| When Disaster Strikes... | ||||
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| Studio album by Busta Rhymes | ||||
| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996-1997 | |||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, Hip hop | |||
| 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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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B)[3] |
| NME | (7/10)[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10)[5] |
| RapReviews | (9/10)[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| The Source | [9] |
| Yahoo! Music | (unfavorable)[10] |
When Disaster Strikes... is the 2nd studio album by Busta Rhymes, released on September 23, 1997.[11] 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". It is sometimes seen as a noteworthy, or "classic" because it is considered one of Busta's best albums, and one of the albums that brought East Coast Hip Hop back into the mainstream, after years of fading sales at the hands of West Coast artists. Steve Heuy (of allmusic.com) claimed that it is "arguably Rhymes' definitive original album".[12] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It's Busta Rhymes' best selling album, with 1.67 million copies sold.[13]
The album also spawned an unorthodox 12" only release of "Turn it Up", released as Fire it Up, which sampled the theme tune from the 1982 television series Knight Rider. This replaces track 3, "Survival Hungry", on newer editions of the album.
Contents |
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer(s) | Sample(s) |
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| 1 | "Intro" | |||
| 2 | "The Whole World Lookin' at Me" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | |
| 3 | "Survival Hungry" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | |
| 4 | "When Disaster Strikes" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | |
| 5 | "So Hardcore" | The Ummah | Busta Rhymes | "Go To Hail" (Black Sheep) |
| 6 | "Get High Tonight" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | "Get Down Tonight" (KC & the Sunshine Band) |
| 7 | "Turn it Up" | Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes | "Love and Happiness" (Al Green) |
| 8 | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" | Shamello, Buddah *Epitome (co) |
Busta Rhymes | "Sweet Green Fields" (Seals & Crofts) |
| 9 | "It's All Good"¹ | Latief, M.Bolden | Busta Rhymes | "The Windows of the World" (David T. Walker) |
| 10 | "There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix" | Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes *Jamal |
"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (Indeep) |
| 11 | "We Could Take it Outside" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes *The Flipmode Squad |
"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Henry Mancini) |
| 12 | "Rhymes Galore" | Rashad Smith | Busta Rhymes | "Do the Funky Penguin" (Rufus Thomas) |
| 13 | "Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 1)" | Easy Mo Bee | Busta Rhymes | |
| 14 | "Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 2)" | 8-Off Agallah *Clarence Dorsey (co) |
Busta Rhymes *Rampage *Anthony Hamilton *The Chosen Generation |
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| 15 | "One" | Rockwilder | Busta Rhymes *Erykah Badu |
"Love's in Need of Love Today" (Stevie Wonder) |
| 16 | "Dangerous" | Rashad Smith | Busta Rhymes | "E.T.'s Boogie" (Extra T's) |
| 17 | "The Body Rock" | Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen |
Busta Rhymes f.Rampage f.Sean "Puffy" Combs f.Mase |
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| 18 | "Get Off My Block | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes *Lord Have Mercy |
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| 19 | "Outro (Preparation for the Final World Front)" |
¹ Banned in the U.S. due to sexual contents.
² International bonus track.
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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| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Rhythmic Top 40 | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | UK Singles Chart | ||
| 1997 | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" | #11 | #2 | — | #16 | — | #16 |
| 1997 | "Dangerous" | #9 | #4 | #1 | #31 | #1 | #32 |
| 1998 | "'Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" | #10 | #7 | #1 | #38 | #2 | #2 |
| 1998 | "'One" | — | — | — | — | — | #23 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.