Busta Rhymes, Mystikal Sign With Cash Money

    In a move as unexpected as it is contentious, Busta Rhymes officially signed to Cash Money on Wednesday. While details of the deal are unclear, the pioneering emcee will surely join Lil’ Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj, on the Young Money roster.
    Fellow rapper Rick Ross congratulated Busta over Twitter on Wednesday night, to which Busta replied with praise for both Young Money and Maybach Music. The latter record label saw its own unexpected deal when Wale signed to Maybach and eventually won a top spot on the Billboard charts with his sophomore album, Ambition.
    Mystikal, recently released from prison, also signed with Cash Money. The Louisiana rapper had recently been in collaboration with former Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh to release his post-prison album.
    In addition to joining the Young Money family, Busta Rhymes also teamed up with Google Music to release his Chris Brown-featured single “Why Stop Now.”

    In a move as unexpected as it is contentious, Busta Rhymes officially signed to Cash Money on Wednesday. While details of the deal are unclear, the pioneering emcee will surely join Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nicki Minaj, on the Young Money roster.

    Fellow rapper Rick Ross congratulated Busta over Twitter on Wednesday night, to which Busta replied with praise for both Young Money and Maybach Music. The latter record label saw its own unexpected deal when Wale signed to Maybach and eventually won a top spot on the Billboard charts with his sophomore album, Ambition.

    Mystikal, recently released from prison, also signed with Cash Money. The Louisiana rapper had recently been in collaboration with former Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh to release his post-prison album.

    In addition to joining the Young Money family, Busta Rhymes also teamed up with Google Music to release his Chris Brown-featured single “Why Stop Now.”

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    184 thoughts on “Busta Rhymes, Mystikal Sign With Cash Money

    1. Busta Rhymes, Mystikal Sign With Cash Money…Busta Always making moves its no surprise but I’m happy for Mystikal ! Shits like the NBA almost remember the 04 lakers getting Malone & Payton?? That’s what this feels like

      1. yeah but the pistons won that year….

        anyways i dont know what to think of this. DJ Premier and a gang of other cats was sposed to be on Busta’s new shit….i dont know if that’ll happen now. but i mean good for him i guess. and also Birdman actually tried to sign jay electronica on the low. jay mentions that in an older issue of respect mag; which means that maybe birdman is looking for something kinda hip hoppy. so maybe this wont be as bad as people are thinking.

    2. Anyway Busta is way past his prime. The coming is always gonna be an underrated classic to me. I always compare the dread headed Busta of old with this new one and I prefer the former- always. Now he just babbles on incoherently how he’s the best and how hard he goes, using the same flow on every song. Its just boring so I’m not surprised or disappointed that he’s signing with cash money. I look at it as his retirement home.

    3. Great move. The only label in the game that is still IN THE GAME @BIrdman5Star last mogul standing. Salute. YMCMB gets paid like no hip-hop label ever has or ever will!
      Haterz will hate

    4. Does busta realize that baby and Wayne are gonna make him abandon his ny roots . That raw eastcoast shit that we enjoyed to hear from him. And when that happens devoted fans that stuck since woo ha days will abandon him too like myself. Except I’m ahead of the crowd. ya had a good run busta but this just sealed yout

    5. maybe Busta will bring some hiphop in there…Mystikal 2…Mystikal is a hardcore rapper..i dont think he can do a song with Drake..cuz if he screams a lil louder Drake is gonna shit his pants…i hate YM but i gotta say Busta and Mystikal is gonna make some change in there…

    6. Typical complaining faggots. Everybody has a preference. YM/CM is a business just like any other record company, whether it’s Roc Nation, Shady, MMG, Strange Music, etc. They’ll be able to offer these dudes more promotion, and personally, despite most of you retarded fucks opinions, i would love to be on the team that has boasted the highest annual profits. Nobody made more money than Wayne/Drake/Minaj collectively this year. So regardless of whether I like any of there music or not (i don’t), they certainly get paid. Good move Buss. I’m sure I’ll dig some of your music wherever your at. Some fans are just fucking stupid.

      P.S. : Yes I know that certain companies have there own agenda to shape a rapper to their particular style, but shut the fuck up. That doesn’t apply here. Busta already done had his style for a minute, worked fine on Carter IV; don’t think Wayne or Baby are stupid enough to change up the formula. That’s like expecting T-Pain to ditch auto-tune for more album sales.

      Fucking morons, I swear…..

      1. You are ignoring the worst part, that we will more than likely have to hear Wayne, Drake, Nicki, Birdman, and all those other useless rappers guesting on his tracks……

    7. Cash Money cool…but Busta on YOUNG Money?!…The man is almost 40! Whatever whatever though, he’ll more than likey shine on the label. Mystikal SHOULD but who knows…but I mean look at Bow Wow, he could barely get a mixtape out.

      1. hahahaha mother fucker brought up lil bow wow as an example hahaha that loser wouldnt shine no matter what label hes on he has no buzz of his own he cant do nothing without using another artist as a crutch, busta has his own buzz so shut the fuck up and go back to ur room and do ur homework bitch ass nigga when they let 12 year olds get on facebook huh

      1. He caught his assistant/accountant stealing from his accounts and told her that if she would have a threesome with him and his niggas, he wouldn’t tell on her and get her locked up in prison…which would have happened…She told the police and that got him a rape charge. wtf? The system is fucked up….Do your research

      2. How can you defend Mystikal on this one ? He also raped her anally and videotaped the whole shit, that’s fucked up ! Next time you steal something see if you’re happy getting the same treatment

    8. Busta has been wack for years, maybe it was destiny for him to sign to the most un-hip hop record label in history…niggas sell out quicker than IPads, the shit is disgusting…

      1. I usually dont agree with alot of the stuff you say, but today you’re crack on target. Shit is wild these days with hip hop legends signing to fag labels and fake indie artists going number 1 with sly major label assists.

    9. Sounds like when Mobb Deep signed to G-Unit, not sure that is a wise move for Busta, it’s cool for him to update himself but we can stop hoping for a consistant Bus-a-Bus album, it’s gonna be all radio-friendly YMCB assisted joints with ugly hooks and faggot ass keyboards

      1. busta is on top of his game right now, everybody konws his name, my dad knows who busta rhymes is, mobb deep sucked in 2004, most people outside of NY or who arent hip hop heads didnt even know who mobb deep was i saw them perform in a damn college convention center for $5 they couldnt even fill a damn stadium, cant remember busta having that problem, mobb deep had to sell out in order to stay relevant, busta didnt have to make this move but he chose to, y so much hate? u wouldnt sign to cash money given the chance?

      2. I’m not comparing Mobb Deep’s career to Busta’s, I agree with you on Mobb Deep sucking in ’04 (not on the fact that Bus-a-Bus is at his peak right now), but the fact that he’s signing to a dude who blew up after him.

        It’s sad that someone like Busta needs a Lil Wayne to keep it moving, not hating on him though, I fucks with Bus since LOTNS and still digg his new shit. But he should be is own boss at this point

    10. yall dumbasses actin like busta aint been rappin wit wayne and them….example he on all the dj khaled remixes featuring wayne and nikki so this is not unexpected! shout out to Mystikal #underrated-south-legend

    11. this pretty much solidifies that Game will sign with YM after Soundtrack to Chaos.

      he and wayne are “Blood brothers”

      he and Bus have been homies since Aftermath

      he and Birdman have been cool since The Documentary

      YMCMBWS Here We Come!

    12. Bus if you’re reading this I’m gonna tell you from the bottom of my heart as a TRUE fan of your music, you messed up w/thet “Back On My BS” album, now you’ve signed w/Cash Money (which I’m totally unsure of). You got one more time to mess up before I totally count you out for good.

    13. wow thats power didnt see this coming tru CMR fan since 97

      man these dudes are nothing like anybody on that label they just gone keep doing them

      yelawolf sign with em how many tracks em produce on his new album?

      if not CMR/YM then who is it to sign to in the game?

    14. Damn ..it just seems as long as Busta has been in the game he would be in more of a boss like situation. All these years and he still signing to niggaz? Oh well I guess everybody just not the ceo type. get ya money

    15. He could have a least signed to G.O.O.D Music or RocNation or DuckDown Music or 9th Wonders label or at least grabbed a independent deal with his Flipmode Squad loool mainstream rap is not part of hip hop culture do your real search and start separating the real from fake fuck Busta and Luda both destroying their legacy

    16. My problem is not that Busta is signing to Cash Money.. my problem is that Busta is signing to ANYONE.

      He’s been in the game for years. Enough time to have his own situation solidified. Why are you signing to people who haven’t been in the game nearly as long as you.

      That’s like the 50 year olds you see working at Mc.Donalds taken orders from a 16 year old.

      Fuck that.

      SMH

      1. Dude has his own, Flipmode Entertainment, but I guess he’s just needs a parent label which all labels do… Look at Kanye, G.O.O.D. Music been around for years, but just became official, because it’s now under the Def Jam regime… it’s just part of the game…

    17. its sad to see busta with these fags..he is a senior rapper, he shouldve have his own label by now with the experience he has(which i believe is AT LEAST 10 years). Cash Money r just a bunch of wannabes who cant rap for shit… its sad to see a good rapper goin down.. Best of luck with those fags tho!

    18. Busty is just a artist not a Boss. Signing to CMB might help his ass after Aftermathn Dre didnt give a shit pushing his career.

      All of us loved that Flipmode Shit, but it was only a slogan not a organisation. Besides that, Bus had his best years in the past – he should sell cereals with his face on front.

    19. Say what you want about Wayne.

      This man is about to unify the entire game. Soon everybody will be repping the same company. Thats incredible and has never been done. Imagine all rappers in one coalition. Of course the independent look is working right now too but this is some game changing shit thats happening right now.

    20. Busta gotta do something cause look at wale he went from selling 29,ooo to 163,000 by switching to a differ crew n now busta doing it dont hate!!!!!!!

    21. YOU GUYS CAN HATE ON CASH MONEY ALL YOU WANT, BUT THESE SHOW LOVE AND CUT CHECKS FOR THE VETS IN THE GAME. BIRDMAN, SLIM AND WAYNE COULD RUN THE SHIT ALL BY THEMSELVES IF THEY WANTED, THATS HOW IT WAS UP UNTIL 09′. BY THEY SHOW LOVE.

    22. Mystikal signed to YMCMB? The same company whose biggest hit “Drag em in the River” was a Mystikal Diss. Didn’t BABY have something to do with his sister death? Hmmmmmmm??? Love the Calabo thou..

      1. That’s all rumors… except the “Dragem In the River” part…But that was like the late 90’s, it would be totally stupid and ignorant to still be harvesting beef for that long… As a native Louisianian, I happy for the move…for both artist…

    23. why is busta getting some much heat for this? hes gonna make the money and will have some nice success after this. dont see many other options for the man. haters suck a dick, and die slow.

    24. I know that Young Money/Cash Money is the “flavor of the month” and all. But that is not the place for Busta Rhymes! Mystikal is just in need of a record labal, I understand that. Just, good luck to both of them cats.

    25. Someone with a hardcore but lyrical buzz is gonna come along and Murder INC the YM/CM camp. Drake is already on a PM Dawn path hell two dudes listening to Drake and no hoes around is already a man law violation.

      And Busta? c’mon son as far as hip hop with standards this is a sad day.

      1. i agree with this ,. its a matter of time or they just gonna disband, its inevitable . too many chiefs,not enuff indians..once Tyga get on ,.this shit gon dissolve .

      2. “two dudes listening to Drake and no hoes around is already a man law violation.”
        You’re a fool for that.LOL I agree though

    26. Busta hasnt made a classic since the The Coming. People shouldnt be suprised at any of the industry ho decisions hes made since then.

    27. Cash Money has been at or near the top for a long time … from 1999-2011 they been winning.

      The only time this decade they weren’t at the top was during the Rocafella era.

    28. WAYNE NEED A NEW GHOST WRITER, SO BUSTA IS GOOD FOR HIM, BECAUSE BUSTA AINT SELLING SHIT, BUT IF HE GIVE WAYNE HIS RAPS, THEN IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT STORY

      1. good thinking. Wayne spitting them fast ass bars would be crazy, cause the shit he kicking right now is not up to par.

    29. Sad day in hip-hop right here, not that Busta was raw with Aftermath but I was hoping he would take it back to his grass roots. Instead son wanna get his shine on over there with niggas who all YM projects this year were horrible. You gonna get lost in the spotlight behind lil wayne, behind drake bitch ass, and behind nikki. Mystikal I’ve been waiting for you homeboy, come with that raw shit. No cameos lord!!!

    30. oh fantastic now I will have to hear songs of busta with drake,nicki,birdman and wayne.Busta is a far better than all of the label put together

      1. not true man look and see how many songs has everyone I mentoned with wayne and drake has couple of songs with nikki and birdman too so I can’t agree with you

      2. there is more to the label than just Nicki and Drake, there are at least 20 rapper on the label …

        and most of them haven’t collabed with each other all that often.

      1. these guys are in their late 30’s-early 40’s … its only about financial decisions at this point.

        But all the supposed “Hip Hop” heads on this site, never grew up and still think like children, and look at everything one sided.

    31. This shit right here is dumb amazing. In a terrible way. They sign busta but hate on jay? Hmm busta I think is as old or older Than Hov. Smh okAy so if your Corey gunz or gudda gudda is this the kiss your career goodbye day?this reminds me of every super crew in hip hop save maybe deathrow in their prime, every rapper on the label can’t release an album. It never happens. It’s the stockpile on all these mcs that’s gonna make Niggas regret signing to the “hottest” label at the time. Why you think currensy left young money and he was ground floor to that movement. Baby is one of the shadiest “moguls” in music ask Turk
      manny fresh juvi and bg. If this doesn’t blow up in their faces I’ll applaud, but signing a convicted rapist isn’t a good look nor funding 50 yr blood niggas head Tats so he can scream young money when this Nigga was young when public enemy was the shit. And so they gonna sign game too huh? Trash. All that gangbang rap was Soo ’95. They’re so boring with this fake ass shit. If you Lil niggas believe Wayne is banging have fun I thought wrestling was real too until I seen beyond the mat. With said homey was right that busta should have had the forsight to have his own label, but it’s whatever. He’ll learn how hard it is to get a
      Meal in babys house.

      1. actually B.G. has signed back to Cash Money and released an album, some Young Money niggas have debut albums comin look Tyga’s 2nd album & Twist’s 1st album comin next month, Jae Millz, Shanell, Mack Maine, Cory Gunz & Gudda have albums droppin somewhere in the next 2 years it takes time to even get buzz for new rappers yet alone an album its true T-Streets will probably never make an album but Gudda Gudda said it himself he doesn’t care if he makes an album or not it all about being respected for how far they came

    32. Wow…Busta’s 20 YEARS in the game, once had his own label/mini-movement with Flipmode (what’s up with Conglomerate?), sold millions of records, smashed damn near every record he’s been featured on, once had a potential acting career…only to sign with Young Money/Cash Money? not a good look by any stretch. Well at least it wasn’t Def Jam. Next up: LL signs to Maybach Music.

    33. To be fair, Mystikal’s been in prison for the 6 years so at least this way people will notice him again. But Busta… time will tell. As long as they let him choose his producers, he should be fine, but E.L.E. 2 will probably come out at the same time as Detox, considering how Cash Money handle their releases.

    34. WTF!! WOW! Hopefully this is a move to get better production for Busta…..His last 2 albums were weak…..he needs to colab with DJ Scratch more often…shit an entire album produced by Scratch would be fuckin’ awesome….(NO, NOT A MIXTAPE)…But Busta will be alright. He’s one of the few respectable MC’s who can spit hard over a “POP” beat…see look at me now!

    35. What the hell will Young Money do for you? Def Jam, Sony, Shady and a billion and seven other options are better than that. Your better than all of them (even though your not very good anymore) and your old enough to be their father Busta.

    36. YOUNG MONEY just got some adult supervision. Busta Rhymes gay ass in the mix he’ll be cornering lil Twist very soon. YOUNG MONEY is basically a gay label. drake suckin dink in hollywood. lil wayne kissin his gay daddy. busta rhymes has initiating gay rappers in music for years. congrats to the old washed up homo Busta Rhymes.

      “I did it my way” – Frank Sinatra

      ^ has nothing to do with gay ass bussa bus

    37. LET’S GET IT!!! MORE MONEY!! MORE HOES!!! MORE BOTTLES!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YMCMB IS A FUCKIN EMPIRE HATIN ASS NIGGAS EAT DICK!!

    38. Not a good move at all for either of them. What else can possibly happen next in this fucked up hip hop world. I love my hip hop, but damnwhat the hell is going on these days.

    39. NO OTHER LABEL/MOVEMENT IN THE GAME CAN FUCK WITH YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY NIGGAS!! FACE THE FACTS!! SORRY THAT YOUR LITTLE CONSCIOUS RAP BULLSHIT AINT REALLY DOIN NOTHIN FOR YA RIGHT NOW! FACT!

    40. It they give busta freedom and I pray they give him freedom it will be a good move. YMCMB is going to weird coming out of his mouth though. He has been releases better verses lately than the shit he was releasing after ELE.

    41. why talk about historic moves? busta signing with dre COULD be a historic move when they did it almost a decade ago.. they blew it, he’s irrelevant now

    42. A question the fag Yadig:

      How much do they pay you? I’m asking this because I just read this from you:
      LET’S GET IT!!! MORE MONEY!! MORE HOES!!! MORE BOTTLES!! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YMCMB IS A FUCKIN EMPIRE HATIN ASS NIGGAS EAT DICK!!

      So are you getting anything from that money or the hoes etc.. ? just wondering…

    43. big deal only 4 artist get pushed and you know who they are and while there is a cast of 12 artist who haven’t had a whiff of any lime light i guess busta doesn’t have faith in flipmode records while mystikal had to take any deal thrown at him

    44. Does this mean no Mystikal Mannie Fresh album. Cash Money should re-sign Fresh, Juve, B.G & Turk when he gets out. Do what’s right Birdman.

    45. mystikal is desperate so i understand him signing to the hottest label around, but busta? i thought flipmode was suppose to be well established(def jam)….guess not

    46. Seriously bus? seriously?

      If you become a young money soldier, i will lose respect. You bigger than that. You need to be your own franchise. You’ve transended thru litteraly every generation/era of hip hop. C’mon Man (Cris Carter’s Voice)

    47. busta rhymes has recently recorded with justin bieber and lil twist. this is no surprise. busta rhymes is officially dead to me. iconic in the 90s, dumbed down in the 00s and now officially dead in 2011. fuck you busta!!!!

    48. WHOA! So I wonder what position this puts Mannie Fresh and Mystikals collabo on. There was the Mannie article a few weeks back talking about how he wanted to complete some ish with Mystikal, but now he’s on Cash Money. and correct me if I’m wrong, but Mannie said he’s still cool with Wayne, and no one else on the camp right? This should be interesting.

    49. I CANT WAIT TO SUCK BUSTA RYMES DICK!!! MYSTICAL 2, HE CAN HIT ME FROM BEHIND WHILE I SUCK BUSTA OFF!!! FUCK WIT DA MOVEMENT!!

    50. damn man i’m scared…i like cash money, but i’m concerned with busta rhymes being witht them…he has a totally different sound and they need to respect that. this might be another flop from bussabuss

    51. SO WHY IS IT YOU DON’T LIKE THIS DEAL? DO YOU KNOW THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT? WHO GETS THE BETTER PERCENTAGES? OR ARE YOU JUST TYPING A BUNCH OF GOSSIP AS YOUR SO-CALLED OPINION? ALL YOU’RE DOING IS CATCHING FEELINGS OVER A PRESS RELEASE!

    52. I hope Busta don’t let lil wayne jump on one of those Dilla beats i know he has in the stash .i cringe at the thought of lil wayne over a dilla track yuck!

    53. Busta, in my books, you redeemed yourself on Tech N9ne’s “Worldwide Choppers”, but this bitch ass move done put you out in the trash again. Ya that’s where the money cow is, but chances are you won’t get shine bus.

      1. Get your facts straight before talking shit…Mystikal was convicted for not stopping what this bitch asked for and then she tried to run to the police on some fake shit…now tell me how the hell did she get raped when the camera was on? Anyway they just targeted his ass like every other rapper…now Mystikal didn’t rape that chick he was just there. he didn’t even touch the bitch and anyway he paid his debt to society so stop hatin bitch!

    54. BUSTA STILL IS THE GOAT
      LOOK AT HIS TRACK RECORD… WHO HAS IMPROVED WITH TIME? WHO ALWAYS TAKE A BIG FAT DUMP ON EVERY SINGLE TRACK HE IS ON?
      WHO HAS NEVER BEEN OUTDONE ON A TRACK?

    55. hmmm looks like Lil wayne trying to make their image harder by adding 2 rappers with some street cred on them…naw these niggas old washed up. Yeah they mike make a good feature on someone’s single but naw aint no one gon be checking for them simply because they sold their soul trying to get the spotlight. I hope this backfires and make Young Money played out with all these niggas they adding, especially 2 old fruitcakes that’s played out. wooooooo hopefully this happens

    56. DEM NIGGAS JUST A LIL STUNT TO HELP PAY SOME TAXES BEGINING OF NEXT YEAR. LOL. THEY GONE BRING IN JUST ENOUGH DOE TO PAY FOR DRAKES EYELINER AND MAN MAKE UP TO MAKE HIS FACE DEFINED IN PUBLIC AND COVER WEEZY’S TEETH MAITENENCE. DOUBLE FAIL. BUT HEY NIGGAS GOTTA KEEP A PAYCHECK COMIN IN SOMEHOW. HOW THEY ON YMCMB AND OLD AS SHIT.mystical is (41) and busta is (39)

    57. I just was when i saw this….but Busta Go in and Mystikal got gas (u cant play him around just any female and still get sum pu**y tho) sooooo IDK….smh.

    58. All these Hatin Up North N!ggas postin,Jay or ‘Ye could’ve easliy signed ” The General” but guess what? Birds flock 2 the $outh In the Winter,Make it do what it do Busta & take these Youngin Money (Get It),Mystikal like wi$e, quit Hatin on the $outh MF.And Get $$$,Didn’t None of Y’all think Mobb Deep & M.O.P was fuck!n Up signin to Hawaii five-O but I Seen that Ship sinkin

    59. Lets see how fast yall get album releases or will you just get features with Drake, Minaj, Wayne. Cory Gunz signed wheres the album, Bow Wow signed wheres the album. Hey remember Roc a fella, gUnit did that signed everybody and nobody came out.

    60. That just made it official, I will never buy anything by Busta again. Talk about selling out hard, what happened to the the Busta that was on “Scenario” creating “Woo Hah” then to Cash Money? What the hell is he thinking, the only ones that make money there are Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj & Drake only because their pop artists but that will fade and Birdman just cashes in on this. I will say Busta Rhymes probably lost of his fans from the days when he was good, working with Leaders of the New School & frequently collaborating with A Tribe Called Quest.

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