When Disaster Strikes
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| Studio album by Busta Rhymes | |||||
| Released | September 16, 1997 | ||||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, Ragga, Hardcore rap | ||||
| Length | 72:56 | ||||
| Label | Flipmode Records/Elektra Records | ||||
| Producer | Busta Rhymes (co-exec.) Rick Posada (co-exec.) DJ Scratch Rashad Smith Smamello & Buddah The Ummah Rockwilder Easy Mo Bee Sean "Puffy" Combs 8 Off |
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When Disaster Strikes is the second album by Busta Rhymes, released on September 23, 1997. The album follows the same theme as The Coming, the apocalypse. The album was a commercial success, sporting the hit singles "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Dangerous". The album also spawned an unorthodox 12" only release of a Knight Rider-theme-sampling remix of "Turn It Up". (Named on the remix as "Fire It Up".)
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro"
- "The Whole World Lookin' at Me" (Produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Survival Hungry" (Produced by Busta Rhymes)
- "When Disaster Strikes" (Produced by DJ Scratch)
- "So Hardcore" (Produced by The Ummah)
- "Get High Tonight" (Produced by DJ Scratch)
- Sample "Get Down Tonight" by KC & the Sunshine Band
- "Turn It Up" (Produced by Busta Rhymes)
- Sample "Love and Happiness" by Al Green
- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" (Produced by Shamello & Buddah)
- Sample "Sweet Green Fields" by Seals & Crofts
- "There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix" (featuring Jamal) (Produced by Busta Rhymes)
- "We Could Take It Outside" (featuring The Flipmode Squad: Rampage, Serious, Spliff Star, Lord Have Mercy, Rah Digga & Baby Sham) (Produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Rhymes Galore" (Produced by Rashad Smith)
- Sample "Do the Funky Penguin" by Thomas, Rufus
- "Things We Be Doin' For Money, Pt. 1" (Produced by Easy Mo Bee)
- "Things We Be Doin' For Money, Pt. 2" (featuring Rampage, Anthony Hamilton & The Chosen Generation) (Produced by 8 Off)
- "One" (featuring Erykah Badu) (Produced by Rockwilder)
- Sample "Love's In Need Of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder
- "Dangerous" (Produced by Rashad Smith)
- Sample "E.T. Boogie" by Extra T's
- "The Body Rock" (featuring Rampage, Sean "Puffy" Combs & Mase) (Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs)
- "Get Off My Block" (featuring Lord Have Mercy) (Produced by DJ Scratch)
- "Outro (Preparation For the Final World Front)"
[edit] Charts
Album – Billboard (U.S.)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 3 |
| 1997 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
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