小简介
出身自美国东岸Leaders Of The New School的Busta Rhymes,出道至今已成为Hip-Hop界最受敬重的人物,不管是个人或是由他领军的Flipmode Squad,专辑在销售与排行都有不错的佳绩。两年都未有佳作的他,终于推出了最新专辑《Anarchy(无政府状态)》。
自加盟Elektra Records发行首张个人专辑《The Coming》后,Busta Rhymes的音乐事业就扶摇直上。收录了与R&B女歌手Erykah Badu的合唱曲"One"、"Turn It Up/Fire It Up"的专辑《When Disaster Strikes…》,除获得美国Top 5及英国亚军的佳绩外,"Dangerous"一曲更让Busta Rhymes入围41届葛莱奖最佳Rap演唱奖。1998年推出的《E.L.E-The Final World Front》是一张带有启示录色彩的杰作,当时邀请到重金属摇滚偶像Ozzy Osbourne重唱经典"Iron Man",并将其命名"This Means War",另一首"What’s It Gonna Be"则与Janet Jackson合作。
Busta Rhymes虽是一名歌手,而其他方面的才华也令人不敢小视。曾为Mary J. Blige、Puff Daddy、Boyz II Men、Redman等艺人的专辑担当过制作人,更将触角延伸至大银幕,与Samuel J. Jackson合演的电影《Shaft(黑豹战警)》摘得2000年夏天全美票房Top 3的宝座。
新专辑《Anarchy(无政府状态)》可谓是Busta Rhymesa虚构的“社会衰退”四部曲的最后一部,若《The Coming》是个开始,《When Disaster Strikes…》则是警告,《E.L.E》呈现出全军覆没的景象,《Anarchy》便是阐述混乱、失序的社会。
专辑由Hip-Hop界知名制作人Teamstas、DJ Scratch、Jay D、Swizz Beatz及Busta Rhymes自己共同担纲制作。"Salute Da Good"、"Enjoy Da Ride"、"Live It Up"、"We Coming Through"、"Fire"都是各具特色的佳作,"Get Out"中加入的同声合唱更是首讨好之作。由Lenny Kravitz吉他弹奏的"Make Noise"、DMX与Jay-Z助阵的"Why We Die"、Raekwon与Ghostface Killa合作的"The Heist"更是不容错过的作
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."
Born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, in 1972 of Jamaican heritage (a definite influence on his rapping style), Busta 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 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 Future Without a Past... but released only one more album, 1993's T.I.M.E., before breaking up the following year.
Out on his own for the first time, Busta 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 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's first album, The 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 followed a year later, and in mid-2000, Busta 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's bodyguard was shot to death.