No. 14 Lyte As a Rock by MC Lyte
By 1988, acts like Roxanne Shante had proven that the b-girls could hold their own and Salt-N-Pepa had proven that female emcees could sell records; but it was a brash teenager from Brooklyn that made it clear that women rappers weren’t going to be a novelty. The 16 year old was confrontational and dead serious, and her debut stands as her most uncompromising release.
