E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front
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| Studio album by Busta Rhymes | |||||
| Released | December 8, 1998 | ||||
| Recorded | 1998 | ||||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, Ragga, Hardcore rap | ||||
| Length | 69:53 | ||||
| Label | Flipmode Records/Elektra Records | ||||
| Producer | Busta Rhymes (co-exec.) Rick Posada (co-exec.) Nottz DJ Scratch Swizz Beatz Rockwilder Diamond D D-Dot Nasheim Myrick Fantom of the Beat 2000 Watts Jamal Rashad Smith Armando Colon Darrell "Delite" Allamby |
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E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front is a hip hop album by Busta Rhymes, released on December 8, 1998 (see 1998 in music).
Extinction Level Event peaked at #2 and #12 on Billboard's Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums and the Billboard 200 charts.
The album is widely considered Busta's best effort for its cohesive sequencing and quality material of every sort.[citation needed] It presented some of his biggest singles to date, including the classic DJ Scratch produced, "Gimme Some More". The album contains three classic skits, one involving a boy who is being criticized by his parents for listening to such explicit music, one involving a young man trying to pick up a young woman at the mall by exaggerating his financial and social status - "Oprah does my laundry" - , and one concerning a group of campers who insist that their leader play a Busta Rhymes song at the campfire, pushing him to the breaking point. In the first two skits, songs from Busta's previous 1997 album, When Disaster Strikes, can be heard in the background. "Get High Tonight" and "So Hardcore", respectively.
Extinction Level Event is the first album by Busta Rhymes to feature production by Swizz Beats, as well as no contribution from longtime collaborator Jay Dee.
The album's cover art, portraying New York having an "extinction level event" of sorts, was considered controversial by some in 2001, when two planes infamously crashed into Manhattan's World Trade Center.
[edit] Track listing
- "There's Only One Year Left!!! (Intro)"
- "Everybody Rise" (produced by Nottz)
- "Where We Are About to Take It" (produced by Nottz)
- "Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)" (produced by Nottz)
- "Tear da Roof Off" (produced by Swizz Beatz)
- "Against All Odds" (featuring The Flipmode Squad) (produced by Jamal)
- "Just Give It to Me Raw" (produced by Swizz Beatz)
- "Do It To Death" (produced by Rockwilder)
- "Keepin' It Tight" (produced by Rashad Smith and Armando Colon)
- "Gimme Some More" (produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin' Rowdy Wit Us?" (featuring Mystikal) (produced by 2000 Watts)
- "Party Is Goin' on Over Here" (produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Do The Bus a Bus" (produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Take It Off" (produced by Fantom of the Beat)
- "What's It Gonna Be?!" (featuring Janet Jackson) (produced by Darrell "Delite" Allamby)
- "Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce" (produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie & Nasheim Myrick for The Hitmen)
- "What The Fuck You Want!!" (produced by Diamond D)
- "This Means War!!" (featuring Ozzy Osbourne) (produced by Busta Rhymes)
- "The Burial Song (Outro)" (produced by DJ Scratch)
Samples
- "Everybody Rise" contains elements from the song "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by The Controllers.
- "Where We Are About To Take It" contains elements from the song "Topless Dancers of Corfu" by Dick Hyman.
- "Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)" contains elements from the song "Early in the Morning" by Terry Baxter and his Orchestra.
- "Keepin It Tight" contains elements from the song "New Bell" by Manu Dibango.
- "Gimme Some More" contains elements from the song "Prelude from Psycho" by Bernard Herrman.
- "Do The Bus A Bus" contains elements from the song "Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer.
- "Whats It Gonna Be" contains elements from the song "Good Day for Lovin'" by Ann Peebles.
- "What The Fuck You Want!!" contains elements from the song "Apache" by The Incredible Bongo Band.
- "This Means War" contains elements from the song "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath.
[edit] Charting singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Highest Rank |
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| 1999 | What's It Gonna Be?! | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 3 |
| 1999 | What's It Gonna Be?! | Hot Rap Singles | No. 1 |
| 1999 | What's It Gonna Be?! | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 1 |
| 1999 | What's It Gonna Be?! | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 5 |
| 1999 | What's It Gonna Be?! | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 40 |
| 1999 | Gimme Some More | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 36 |
| 1999 | Party Is Goin' on Over Here | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 72 |
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