Act Like You Know

Act Like You Know
Studio album by MC Lyte
Released	September 17, 1991
Recorded	October 1990 - May 1991
Studio	Red Chamber Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA) Firehouse Studios (Brooklyn, New York) Power Play Studios (Long Island, New York) Skip Saylor Recording (Hollywood, CA) First Priority Labs (Staten Island, New York) Studio With A View (New York City, New York)
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Golden age hip hop
Length	62:18
Label	First Priority Music / Atlantic Records
Producer	Epic Mazur, Richard Wolf, DJ Doc, Pal Joey 2, The King of Chill, Audio Two, The 45 King, DJ Master Tee

Act Like You Know is the third studio album by American Hip hop artist MC Lyte. It was released in September 17, 1991 under First Priority Music and distributed by Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place at Red Chamber Studios in Sherman Oaks, Skip Saylor Recording in Hollywood and at Firehouse Studios, Power Play Studios, Studio With A View and First Priority Labs in New York City from October 1990 to May 1991. The production was provided by Richard Wolf, Epic Mazur, DJ Doc, The King of Chill, Pal Joey 2, Audio Two, The 45 King and DJ Master Tee.

The album peaked at #102 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart and #14 on the Top R&B Albums chart. Act Like You Know spawned the singles: "Poor Georgie" and "When in Love", which both made it high on the Hot Rap Singles chart with "When in Love" peaking at #3 and "Poor Georgie" reaching #1 and also cracked the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #83.

Track listing

1. "When in Love" - 3:58
2. "Eyes Are the Soul" - 3:53
3. "Search 4 the Lyte" - 3:21
4. "Act Like You Know" - 3:50
5. "Mickey Slipper (Inrterlude)" - 1:36
6. "Poor Georgie" - 4:30
7. "Take It Off" - 4:51
8. "Beyond the Hype" - 4:20
9. "All That" - 3:10
10. "Big Bad Sister" - 3:11
11. "Like That Anna (Interlude)" - 0:53
12. "Kamikaze" - 4:10
13. "Can You Dig It" - 3:15
14. "Like a Virgin" - 4:13
15. "Lola From the Copa" - 3:04
16. "2 Young 4 What" - 3:32
17. "Absolutely Positively..... Pratical Jokes" - 3:42
18. "Another Dope Intro (Interlude)" - 0:43
19. "K-Rock's the Man" (*) - 2:05

Samples

When in Love

• "Changin'" by Brass Construction
• "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" by Bill Withers
• "Hot (I Need to Be Love, Love Loved)" by James Brown

Search 4 the Lyte

• "More Peas" by Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s
• "Dazz" by Brick
• "Funky Drummer" by James Brown

Poor Georgie

• "Eric B Is President" by Eric B. & Rakim
• "Georgy Porgy" by Toto feat. Cheryl Lynn
• "I Wanna Be Where You Are" by Michael Jackson
• "The Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer

Take It Off

• "Cramp Your Style" by All the People feat. Robert Moore
• "Catch a Groove" by Juice
• "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth

All That

• "Cozy" by Bar-Kays
• "The Song Is Familiar" by Funkadelic
• "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
• "Don't Tell a Lie About Me and I Won't Tell the Truth on You" by James Brown

Big Bad Sister

• "Help Is on the Way" by The Whatnauts

Like That Anna (Interlude)

• "Do the Funky Penguin" by Rufus Thomas

Kamikaze

• "Sport" by Lightnin' Rod feat. Kool & the Gang
• "Steady" by Bob James
• "911 Is a Joke" by Public Enemy

Like a Virgin

• "(You're Puttin') a Rush on Me" by Stephanie Mills
• "You Did It Good" by L.A. Boppers
• "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown

Lola from the Copa

• "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow
• "I Want to Make Love to You So Bad" by Isaac Hayes

2 Young 4 What

• "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
• "Groove With You" by The Isley Brothers
• "Cha Cha Cha" by MC Lyte

Another Dope Intro (Interlude)

• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss