Yes a lot of people would say that she sounded "like a Rakim sound alike" . But she's one of the most underrated dopest females from her time. And one of the most forgotten
Notice all of these female rappers who were mostly out at the same time and were OUT. Meaning they were ones you could name off the top of your head easily because they were all big time in the media unlike how we only have so few today and it took like 10 years before Cardi was on while Nicki was out by herself.
So you're just going to forget Heather B_ Bahamadia _Hurricane G_ _Boss_ Vita_ Nikki D_Mc Smooth_ Lady of Rage_ Ra Digga_isis_Mia X_YoYo_Foxxy Brown and LAURYN HILL?👀😬🙄🙄🙄🤔💭🖕🏽🤷🏽♂️
I’m here from watching black femininity TV. I did not know anything about this woman until today. She was dope as hell. The rhymes, the flow, the music video concept 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
THIS WAS THE TIME WE COULD WATCH OUR CULTURE ON OUR OWN CHANNELS AND ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN AND MEN SHARE OUR MUSIC WITH US ... BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
One of my favorite female rappers of all time...my jam from her was "this girl is off on her own". She killed that, sounding like a female Big Daddy Kane/Rakim...she was one of the most slept on emcee's ever. I still love her...she was as dope as they come.
2020 and beyond. Who still banging this classic? Clearly there was beef between Lyte and Antoinette and my guess is that her label didn't promote her as well as Lyte's label did causing Antoinette to fade out. Notice how Lyte had more videos and a better budget than Antoinette. Everybody talked about this beef in school but we'll never know how it would've ended if Antoinette had the backing Lyte had.
Intro] Day time, night time, any time's the right time Who's the boss? Of course, Antoinette's rhyme [Verse 1] Now here we go, hug your stereo It might pump or jump around Bum rush the sound beat it down run it in the ground The bigger they are the harder they fall, oh well they fell Their records couldn't sell even if you gave 'em away free Ah, honey you're just a wannabe Rap star, and now you're trying to front on me But kids who play will suffer when the beat is on And the going gets tougher when the heat is on I go off and I be keeping it kept on Make like a rash, break out or get stepped on Step child you're just a son in this And Antoinette is like runnin this Yeah dance go ahead, do that Instead pick up your head cause I flew that Antoinette taking no loss wearing no shorts But telling you who's the boss [Verse 2] If you were brave because you escaped or get hit wit' You little nit wit You better get wit' Antoinette on set cause I'm fed up I'm going head up, now get up Ducks who get stuck in Grab your cup and I'ma fill it to the brim So take a sip don't bite Your lip don't take bites out or it's gonna be M.C.'s lights out The young the old the bold they all like be looking Because I'm hooking, but I ain't a hooker So save that for T.J That he-say and she-say ain't no threat I'm knocking out gangs with no stress So who's the boss? It ain't a weak chick So let me launch a rhyme and let the beat kick Verse 3] Lace up so you could face up and hit the lineup Play me wrong and yes you might wind up Dead on arrival, because this is survival of the fittest So do your pushups and get wit' it Before I go off without that No question about that ("They're closing in!") Yo, I doubt that Face to face, rhyme for rhyme Fist to fist, sweet dreams when rings hit lips so Slow down, I won't go down in a throw down Yup she's out now that's another hoe down You should be knowing this You can't flow with this The best, the gangstress, the def soloist I roll, the mic transforms like a decep A's in effect so who could possibly e-fect The chick with soul, the boss who has to master To ducks who front I make like a ghetto and blast ya' I'm hyper, riper, doper, stronger Breakbeats get broken and rhymes last longer I'll find and lose ya and left ya lost And you sweat to death like a horse Now who's the boss?
Man I wish I had a time machine that '80s and some parts of the '90s are some of the best years we had so much fun our music was the best, everything! Then crack hit and destroyed everything
UM, CRACK first hit in like 1984 - 85, yet you say "THE 80's and 90's WERE THE BEST YEARS" !!!!!! So how did "CRACK DESTROY EVERYTHING" !!!??? But at the same time the 80's and the 90's were the "BEST YEARS" !!!????
The first official female rapper is Angie Stone. She was with the Sugar hill and Spoonie Gee. In 1979 her group "Sequence" had track called "Funk You Up". i've been a DJ for a long time and I wished I'd kept all my records.
Tru Rudboi rappers have been cursing on wax ever since 1979 (when the first rap songs came out!), with Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s song: ” Superrappin’ ”. You know nothing fool.
Truth be told she was more lyrical & had a better flow than Lyte. Lyte just had the "It" factor & probably a better team & connections around her to have a longer career
@@cornellmcphatter7909 😂. MC Lyte gets way too much recognition. She's good or whatever, but there are other MC's that were out there too, not just her. People need to stop coming down here to trash other MC's over Lyte's name. MC LYTE IS NOT THE ONLY FEMALE MC !! ANTOINETTE WAS/ AND STILL IS POPULAR !!
Lyte had punch lines, Antoinette just flowed like water!!! "Couldn't punch mine so what's the punchline, me huh you better wait for lunch, I'm not the one to be played, tried to wipe the map but I stayed, calm cause you ain't got the bomb to drop science Dennis, ya just a menace, you must be drugged or higher than hitler"..... Antoinette
Man!!!!!!This is Always My Favorite Rapper Period Male/Female!Why?Because,She was Tough and Had Pronouns,Adjectives,Verbs and was Very Articulate with Her Words!A True Smooth Lady Like that was a Hard Rock but still Dressed and was a Lady!I Miss You Antoinette!You should be in and at the 50 Years of Hip Hop!You where wayyyyyy ahead all this Female Gangester stuff!!I remember seeing All your videos on Uncle Ralphs Show called “Video Music Box!Every Friday in NYC on Channel 31 on NYC TV!A True Lyricist!!A True Lady and Entertainer with True skills with words!!And she did it without cursing and showing ass or calling anyone the N the B and selling Her Soul
another dynamic female MC and one of my favorite old school MC's and yes she could spit like the rest she could hold her own I would like to meet her in person
Antoinette was a good rapper. She could flow but was underrated. She fell short of the battle between MC Lyte. If anyone has Antoinette's video Never Get Enough with Pepa and Spin could you please post. I've been looking for that video for the longest.
A lot of male vocalists can't even hang...she was an MC a lyricist. Not a rapper. When I lived in Far Rock, her records were fire. She held it down. The dancer with the dark hair from Far Rock too.
as a young upcoming artist tryna perfect her craft and coming back to listen to the Blue prints, DA culture! .. I can say I'm heatedddd it's no rappers like this in my generation now
Classic!!! When she came out she was the answer to all female rappers of the time.I think if she had more exposure and a better record label she could have went far.
This was THE SHIT!!!!. Haven't seen this clip for years!.Back in the day you had to wait a week for 1 hip hop video to come on MTV, and i always liked this one. Thanks for this post man!!
Antoinette is a another UNDERRATED FEMALE HIP HOP LYRICIST WHO HAD A VOICE THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THAT NEW YORK ACCENT AND HER FLOW OF RYHMES COMMANDED YOUR ATTENTION...
Yes a lot of people would say that she sounded "like a Rakim sound alike" . But she's one of the most underrated dopest females from her time. And one of the most forgotten
Word!
chroo
Word life!
Naw looking back at this, everyone during this time was a Rakim influenced....even the girls
I feel "I aint no joke flow" . I remember this battle. Lyte had 10% Dis
Antoinette was alaways one of my favorite females. Her flow, her angst, her tone.
her flow is beast.
Antoinette, Sweet T, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante, Queen Latifah, Monie Love best female rappers
Little Kim and Foxy Also.
I agree, plus Kim, Da Brat, YoYo, Salt-N-Pepa, & Missy. Gotta show love to all the greats!
Notice all of these female rappers who were mostly out at the same time and were OUT. Meaning they were ones you could name off the top of your head easily because they were all big time in the media unlike how we only have so few today and it took like 10 years before Cardi was on while Nicki was out by herself.
Antoinette & Boss were in a lwahue of their own. Rage was dope too but they were def. the standouts.
So you're just going to forget Heather B_ Bahamadia _Hurricane G_ _Boss_ Vita_ Nikki D_Mc Smooth_ Lady of Rage_ Ra Digga_isis_Mia X_YoYo_Foxxy Brown and LAURYN HILL?👀😬🙄🙄🙄🤔💭🖕🏽🤷🏽♂️
I’m here from watching black femininity TV. I did not know anything about this woman until today. She was dope as hell. The rhymes, the flow, the music video concept 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Me either, tbh! I honestly HATE I didn't! She's COLD!!!
🔥🔥🔥
Wth.... Damn... How old are the both of you??
@@realtalk3848
44
The same
she's beautiful...
THIS WAS THE TIME WE COULD WATCH OUR CULTURE ON OUR OWN CHANNELS AND ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN AND MEN SHARE OUR MUSIC WITH US ... BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
Still one of the hardest tracks I've ever heard from a female rapper. Antoinette had a razor sharp flow.
You never heard of Boss or the Brat
One of my FAVORITE Emcess!!!
Always had a crush on her... love her voice and the bars were crazy... ill Beats... wished she could have got more shine and exposure
At least when she called out Lyte she had the lyrical ability to do it. Back in the day when you had to have TALENT to make music.
Take off those nostalgic glasses..
that's true the past 5 or so years of hip hop have been down there with the worst since it began
Very very true
@@seanmccombie6379 Mainstream rap isn't representative of rap as a whole...
@@jackmckinley5817 good point yeah I was generally meaning the mainstream but also lot of newer stuff isn't that good . some but not many I've heard
MUMBLE RAPPERS CAN'T COMPETE WITH THIS EVEN ON THEIR BEST OR WORST DAY.
"Break Beats are Broken,rhymes last longer"...there are Rappers and there are MC's...Antoinette was an MC
"And damn you cram to is understand that!!! "
I Was A Fifteen Year Old Freshman In High School When This Song Came Out. I Still Like It. Classic!!!
Word! Me Too!
2020 her flow is still tight.
Her style of flow was like a faster female version of Rakim.
Yup 😂😂😂
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Call
SHE WAS CROWNED THE FEMALE RAKIM AND RAKIM DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGED HER❤
SHE WAS SOOOO DOPE
"Beat biter, dope style taker. Tell you to your face you ain't nothing but a faker." - Lyte
@@RockwellJunya - Antoinette won imo. but Lyte had better promotion.
"Face to face, rhyme to rhyme, fist to fist. / Sweet dreams when rings hit lips." AND HOW SHE DELIVERED IT!!!
That part....
she had rap skills...WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY before her time....she really needs to receive more recognition...
...these bars still HARD right now & im still fan!!!💯🔥
I remember when this came out. I thought her leopard short hookup was so fly, I went to the Korean store and copped a knockoff one lol
✌🏿😄
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Antionette sounds more like the wrath of Kane style than Rakim Allah
She's from Brooklyn? Right
@@jerometurner3317, Bronx!
One of my favorite female rappers of all time...my jam from her was "this girl is off on her own". She killed that, sounding like a female Big Daddy Kane/Rakim...she was one of the most slept on emcee's ever. I still love her...she was as dope as they come.
Flow RIDICULOUS.
2020 and beyond. Who still banging this classic? Clearly there was beef between Lyte and Antoinette and my guess is that her label didn't promote her as well as Lyte's label did causing Antoinette to fade out. Notice how Lyte had more videos and a better budget than Antoinette. Everybody talked about this beef in school but we'll never know how it would've ended if Antoinette had the backing Lyte had.
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
Herbie love bug was her producer..... Nuff said!! Esp after watching the s&p movie.... I think he sabotaged her career!!!
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@@shaunspellman2856 💯 Facts that is why I don't trust darkskin dudes since I'm lightskin they Crooked💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
she has always been one of the flyest female mc'c ever. she was pretty as hell and strong on the vocals.
She could spit./
Man who remember this one? She was fine.
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
Mission impossible I like the concept Special agent Antoinette When of the Best clash rap songs
Timeless 🍷🥂🕺🏾
Intro]
Day time, night time, any time's the right time
Who's the boss? Of course, Antoinette's rhyme
[Verse 1]
Now here we go, hug your stereo
It might pump or jump around
Bum rush the sound beat it down run it in the ground
The bigger they are the harder they fall, oh well they fell
Their records couldn't sell even if you gave 'em away free
Ah, honey you're just a wannabe
Rap star, and now you're trying to front on me
But kids who play will suffer when the beat is on
And the going gets tougher when the heat is on
I go off and I be keeping it kept on
Make like a rash, break out or get stepped on
Step child you're just a son in this
And Antoinette is like runnin this
Yeah dance go ahead, do that
Instead pick up your head cause I flew that
Antoinette taking no loss wearing no shorts
But telling you who's the boss
[Verse 2]
If you were brave because you escaped or get hit wit'
You little nit wit
You better get wit' Antoinette on set cause I'm fed up
I'm going head up, now get up
Ducks who get stuck in
Grab your cup and I'ma fill it to the brim
So take a sip don't bite
Your lip don't take bites out or it's gonna be M.C.'s lights out
The young the old the bold they all like be looking
Because I'm hooking, but I ain't a hooker
So save that for T.J
That he-say and she-say ain't no threat
I'm knocking out gangs with no stress
So who's the boss? It ain't a weak chick
So let me launch a rhyme and let the beat kick
Verse 3]
Lace up so you could face up and hit the lineup
Play me wrong and yes you might wind up
Dead on arrival, because this is survival of the fittest
So do your pushups and get wit' it
Before I go off without that
No question about that
("They're closing in!") Yo, I doubt that
Face to face, rhyme for rhyme
Fist to fist, sweet dreams when rings hit lips so
Slow down, I won't go down in a throw down
Yup she's out now that's another hoe down
You should be knowing this
You can't flow with this
The best, the gangstress, the def soloist
I roll, the mic transforms like a decep
A's in effect so who could possibly e-fect
The chick with soul, the boss who has to master
To ducks who front I make like a ghetto and blast ya'
I'm hyper, riper, doper, stronger
Breakbeats get broken and rhymes last longer
I'll find and lose ya and left ya lost
And you sweat to death like a horse
Now who's the boss?
My girl was dope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The story and and narrative was super dope, I remember her
Man I wish I had a time machine that '80s and some parts of the '90s are some of the best years we had so much fun our music was the best, everything! Then crack hit and destroyed everything
UM, CRACK first hit in like 1984 - 85, yet you say "THE 80's and 90's WERE THE BEST YEARS" !!!!!!
So how did "CRACK DESTROY EVERYTHING" !!!???
But at the same time the 80's and the 90's were the "BEST YEARS" !!!????
It's was great to be a teenager back then.
One Of The Original Queens Of Hip-hop!!! She Indeed Gotz Skillz!!!
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
The first official female rapper is Angie Stone. She was with the Sugar hill and Spoonie Gee. In 1979 her group "Sequence" had track called "Funk You Up". i've been a DJ for a long time and I wished I'd kept all my records.
I love her so much
Before cursing was a thing.
Tru Rudboi
They did curse in their songs back then though...
Tru Rudboi rappers have been cursing on wax ever since 1979 (when the first rap songs came out!), with Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s song: ” Superrappin’ ”.
You know nothing fool.
Antoinette is underrated and dope
antoinette's rhyme is like a ticking time bomb!
Man listen I loved this song, she was/is so DOPE!!!!!!!!!!
Late 80s YO MTV. Great time to listen hip hop
Truth be told she was more lyrical & had a better flow than Lyte. Lyte just had the "It" factor & probably a better team & connections around her to have a longer career
Pure Gold!!!
All that sexiness…fully clothed
She was my favorite rapper for a short time years ago. She was very dope back in the day.
Even in 2024, I still rock this in the trenches of Norf Philly....
she's dope
I never forgot her. She was like a female Big Daddy Cane with that style if you know rap
Hands down, the baddest female emcee!!!
No, Roxanne Shante baby
she's up there
Shes up their wit Sparky & Shante for sure.
MC LYTE...hands down .
@@cornellmcphatter7909 😂. MC Lyte gets way too much recognition. She's good or whatever, but there are other MC's that were out there too, not just her. People need to stop coming down here to trash other MC's over Lyte's name. MC LYTE IS NOT THE ONLY FEMALE MC !! ANTOINETTE WAS/ AND STILL IS POPULAR !!
I'm want my Jane Bond movie with this in the trailer.
I can't say who won between her and Mc lyte. They were both lyrically inclined.
Yep!
Lyte had punch lines, Antoinette just flowed like water!!!
"Couldn't punch mine so what's the punchline, me huh you better wait for lunch, I'm not the one to be played, tried to wipe the map but I stayed, calm cause you ain't got the bomb to drop science Dennis, ya just a menace, you must be drugged or higher than hitler"..... Antoinette
The most slept on female mc ever, but the most deadly at the same time
This was so dope!
she is in my top 5 of female mc's and to think when i say her name no one remembers here
Sistas back then 😍😍😍😍😍
She could smoke Nicki's boots ! Real hip hop!
Thick and beautiful lyrical voice like a east coast Trina
The damned outfits in the 80s were pure hell. LOL. I know...I was there. LOL
You would sweat your a$$ off! LOL
Hahaha
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
I remember!!
She's killing this $h!t!😎🔥🤎👑💯
Man!!!!!!This is Always My Favorite Rapper Period Male/Female!Why?Because,She was Tough and Had Pronouns,Adjectives,Verbs and was Very Articulate with Her Words!A True Smooth Lady Like that was a Hard Rock but still Dressed and was a Lady!I Miss You Antoinette!You should be in and at the 50 Years of Hip Hop!You where wayyyyyy ahead all this Female Gangester stuff!!I remember seeing All your videos on Uncle Ralphs Show called “Video Music Box!Every Friday in NYC on Channel 31 on NYC TV!A True Lyricist!!A True Lady and Entertainer with True skills with words!!And she did it without cursing and showing ass or calling anyone the N the B and selling Her Soul
Rakim twin sister
No she sounds more like a female Big Daddy Kane
Daniel Drakeford , that's because Kane wrote this song! Lol
Not quite.. not by a long shot. She did not write her own rhymes and they were not nearly as clever as Rakim's.
@@TheBoodog1 Do you have proof?
antoinette was the real underground hip hop talent back then and didn't need ghostwriters like lyte did.
Dope... She had some Bars I remember when this came out and this video use to play on Rap city.. she had a fly style to go with her pretty face
another dynamic female MC and one of my favorite old school MC's and yes she could spit like the rest she could hold her own I would like to meet her in person
Word!
lol dame i use to love this girl
Antoinette was a good rapper. She could flow but was underrated. She fell short of the battle between MC Lyte. If anyone has Antoinette's video Never Get Enough with Pepa and Spin could you please post. I've been looking for that video for the longest.
#jdub, here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/alMPgwOls0Y/v-deo.html.
Wow, we need the old hip hop back!!!
Beautiful woman ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
i was 12 in the 6th grade when this came out in 89
i was 13 in the 7th grade when this came out. This was the era when rap music was good!
James Jones I was 9
I was 17 when this came out and I used to rock this on a mix tape in queens in my first ride, a 1979 Datsun 200 SX
Dope Classic!!!!
She's the female version of rakim
Mechacelzi yup love her!
***** me too and I wish she was still around
Hey, I found you again. It's official, you're my music buddy! 😊🎶
Bre'ona Russ Hey lol and ok!
wish I was in NY at that time...... real vibe 😍
Well dope and fly WORD 😎
Oooooooooohhhhhhwwwwwweeeeeee the boss flowin.
I used to have those gold earrings too....brings back memories
Smiling
Antoinette may not have wrote all her lyrics, but she had that rakim flow which you can;t teach *
A lot of male vocalists can't even hang...she was an MC a lyricist. Not a rapper. When I lived in Far Rock, her records were fire. She held it down. The dancer with the dark hair from Far Rock too.
CLaSSiC!!!
Yes The Queen👸🏽💯 3:07 "Bow to the Microphone Mistress Lyte"😉
DOPE!!!!!
as a young upcoming artist tryna perfect her craft and coming back to listen to the Blue prints, DA culture! .. I can say I'm heatedddd it's no rappers like this in my generation now
Who fuckin wit ANTOINETTE??? Love you baby!
wow this song is fire asf
Currently reading her book
This brings back memories. I loved this video back in the day with the Spy vs. Spy gig. It was funny when they took out the guy in the wheel chair.
Classic!!! When she came out she was the answer to all female rappers of the time.I think if she had more exposure and a better record label she could have went far.
I was definitely in love with her back then.Damm she fine..
man I loved her
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
@@mauriceb2172
oh wow
Dope!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! I forgot all about Antoinette!!! Damn this brings back so many memories!
This was THE SHIT!!!!. Haven't seen this clip for years!.Back in the day you had to wait a week for 1 hip hop video to come on MTV, and i always liked this one. Thanks for this post man!!
The who' the boss LP is a classic too, Thanks 4 this video benn a long time since i saw it
Tim Scratch was from around the way Jefferson Projects
We need this kind of female rap back Antoinette was talented and sexy as hell without taking off her clothes
the intro is dope
Middle of the Mc Lyte beef she just disappeared... She didn't lose. Just disappeared..
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
2:10 Antoinette's 2nd response to 10 percent diss
Antoinette is a another UNDERRATED FEMALE HIP HOP LYRICIST WHO HAD A VOICE THAT WHEN YOU HEARD THAT NEW YORK ACCENT AND HER FLOW OF RYHMES COMMANDED YOUR ATTENTION...
Love my girl Antoinette!!!!! She's on Instagram @_whostheboss_
I had those same gold earrings. So many memories.
wow! I have not seen this in a long time a true throw back when hip hop was fun.
That beat was ill yo!!
Good look melhex!!!..