Ain't No Other

Ain't No Other
Studio album by
MC Lyte
ReleasedJune 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
Recorded1992–1993
Studio
GenreHip hop
Length60:08
Label
Producer
MC Lyte chronology
Act Like You Know
(1991) 		Ain't No Other
(1993) 		Bad As I Wanna B
(1996)
Singles from Ain't No Other
  1. "Ruffneck"
    Released: May 27, 1993
  2. "I Go On"
    Released: November 4, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME5/10[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.

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