Act Like You Know (MC Lyte album)

Act Like You Know
Studio album by MC Lyte
Released	September 17, 1991 (1991-09-17)
Recorded	1990-1991
Genre	Hip-Hop
Length	62:18
Label	First Priority Music/Atlantic Records 91731
Producer	Audio Two, DJ Mark the 45 King, Epic Mazur, Richard Wolf, The King of Chill, DJ Doc
MC Lyte chronology
Eyes on This (1989) Act Like You Know (1991) Ain't No Other (1993)

Act Like You Know is the third album released by MC Lyte. It was released on September 17, 1991 for First Priority Records, distributed by Atlantic Records and featured production from big name producers, Audio Two, DJ Mark the 45 King, Epic Mazur and Richard Wolf. Act Like You Know had a softer, more R&B-like sound than her more hardcore albums, Lyte as a Rock and Eyes on This, and reviews were generally mixed. The album fell in the charts, only peaking at #102 on the Billboard 200 and #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, but two singles made it high on the Hot Rap Singles, "When In Love" made it to #3 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, while "Poor Georgie" made it to #1 on the chart and #83 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

All lyrics written by MC Lyte. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"When In Love"	3:58
2.	"Eyes Are the Soul"	3:53
3.	"Search 4 the Lyte"	3:21
4.	"Act Like You Know"	3:50
5.	"Mickey Slipper (Interlude)"	1:36
6.	"Poor Georgie"	4:30
7.	"Take It Off"	4:51
8.	"Beyond the Hype"	4:20
9.	"All That"	3:10
10.	"Big Bad Sister"	3:11
11.	"Like that Anna (Interlude)"	0:53
12.	"Kamikaze"	4:10
13.	"Can You Dig It"	3:15
14.	"Like a Virgin"	4:13
15.	"Lola from the Copa"	3:04
16.	"2 Young 4 What"	3:32
17.	"Absolutely Positively..... Practical Jokes"	3:42
18.	"Another Dope Intro (Interlude)"	0:43
19.	"K-Rock's the Man" (CD only Bonus Track)	2:05
Total length:		62:18

Samples

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	[1]
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• "When In Love"
  • "Changin'" by Brass Construction
  • "Hot (I Need to be Love, Love Loved)" by James Brown
• "Search 4 the Lyte"
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "More Peas" by The J.B.'s
  • "Dazz" by Brick
• "Poor Georgie"
  • "Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer
  • "Georgy Porgy" by Toto
  • "My World Is Empty Without You" by The Supremes
  • "I Wanna Be Where You Are" by Michael Jackson
• "All That"
  • "Cozy" by Bar-Kays
  • "This Song Is Familiar" by Funkadelic
• "Another Dope Intro"
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss

References

1. ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=914&name=MC+Lyte link