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Cappucino (song)

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"Cappucino"
Single by MC Lyte
from the album Eyes on This
B-side"Not Wit' A Dealer" (Chuck D & Terminator X Remix)
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenreGolden age hip hop
Length5:24
LabelFirst Priority, Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Lana Moorer
Producer(s)Marley Marl[1]
MC Lyte singles chronology
"Lyte as a Rock"
(1988)
"Cappucino"
(1989)
"Stop, Look, Listen"
(1989)
Music video
"Cappucino" on YouTube

Cappucino is the third and final single from MC Lyte's album Eyes on This. In October 1990 it peaked No. 8 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.[2]

The song stayed 18 weeks on the recently created Billboard Hot Rap Singles and became one of the first songs to peak at #1 on that chart, staying there for two weeks in December 1989. Also peaking at #35 on the Billboard's Hot Black Singles.[3]

"Cha Cha Cha" was No. 54 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop list.[4]

References

  1. ^ "MC Lyte - Eyes On This". Discogs.
  2. ^ "MC Lyte - US Hot Rap Songs". billboard.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales".
  4. ^ "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs". The Greatest. Episode 186. 2008-09-28. MTV Networks. VH1.