When Disaster Strikes

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When Disaster Strikes
Busta Rhymes studio album

Publication
(s)

1997

Label (s) Elektra Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Hip hop

Title (number)

19th

running time

72:56

production

DJ Scratch u. a.

chronology
The Coming
(1996) 		When Disaster Strikes ELE (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front
(1998)

When Disaster Strikes is the second solo album by American rapper Busta Rhymes . It was released on September 23, 1997 via Flipmode Records and Elektra Records . Three singles were released for the album release. These are Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See , Dangerous and the double single Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up .

production

Most of the production work was done by DJ Scratch and Busta Rhymes themselves. DJ Scratch produced the beats for the songs Intro , The Whole World Looking At Me , When Disaster Strikes , Get High Tonight , We Could Take It Outside , Get Off My Block and Outro (Preparation For The Final World Front) . Busta Rhymes was involved in the production of Intro and also provided the background music for Turn It Up and There's Not A Problem My Squad Can't Fix . Other producers who contributed to the creation of the album are The Ummah ( So Hardcore ), Epitome, Buddah and Shamello ( Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See ), Latief ( It's All Good ), Rashad Smith ( Rhymes Galore and Dangerous ) , Easy Mo Bee ( Things We Be Doin 'For Money Part 1 ), 8-Off and Clarence Dorsey ( Things We Be Doin' For Money Part 2 ) and Rockwilder ( One ). Hip-hop musician Sean Combs , known as Puff Daddy , also produced The Body Rock .

Track list

  1. Intro - 4:44
  2. The Whole World Lookin 'At Me - 3:26
  3. Survival Hungry - 3:41
  4. When Disaster Strikes - 3:25
  5. So hardcore - 4:51
  6. Get High Tonight - 3:51
  7. Turn it Up - 4:11
  8. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - 3:11
  9. It's All Good - 5:03
  10. There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix (feat. Jamal) - 5:56
  11. We Could Take it Outside (feat. The Flipmode Squad) - 4:47
  12. Rhymes Galore - 2:33
  13. Things We Be Doin 'For Money, Pt. 1 - 3:18
  14. Things We Be Doin 'For Money, Pt. 2 ( feat.Rampage , Anthony Hamilton and The Chosen Generation) - 4:56
  15. One ( feat.Erykah Badu ) - 4:38
  16. Dangerous - 3:37
  17. The Body Rock (feat.Rampage, Sean Combs and Mase ) - 5:33
  18. Get Off My Block (feat.Lord Have Mercy) - 3:58
  19. Outro (Preparation For the Final World Front) - 2:31

reception

Charts

When Disaster Strikes reached number 3 on the US charts. The sound carrier remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 44 weeks . In Germany, the album first rose to number 70 and later reached number 62. When Disaster Strikes was on the German charts for a period of eleven weeks . Also in the Netherlands the album reached position 73 in the album charts.

criticism

Entertainment Weekly rated Rhyme's second album with a "B" rating. Despite the help from Puff Daddy and Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes remains the most original voice in hip-hop (“ Busta Rhymes […] remains hip-hop's most original voice; still, despite help from Puffy Combs and Erykah Badu ”). From the editors' point of view, When Disaster Strikes doesn't seem like a cohesive album (“ this comes off more like a free-associative collision of skits and verbal pyrotechnics than a coherent album ”).

Steve Huey wrote a review for All Music Guide , in which he described the two single releases Dangerous and Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See as great. The second half of the album could not convince due to the numerous guest musicians who cannot replace Busta Rhymes and who are mostly rather boring (“ The second half of the album slows down the momentum somewhat, with a bevy of guests, collaborations, and posse cuts ; a few offer some welcome variety, but often they don't replace Rhymes' manic energy with anything quite as exciting. ").

credentials

  1. ↑ Discogs: "When Disaster Strikes". Retrieved July 29, 2010 .
  2. ^ Billboard.com: "When Disaster Strikes". Retrieved July 29, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Musicline.de: Chart tracking of "When Disaster Strikes". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  4. ^ Hitparade.ch: International chart placements. Retrieved July 29, 2010 .
  5. ^ EW.com: "When Disaster Strikes". Retrieved July 29, 2010 .
  6. ^ Allmusic: "When Disaster Strikes". Retrieved July 29, 2010 .