''Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1'' is the seventh studio album and ninth album released overall by
MC Lyte
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a ...
. It was released on March 18, 2003, through iMusic and was produced by Maad Phunk, Gerard Harmon, Fred Crawford, Keith Wilkins and MC Lyte.
''Da Undaground Heat'' was MC Lyte's first independent album and her first studio release after her departure from
EastWest Records
East West Records (stylized as east''west'') is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in New York City.
History
After its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had its first hit wit ...
five years prior. The album peaked at No. 95 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart in the U.S.
Track listing
#"Intro" – 2:55 (featuring
Jamie Foxx
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)
#"Ride Wit Me" – 3:34
#"What Ya'll Want" – 3:42
#"Phone Check 1 Interlude" – 1:23 (featuring
Biz Markie
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,
Naughty by Nature,
Queen Latifah
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)
#"Fire" – 3:34
#"Bklyn (Live That)" – 3:38
#"Lyte Tha Emcee Pt. 2" – 3:34
#"Phone Check 2 Interlude" – 0:55 (featuring
Janet Jackson
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,
Milk Dee)
#"Where Home Is" – 4:11 (featuring Jamie Foxx)
#"Phone Check 3 Interlude" – 1:03 (featuring
Spliff Star
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)
#"U Got It" – 3:07
#"God Said Lyte" – 3:26
#"Phone Check 4 Interlude Outro" – 2:43 (featuring
Big Tigger
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Biography
Morgan was born to a Jamaica ...
, Jamie Foxx)
#"Ride Wit Me" (Clean Edit) – 3:37
#"U Can't Stop It" – 3:29 (
Lee Majors
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, Hot Dyse)
#"Supastar" – 4:00
#"God Said Lyte" (A Cappella Version) – 3:21
Charts
References
2003 albums
MC Lyte albums
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