Back On My B.S.

Busta Rhymes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 2009)
• Original Release Date: December 9, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Universal Motown
• ASIN: B001H9N884
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,328 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wheel Of Fortune

2. Give Em What They Askin For

3. Respect My conglomerate feat. Lil Wayne & Jadakiss

4. Shoot For The Moon

5. Huster's Anthem 2009 feat. T-Pain

6. Kill Dem feat. Pharell & Tosh

7. Arab Money feat. Ron Browz

8. Imma Go and Get Mine feat. Mike Epps

9. We Want In feat. Ron Browz, Spliff Star & Show Money

10. We Miss You feat. Jelly Roll & DeMarco

11. Sugar feat. Jelly Roll

12. Don't Believe Them feat. Akon & T.I

13. Decision feat. Mary J Blige, J. Foxx, J. Legend & Common

14. If You Don't Know feat. Big Tigger

15. World Go Round feat. Estelle

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Since 1991 Busta Rhymes has been greeted as a transformational, bar-raising iconoclastic performer and writer. Not only was he a member of the four-man group Leaders of the New School, but also as a member of `Native Tongue Brothers' which consisted of A Tribe Called Quest, Leaders Of The New School, Black Sheep, De La Soul and Jungle Brothers. That same year Leaders Of The New School teamed up with A Tribe Called Quest to create the all-time classic single "Scenario," and released A Future Without a Past on Elektra Records. In 1996 Busta Rhymes released his debut solo album, The Coming, which featured the hit song "Woo Hah! Got You All In Check" The single marked his first of 14 RIAA gold and platinum certifications in his association with Elektra as a solo artist and founder of Flipmode Squad, and an additional five through J Records and Aftermath/Interscope. His 2006 album, The Big Bang, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. Busta Rhymes' run in the international pop, rap and urban top ten has extended over a decade, from the platinum Grammy®-nominated single "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" through the No. 1 Hip-Hop/R&B and No. 3 pop "What's it Gonna Be?!" featuring Janet Jackson and "Pass the Courvoisier" with Diddy and Pharrell, and into the digital era with the gold-certified mastertone "Touch It." In between making albums, Busta entered the acting arena starring in John Singleton's hit movie Higher Learning (1995) in which Busta made his acting debut. Busta teamed up again with John Singleton and starred along side Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Jackson and Christian Bale in the remake of the 1971 classic Shaft (2000). Also in 2000 Busta Rhymes starred with Sir Sean Connery in Finding Forrester, and in 2002 he starred with the `Queen Of Horror Movies' Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween Resurrection. As Busta Rhymes embarks on his eighth studio album Back On My B.S., his first release through Universal Motown Records, Busta will once again prove that he is a formidable centerpiece in music. As an iconic figure, Busta has demonstrated to be viable and respectable mainstay amongst both diverse group peers and elaborate fan-base. His undeniable talent coupled with upcoming partnerships, demonstrate Busta Rhymes is a living legend.

Product Description

this CD will include a bonus DVD, but only while supplies last. Second print run will not include the bonus DVD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Album title says it all, May 19, 2009

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Enlightened "Both Eyes Closed, see what u don... (Atlanta Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back On My B.S. (Audio CD)

This album is a hot steamin pile of B.S. Busta Rhymes has officially tried me (and everyone else) with this album. The Big Bang was a pretty good album and Busta Rhymes had been puttin in work on remixes to a bunch of popular songs and that really had me anticipating this album. I thought that Busta Rhymes would be back as he puts it. WRONG! There's only a few songs worth listening to on Back On My B.S. (Respect My Conglomerate, Hustlers Anthem 09 (the remix is a million times better though), Arab Money (remix once again way better), Don't Believe Them and Decisions) and the rest are trash can material. Kill Dem is unbelievably bad...Do The Ricky Bobby bad. The World Round ft. Estelle is just laughable; a full blown techno song??? WTF Busta? Terrible. Another song I just laughed at uncontrollably was Wheel of Fortune...tried us all. I'm A Go And Get My ft. Mike Epps has the worst chorus of all time and the song itself is even cornier. We Want In ft. Ron Browz is an instant failure because anything featuring Ron Browz is an instant failure.

I think this album suffered from leaks of songs that aren't on here such as Blown with TPain or I Got Bass and plenty more. Busta Rhymes has disappointed to no end with Back On My B.S and consequently may be the worst album he's ever dropped. Busta Rhymes has served hip hop faithfully for nearly 15 years...it may be time for him to bow out. I feel the same way about this album as I did LL Cool J's last album Exit 13. We Still love you Busta but you just don't have it anymore. Well atleast it's better than Jim Jones last album. 1.5 stars.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BS all right, May 20, 2009

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Kurupt "God-Body Reviewer" (chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back On My B.S. (Audio CD)

What a huge disappointment!! A well decorated emcee like busta rhymes puts out his worst album and one of the worst albums of the year!!!! Lyrically Busta Rhymes is still on point with this release. Its everything else about the songs that kill the album. The production sucks, The hooks made me wanna throw up, and the guest appearances (minus common and mary j blige) were weak as hell also. The hooks blew me because all of them had fake roger troutman-t pain synthesized sounf to them. Busta messed up because it seems as though he is trying to cater to a younger audience when the younger audience is not his fan base. This album has no replay value whatsoever!!!! avoid this one at all costs.

The only two songs i liked were:
GIVE EM WHAT THEY ASKIN FOR
DECISION

the rest of the album is straight garbage.

3.0 out of 5 stars I keep forgetting he cut his dreads, January 11, 2010

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Back On My B.S. (Audio CD)

In 2006, Busta Rhymes released The Big Bang, but popular opinion suggested the only thing interesting about that time period was what I mentioned in my review title -- but maybe that's because it was another one of those cases where the original version of the album got leaked and then the general public heard the "second" version. That might also be why Dr. Dre didn't promote the album (but he usually doesn't promote anyone not named Eminem anyway), which in turn might also be why Busta isn't on Aftermath anymore. Anyway, Bus released Back on My B.S. on...Motown? He expected to get promotion THAT way???

At any rate, as the first Busta Rhymes album to not even go gold (damn, even Anarchy went gold), this album isn't his best but it's not as bad as most of these reviewers say. Production is mainly handled by someone named Ron Brownz, and he and Bus craft listenable tracks like "Give Em What They Askin For", "Shoot for the Moon" and the interesting "We Miss You". However, when Ron gets on the mic, he kind of sounds like a poor man's T-Pain (see "Arab Money" and "We Want In" -- by the way, who is Flipmode Movement?). The real T-Pain actually shows up though, on "Hustler's Anthem `09", which is tolerable.

When Busta is joined by guest stars, the results are hit-or-miss. He sounds fine on "Don't Believe Em" (with T.I. and Akon) and "Respect My Conglomerate" (with Jadakiss and Lil Wayne), but then he starts to trip up. "Kill Dem" is reggaeton gone wrong, and the Pretty Ricky-esque "Sugar" might make you break your fast-forward button. "World Go Round", despite featuring nice vocals from Estelle, uses a bad sample of "I Know You Got Soul" (why are rappers still using that song anyway?); and speaking of R&B hooks, the obligatory song with a message, "Decision", has help from Mary J. Blige and John Legend, and the song isn't bad but it feels like it belongs on everyone's album BUT Busta's. And "Wheel of Fortune" is pretty okay.

Things also aren't great when Bus tries interview-style raps, as evidenced by "I'm a Go and Get My" and "If You Don't Know Now You Know" (featuring Mike Epps and Big Tigger, respectively). Whoops, looks like I named all the songs again. Busta Rhymes is still lyrically on point for the most part but Back on My B.S. is the kind of album that only diehard fans of his can truly appreciate.

Anthony Rupert