  Busta Rhymes was born, Trevor
Smith, on May 20, 1972 in New York. Busta
began performing with the Leaders Of
The New School before hitting it big
solo. Although he never sold the millions of
LPs his rapping counterparts sold, Busta
remains one of the most original hip hop
artists with his rapid-fire rapping style and
innovative videos.
 Busta released
his debut LP The
Coming.
Busta hit the Top 40 with "Woo-Hah! Got You All In
Check."
Busta topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Singles chart for 7 weeks and the Hot
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 5
weeks with "Woo-Hah! Got You All In
Check."
Busta topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for a week with The
Coming.
The
Coming was certified gold.
The single "Woo-Hah! Got You All In
Check"
was certified platinum.
"Woo-Hah! Got You All In
Check"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video.
Busta was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Woo-Hah! Got You All In
Check").
 Busta released When
Disaster Strikes.
Busta topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for a week with When
Disaster Strikes.
When
Disaster Strikes was certified
platinum.
 # 92
Singles Artist of the Year
 Busta topped the Billboard Hot
Rap Singles chart for a week and the Hot
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2
weeks with "Dangerous."
Busta hit the Top 40 with "Dangerous."
The single "Dangerous" was certified
gold.
Busta was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Put Your Hands
Where My Eyes Could See").
 Busta hit the Top 40 helping out
Puff
Daddy & The Family with "Victory" which also
featured The
Notorious B.I.G.
The single "Turn It
Up" was certified gold.
The video for "Put Your
Hands Where My Eyes Could See" was
nominated for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Male Video, Best Rap Video, Best Choreography, and Breakthrough Video.
 Busta released E.L.E.:
Extinction Level Event (The Final World
Front).
E.L.E.:
Extinction Level Event (The Final World
Front) and The
Coming were certified platinum.
Busta was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Dangerous").
 Busta could be heard on the
soundtrack for the Mod
Squad with "Party Is Goin' On
Over Here."
Busta hit the Top 40 teaming up
with Janet
Jackson on "What's
It Gonna Be?!"
Busta topped the Billboard Rap
Singles chart for 5 weeks and the
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for 3
weeks with "What's
It Gonna Be?!"
 Busta topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for a week with "What's
It Gonna Be?!"
The single "What's
It Gonna Be?!" was certified gold.
Busta won Music Video of the
Year with Janet
Jackson ("What's
It Gonna Be?!") at the Source Hip-Hip
Music Awards.
"What's
It Gonna Be?!" earned several MTV Video Music
Awards nominations
for Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, and Best Art Direction. The video "Gimme
Some More" was nominated for Breakthrough Video.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can
See" at # 20.
Busta was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Busta was
nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("What's
It Gonna Be?!" with Janet
Jackson), Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gimme Some
More"), and Best Rap Album (E.L.E.:
Extinction Level Event (The Final World
Front)).
Busta won a Soul Train Music
Award for R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video for
"What's
It Gonna Be?!" with Janet
Jackson.
 Busta released Anarchy.
Busta topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for a week with Anarchy.
Anarchy was certified
platinum.
Busta could be seen in the films
Finding
Forrester and Shaft.
Busta was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Fire").
Busta could be heard on the
soundtrack to Dr.
Doolittle 2 with "What It Is, Pt.
2."
The
Best Of Busta Rhymes was released.
 Busta released Genesis.
Busta could be
heard on the soundtrack for The
Wash with the track
"Holla."
 # 106
Singles Artist of the Year
Genesis was certified gold.
Busta hit the
Top 40 with "Break Ya Neck."
 Genesis was certified
platinum.
Busta hit the Top 40 helping out
P.
Diddy with "Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2."
Busta was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video ("Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2").
 November 26: Busta released It
Ain't Safe No More.
Busta could be seen in the films
Halloween:
Resurrection and Narc.
 # 53
Singles Artist of the Year
Busta was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group ("Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2").
Busta's SUV was
sprayed with bullets while it was parked in
New York. Busta had left the vehicle just a
few minutes before it was hit.
 Busta teamed up with Mariah
Carey and The Flipmode Squad
and hit the Top 40 with "I Know What You Want."
VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Busta at # 28.
Busta hit the Top 10 with "I Know What You Want."
Busta's video for "I Know What You Want" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Busta received 6 months
probation for assaulting a woman at a concert
in December, 2002.
# 417 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 66
Singles Artist of the Year
Busta could be heard on The Game's LP The
Documentary with "Like Father, Like
Son."
 Busta hit the Top 40 helping the
Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
Busta topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Sales chart helping the Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
Busta hit the Top 10 helping the Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
Busta topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart, Hot Dance Single Sales chart,
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales
chart, and Dance Radio Airplay chart helping
the Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
Busta hit #1 for 2 weeks helping
the Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
 Busta topped the UK Singles
chart helping the Pussycat Dolls with "Don't Cha."
One of Busta's body guards was
shot and killed during a video shoot.
 Busta released The
Big Bang.
Busta topped the Billboard 200
LP chart, Top Rap Albums chart, and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with The
Big Bang. The LP sold over 209,000
copies in its first week of release in the
US.
Busta was arrested in New York
on assault charges.
The video for "Touch
It" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Male Video and Best Rap Video.
Busta was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance ("Touch
It").
Busta was arrested in New York
on a drunk driving charge.
Busta could be heard on T.I.'s LP T.I.
Vs. Tip with "Hurt."
 Busta could be heard on the Lil Wayne LP Tha
Carter III on the track "La
La."
Busta could be heard on the Nas LP Nas with
"Fried Chicken."
 Busta released Back
On My B.S.
Busta could be heard on the Queen Latifah LP Persona on the track
"Hard To Love Ya."
Busta could be heard on the Fat Joe LP Dark
Side on the track "At Last
Supremacy."
Busta could be heard on the
soundtrack for Step
Up 3D on the track "Tear Da Roof
Off."
 Busta hit the Top 40 helping out
Chris Brown and Lil Wayne with
"Look At Me Now."
Busta topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rap Songs
chart helping out Chris Brown and Lil Wayne with
"Look At Me Now."
The video for "Look At Me Now" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Hip-Hop Video and Best
Collaboration.
Busta could be heard on the Mary J. Blige LP My
Life II: The Journey Continues, Act 1 on the track
"Next Level."
Busta was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song
("Look At Me Now").
|
The Coming
Released: March, 1996
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "A Black
Child Was Born / The 8th Wonder" -
"Do My Thing" -
"Everything Remains Raw" -
"Abandon Ship" - "Woo-Hah! Got You
All In Check" - "It's A
Party" (with Zhane) - "Hot
Fudge" - "Ill Vibe" (with
Q-Tip) - "Flipmode Squad Meets Def
Squad" - "Still Shining" -
"Keep It Movin'" (with Charlie
Brown) - "Finish Line" -
"End Of The World (Outro)" |
|
When Disaster Strikes
Released: September, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Whole World Lookin' At Me" -
"Survival Hungry" - "When
Disaster Strikes" - "So
Hardcore" - "Get High
Tonight" - "Turn It Up" -
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could
See" - "There's Not A Problem
My Squad Can't Fix" (with Jamal) -
"We Could Take It Outside" -
"Rhymes Galore" - "Things
We Be Doin' For Money, Pt. 1" -
"Things We be Doin' For Money, Pt.
2" - "The One" (with
Erykah Badu) - "Dangerous" -
"Body Rock" (with Puff Daddy) -
"Get Off My Block" -
"Preparation For The Final World
Front (Outro)" |
|
E.L.E.: Extinction Level
Event (The Final World Front)
Released: December, 1998
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "There's
Only One Year Left!!! (Intro)" -
"Everybody Rise" - "Where
We Are About To Take It" -
"Extinction Level Event (The Song Of
Salvation)" - "Tear Da Roof
Off" - "Against All Odds"
- "Just Give It To Me Raw" -
"Do It To Death" -
"Keepin' It Tight" -
"Gimme Some More" - "Is
They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin Rowdy Wit
Us?" (with Mystikal) - "Party
Is Goin' On Over Here" - "Do
The Bus A Bus" - "Take It
Off" - "What's It Gonna Be?!"
(with Janet Jackson) - "Hot
S***" Makin' Ya Bounce" -
"What The F*** You Want!" -
"This Means War!!" (with Ozzy
Osbourne) - "Burial Song
(Outro)" |
|
Anarchy
Released: June, 2000
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "The Current
State Of Anarchy (Intro)" -
"Salute Da Gods!!" -
"Enjoy Da Ride" - "We Put
It Down For Y'all" -
"Bladow" - "Street
S***" - "Live It Up" -
"Fire" - "All Night"
- "Show Me What You Got" -
"The Heist" (with Raekwon,
Ghostface Killa, Roc Marciano) - "A
Trip Out Of Town" - "How Much
We Grew" - "Here We Go
Again" (with Flipmode Squad) -
"We Comin' Though" -
"C'mon All My N*****" -
"B******" - "Make
Noise" (with Lenny Kravitz) -
"Ready For War" (with M.O.P.) -
"Why We Die" (with DMX and
Jay-Z) - "Anarchy" -
"Outro" |
 |
The Best Of Busta Rhymes
Released: October, 2001
Tracks: "Case Of The
P.T.A." - "Sobb Story" -
"Woo-Hah! Got You
All In Check" - "Everything
Remains Raw" - "Do My
Thing" - "It's A Party"
(with Zhane) - "Put Your Hands Where
My Eyes Could See" - "The
One" (with Erykah Badu) - "Turn
It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up" -
"Dangerous" - "Rhymes
Galore" - "Do The Bus A
Bus" - "What's It Gonna Be?!"
(with Janet Jackson) - "Gimme Some
More" - "Party Is Goin' On Over
Here" - "Tear Da Roof Off"
- "Get Out" -
"Bladow" |
|
Genesis
Released: November, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Everybody Rise Again" -
"As I Come Back" - "Shut
'Em Down 2002" - "Genesis"
- "Betta Stay Up In Your House"
- "We Got What You Want" -
"Truck Volume" - "Pass The
Courvoisier" - "Break Ya Neck" -
"Bounce (Let Me See Ya Throw
It)" - "Holla" -
"Wife In Law" - "Ass On
Your Shoulders" - "Make It
Hurt" - "What It Is" -
"There's Only One" (with Mary
J. Blige) - "You Ain't F**** Wit
Me" - "Match The Name With The
Voice" - "Bad Dreams" |
|
It Ain't Safe No More
Released: November 26, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 43
Tracks: "Intro"
- "It Ain't Safe No More..."
(with Meka) - "What Do You Do When
You're Branded" - "Call The
Ambulance" - "We Goin' To Do It
To Ya" - "What Up" -
"Turn Me Up Some" - "Make
It Clap" (with Spliff Star) -
"Take It Off Part 2" (with
Meka) - "Taste It" - "Hey
Ladies" - "I Know What You
Want" (with Mariah Carey
& The Flipmode Squad) -
"Riot" - "Hop" -
"Together" (with Rah Digga) -
"Struttin' Like A G.O.D." -
"The Struggle Will Be Lost"
(with Carl Thomas) - "Till It's
Gone" - "Make It Clap"
(Remix) (with Sean Paul) |
|
The Big Bang
Released: June, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Get You
Some" - "Touch It" -
"HowWe Do It Over Here" -
"New York S***" - "Been
Through The Storm" - "In The
Ghetto" - "Cocaina" -
"You Can't Hold The Torch" -
"GoldmIne" - "I Love Me
B***" - "Don't Get Carried
Away" - "They're Out To Get
Me" - "Get Down" -
"I'll Do It All" - "Legend
Of The Fall Offs" |
 |
Back On My B.S.
Released: May, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Back On My
B.S." (Intro) - "Wheel Of
Fortune" - "Give Em What They
Askin For" - "Respect My
Conglomerate" - "Shoot For The
Moon" - "Huster's Anthem
09" - "Kill Dem" -
"Arab Money" - "I'm A Go
And Get Me.." - "We Want
In" - "We Miss You" -
"Sugar" - "Don't Believe
Em" - "Decision" -
"World Go Round" - "If You
Don't Know Now You Know" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Extinction Level Event
2: The Wrath Of God
Released: October 30, 2020
Tracks: "E.L.E. 2
Intro" (with Chris Rock, Rakim &
Pete Rock) - "The Purge" -
"Strap Yourself Down" -
"Czar" (with M.O.P.) -
"Outta My Mind" (featuring Bell
Biv Devoe) - "E.L.E. 2 The Wrath Of
God" (featuring Minister Louis
Farrakham) - "Slow Flow" -
"Don't Go" (with Q-Tip) -
"Booomp!" - "True
Indeed" - "Master Fard
Muhannad" (with Rick Ross) -
"YUUUU" (with Anderson.Paak) -
"Oh No" - "The Don &
The Boss" (featuring Vybz Kartel) -
"Best I Can" (with Rhapsody) -
"Where I Belong" (featuring
Mariah Carey) - "Deep Thought"
- "The Young God Speaks" -
"Look Over Your Shoulder"
(featuring Kendrick Lamar) - "You
Will Never Find Another Me"
(featuring Mary J. Blige) -
"Freedom?" (featuring Nikki
Grier) - "Satanic" |
 |
Blockbusta
Released: November 24, 2023
Tracks: "The
Statement" - "Remind 'Em"
(featuring Quavo) - "Beach
Ball" (featuring BIA) -
"OK" (with Cool & Dre &
Young Thug) - "Could It Be You"
(featuring Blxst & Yung Bleau) -
"Luxury Life" (featuring Coi
Leray) - "Big Everything"
(featuring DaBaby & T-Pain) -
"Roboshotta" (featuring Burna
Boy) - "Tings" - "The
Return Of Mansa Musa" (featuring
Swizz Beatz & Blackway) - "Stand
Up" (featuring JNR CHOI) -
"Open Wide" (featuring Chris
Brown & Shenseea) - "Hold
Up" - "The Hive"
(featuring Giggs) - "Homage"
(featuring Kodak Black) -
"Legend" (featuring Morray) -
"Slide" - "Legacy"
(featuring Cie, Trillian & Rai) -
"If You Don't Know Now You Know Pt.
2" (featuring Big Tigger) |
| 1 |
"Don't Cha"
[Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes]
from the Pussycat Dolls LP PCD
ARC chart
run: 37 - 32 - 27 - 22 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 16 - 19 - 20 - 31 - 33 - 36 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 6
RIAA Certification: Platinum
Billboard #
1: Pop 100, Dance Club Songs,
Dance Airplay, Hot Singles Sales, R&B
Singles Sales, Dance Singles Sales |
1(2) |
27 |
2005 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 2 |
I Know What
You Want
[Busta Rhymes & Mariah
Carey featuring The Flipmode Squad]
from the LP It Ain't Safe No More
ARC chart
run: 37 - 32 - 30 - 27 - 21 - 17 - 14 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 28 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 28
RIAA Certification: Platinum |
2 |
19 |
2003 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 3 |
Look At Me
Now
[Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne &
Busta Rhymes]
from the Chris Brown LP F.A.M.E.
ARC chart
run: 38 - 38 - 36 - 35 - 35 - 37 - 31 - 26 - 24 - 23 - 23 - 23 - 28 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 76
RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Song, Best Rap
Performance
MTV VMA
Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video, Best
Collaboration |
23 |
13 |
2011 |
|
| 4 |
Woo-Hah!
Got You All In Check
The Coming |
19 |
7 |
1996 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 5 |
What's It Gonna Be?!
[Busta Rhymes with
Janet Jackson]
from the LP E.L.E.: Extinction Level
Event
ARC chart
run: 39 - 35 - 31 - 25 - 23 - 40 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 147
RIAA Certification: Gold
Billboard #
1: Rap Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks, R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles Sales
Grammy
Nominee: Rap Performance by
a Duo or Group
MTV VMA
Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Direction, Best Special
Effects, Best Art Direction |
23 |
6 |
1999 |
Amazon.mp3 |
| 6 |
Dangerous
When Disaster Strikes |
27 |
4 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 7 |
Victory
[Puff Daddy & The Family
featuring The Notorious B.I.G. &
Busta Rhymes]
from No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 34 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 163
RIAA Certification: Gold |
30 |
3 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 8 |
Break Ya
Neck
Genesis |
32 |
3 |
2002 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 9 |
Pass The
Courvoisier Pt. 2
[Busta Rhymes featuring P.
Diddy]
from Busta Rhymes' Genesis
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 35 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 181
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video |
32 |
3 |
2002 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
| |
It's A Party
[Busta Rhymes
featuring Zhane]
The Coming |
** |
** |
1996 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Put Your Hands Where
My Eyes Could See
When Disaster Strikes |
** |
** |
1997 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| |
Turn It Up
When Disaster Strikes |
** |
** |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Make It Clap
It Ain't Safe No More |
** |
** |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Fire (Yes Yes Y'all)
[Joe Budden featuring Busta
Rhymes]
Joe Budden's Joe Budden |
** |
** |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Light Your Ass On
Fire
The Neptune's Neptunes Presents:
Clones |
** |
** |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
 Victory
2004
[P. Diddy, Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent,
Lloyd Banks & Busta Rhymes]
from Bad Boy's 10th
Anniversary: The Hits |
** |
** |
2004 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Where's Your Money |
** |
** |
2005 |
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Touch It
from The Big Bang
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap Solo
Performance |
** |
** |
2006 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
I Love My B****
from The Big Bang |
** |
** |
2006 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
New York S***
from The Big Bang |
** |
** |
2006 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
In The Ghetto
from The Big Bang |
** |
** |
2006 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| |
Hurt
[T.I. featuring Alfa Mega & Busta
Rhymes]
from the T.I. LP T.I. Vs. Tip |
** |
** |
2008 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| |
We Made It
[Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park]
from the LP B.O.M.B. |
** |
** |
2008 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Don't Touch Me
(Throw Da Water On 'Em)
from the LP Back On My B.S. |
** |
** |
2008 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Arab Money
from the LP Back On My B.S. |
** |
** |
2008 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Respect My
Conglomerate
[Busta Rhymes featuring Young Jeezy &
Jadakiss]
from the LP Back On My B.S. |
** |
** |
2009 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Hustler's Anthm '09
[Busta Rhymes featuring T-Pain]
from the LP Back On My B.S. |
** |
** |
2009 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| Note: Song title and
position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
|
|
