Busta Rhymes has long been one of the most dynamic live performers in Hip Hop with a deep catalog of hits, so it’s no surprise that he believes he could “bust anybody’s ass” in a Verzuz.
In a recent interview for UK sneaker and streetwear store Kick Game‘s Shopping for Sneakers video series, host Craig Mitch asked Busta who would be a good competitor for him in the popular battle series, which features two artists each playing 20 of their best songs, with the hopes of winning the audience to their side.
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“Nobody,” Busta replied. “I’ma bust anybody’s ass.”
The Blockbusta artist then expanded his geographic reach, saying he’d beat any competitor from “Asia, UK, Eastern Europe, Hispanic geographic landscape, any alien what wanna come from Mars.”
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“I’m with all the smoke,” he concluded. “I smoke cigarettes, cigars, weed, houses burning down, all of that. I’ll smoke all of that. I’m with the smoke.”
You can see the exchange beginning at the 14:36 mark below.
This is far from the first time that Busta Rhymes’ potential supremacy in a Verzuz has been talked about. Back in September 2021, Fat Joe said outright that people — including Joe himself — were “scared” to battle the Long Island-by-way-of-Brooklyn rapper.
“Fat Joe scared to do Verzuz with Busta Rhymes and so is everybody else,” he said during an Instagram Live session. “You gotta understand, sometimes you ever notice — you seen boxers and they knock everybody out? People be scared to fight those boxers.
“Busta Rhymes is gonna outrap, outperform anybody who goes up in a Verzuz with him. That’s a fact. Yo, Busta Rhymes nobody wanna get in there with you, man. You might have to be an honorary — they gotta give you the check for no reason.”
Not long afterwards, pioneering b-boy Crazy Legs revealed that Busta informed him five people had already turned down a battle with the “Woo Hah!!” spitter.
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Legs met Busta at the Big Daddy Kane vs. KRS-One Verzuz in New York City in October 2021.
“I had to let @bustarhymes know that no one is worthy enough to battle him,” he captioned an IG post of him, Busta, and Swizz Beatz. “Then he told me that 5 people already turned it down. Some things are just what they are. He has the unfortunate pleasure of being a god in the rap game. Shout out to @therealswizzz for the #BDP outfit of the day!”
