Taking Sides: Word of Mouf vs. Genesis

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The new Ludacris and Busta Rhymes albums just dropped here. Two major over-the-top rappers full of audacity. Cris has come with "Area Codes" and "Roll out", while Busta is running off the strength of "What it is" and "Break yo neck". BOTH albums have raunchy skits AND a Miss Cleo tarot parody..... Which is the one to get?

― Honda, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

busta rhymes needs to be dropped off the top of a very large building, and soon.

ludacris, on the other hand, should be friggin canonized.

i think you know my vote.

― jess, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I want that Busta Rhymes Greatest Hits album - some of his stuff is fantastic.

― Tom, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I haven't heard the Ludacris album yet, but Busta's is quite a return to form. I thought his last album, "Anarchy", was really bad. I liked his first three. "Genesis" has very good tracks by the Neptunes and Dr. Dre. The song with P. Diddy, "Pass the Courvasier" (pronounced Cour-va-see-YAY - tssk, those nouveau-riches..) is totally heavy rave synth riff click funk. "As I Come Back", the next single and a Neptunes track, is also really hard with a Beltram-like hoover bass, another stand-out.

― JoB, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

tom...do you own any busta records already? because even though i used to think his stuff was faboo on tha radio and mtv, owning a copy of the records inevitably tarred my appreciation. he is like a cheez grater on the spine over the course of 60-70 mins. i have to imagine that a greatest hits would be the same, sadly.

― jess, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know jack didley about hip-hop these days, but "Break Yo Neck" is positively heroic. I hear absolutely nothing new/different/innovative/ striking in Ludacris. I vote for Busta.

― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Break Yo Neck" is positively heroic. I hear absolutely nothing new/different/innovative/ striking in Ludacris. I vote for Busta.

yes, perhaps in 1996. busta's schtick (and let's not be coy...the word was invented for him) is one extended yawn at this point.

I know jack didley about hip-hop these days

of course this is your get out clause. ;)

whither luke campbell...that's my question.

― jess, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How could "Woo Hah", "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" or "What's It Gonna Be" ever possibly be grating? Presumably the value of the greatest hits package is that all the best stuff is isolated and held up on the pedestal it so rightly deserves.

As for the new albums, for the moment I'm saying Ludacris, but I'm prepared to change my mind on that.

― Tim, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I fail to understand the marginilization of Busta as a shticky or gimmicky. I mean, maybe his delivery was quite shocking when he first hit the scene, but shouldn't we have accepted it by now? Even if I didn't like his style (as I do) I would consider it his own style, not just a shtick. As for the issue at hand, I haven't thoroughly ingested any Busta album to date, though I did scan through Aftermath once. Suffice it so say that I've been thoroughly impressed by all of his singles and guest appearances to date, and his new ones are no exception.

― Jack Redelfs, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've just finished listening to the new Ludacris album. What disappointing, run-of-the-mill, sexist, lazy, hurried tripe. The only good ones are Area Codes (which is just too damn catchy) and Cold Outside (track 18, so that's ten points for trying on my part) which is a vaguely sinister grinding funk track with an Axel F style synth motif (not as good, mind). Both songs are sexist as well, which seems to be mandatory on a Ludacris record.

― JoB, Friday, 30 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

Ludacris' album is pretty damn sweet, but Busta is an act all his own. Nobody is like him, and he's like nobody. Busta's songs are innovative in beat & lyrics, and he develops and in-between underground hip-hop-to-mainstream crowd that makes him much more liked than disliked. He knows how to make classic hip-hop, and as long as he's around, stay tuned for more good stuff.

― Michael Neumann, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

some of bustas stuff is kewl like braeak ya neck & pass da courvasier, but ludacris-word of mouf is one of the best cds of the yeer-normally a rapper will spend hardly any time on a cd and make 1 or 2 singles-this cd has saturday, area codes, welcome 2 atlanta, move, rollout, etc. MY VOTE GOES 2 LUDA

― Bim Jyrd, Monday, 5 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

funny

― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 31 January 2004 10:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Never heard of Word Of Mouf, but Genesis used to make great albums in the 70s ;)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 31 January 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha Geir I was going to make a very similar joke!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 31 January 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Now wait, it took Geir 2 years, 2 months and 3 days to post to this thread!?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 31 January 2004 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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