Eyes on This

Eyes on This
Studio album by MC Lyte
Released October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03)
Recorded 1988−1989
Genre Golden age hip hop
Length 47:48
Label First Priority Music/Atlantic Records
91304
Producer Audio Two, Grand Puba, The King of Chill, Marley Marl, Nat Robinson, PMD
MC Lyte chronology
Lyte as a Rock
(1988)		 Eyes on This
(1989)		 Act Like You Know
(1991)
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Eyes on This is the second album by MC Lyte. It was released on October 3, 1989, almost a year after her classic debut album Lyte as a Rock, for First Priority and Atlantic Records and featured production from Audio Two, as well as Grand Puba, The King of Chill, Marley Marl, Nat Robinson and PMD. Eyes on This would peak at #86 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and produced three hit singles, each of which made it in the top 10 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, "Cha Cha Cha" (#1), "Cappucino" (#8), and "Stop, Look, Listen" (#9)

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Cha Cha Cha" (samples "The Man-Machine" by Kraftwerk) 3:00
2. "Slave 2 the Rhythm"   4:17
3. "Cappucino" (samples "Spaced Out" by The Blackbyrds) 3:55
4. "Stop, Look, Listen"   3:19
5. "Throwin' Words at U"   3:00
6. "Not wit' a Dealer"   3:20
7. "Survival of the Fittest"   4:08
8. "Shut the Eff Up! (Hoe)"   5:49
9. "I Am the Lyte"   4:00
10. "Rhyme Hangover"   2:03
11. "Funky Song"   3:55
12. "Please Understand" (samples "Sweet For You And Me (Monogamy Mix)" by Mtume) 3:01
13. "K-Rocks Housin'"   4:02

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
scope="row" US Billboard 200[1] 86
scope="row" US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] 6

References

  1. ↑ "MC Lyte – Chart history" Billboard 200 for MC Lyte.
  2. ↑ "MC Lyte – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for MC Lyte.


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