Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath Of God

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The original <i>Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front</i> album, released in 1998, is possibly the most revered Busta Rhymes album in a catalog that includes many great. <i>E.L.E.</i> 1 made good on the increasingly bombastic delivery and cutting-edge aesthetic Bus delivered with <i>When Disaster Strikes</i>, pushing the MC’s star further into the pop stratosphere while supplying canonical entries like “Gimme Some More” and “What’s It Gonna Be?!” To deliver its sequel, then—some 22 years later and also after a near decade-long album hiatus—would mean that Busta holds this latest work in the very highest esteem, believing that over the course of a now three-decade-long career, his music-making ability hasn’t wavered a bit. Luckily for u, nobody knows Busta better than he doe. In 2020, an album like <i>Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God</i> could only have come from its creator. Busta’s sonic palate spans the many eras he’s been active, and the album’s production includes touchstones from nearly all of them. From “E.L.E. 2 Intro,” we get an Ahmad Jamal Trio piano line familiar to most hip-hop heads as a part of Nas’ “The World Is Your.” “Outta My Mind” boasts a sample of Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison” chopped so well that we have no choice but to forgive Busta for dismantling one of the most beloved new jack swing songs of all time. The sprightly Mariah Carey collaboration “Where I Belong” is basically a continuation of their “I Know What You Want,” a high point of both of their career. .

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