In 2001 (see 2001 in music), he released a greatest hits record, and a new effort.
In 2000 he worked on several movie projects, including the remake of Shaft, and released his final album for Elektra, Anarchy.Īfter leaving Elektra, Rhymes signed to J Records, a new label started by recently ousted Arista chief and founder Clive Davis. Rhymes has kept up his frantic work rate, juggling his music career with his acting roles.
Rhymes enjoyed further transatlantic success in April when the highly catchy 'What's It Gonna Be?!', featuring Janet Jackson, reached the US and UK Top 10. The frenetic 'Gimme Some More' reached number 5 in the UK singles chart in January 1999 (see 1999 in music). Rhymes' fascination with film informed the same year's Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front, which took its title from the disaster movie Deep Impact. The same year he released The Imperial as part of the Flipmode Squad, a collaborative project with rappers Rampage, Lord Have Mercy, Spliff Star, Rah Digga and Baby Sham. The third single, 'Turn It Up/Fire It Up' was less popular, but only just failed to top the UK charts and was a top 10 hit in Germany, establishing Rhymes as an international star. The album did, however, produce two hugely popular singles and videos in America, 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See' and 'Dangerous'. was less successful in the US but sold well overseas. The album's mix of ragga and hip hop made it a marginal success, and it included the US and UK top 10 single 'Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check'. Smith is well-known throughout the hip hop community with the release of his debut solo album on Elektra Records, The Coming, in 1996 ( 1996 in music) after leaving the Leaders of the New School. At 12 his family moved to Long Island where he met up with other MCs from the growing New York hip hop community. Of Jamaican heritage, Busta Rhymes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Uniondale, New York. (born May 20, 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician.