Ain't No Other
1993 studio album by MC Lyte
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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.
- 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[1]
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| Released | June 22, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992–1993 | |||
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| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 60:08 | |||
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| 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 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 |
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| US Billboard 200[9] | 90 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] | 16 |