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Busta Rhymes - Back on My B.S.
- There was a time, not so long ago either, when Busta Rhymes was the clown prince of hip-hop. He wore the crazy outfits long before T-Pain, delivered nonsensical verses, and was so off-the-wall that his uniqueness separated him from every rapper past and present.
“Back on My B.S.” starts off with that same crazy flavor. “Wheel of Fortune” kicks the disc off with a choir singing the album's title (minus the abbreviations), followed by Busta Bust spitting over an active percussion filled DJ Scratch beat that’s as schizophrenic as he is.
And then there are those tracks that show Busta conforming to the sound of the times rather than blazing his own twisting trail. He adopts the T-pain style on “Hustler’s Anthem ‘09” and let’s Ron Browz take over a track like “Arab Money” — something that sounds so divisive and trite it borders on offensive, both in sound and content.
But Busta returns to form on “Kill Dem,” rapping with a reggae tone over a scintillating Neptunes beat. The MC is able to shine as he follows his own inane vision and lets loose rather than follow some prescribed lesson plan.
The same feeling is delivered on “I’m a Go and Get My . . .” as Busta rediscovers his meandering flow that broke him away from the majority of rap’s conventional players in the first place. And while Browz resurfaces on “We Want In,” the vibe is much more free-spirited and fun — things Rhymes does with expertise.
The slower-paced “We Miss You” might say it best, as the heartfelt hook sings the song’s title searching for the return of one of rap’s royal jesters.
Busta, please, leave outside influences just there, outside. Let your colorful imagination and general wackiness dictate your music, and then you’ll truly be back to basics, or b.s. if you prefer.
Reviewer: Ted Simmons
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Reviewer's Rating: 6.5
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Added: 14-Jun-2009
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