Busta Rhymes - New York Shit

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This song is hot. I love the crime-dramaesque sampled woodwinds, great beat, great rhymes, and I'm a sucker for hearing "New York" repeated over and over again in a song in the era of Texas twang.

Incredible energy and drive from someone who's been making hits for a decade and a half.

I assume this little tag at the end of the song is a dig at the Southward and Westward drift of hip-hop these days:

Yeah! I think it's about time for y'all to give New York there shit back
Y'all know where the crown belong, y'all know we started this shit
You know we gave birth to all of this shit
Don't get it confused nigga

For sure, a lot of the best NYC artists are veterans these days if not retired, and the drawl is definitely bending a lot of ears, but I'll always like this kind of hip-hop the most - fast, sharp, and mean.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

What does Busta rhyme with?

I can only muster up Custer, Fluster, Just a and, er Buster.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Duster, guster, muster, (en)truster, disguster ...

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

my name is busta
my favorite rock band is guster
when i rap i often get flustered
and get shot down in battles like custer

― jerry atricks, Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Song can be heard here:

http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=794

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:12 (twenty years ago)

when i rap i often get flustered

Is this a beef?!

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

No, but this is:

my favorite rock band is guster

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

the beat kills, but was jacked from Diamond D's "I went for mine". Both are great, but Busta seems to dig into the beat more than D.

― beat club (beat club), Friday, 28 April 2006 00:31 (twenty years ago)

This is going to be the NYC party song of the summer, I reckon.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 28 April 2006 03:01 (twenty years ago)

I remember hearing this song a few weeks ago on the radio, and that the outro sounded like it was about 5 minutes long, but every bit of it was amazing.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 28 April 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

To the family that helped me get rich since day one
Chris Lighty, James Cruz, Mona Scott, the whole Violator family bitch!!!
Big up to Nas, big up to Jay-Z, big up to Roc-A-Fella, big up to Ruff Ryders
DMX, EPMD, Jazzy Joyce, Cocoa Chenelle, Green Lantern, Mister Cee, DJ Enuff
DJ Camilo, DJ Envy, Clue, Kay Slay, the voice of New York Angie Martinez
Grandmixer DST, yeah, Grandwizard Theodore
Grandmaster Flash, I'm a take it all the way back
Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, Ralph McDaniels
Cold Crush Brothers, Fab 5 Freddy, Funky Four Plus One More, Zulu Nation
Spoony G, Five Percent Nation Of Islam, Yeah! Wu-Tang, Treacherous Three and all of that
Busy B whattup!!! Brucie B, Luv Bug Starski ya nah mean, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Kool G. Rap
We 'gon keep it goin, Public Enemy, B.D.P. I wanna big up producers like Pete Rock, Marley Marl
Premo, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Keith Shocklee, Large Professor, Easy Mo Bee, Diamond D
Howie T, Mantronix, yeah, Awesome Two, hey y'all I can't forget my nigga Biz Markie
Just Ice, Lord Finesse, MC Shan, Cutmaster DC, UTFO, Whodini, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick
Ultramagnetic, X-Clan, Nice N Smooth, yeah, aiyyo, let me big up my ladies!!!
My ladies and mothers of hip hop, MC Lyte, Salt N Pepa, Latifah, Sha Rock
All the Roxannes, The Real Roxanne, Roxanne Shante, yeah, Pebbly Poo
Yeah yeah we fuckin y'all head up boy, we takin it back nigga!!!!
NEW YORK YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS STAND UP NEW YORK!!!!
Yeah! I ain't finshed yet! Mr. Magic, Chuck Chillout, Audio Two
A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Black Sheep, Jungle Brothers
Leaders Of The New School nigga! P. Diddy and the whole Bad Boy!
Brand Nubian nigga! A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!! I ain't forgettin shit

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 28 April 2006 03:29 (twenty years ago)

On the XXL site, Funk Flex announces that everyone's who'se anyone is named in the outro...erm, is Flex there?

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 28 April 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

I think he's name-dropped earlier in the song.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 28 April 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Anyone know when this album is supposed to come out?

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

If he issues an instrumental-only version, I'll buy it. Holy shit do I love that woodwind sound. 1972 amber vibe.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Admittedly, I didn't know the Diamond D. track beforehand, and "jacked" is a pretty appropriate term.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 03:35 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I'm feeling this one. The beat is very infectious. Have you heard Joe Buddens version for New Jersey
Peace

― Junior Nard, Friday, 2 June 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

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