Busta Rhymes – Back On My Bullshit (5-19-2009)

Posted on Jul 08 in Reviewsby adminPrint

Since sometime in 1996 Busta Rhymes has been a staple in modern hip-hop. From working with Leaders of The New School in the late 80’s through the early 90’s to rising to near pop superstardom in the late 90’s its easy to see that Busta Rhymes has stayed alive in the game by doing things his way. Though his last album was supposed to be a grace from up above with the extra tutelage of Dr. Dre, the relationship with Interscope fizzled soon after its release leaving the prospects of any further dealings in the dirt. Three years removed from The Big Bang Busta is ready to prove that he’s stepped his game back up on his latest Back On My Bullshit.

DJ Scratch laces the initial heat as he provides a dynamic yet essence-based backdrop for the album’s opening “Wheel Of Future.” Busta Bust invites rhyme slingers Jadakiss and Lil Wayne for the ride on another one of the album’s more dynamic offerings, “Respect My Conglomerate.” On the motivational tunes “Shoot For The Moon” and the T-Pain assisted “Hustler’s Anthem ‘09” Busta gives more than a simple taste of money blowing soundtracks. The Pharell and Tosh assisted “Kill Dem” finds Busta spitting in a twisted island accent over a tropical sound bed courtesy of The Neptunes.

The album’s first single “Arab Money” throws the rest of the previous offerings off a bit but in the end it can be tolerated for just one play! On the Mike Epps assisted “I’m A Go and Get My” Busta proves his penchant for comedy still runs deep as he and the funny man go all the way in on a bunch of random nonsense that doesn’t make much sense but nonetheless sounds pretty good.  Ron Browz’s second appearance on “We Want In” turns out to be a much better affair than the one he turned in on the album’s lead single. The Jelly Roll laced “Sugar” turns out to be a half decent sensual R&B affair as the producer doubles as the crooner on the hook.

Back On My Bullshit features Busta Rhyme in his natural element. This time around Busta decided to leave most of the serious talk back with Aftermath and get back to his more animated self. While most other aging artist try to mold their sounds to that of modern radio Busta wins by sticking in his own lane of music. With production that is a little more reminiscent of his higher celebrity days old fans will surely rejoice over this one. Just don’t expect anything new in the content area!

VERDICT – 14 / 20
LYRICS: 3
PRODUCTION: 4
DELIVERY: 3
CONSISTENCY: 4