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The most idiosyncratic personality in rap and possessor of its most recognizable delivery, a halting, ragga-inspired style with incredible complexity, inventiveness, and humor, Busta Rhymes formed Leaders of the New School in 1990 and released two albums with the group before breaking out with a 1996 solo hit single, "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check."
Read More...Born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, in 1972 of Jamaican heritage (a definite influence on his rapping style), Busta Rhymes moved to Long Island in 1983 and, at Uniondale High School, met up with MCs Charlie Brown, Dinco D., and Cut Monitor Milo. Inspired by fellow Long Islanders Public Enemy and Eric B. & Rakim, the foursome united as Leaders of the New School and signed a deal with Elektra Records right out of the gate, when Busta Rhymes was only 17 years old. Much respected in the hip-hop underground for their Afrocentric philosophy and tough rapping styles, Leaders of the New School debuted in 1991 with A Future Without a Past... but released only one more album, 1993's T.I.M.E. SOUNDTRACK, before breaking up the following year.
Out on his own for the first time, Busta Rhymes called on some friends, appearing on A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario," the incredible remix of Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear" (also featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and LL Cool J), as well as other projects with Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, and TLC. He also appeared in the 1995 John Singleton film Higher Learning and earned a solo contract with Elektra. Busta Rhymes's first album, Second Coming, proved a huge hit; the single "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" hit the Top Ten and pushed the album into gold-record territory. His second album, When Disaster Strikes..., debuted at number three in September 1997. Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front followed a year later, and in mid-2000, Busta Rhymes released Anarchy while appearing on the silver screen in a remake of the blaxploitation classic Shaft. 2002's It Ain't Safe No More and 2006's Aftermath-released The Big Bang followed. While shooting a video for a remix of the latter album's "Touch It," Busta Rhymes's bodyguard was shot to death. Creative differences with Interscope kept his career on hold until 2009 when Back On My B.S. became his first album for Universal/Motown. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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Break Ya Neck - (3:50) - 60,365 playsLyricsYea, check it out, see
The only thing you need to do right here is
Is nod your fuckin' head, yeah, yeah
Break ya fuckin' neck, bitches
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Gimme Some More - (2:39) - 30,188 playsLyricsYeah, as a shorty playing in the front yard of the crib
Fell down, and I bumped my head
Somebody helped me up and asked me if I bumped my head
I said "Yeah", so then they said "Oh so that mean we gon'
You gon' switch it on 'em?"
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Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - (3:11) - 23,420 playsLyricsAh, yeah, Flipmode
Here we come, bout to fuckin' explode
Flipmode, Busta bust
Nine seven, hot shit, check it out
Hit you with no delayin' so what you sayin' yo
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Touch It - (3:36) - 21,883 playsLyricsTouch it, bring it, babe, watch it
Turn it, leave it, stop, format it
Touch it, bring it, babe, watch it
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Touch it, bring it, babe, watch it
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Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check - (4:36) - 9,733 playsLyricsYah, yah, yah, yah, yah
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
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Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
When I step up in the place ,ay yo, I step correct
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