Busta Rhymes "It Ain't Safe No More"

Posted on 11.26.2002

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Busta Rhymes
Album : It Ain’t Safe No More
Release Date : Nov 26, 2002
Label : J-Records

Review :

Busta Rhymes’s sixth solo album loosely follows in the tradition of his 1998 Extinction Level Event and 2000’s Anarchy, offering up lucid, timely commentary over futuristic beats. In fact, his previous new-world-order rants provide a perfect prelude to his post-9/11 analysis on the title track. While Busta offers his unpredictable array of flows across the usual balance of club tracks ("Make It Clap"), hottie songs of praise ("Hey Ladies"), and obligatory street anthems ("What Do You Do When You’re Branded"), one can’t help wonder why he’d mix in tired concepts (south Asian compositions on "Take It Off Part 2") or perform the pimped-out, playa routine on "Taste It," with its sundry (yawn) sexual references. Like its predecessor, Genesis, this album is sonically superior to most in the marketplace, thanks to contributions from the Neptunes. While big-name collaborations with Mariah Carey on "I Know What You Want" (where Busta croons) and Carl Thomas ("The Struggle Will Be Lost") don’t exactly change the price of butter, hey, at least Busta’s not pointlessly advertising chi-chi liquor companies this time around.

Track Listings :

1. Intro
2. It Ain’t Safe No More... (featuring Meka)
3. What Do You Do When You’re Branded
4. Call The Ambulance
5. We Goin’ To Do It To Ya
6. What Up
7. Turn Me Up Some
8. Make It Clap (featuring Spliff Star)
9. Take It Off Part 2 (featuring Meka)
10. Taste It
11. Hey Ladies
12. I Know What You Want (featuring Mariah Carey & The Flipmode Squad)
13. Riot
14. Hop
15. Together (featuring Rah Digga)
16. Struttin’ Like A G.O.D.
17. The Struggle Will Be Lost (featuring Carl Thomas)
18. Till It’s Gone
19. Make It Clap (Remix) (featuring Sean Paul)