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| Single by MC Lyte | ||||
| from the album Ain't No Other | ||||
| B-side | "Brooklyn" | |||
| Released | May 27, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
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"Ruffneck" is a hip hop song recorded by American rapper MC Lyte. It was published on May 27, 1993 by First Priority Music and Atlantic Street, as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Ain't No Other (1993). The song was produced by Aqil Davidson (of Wreckx-n-Effect) with Walter "Mucho" Scott, who along with Lyte have songwriting credits.[2]
The song peaked at No. 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October 1993[3] and the third No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart of her career.[4] It also reached No. 40 on the US Cash Box Top 100[5] and No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] On November 30, 1993 "Ruffneck" became the first work by a female solo rapper to be certified gold by the RIAA.[7]
With this single Lyte also received her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 36th Grammy Awards in February 1994, but lost to Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride".[8]
In 2011 it was included on XXL's "250 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of the 90s" list.[9] In April 2013, the song was included No. 17 on Complex's "The 50 Best Rap Songs by Women" list.[10] "Ruffneck" was listed in the Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era (2005) by Bruce Pollock.[11]
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "MC Lyte Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "MC Lyte - US Hot Rap Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LVII, no. 5. September 25, 1993. p. 8. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "MC Lyte Chart History (UK Singles Chart)". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "MC Lyte". Kennedy Center. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "MC Lyte". Grammy.com. November 23, 2020.
- ^ XXL Magazine (2011). XXL Special Edition "250 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs 1990-1999: Rap's Best Decade Ever. Harris. ASIN B0054LSF0W.
- ^ "The 50 Best Rap Songs by Women". Complex. April 8, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ Pollock, Bruce (2005). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era (second ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97073-3.