His most recent (and reportedly final) solo album, A Long Hot Summer, gained considerable acclaim in 2004. He is currently in the hip hop group eMC, with Punchline, Wordsworth and Stricklin. They have a page at http://www.myspace.com/emcthegroup.
In the early stages of his career, Masta Ace was very energetic (cf. "Jeep Ass Niguh", where, tongue-in-cheek, he taunts police officers for their knee-jerk predisposition to harass black youth on city streets.) He also recorded material with a six-member supporting entourage, Masta Ace Incorporated. In light of his newly claimed status as a veteran, he has gravitated toward an earnest, matter-of-fact plainspokenness in the new millennium. Many of the songs that have lent newfound heft to his reputation are simple, no-nonsense rumination on feelings and facts of urban American life, including "Soda and Soap", "Brooklyn Masala" (which highlights a budding romance between Ace and a lovely but reserved Pakistani Hindu immigrant), and "Beautiful".
1988-1994
Ace made his recording debut as Master Ace on the classic hip-hop posse-cut "The Symphony", along with fellow Juice Crew members Craig G, Kool G Rap, and Big Daddy Kane, released on Marley Marl's In Control album. In Control also featured two lesser known Ace tracks "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" and "Simon Says". His first solo single, "Together" b/w "Letter to the Better", was released in 1989. He released his debut album, Take A Look Around, through Marl's Cold Chillin' label in 1990, featuring production from Marl and DJ Mister Cee. The album featured two minor hit singles in "Music Man" and "Me & The Biz", a track in which he impersonates fellow Juice Crew member Biz Markie. During the few years between his debut and his sophomore album, Ace began having bitter feelings toward the commercial state of hip hop music, feelings which ruled the content on his second release, 1993's Slaughtahouse, with the loose concept of the album seeing Ace taking the fake "gangsta emcees" to his "Slaughtahouse". The album featured Ace's new crew, Masta Ace Incorporated, which included Eyceurokk, Lord Digga, Paula Perry and R&B vocalist Leschea. The album sold moderately well, fueled by the singles "SlaughtaHouse", "Saturday Nite Live", "Style Wars" and "Jeep Ass Niguh". "Jeep" featured an unlisted remix titled "Born to Roll", which became a smash crossover single in 1994, peaking at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also in '94, Ace became a member of a temporary crew called the Crooklyn Dodgers, along with rap vet Special Ed and Black Moon's Buckshot, and recorded the title track for the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film Crooklyn. The song became Ace's second Hot 100 hit in 1994, peaking at #60 on the chart.
1995-2000
Ace furthered his mainstream appeal in 1995, with his radio-friendly Sittin' On Chrome album. This effort was also released with the Masta Ace Incorporated crew, now also known as The I.N.C. The album was Ace's most commercially successful release, breaking into the Top 20 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. Sittin' On Chrome included "Born to Roll", as well as two other Hot 100 hit singles, "The I.N.C. Ride" and "Sittin' on Chrome". In 1996, Ace split up with the I.N.C. crew and was largely missing from the hip hop scene over the next five years, save for a number of random vinyl singles. During his vinyl days, he bounced from a number of labels, releasing his "Cars" single on Tape Kingz Records, his "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "NFL" singles on the Union Label, his "NY Confidential" single on Replay Records, his "Express Delivery" single on Three Sixty Records, his "Spread It Out/Hellbound" single on Yosumi Records, his "Conflict" single on Mona Records, his "Ghetto Like" single on Fat Beats, his "So Now U A MC" single on Bad Magic Records, and his "Brooklyn Blocks" single on Buckshot's Duck Down Records.
2001-present
Ace's "Ghetto Like" single led to a misunderstanding with an underground emcee named Boogieman, who released a somewhat similar single titled "Ghetto Life" not long before. He thought that Ace was "biting" his track and released a dis song toward Ace titled "Just You Wait". The dis led to a rap battle between the two at a Lyricist Lounge event, a battle that was won by Boogieman. Ace later claimed that he delivered his rhymes off the top of his head, while Boog was rapping previously written lyrics, a topic which he discusses on his scathing retaliation track "Acknowledge", aimed at Boogieman and the underground rap group the High & Mighty. "Acknowledge" was included on his fourth full length album, Disposable Arts, released in late 2001 through JCOR Records, six long years after his successful Sittin' On Chrome album. Disposable Arts became one of the most acclaimed underground hip-hop releases of 2001, beloved for its pure hip hop style and clever album concept, which served as a fictional story, chronicling Ace's time spent at a satirical rap school named the Institute of Disposable Arts. JCOR Records folded soon after the release, leaving it out-of-print, until being re-released in 2005 on Ace's self-established M3 label. The album closer, "No Regrets", led many fans to believe that it would be Ace's final album, because of the line "I don't know if it's the end, but yo, it might be". Ace killed the rumors by returning in 2004 with his fifth album A Long Hot Summer, another highly acclaimed effort. The story concept, similar to that on his last release, served as a prelude to the story told on Disposable Arts, chronicling the "Long Hot Summer" that led to his character's incarceration at the beginning of the Disposable Arts album. Rumors once again spread about a retirement, which were again killed, when Ace announced the formation of his new rap crew named eMC, including himself, Punchline, Wordsworth and his protege Stricklin. The crew plans to release a group album sometime in 2007.
Openness to collaborations
In large part, the creative company Masta Ace keeps is comprised of underground performers with whom he has developed a personal rapport. He commonly acknowledges his fan base outside of the United States, which is considerably larger than within, as in the final seconds of his song "Good Ol' Love". He has shown an openness to working with foreign-based producers, including Koolade of Croatia and DJ Serious of Canada. He also performed a guest rap for the British Acid jazz group Young Disciples for their debut album.
In Scandinavia, he recorded "What Is It" with Norwegian veteran producer Tommy Tee in 2003, for the soundtrack to the car racing game "Midnight Club 2", which also was featured on several European mixtapes.
Within the United States, he has worked with Jean Grae, 9th Wonder of Little Brother, DJ Spinna, DJ Premier, RJD2, Pete Rock, Domingo, Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and Kno of Cunninlynguists. Q-Tip enlisted him as a contributor to the original Crooklyn Dodgers track in 1992. The track spawned a follow-up in 1995, with a third projected for 2006, but neither Ace nor the other original contributors, Special Ed and the bellicose Buckshot (of Black Moon and Boot Camp Clik), were involved with them. Instead, the second Crooklyn Dodgers track was produced by DJ Premier and involved O.C., Chubb Rock and Jeru the Damaja, where the planned third installment is said to involve Mos Def, Jean Grae, and Memphis Bleek, with production courtesy of 9th Wonder.
By extending largesse to younger MCs even as he has been careful to solidify connections with the rap game's old guard, he has amassed a list of collaborators numbering over 60. The most notable of his collaborators have been Eminem (who has expressed ongoing admiration for his skills), Common (on the track "Claimin' Respect" as part of a trio called Boulevard Connection), Guru of Gang Starr, Edo G (the third member of Boulevard Connection, from Boston), Jean Grae, Saukrates, Young Zee, Big Noyd, Cella Dwellas, King Tee, Tonedeff, Rah Digga, Strick, Das Efx, Greg Nice and the Beatnuts. He devotes several lines of the track "No Regrets" to express goodwill and thanksgiving to the artists he has worked with, calling these opportunities some of the most valued blessings of his career.
I Like Dat
Masta Ace Lyrics
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[Welcome to the wonderful world of sex]
[Masta Ace]
I'm sayin though right after the shows over
Tour bus is outside, matter a fact
This club gotta bathroom and a basment
[Masta Ace]
I will be delighted to fuck you
Outside, vocal booth, plane, train, automobile or even in the lunch room
Once the period in your private area drys
We could fuck on your kitchen counter like american pie
Where I had to keep the sperm muzzle (uh huh)
I grab your head while your giving it
Like I'm bangin it against the turnbuckle
Its my boys turn to to fuck you
There is 8 of them, and you gotta mouth to help
So they could take turns in couples 1, 2 aiiyo 1, 2
Check it, Masta Ace, Punch an Words on the same record
Ladies in the place all I need is a second
A small conversation, before we both naked
And if ya come back to the hotel, I wont go tell I promise
I like to swing my bat like Frank Thomas
And if ya let me get to third base when we alone
Theres a good change I'm gonna try to steal home
Sorry!!
[Punchline]
My games tight when I'm twistin these hoes I dont play
Fuck raw, I keep a hat on like Cool J
I take short strokes to make the sex last
Till they scream "go deep" like they throwin a long pass
You get long dick no cash, pure game
When we fuck, your face wrinkle up like a sharpay
Everyday all day, sex you love it
Are you the type of freak chick that like to fuck in public
[Hook]
[Masta Ace] Waterbeds, Hottubs - Yeah I like that
[Wordsworth] Hot sex on the platter - Yeah I like that
[Punchline] Slow Tracks candle wax - Yeah I like that
[Masta Ace] Anywhere dont matter - Yeah I like that
[Masta Ace] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Punchline] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Wordsworth] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[All] Wats up - Wats up, [x2]
[Wordsworth]
Now those are the first couple of verses the one with the show
Aiiyo Ace tell these women what you want them to know
[Masta Ace]
Yo, I can fuck from the morest today, to the gladest night
Have a threesome, with me, my girl and a baddest dike
And not know Ellen DeGenerus, manish type
Im talking about a Jennifer Lopez spanish type
Dont be afraid of the sex capade
Black cats that get fuck, white cats that get laid
You better eat your wheaties, and just rest up
Just incase somebody call you and say "lets fuck"
[Punchline]
I take them (?) your dressed up, sober or X'ed up
Leave chicks fatigue, they gotta rest up
Its messed up, I fuck till I'm burnt out
Forget the hair salon, I'm a sweat your perm out
Im the type to book a hotel room with 5 dikes
And get pussy like everydays my prom night
Punch always rose wit a proper squad
And my hoes stop traffic like crossing guards
[Wordsworth]
You a stranger so execpt sex for filtility
But I'll fuck you and help you collect this ability
18 and over bend your knees to your shoulders
And hurt your bladder, and make it hard for you to pee when your older
On your knees folded, dont need trojans
Deep throat till my scrodum not showin and your teeths broken
It dont matter silcon or real breast
You aint good with filasheo
Watch HBO's real sex
[Hook]
[Masta Ace] Handcuffs tied up - Yeah I like that
[Wordsworth] Hotel Motel - Yeah I like that
[Punchline] Blindfold camcorder - Yeah I like that
[Wordsworth] Between us wont tell - Yeah I like that
[Masta Ace] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Punchline] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Wordsworth] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[All] Wats up - Wats up, [x2]
Yeah I like that
Yeah I like that
The lyrics of "I Like Dat" by Masta Ace ft. Punch and Words depict the casual and confident attitude towards sex and pleasure. The verses of the song are composed of each rapper boasting about their experiences in bed and what they like to do with their partners. Masta Ace brags about having sex anywhere, including outside, on a plane or train, in a vocal booth, or on a kitchen counter. He also mentions enjoying rough sex while holding his partner's head like a wrestling move. Punchline describes his technique in bed, including taking short strokes to prolong the pleasure and making his partner scream with long strokes. Wordsworth speaks about his willingness to engage in various sexual acts, including deep throating and bondage.
Overall, the lyrics of "I Like Dat" celebrate sexual confidence and freedom without judging or objectifying women. The song does not glorify non-consensual or abusive behavior but rather praises mutual pleasure and experimentation. The rappers' playful and humorous approach to sex also adds to the light-hearted tone of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm sayin though right after the shows over
Tour bus is outside, matter a fact
This club gotta bathroom and a basment
Watever, I'll have ya know
I'm letting you know that right after the show, we can hook up in different places like the bathroom, basment or even the tour bus outside
I will be delighted to fuck you
Outside, vocal booth, plane, train, automobile or even in the lunch room
Once the period in your private area drys
We could fuck on your kitchen counter like american pie
Where I had to keep the sperm muzzle (uh huh)
I grab your head while your giving it
Like I'm bangin it against the turnbuckle
Its my boys turn to to fuck you
There is 8 of them, and you gotta mouth to help
So they could take turns in couples 1, 2 aiiyo 1, 2
Check it, Masta Ace, Punch an Words on the same record
Ladies in the place all I need is a second
A small conversation, before we both naked
And if ya come back to the hotel, I wont go tell I promise
I like to swing my bat like Frank Thomas
And if ya let me get to third base when we alone
Theres a good change I'm gonna try to steal home
Sorry!!
I am up for sex in any location, including on a kitchen counter. I will hold your head while you give it to me, analogous to a wrestling move. My friends are also interested in taking turns with you. If we end up at a hotel, I will promise not to tell anyone. I like to swing my bat like a baseball player, and if we get to third base, I might try to score.
My games tight when I'm twistin these hoes I dont play
Fuck raw, I keep a hat on like Cool J
I take short strokes to make the sex last
Till they scream "go deep" like they throwin a long pass
You get long dick no cash, pure game
When we fuck, your face wrinkle up like a sharpay
Everyday all day, sex you love it
Are you the type of freak chick that like to fuck in public
I don't mess around when it comes to hooking up with women. I always use protection to avoid unwanted pregnancies or STDs. I like to make sex last by taking short strokes. I'm often able to make women scream with pleasure. You don't need to offer me any money to have a good time. I'll make your face contort with orgasm. I love sex, and I'm curious if you're willing to do it in public places.
[Masta Ace] Waterbeds, Hottubs - Yeah I like that
[Wordsworth] Hot sex on the platter - Yeah I like that
[Punchline] Slow Tracks candle wax - Yeah I like that
[Masta Ace] Anywhere dont matter - Yeah I like that
[Masta Ace] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Punchline] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[Wordsworth] Aiyyo ya like that - You know I like that
[All] Wats up - Wats up, [x2]
We all have our preferences for where and how we like to have sex. I like waterbeds and hottubs. I also like having sex everywhere, so location doesn't matter. We all like to have sex served to us like a platter, and some of us enjoy slow tracks and candle wax. We're all on the same page when it comes to liking these things.
Now those are the first couple of verses the one with the show
Aiiyo Ace tell these women what you want them to know
These were just a few lines about what we like sexually. Ace, why don't you tell the ladies more about what you want them to know.
Yo, I can fuck from the morest today, to the gladest night
Have a threesome, with me, my girl and a baddest dike
And not know Ellen DeGenerus, manish type
Im talking about a Jennifer Lopez spanish type
Dont be afraid of the sex capade
Black cats that get fuck, white cats that get laid
You better eat your wheaties, and just rest up
Just incase somebody call you and say "lets fuck"
I can have sex all day and night. I'm willing to have a threesome with my girlfriend and another woman who is incredibly attractive. I'm not interested in women who are more masculine like Ellen DeGeneres but more feminine like Jennifer Lopez. Don't worry about what I might want to try sexually. It doesn't matter if you're black or white. Just make sure you eat well and get plenty of rest in case someone invites you to hook up.
I take them (?) your dressed up, sober or X'ed up
Leave chicks fatigue, they gotta rest up
Its messed up, I fuck till I'm burnt out
Forget the hair salon, I'm a sweat your perm out
Im the type to book a hotel room with 5 dikes
And get pussy like everydays my prom night
Punch always rose wit a proper squad
And my hoes stop traffic like crossing guards
I'm not picky when it comes to what you're wearing or if you're under the influence. Women often need to rest up after our sessions. I'm able to have sex for long period of time. I'm able to make women's hair curly because of how much they sweat. I'm the type of person who will book a hotel room for me and five other women to hook up. Punch always has a good group of people around him. The women I hook up with are like traffic stops because everyone is staring.
You a stranger so execpt sex for filtility
But I'll fuck you and help you collect this ability
18 and over bend your knees to your shoulders
And hurt your bladder, and make it hard for you to pee when your older
On your knees folded, dont need trojans
Deep throat till my scrodum not showin and your teeths broken
It dont matter silcon or real breast
You aint good with filasheo
Watch HBO's real sex
Although we don't know each other well, you should expect sex from our interactions. I'm able to help you have children, and I'm not afraid to talk about it. If you're over 18, I'm able to perform positions that might leave a lasting impact, like hurting your bladder or making it hard to pee later on. You don't need to worry about condoms because I can ejaculate without them. I like women with both real and fake breasts, but you're not good with makeup. You should watch HBO's Real Sex to get some tips.
Contributed by Zoe D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Big el aka fat daddy Channel
This song is fire
Z L
Shout out to Punchline and Words worth. 2 other underrated emcees.
Thomas Martinez
I like to swing my bat like Frank Thomas
CaliRider
Kids these days don't know shit about this real shit..
CYstabbo06
16 and listening
Aufsmaul92
Men which do sex without Love are No men. And Sex without Love is No sex