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"Stop, Look, Listen"
Single by MC Lyte and DJ K-Rock
from the album Eyes on This
B-side"Start It Up Y'all"
(Audio Two feat. MC Lyte and Positive K)
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenreGolden age hip hop
Length3:16
LabelFirst Priority, Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)

Freddie Byrd

Producer(s)King Of Chill
MC Lyte singles chronology
"Cha Cha Cha"
(1989) 		"Stop, Look, Listen"
(1989) 		"Cappucino"
(1989)
Music video
"Stop, Look, Listen" on YouTube

Stop, Look, Listen is a single from MC Lyte with DJ K-Rock from his second album Eyes on This.[1] In April 1990 it peaked No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.[2]

Produced by King of Chill, who also has songwriting credits, the song is built around a sample of the Ecstasy, Passion & Pain's "Born to Lose You".[3]

Later it was included in his compilation albums The Very Best of MC Lyte (2001), The Shit I Never Dropped (2003),[4] and Cold Rock a Party - Best Of MC Lyte (2019).[5]

Stop, Look, Listen was sampled on Wreckx-n-Effect's Rump Shaker,[6] Mary J. Blige's Reminisce,[7] and Gang Starr with J. Cole's "Family & Loyalty".[8]

Track listing

A-Side

  1. "Stop, Look, Listen" (Remix) (6:05)

B-Side

  1. Stop, Look, Listen (Remix Instrumental)" (3:29)
  2. "Stop, Look, Listen (LP Version)" (3:16)
  3. "Start It Up Y'all" (Audio Two feat. MC Lyte and Positive K) (5:12)

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs.[9]

  • Executive-Producer – Nat Robinson
  • Lyrics By – Gizmo (tracks: B3), MC Lyte, Milk Dee (tracks: B3), Positive K (tracks: B3), King Of Chill
  • Mastered By – Dennis King
  • Music By – Gizmo, Milk Dee, King Of Chill (tracks: A, B1 & B2)

References

  1. ^ "Stop, Look, Listen". Discogs.
  2. ^ "MC Lyte - US Hot Rap Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ecstasy, Passion & Pain's Born to Lose You Sample of MC Lyte's Stop, Look, Listen". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. ^ "MC Lyte - The Shit I Never Dropped". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  5. ^ "Cold Rock a Party Best Of - MC Lyte - Release Info". Apple Music.
  6. ^ "Wreckx-n-Effect feat. Teddy Riley's Rump Shaker Sample of MC Lyte's Stop, Look, Listen". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. ^ "Mary J. Blige's Reminisce Sample of MC Lyte's Stop, Look, Listen". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  8. ^ "Gang Starr feat. J. Cole's Family & Loyalty Sample of MC Lyte's Stop, Look, Listen". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  9. ^ "MC Lyte & DJ K Rock ‎– Stop, Look, Listen (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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