Busta Rhymes
Album: E.L.E.: The Final World Front
Realase date: Dec 15, 1998
Label: Elektra

Review:

He’s one of the most distinctive MCs around—he’s taller, has funkier dreads, has great taste in samples (the Knight Rider theme), has a sense of history ("Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" comes right from the Sugarhill Gang), and ooh, that growl. Ever since his days in Leaders of the New School—let’s trace it back to his contribution to A Tribe Called Quest’s classic posse cut "Scenario"—Busta’s brought something special to the party. It’s all there on Extinction Level Event: there’s the Armageddon concept, the guest stars (Janet Jackson, Mystikal, Ozzy Osbourne), and a great soundscape to frame Busta’s raps. Still, it feels like something’s missing: there’s no huge standout hit; the production, in the hands of someone like Timbaland, could be even better; and Busta’s raps often feel like he’s relying more on that voice rather than writing anything new. But it’s hard to fault someone who, even with all his success, includes a skit where the B-boy gets reprimanded with the line, "Look, you played-out player, I don’t need you—I got a vibrator."

Track Listings:
1. There’s Only One Year Left!!! (Intro)
2. Everybody Rise
3. Where We Are About to Take It
4. Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)
5. Tear da Roof Off
6. Against All Odds - Flipmode Squad
7. Just Give It to Me Raw
8. Do It to Death
9. 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 Sh** Makin’ Ya Bounce
17. What the F*** You Want!!
18. This Means War!! - Ozzy Osbourne
19. Burial Song (Outro)

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