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Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See 09. It's All Good 10. There's Not A Problem My Squad Can't Fix (Feat.

We Could Take It Outside (Feat. The Flipmode Squad) 12.

Rhymes Galore 13. Things We Be Doin' For Money (Pt. Things We Be Doin' For Money (Pt.

Rampage, Anthony Hamilton & The Chosen Generation) 15. Erykah Badu) 16. Dangerous 17. The Body Rock (Feat. Rampage, Sean 'Puffy' Combs & Mase) 18. Get Off My Block (Feat. Lord Have Mercy) 19.

Outro (Preparation For The Final World Front). There's Only One Year Left!!! Everybody Rise 03. Where We Are About To Take It 04. Extinction Level Event (The Song Of Salvation) 05. Tear Da Roof Off 06.

Against All Odds (Feat. The Flipmode Squad) 07. Just Give It To Me Raw 08.

Do It To Death 09. Keepin' It Tight 10. Gimme Some More 11. Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin Rowdy Wit Us? Mystikal) 12. Party Is Goin' On Over Here 13.

Do The Bus A Bus 14. Take It Off 15. What's It Gonna Be?! Janet Jackson) 16.

Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce 17. What The Fuck You Want!! This Means War!! Ozzy Osbourne) 19. The Burial Song (Outro). Intro: The Current State Of Anarchy 02. Salute Da Gods!!

Enjoy Da Ride 04. We Put It Down For Y'All 05. Street Shit 07. Live It Up 08. All Night 10. Show Me What You Got 11. The Heist (Feat.

Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Roc Marciano) 13. A Trip Out Of Town 14. How Much We Grew 15. Here We Go Again (FEat. The Flipmode Squad) 16. We Comin' Through 17. C'mon All My Niggaz, C'mon All My Bitches 18.

Make Noise (Feat. Lenny Kravitz) 19. Ready For War (Feat. Why We Die (Feat.

DMX & Jay-Z) 21. Clive Davis & Rudy Ray Moore) 02. Everybody Rise Again 03. As I Come Back 04. Shut 'Em Down 2002 05. Betta Stay Up In Your House (Feat. Rah Digga) 07.

We Got What You Want 08. Truck Volume 09.

Pass The Courvoisier (Feat. Puff Daddy) 10.

Break Ya Neck 11. Bounce (Let Me See Ya Throw It) 12.

Wife In Law (Feat. Ass On Your Shoulders (Feat. Make It Hurt 16.

What It Is (Feat. There's Only One (Feat. You Ain't Fuckin' Wit Me 19. Match The Name With The Voice (Feat.

The Flipmode Squad) 20. It Ain't Safe No More. What Do You Do When You're Branded 04. Call The Ambulance (Feat.

We Goin' To Do It To Ya 06. Turn Me Up Some 08. Make It Clap (Feat.

Spliff Star) 09. Take It Off (Pt. Hey Ladies 12.

I Know What You Want (Feat. Mariah Carey & The Flipmode Squad) 13. Together (Feat.

Rah Digga) 16. Struttin' Like A G.O.D.

The Struggle Will Be Lost (Feat. Carl Thomas) 18.

Till It's Gone 19. Make It Clap (Feat.

Sean Paul & Spliff Star) (Remix) 20. Holla (Bonus Track). Get You Some (Feat. Marsha Ambrosius & Q-Tip) 02. How We Do It Over Here (Feat. Missy Elliott) 04.

New York Shit (Feat. Swizz Beatz) 05. Been Through The Storm (Feat. Stevie Wonder) 06. In The Ghetto (Feat. Rick James) 07. Cocaina (Feat.

Marsha Ambrosius) 08. You Can't Hold The Torch (Feat. Q-Tip & Chauncey Black) 09.

Goldmine (Feat. I Love My Chick (Feat. Will.I.Am & Kelis) 11. Don't Get Carried Away (Feat. They're Out To Get Me (Feat. I'll Do It All (Feat.

LaToiya Williams) 15. Legend Of The Fall Offs (Feat. Cami Gutierrez). Wheel Of Fortune 03.

Give Em What They Askin' For 04. Respect My Conglomerate (Feat. Lil Wayne & Jadakiss) 05. Shoot For The Moon 06.

Hustler's Anthem '09 (Feat. Kill Dem (Feat. Pharrell Williams & Tosh) 08. Arab Money (Feat. Ron Browz) 09. I'm A Go And Get My.

Mike Epps) 10. We Want In (Feat. Ron Browz, Spliff Star & Show Money) 11. We Miss You (Feat. DeMarco & JellyRoll) 12.

JellyRoll) 13. Don't Believe Em (Feat. Akon & T.I.) 14. Decision (Feaet. Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend & Common) 15.

World Go Round (Feat. If You Don't Know Now You Know (Feat. Big Tigger) (Bonus Track) 17. How You Really Want It (Feat. Jesse West) (Bonus Track). Got You All In Check (Feat.

Ol' Dirty Bastard) (The Worldwide Remix) 02. Got You All In Check (Feat. Rampage) (The Jay-Dee Bounce Remix) 03. Got You All In Check (Feat. Rampage) (The DJ Scratch Albany Projects Remix) 04. Got You All In Check (Feat.

Rampage) (The Jay-Dee Other Shit Remix) 05. Got You All In Check (Fila Mix 3) 06. Got You All In Check (Origin Unknown Remix) 07. Got You All In Check (Fila Mix 4) 08. Got You All In Check (A Cappella) 09.

Got You All In Check (Instrumental) 10. It's A Party (Feat.

Zhane & SWV) (All Star Remix) (Clean Version) 11. It's A Party (Feat. Zhane) (The Ummah Remix) (Clean Version) 12. It's A Party (Feat.

Zhane) (A Cappella) (Explicit Version) 13. Do My Thing (DJ Scratch Remix) (Clean Version) 14.

Abandon Ship (Feat. Rampage) (DJ Scratch Remix) (Clean Version). Leaders Of The New School - Case Of The P.T.A. Leaders Of The New School - Sobb Story 03. Got You All In Check (Feat. Everything Remains Raw 05.

Do My Thing 06. It's A Party (Feat. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See 08. Erykah Badu) 09.

Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up 10. Dangerous 11. Rhymes Galore 12.

Do The Bus A Bus 13. What's It Gonna Be?! Janet Jackson) 14. Gimme Some More 15. Party Is Goin' On Over Here 16. Tear Da Roof Off 17. Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up 02.

Got You All In Check (Feat. Gimme Some More 04.

What's It Gonna Be? Janet Jackson) 05. Dangerous 06. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See 07. It's A Party (Feat. Erykah Badu) 09.

Do My Thing 10. Do The Bus A Bus 11. Party Is Goin' On Over Here 12.

Leaders Of The New School - Sobb Story 14. Tear Da Roof Off 15. Everything Remains Raw 16. Rhymes Galore 17.

Turn It Up (Soul Society Remix Extended). Surrender (Feat.

Lets Keep It Going 04. Modern Day Gangstas (Feat. The Notorious B.I.G.) 06. Price Is Right (Interlude) 07. Buss It Open (Feat.

The Neptunes) 09. 10 Gun Commandments 10.

Lost In Iraq (Interlude) 11. Truth Will Hurt 12. My Bitch (Feat. M.Dollars) 13.

Jamaica (Interlude) 14. Makin It Hot (Feat. The Game & Rah Digga) 15. Die Too Soon (Feat. DJ Quik & The Game) 16. Kill Yo Self (Interlude) 17. Rob Ya People (Feat.

Chauncy Black) 18. Stars Is Out (Feat. DJ Whoo Kid, M.Dollars & Rah Digga) 19. Gangstar's Anthem (Feat. Spliff Star) 20.

Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Catastrophe (Feat. DJ Khaled) 02. Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - All Gold Everything (Feat. Trinidad James) 03. Busta Rhymes - Poetic Justice (Feat. Q-Tip & Janet Jackson) 04.

Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - What You Know About It 05. Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Diamond In The Ruff 06.

Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Prelude To The Truth 07. Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Freak Show (Feat.

DJ Sam Sneaker) 08. Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - My Type Of Party (Feat. Dom Kennedy) 09.

Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Adorn (Feat. Busta Rhymes & Reek Da Villian - No Worries (Feat. Lil Wayne & Detal) 11. Busta Rhymes & J-Doe - Elevator Music 12. J-Doe - What You Wanna Do 13. Busta Rhymes & J-Doe - Fuckin' Problems (Feat.

2 Chainz) 14. Busta Rhymes - Hail Mary (Feat.

Trey Songz, Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne) 15. Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Backseat (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) (Freestyle) 16. Busta Rhymes, Reek Da Villian & J-Doe - Cash Money Young Mula (Feat.

Big Sean) 17. Shaheem Reid - Interview. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Intro 02. Busta Rhymes - God Lives Through (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest) 03.

Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Gettin' Up (DJ Scratch Remix) 04. Busta Rhymes - Steppin' It Up (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Redman) 05. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Thank You (Feat. Lil Wayne & Kanye West) (Kid Capri Remix) 06.

Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Always Add On (Interlude) 07. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - The Abstract & The Dragon 08. Busta Rhymes - Wild Hot (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest) 09. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Speaks (Skit) 10.

Busta Rhymes - One Two Shit (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest) 11. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - We Taking Off 12. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Renaissance Rap (Feat.

Raekwon & Lil Wayne) (Remix) 13. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Get Down 14. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Butch & Sundance 15.

Shaheem Reid - Speaks (Skit) 16. Busta Rhymes - Pardon My Ways (ELE 2 Exclusive) 17. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming (Skit) 18. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - For The Nasty 19. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Come On Down (Skit) 20. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Come On Down (Feat.

Big Daddy Kane) 21. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - J.

Dilla (Skit) 22. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - You Can't Hold The Torch 23. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Lightworks (Feat.

Talib Kweli) 24. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Chris Lighty (Skit) 25. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing (Feat.

Missy Elliott) 26. Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip - Ill Vibe 27. Leaders Of The New School - Scenario (Feat. A Tribe Called Quest) 28. Leaders Of The New School - Scenario (Feat.

A Tribe Called Quest & Hood) (Remix). The Conglomerate - Intro 02.

The Conglomerate - Hot Nigga (Interlude) 03. Busta Rhymes - Fight Night (Feat. Genasis, J-Doe & Migos) (Remix) 04. Genasis - Loyal (Feat. Chris Brown, Troy Ave & Sage The Gemini) (Remix) 05. Busta Rhymes - No Flex Zone (Feat. Rae Sremmurd, J-Doe & O.T.

Genasis) (Remix) 06. Busta Rhymes - They Don't Really Know (Feat. The Conglomerate - Good Kisser (Skit) 08. Busta Rhymes - Good Kisser (Feat.

Usher) (Remix) 09. The Conglomerate - Lance Stephenson (Speaks) 10. Genasis - Get The F Out My Face (Feat. Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug & J-Doe) (Remix) 11.

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J-Doe - Studio (Feat. ScHoolboy Q) (Remix) 12. Busta Rhymes - Touchdown (Feat. Genasis, French Montana & Juicy J) (Remix) 13. Busta Rhymes - Oh God (Feat. Genasis & Raekwon) 14. Busta Rhymes - Move That Dope (Feat.

Future & O.T. Genasis) (Remix) 15.

Busta Rhymes - 15 Cut Her Off (Feat. Genasis & Chinx) (Remix) 16.

Busta Rhymes - Partition (Feat. Beyonce & Azealia Banks) (Remix) 17. Busta Rhymes - So Mi Like It (Feat. Spice) (Remix) 18. The Conglomerate - Shaheem Reid (Speaks) 19. Busta Rhymes - We Dem Boyz (Feat. Wiz Khalifa, O.T.

Genasis & J-Doe) (Remix). The Abstract & The Dragon Speak (Intro) 02. Hits For Days (Feat.

J Holiday) 03. Choose A Side (Feat. J-Doe & Aaron Cooks) 04. Respect My Conglomerate 2 (Feat.

Fabolous, Jadakiss & Styles P) 05. God's Plan (Feat. Chance The Rapper) 07. Your Loss (Feat.

The Abstract & The Dragon Speak Again (Skit) 09. Tonight (Feat. Sean Paul) 10.

Shawty Go (Feat. Wiz Khalifa) 11. UFC (Tap-Out) (Feat.

Waka Flocka & Gucci Mane) 12. Real Niggas (Feat. Rick Ross) 13.

Watch How You Move (Feat. Raekwon The Chef & Yummy Bingham) 14.

In The Streets (Feat. MF Doom & BJ The Chicago Kid) 15. Proper Leader's (Skit) 16. We Home (Feat. Leaders Of The New School) 17. The Final Time The Abstract & The Dragon Speak (Outro).

I Love My Scratches (Feat. DJ Smoke) 02.

Rhymes Galore 03. Make It Clap (Feat.

Sean Paul) 04. Got You All In Check 06. Wild For The Night (Feat. Obie Trice) 08. Look Who (Feat. I'll Hurt You 10.

Ol'time Killin (Feat. Kardinal Offishal) (Remix) 11. Ante Up (Feat. & Remy Ma) (Remix) 12. Pass The Courvoisier (Feat. For The Nasty (Feat.

How We Do It Over Here (Feat. Missy Elliott) 15. Don't Get Carried Away (Feat.

Followers (Feat. Pharrell) 17. I Love My Bitches (Feat. Will.I.Am & Kelis) 18.

Light That Ass On Fire 20. What Is It (Feat. Get Low (Feat. Lil Jon & Elephant Man) (Remix) 22.

Do The Bus A Bus 23. Fire It Up 24. Ying Yang Twins) (Remix) 25. Dangerous 26. Do It Like Never Before 27. Never Leave You (Feat.

Gimme The Light (Feat. Sean Paul) (Remix) 29. Pass That Dutch (Feat.

Missy Elliott) (Remix) 30. Redman & Joe Budden) 31. What's Happenin (Feat. Method Man) 32. Everything Remains Raw 33. It's A Party (Feat.

Get By (Feat. Talib Kweli) (Remix) 35. Bad Boy For Life (Feat. Getting It (Feat. Break Ya Neck 38. I Know What You Want (Feat.

Mariah Carey).

To that end, he used Clive's money to hire A-list producers such as Dr. Dre, The Neptunes, Pete Rock, Diamond D, whose beats are mixed in with those from Battlecat, a post- The Blueprint but pre-everything else Just Blaze, and his frequent collaborator, the late Jay Dee, also known as J.

The guest roster was kept to a minimum; Busta even managed to downplay his own Flipmode Squad's contributions as a way to force the spotlight upon himself. The free press guaranteed by including Dr. Dre on your album (on three tracks) pushed to the forefront of the rap scene for a short time in 2001, and its hit singles dominated radio airwaves for a time.

Busta would like everyone to believe that the title of this project, represents his first venture on a new record label and not, in fact, the rebuilding process of the planet after the end of the world, which he had preached about at great length throughout his first four solo albums. Well, it's kind of hard to forget the Busta Rhymes who kept shouting things like “There's only five years left!” and “Holy fuck everybody's going to die when these computers rise up!”. This introductory track (which isn't technically the rap album intro, but our host announces it as such toward the end) doesn't do much to encourage his fans to rise up: Just Blaze's uncharacteristically low-key instrumental is more suited to cleaning your house than it is for inciting a riot, and none of Trevor's verses stick out.

Busta Rhymes brings in production duo The Neptunes for a song-length homage to his own performance on the classic A Tribe Called Quest posse cut “Scenario”. Unfortunately, comparisons between that track and “As I Come Back” are generated automatically as a result, and it's difficult to ignore that the Busta who roared “like a dungeon dragon” as a part of the Leaders Of The New School was much hungrier than the Trevor Smith that shit-talks his way through a blingy beat that doesn't sound as though it would have done well in the clubs or on the radio. Confession time: I liked this song back in 2001, mainly because of The Neptunes, whose early production work I'm still a fan of, and I still think the music itself is alright. But our host is coasting: he doesn't sound excited to be rapping anymore, and that lack of enthusiasm extends to the listener, who will be bored to tears with this. Whoever placed a Pete Rock production immediately after a Neptunes beat should be drawn and quartered in the town square, or at the very least tied to the pommel horse that inexplicably exists in that weird-ass town Kurt Thomas has to run through in Gymkata, but you should all be thankful that “Shut 'Em Down 2002” exists in the first place, as this is the most rejuvenated I've heard Busta Rhymes sound since the days when he was in the running for Hip Hop Cameo King. Rockefeller deserves the bulk of the credit, as his horn-heavy instrumental (almost a direct lift of his work on his remix for Public Enemy's “Shut 'Em Down”) is a keeper, evoking just the right amount of hip hop nostalgia right at the point when the listener may have given up hope.

The horrific singing from the interlude that separates “Shut 'Em Down 2002” from this title track plays the role of its chorus, but in a “we recorded these sounds while trapped in a haunted house”-kind of way, as was producer J. Dilla's intention.

The late beatsmith lends frequent collaborator Busta with a quasi-experimental, and fairly engrossing, creation, and our host, a man who should be going out of his way to collect all of the most unorthodox beats in the land, as he is one of the few artists in our chosen genre that can actually work with them, excels over it. “Genesis”, with its awful chorus but terrific everything-else, really should have been earmarked as the introductory missive from this project, but rappers tend not to care about the little things such as continuity and how a story flows. Rah Digga was (and forever will be) the most talented member of Busta's ragtag group of misfit rappers, the Flipmode Squad, so giving her some shine on was a no-brainer. But did it have to happen at this exact moment? Over a shitty Yogi concoction, Busta and Digga pass the mic back and forth, occasionally mid-word, in an effort to display their dominance over all other rappers, and it's a fucking failure. A miserable one, at that. Although I will give Trevor credit for performing a back-and-forth with a female artist on a song that isn't about sex or the the myriad differences between the sexes.

In that way, this song can be seen as quite innovative. But only in that way. This doesn't happen than often, given our host's demanding demeanor, but Trevor is buried within this annoying-as-fuck Just Blaze instrumental that sounds like he had mice running around inside the mixing board. The fact that “We Got What You Want” contains a chorus intended for people to sing along with means that Trevor clearly intended for this to be for mainstream consumption.

Why he feels the need to conform to what radio airwaves want to play is beyond me: he should record whatever the fuck he wants and force the radio to cater to his whims. But I suppose that argument could be levied at every rapper alive. The first of three Dr. Dre prescriptions filled for is this track, expertly designed to cause the speakers in your ride of choice to rattle as if there were no tomorrow. Songs built around such an effect tend to flop (unless you're an artist from Miami), so “Truck Volume” ultimately becomes a cigarette butt flicked out of the driver's side window of a car filled with life's disappointments.

So yeah, this shit was dull. However, kudos to Busta Rhymes for stepping up his lyrical game when the collaborator is a bigger star than he is.

Dre, Pete Rock.). This awful excursion into the clubs was produced by Nottz, a well-respected beatmaker who should have known better, but then again, the track does feature Puff Daddy, so maybe Nottz never stood a chance. Busta and Sean pass the mic around, Busta-and-Rah-Digga-style in, in a celebration of excess that never really takes off, leaving the participants stranded on this plane of existence when they would clearly rather be drunk on a planet where Courvoisier flows freely from the nipples of slutty aliens. Or something. Courvoisier clearly thought this song was going to be huge, even going so far as to officially endorse it; they must have missed the part during the hook where our host requests that he also be passed the Remy Martin. Maybe open up your ears and listen sometimes.

But not right now, because this shit sucked. What I believe was the first single from centers around a Timbaland-esque beat that producers Dr.

Dre and Scott Storch may have put together on a dare, but its hurried pace is perfect for Trevor, who flows over it as freely as his beloved Courvoisier, which, by the way, given his multiple charger for driving while under the influence, I feel a little bit weird hearing him celebrate that behavior. Anyway, “Break Ya Neck” is probably one of the few songs in our chosen genre where I prefer the radio edit to the album cut, as the cursing throughout sounds unnatural, as though Busta had already recorded the radio version and consciously decided to make it sound more filthy. There's a remix of this track out there featuring speed-rap champion Twista: I'm not sure how official it is, but he and Busta should probably collaborate more often. Over a Mel-Man instrumental that contains some flourishes that proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that he has done more work than the good Doctor on some alleged Dr. Dre prescriptions, Busta Rhymes contributes two verses to the cause, both of which are actually more interesting than pretty much everything heard on genesis thus far. Trevor can be nice with his when the occasion calls for it and he feels the need to impress. So it's too bad that he chose a song with an empty beat and a horrific fucking chorus to make said impression with.

The final Dr. Dre beat on the project is the best one, as Busta delivers his (entertaining) verses in a fashion much more subtle than we're all accustomed to. The hook is kind of lame, but this is a rap song, after all.

“Holla” is evidence that Trevor Smith can still sound good when he is actively trying, and he even manages to work in one of my favorite lines of his: “Call me atheist, because I don't believe in you, god” (italics mine). The interlude at the end, which sets up the following track, ruins the overall effect, though: I wish Busta would just stop with the goddamn skits that don't ultimately go anywhere. Our host boasts about the girls he's fucking on the side while his wife is at work; she refers to herself as the “wife-in-law” as a way for Busta Rhymes to desecrate the institution of marriage by proxy. What keeps this otherwise dull track from being a lame sex rap (filled with some admittedly bizarre visuals: Trevor must have picked up his side piece at a Cirque du Soleil performance) is guest star Jaheim's out-of-place R&B chorus, which warns the men in the audience that their wives and girlfriends are probably doing the exact same thing behind their backs. Which was an interesting way to tack a sobering message onto an explicit song about fucking.

Still sucked, though. I believe this might have been a single as well, which makes sense, as it plays into my constantly-proven theory that Trevor Smith sounds best over unorthodox instrumentals (such as this one, provided by the late J. So it's too bad that this shit sounds so awful. This is mostly due to the awful chorus, which commands you to perform inane acts such as banging your head or “throwing your pussy” so that you can “make it hurt”. If you are capable of actually throwing your pussy around, then you probably already hurt and should seem medical attention immediately.

Everyone else should run as far away from this ridiculous shit as possible. The other (official) Neptunes track on genesis was previously released in two separate forms: in its original incarnation (as a part of the compilation Violator The Album V2.0), and as a remix populated with Flipmode Squad members doing their best to emote over a coldly Kubrickian-like Pharrell and Chad concoction while running from the ghost of Kelis, who haunts the chorus. The beat is bouncy enough (which is strange to see after reading the previous sentence, I know), and Busta himself works it fairly well, but Kelis and her off-putting and downright terrifying chorus ruins the song: she wouldn't sound out of place on a crappy Skrillex song. That title is generic as shit, but the Michaelangelo-produced “You Ain't Fuckin' With Me” actually isn't that bad, if you're a fan of Busta's sophomore album When Disaster Strikes., as it comes across as an outtake from that particular project. Busta is invested in his rhymes and seems to have remembered that he sounds better when he's being both lyrical and funny, a trait that is sorely lacking from his recent work. It isn't a great song by any means, but it is an enjoyable oasis in the desert when you're thisclose to the end of your journey. When was released, the Flipmode Squad was in a transitionary phase: as of “Match The Name With The Voice”, they were down to five members, as Roc Marciano decided that it would make more sense to only bring himself down and not five additional people.

(Okay, that's a low blow: in reality, he had found greener pastures with his other group, The U.N., at the time. But I still don't like Marcberg. That has fuck-all to do with this review, granted: I just felt that it needed to be said.) Over a shitty beat that, cleverly, takes our host's command to “turn the volume up” at the beginning very seriously, Busta and his Squad (Rah Digga, Spliff Star, Rampage, and Baby Sham) all unload fairly quick verses that completely ignore the “game” our host was trying to set up during the intro. Yes, these guys (and girl) all work pretty well together, but they've all done much better work in the past.

There's no need for anybody to actually listen to this. Although the skit introducing the track was still ultimately useless, having Busta Rhymes present himself as a drunken asshole who can't get it up even when some girl he picked up at the club is throwing her pussy at him is kind of ballsy: how many mainstream rappers out there are willing to present themselves as losers? Even with that, though, the final track on, with its purposefully unnerving Nottz instrumental, won't captivate any audience, and then the album just ends without any real warning. Which is so unlike Trevor.

When I first picked up, I was excited at the prospect of the original “Pass The Courvosier”, as both Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams were credited as co-writers. Alas, they had nothing to do with the original song: they received writing credits because they produced Mystikal's “Shake Ya Ass”, which Puffy swiped a couple of his bars from. So when this sequel-slash-remix that was actually handled by The Neptunes came out of left field, I wasn't especially surprised: in fact, I actually felt that I had willed it into existence through the power of my initial disappointment.

I liked this track much more than the original, which tried too hard to sound edgy and accessible all at once, but in listening to it again today, I'm struck by how fucking ridiculous it all sounds, from Pharrell's falsetto chorus down to the lame-ass verses from both Busta and Puffy. It's strange what you will obsess about during your youth. FINAL THOUGHTS: At this point, I'm comfortable with the fact that Busta Rhymes will never record a consistent album-length project. Trevor Smith is a singles-based artist, which explains his popularity during the mid-1990s when he was making cameo appearances on everyone else's shit.

Is not proof to the contrary; at twenty tracks, it runs longer than the average rap fan's attention span, and none of the tracks demand repeat listenings. However, does show that Busta Rhymes is cognizant of his position in the rap game, and his decision to work alongside Pete Rock and Dr. Dre shows his allegiance to the old school, when he first made an impact, and his sessions with The Neptunes and Just Blaze are representative of his adaptation to the current (in 2001, anyway) climate and his willingness to remain relevant in our chosen genre. (I would lump Dilla's productions into the latter category, but even his unorthodox backdrops on have a timeless quality that pushes the late James Yancey (R.I.P.) into a class all his own.) has a handful of spots that aren't exactly bright but don't entirely suck, but nothing on here reaches the heights of Busta Rhymes in his prime.

It could be said that Trevor had already peaked well before dropped, but that doesn't help explain why he's still all over the radio today. Busta Rhymes has found the Fountain of Youth, and it has provided him with a longevity that his peers would kill for, and he isn't sharing. Still, maybe he should stop with these overlong epic albums, though: he isn't doing himself any favors. I would say to not to give up on PE, and that maybe constantly bugging him with requests isn't the way to go, but instead just constantly quoting famous PE lines with maybe the last word missing to get him thinking about the lines and the songs. For example: 'I got a letter from the government, the other day. I opened and read it.'

'Public enemy number one. 5-0 said freeze!' 'Here it is, BAM, and ya say.' '1989, a number, another summer. Get Down, sound of.' 'Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me. Yes he's straight out racist the sucka was simple and plain.

Muthafuck him.' 'I testified, my momma cried. Black people died when the other.' 'And remember that I rock them all.' 'I'll show you my gun, my uzi weighs a ton, because I'm.'

Taylor You have nailed down what I was thinking. Compared to his previous albums, this was jarringly different with it's electronic stylings and it's synthy favor; granted he was trying to do something related to the millennium and how digital it's become or something. I tried to get into it and there were some tracks that I liked but ultimately I couldn't get into the album and it's awkwardness ultimately turned me off from the listening experience. This is his less essential album in my opinion. Busta Rhymes signing to Cash Money makes me sad, how is it that that record label is getting all of the hype and fame?

I get that Lil Wayne is on there but it's still a mystery to me. Maybe I should question the Hanna-Barbara cartoon about this. All content is Copyright © 2007-2017.

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