyte-songs/90p1s7|title=25 Best MC Lyte Songs 
|date= |access-date=April 13, 2024 |website=[[BET]]}}</ref> "Eyes Are the Soul",<ref name="Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics"/> "Druglord Superstar",<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Havelock|last= Nelson|title=R&B Acts Get Fresh Air Upstate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=druglord+superstar+mc+lyte&pg=PA22|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=1996-07-27|page=22|accessdate=2022-11-22|author-link=Havelock Nelson}}</ref> "King of Rock").<ref name=hha/><ref name=hhia/> Other themes present in her songs are spirituality ("Search 4 the Lyte", "God Said Lyte", "Better Place")<ref name=hhia/> and sexuality ("Like a Virgin", "[[Ice Cream Dream]]", "[[Ruffneck (song)|Ruffneck]]", "[[Keep On Keepin' On (MC Lyte song)|Keep On Keepin' On]]").<ref name="tb">{{cite web|url=https://theboombox.com/5-times-mc-lyte-got-raw-real-and-raunchy-wit-it/|title='I Ain't Afraid of the Sweat': 5 Times MC Lyte Got Raw, Real and Raunchy Wit' It |website=[[Townsquare Media|The Boombox]] |date=May 22, 2017 |accessdate=April 13, 2024}}</ref>