Ain't No Other

Ain't No Other
Ain't No Other
Studio album by MC Lyte
Released	June 22, 1993
Recorded	1992–1993
Studio	Future Recording Studios (Virginia Beach, VA); First Priority Labs (Staten Island, NY); Power Play Studios (Long Island City, NY); Chung King Studios (New York, NY); Battery Studios (New York, NY); AT Large Studios;
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	60:08
Label	First Priority; Atlantic;
Producer	Audio Two; Backspin; Wreckx-N-Effect; Franklin Grant; Tyrone Fyffe; "Lil" Chris Smith; John "Funk" Alexander; K-Cut; Sir Scratch; Walter "Mucho" Scott;
MC Lyte chronology
Singles from Ain't No Other
	"Ruffneck"; Released: May 27, 1993; "I Go On"; Released: November 4, 1993;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	A−^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
NME	5/10^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
The Village Voice	(favorable)^[7]

Ain't No Other is the fourth album released by American rapper MC Lyte. It was released on June 22, 1993, on First Priority Music/Atlantic Records and produced by Audio Two, Backspin, Markell Riley, Franklin Grant, Tyrone Fyffe, "Lil" Chris Smith, Funk, Sir Scratch and Walter "Mucho" Scott.

Ain't No Other peaked at No. 90 on the Billboard 200 and No. 16 on the Top R&B Albums chart, selling 238,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan (2007).^[8]

Also produced two charting singles "I Go On", which peaked at No. 27 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and the more successful "Ruffneck", which reached No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart and peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

"Intro" – 0:19
"Brooklyn" (Lana Moorer, Tyrone Fyffe, Franklin Grant, Markell Riley) – 4:03
"Ruffneck" (Lana Moorer, Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley, Walter Scott) – 3:57
"What's My Name Yo" (Lana Moorer, Kevin McKenzie, Scott McKenzie) – 3:38
"Lil Paul" (Lana Moorer, Funk) – 3:27
"Ain't No Other" (Lana Moorer, Backspin) – 3:36
"Hard Copy" (Linque Ayoung, Backspin) featuring Lin Que and Makeba Mooncycle (Kink Ez) – 2:30
"Fuck That Motherfucking Bullshit" (Lana Moorer, Vaughn Alford, Kirk Robinson) – 3:17
"Intro" – 0:05
"I Go On" (Lana Moorer, Aquil Davidson, Franklin Grant, Markell Riley) – 4:47
"One Nine Nine Three" (Lana Moorer, Backspin) – 3:27
"Never Heard Nothin' Like This" (Kirk Robinson) – 3:06
"Can I Get Some Dap" (Lana Moorer, Backspin) – 3:34
"Let Me Adem" (Lana Moorer, Backspin) – 3:22
"Steady Fucking" (featuring KRS-One) (Lana Moorer, Kirk Robinson, Nat Robinson, Lawrence Parker, Scott Sterling) – 5:08
"Who's House" – 4:50
"I Cram to Understand U" – 7:04

Personnel

Nat Robinson – executive producer
Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering
Merlyn Rosenberg – photography
Lynn Kowalewski – art direction

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[9]	90
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[10]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[11]^[8]	68

References

^ "MC Lyte – Act Like You Know". AllMusic.
^ Ain't No Other at AllMusic
^ "Robert Christgau: CG: MC Lyte". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ Johnson, Connie (July 25, 1993). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
^ Fadele, Dele (July 24, 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 35. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ Harris, Keith (2004). "MC Lyte". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 526. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ "Robert Christgau: Rude Girls Rule: Boss, MC Lyte, Yo Yo, Roxanne Shanté". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Concepcion, Mariel (June 9, 2007). "A bad rap?". Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 23. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ "MC Lyte Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "MC Lyte Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

[AllMusic-1] "MC Lyte – Act Like You Know". AllMusic.

[2] Ain't No Other at AllMusic

[3] "Robert Christgau: CG: MC Lyte". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

[4] Johnson, Connie (July 25, 1993). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[5] Fadele, Dele (July 24, 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 35. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

[6] Harris, Keith (2004). "MC Lyte". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 526. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[7] "Robert Christgau: Rude Girls Rule: Boss, MC Lyte, Yo Yo, Roxanne Shanté". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

[nielsen_soundscan-8] Concepcion, Mariel (June 9, 2007). "A bad rap?". Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 23. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.

[ac_Billboard200_MC_Lyte-9] "MC Lyte Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_MC_Lyte-10] "MC Lyte Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

[11] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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v t e MC Lyte
Studio albums	Lyte as a Rock (1988) Eyes on This (1989) Act Like You Know (1991) Ain't No Other (1993) Bad as I Wanna B (1996) Seven & Seven (1998) Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1 (2003) Legend (2015) 1 of 1 (2024)
Compilation albums	Badder Than B-Fore (1997) The Very Best of MC Lyte (2001)
Singles	"I Cram to Understand U (Sam)" "10% Dis" "Paper Thin" "Cha Cha Cha" "Stop, Look, Listen" "Cappucino" "When in Love" "Poor Georgie" "Eyes Are the Soul" "Ruffneck" "Keep On Keepin' On" "Cold Rock a Party" "Ride Wit Me" "Fighting Temptation"
Featured singles	"I Want Your (Hands on Me)"
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