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Busta Rhymes
real name Trevor George Smith Jr.
East Flatbush, United States · b. 1972-05-20
Busta Rhymes is credited on 2,920 releases across 617 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1991–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,920
Credits
617
Albums
4
Decades active
1,250
In collections
Biography
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American hip-hop MC, born May 20, 1972 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, and raised in Uniondale, New York. A founding member of the Leaders Of The New School, and later the Flipmode Squad.
Side note: the rapper Busta Rhymes is said to have been inspired for his name from the lyrics of the tune "It's The Music That Makes Us Do It" by Magnum as the lyrics states "He's A Busta Rhyme" around the 2:00 time.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,920 releases · 617 albums · active 1991–2026
- Performance · 3,238
- Production · 434
- Engineering · 362
- Other credits · 46
Studios: Soundtrack Studios · The Hit Factory · Chung King Studios · Electric Lady Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Illmatic
1994

The Low End Theory
1991

Midnight Marauders
1993

Black On Both Sides
1999

Alive 2007
2007

We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
2016

Curtain Call - The Hits
2005

Tha Carter III
2008

CrazySexyCool
1994

Buhloone Mind State
1993

The Anthology
1999

The Love Movement
1998

The Documentary
2005

Fantastic, Vol. 2
2000

Oxnard
2018

Songs In A Minor
2001

Capital Punishment
1998

The W
2000

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
2000

Black Rain
2007

The Diary Of Alicia Keys
2003

Muddy Waters
1996

Born Again
1999

Greatest Hits
2007
Frequent collaborators
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