In a recent interview with AllHipHop, MC Lyte revealed that that LL COOL J and Nas played a role in her decision to release new music. Lyte recently released her first new music since 2021 with "Woman" featuring Salt, Big Daddy Kane, and Raheem Devaughn. "I sat with LL for a fireside chat for leading women to find, and he said to me, 'I got new music coming out'", the "Paper Thin" MC said. . "I was like, 'Oh, that’s great. So how was that process?' He said, 'But what about you? Stop being scared, put out some music.'"

Lyte explained that Nas and his support of classic Hip-Hop further inspired her. "And then of course, Nas, he gives a call out to all people of the late ’80s, early ’90s. I slipped in at the end of the ’80s, but a lot of my success came from the ’90s And so he’s just like, 'Where y’all at? Drop some music.' We want to complain or talk about or reference what is happening now and perhaps being unhappy with it, which by the way, I’m exempt. I’m a DJ, so I listen to everything, and I found new ways to get connected with music and the lyrical prowess that comes from a young MC. So for me, I just had to take the challenge."

Check out the interview above.