The Big Bang (Busta Rhymes album)

For other uses, see Big Bang (disambiguation).
The Big Bang
Studio album by Busta Rhymes
Released June 13, 2006
Recorded 2005–2006
Genre Hip hop
Length 62:48
Label Flipmode, Aftermath, Interscope
Producer Dr. Dre (exec.), Busta Rhymes (co-exec.), Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, DJ Scratch, J Dilla, Timbaland, Mr. Porter, will.i.am, Sha Money XL, JellyRoll, Black Jeruz, Nisan Stewart, DJ Green Lantern
Busta Rhymes chronology
It Ain't Safe No More
(2002)		 The Big Bang
(2006)		 Back on My B.S.
(2009)
Singles from The Big Bang
  1. "Touch It"
    Released: May 1, 2006
  2. "I Love My Bitch"
    Released: June 6, 2006
  3. "New York Shit"
    Released: July 10, 2006
  4. "In the Ghetto"
    Released: July 2006

The Big Bang is the seventh studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes.[1] It was released on June 13, 2006, by Flipmode Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2005 to 2006 at several recording studios and was handled by Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, DJ Scratch, J Dilla, Timbaland, Mr. Porter, will.i.am, Sha Money XL, JellyRoll, Black Jeruz, Nisan Stewart and DJ Green Lantern.

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 209,000 copies in its first week, and certified gold by RIAA.

Background

It was released on June 13, 2006 & is his first album without his Signature Dreadlocks he had for most of his career as he transitioned a new look with a shaved head as you see in the inside album booklet. It is his only release under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. Full production of the album came from Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am, Mr. Porter, Erick Sermon, Green Lantern, Timbaland, J Dilla and DJ Scratch. Featured guests include Nas, Stevie Wonder, Rick James, Kelis, Raekwon, Eminem and many more. Five singles have been released for the album: "Touch It", "Touch It Remix", "I Love My Bitch", "New York Shit" and "In the Ghetto". Music videos were released for all of them. The finalized version of the "Touch It Remix", for which a video was shot, was not included on the final album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(64/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
IGN(7.9/10)[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NME(8/10)[2]
Okayplayer(83/100)[7]
Pitchfork Media(2.4/10)[8]
Robert Christgau[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
XXL (XL)[11]
Yahoo! Music UK[12]

The tracks "I'll Hurt You" featuring Eminem and "Where's Your Money?" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard both leaked but received luke-warm responses. The first single was "Touch It" and reached number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Touch It" featuring a sampled portion of Daft Punk's "Technologic", also garnered a major remix. The second single "I Love My Chick" features Kelis and will.i.am. Stevie Wonder plays piano and sings on "Been Through the Storm". The song "Get Down" was featured in the movie "Step Up 2: The Streets" but was not included on the soundtrack.[13]

Busta Rhymes was really pleased with the album: "I would not have changed The Big Bang album for the world. It's still one of my if not the favorite album of mine from a lyrical standpoint, a conceptual standpoint and a musical standpoint." He praised the Dr. Dre produced song "Legends of the Fall Off" for the "gravediggin beat with the shovel in the dirt" calling it "unbelievable". He also praised "You Can't Hold a Torch", "Don't Get Carried Away" and "Gold Mine". He also said "The only thing I probably would have changed is I Love My Chick would not have been on that album. I probably would have put "I Love My Chick" on another album that it would have been more appropriate for."[14]

Commercial performance

The album became Busta's first and only album to debut at number one on the charts with over 209,000 copies sold during the first-week of release. On August 30, 2006 the album was certified gold for shipments of over 500,000 units. The album has sold 823,000 copies as of November 22, 2011[15] The album became Busta Rhymes' highest charting album in the UK, debuting on the UK albums chart at number nineteen. His previous highest album peak was #34 for the album When Disaster Strikes, almost ten years before the release of The Big Bang.

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Get You Some" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius & Q-Tip)Dr. Dre, Mark Batson 3:45
2. "Touch It"  Swizz Beatz 3:34
3. "How We Do It Over Here" (featuring Missy Elliott)Dr. Dre 3:36
4. "New York ****" (featuring Swizz Beatz)DJ Scratch 5:22
5. "Been Through the Storm" (featuring Stevie Wonder)Sha Money XL, Dr. Dre^ 4:06
6. "In the Ghetto" (featuring Rick James)DJ Green Lantern, Dr. Dre^ 3:53
7. "Cocaina" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius)Dr. Dre, Mark Batson 3:32
8. "You Can't Hold the Torch" (featuring Q-Tip & Chauncey Black)J Dilla 3:39
9. "Goldmine" (featuring Raekwon)Erick Sermon, Dr. Dre^ 3:45
10. "I Love My Chick" (featuring will.i.am & Kelis)will.i.am 3:47
11. "Don't Get Carried Away" (featuring Nas)Dr. Dre 3:30
12. "They're Out to Get Me" (featuring Mr. Porter)Mr. Porter 5:02
13. "Get Down"  Timbaland 3:40
14. "I'll Do It All" (featuring LaToiya Williams)Jelly Roll 5:02
15. "Legend of the Fall Offs" (featuring Cami Gutierrez)Dr. Dre 4:40

Samples

Credits

Chart positions

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 42
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 43
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 42
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 6
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 60
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 6
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[28] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 19
US Billboard 200[30] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[31] 1
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[32] 1
Preceded by
Decemberunderground by AFI		 Billboard 200 number-one album
June 25, 2006 – July 1, 2006 		Succeeded by
Loose by Nelly Furtado

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 823,000[15]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Big Bang: Busta Rhymes: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for The Big Bang". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Andy Kellman. "The Big Bang". Allmusic. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ Tom Sinclair (June 12, 2006). "The Big Bang Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ Todd Gilchrist (June 14, 2006). "Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang - IGN". IGN. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ Soren Baker (June 11, 2006). "Rhymes' wild style gets tamed down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Busta Rhymes (The Big Bang)". Okayplayer. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  8. ↑ Fennessey, Sean (June 29, 2006). "Busta Rhymes: The Big Bang | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Busta Rhymes". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  10. ↑ Relic, Peter (June 12, 2006). "The Big Bang : Busta Rhymes : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Busta Rhymes The Big Bang". XXL Magazine. June 26, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ Batey, Angus (June 12, 2006). "Busta Rhymes - 'The Big Bang'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  13. ↑ Step Up 2: The Streets (soundtrack)
  14. ↑ http://allhiphop.com/2008/12/19/busta-rhymes-the-allhiphop-interview-pt-1/
  15. 1 2 Grein, Paul (November 21, 2008). "Chart Watch Extra: What A Turkey! The 25 Worst-Selling #1 Albums | Chart Watch - Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
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  25. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  29. ↑ "Busta Rhymes | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard Top Rap Albums for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  33. ↑ "British album certifications – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Big Bang in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  34. ↑ "American album certifications – Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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