Several weeks ago, Busta Rhymes released the Scoop DeVille-produced “Calm Down,” a record that also features a guest verse from Eminem and is scheduled to appear on Busta Rhymes’ upcoming album, Extinction Level Event 2. Although the song was released late last month, Busta revealed that the record has been in the works for quite some time, during his interview on Sway’s Universe.
According to Busta, the song was originally three minutes and eight seconds long, but skyrocketed to six minutes and six seconds long when Em submitted his verse, which forced Busta to change his entire approach to the song.
“The song was originally like three minutes and eight seconds,” Busta Rhymes said. “I had just put a regular song structure to it. Two, 16 bar verses and a hook. The same hook that’s there. Met with Paul Rosenberg with Chris Lighty. God bless his soul. This was one of the last meetings that me and Chris did before he passed. Gave it to Paul on a CD. Didn’t hear back from Paul for about six weeks. Riggs Morales came through and Shaheem had Rich come out the studio to hear the song. When Riggs heard the record, Riggs kinda was so excited about the joint he goes back to Paul. Two weeks later we get a call confirming that Em is ready to do the joint…We get a call from Paul saying he coming by the studio he gon’ play us something. He get to the studio he played a verse. Em is rhyming for like 42 bars on a verse. And my two, 16s was on the song and I’m looking at it like ‘Nah, this ain’t gon’ work’…I had to change my approach. So, I went and I wrote 50 new bars.”
In regards to his label situation, Busta says he’s no longer at Cash Money Records and added that his split from the label was an amicable one. He revealed that while working on his album, he lost his friend, Chris Lighty and his father, and as a result chose to rid himself of his label situations.
“Actually, nothing happened in a negative way with Cash Money,” he said. “And actually nothing happened in a negative way with Aftermath. I think the difference really with the Aftermath situation was more me and Interscope. You know what I’m saying? It was just creative issues that was just conflicting a little bit, but it led to other frustrations. That really had nothing to do with the creative shit. So, at that point a discussion was had. And the beautiful thing about these situations is that the stage that I was at at those times, everybody had already respected what I’ve built and what I’ve accomplished on my own prior to getting with them…Same thing with Cash Money. I was there for two years and the opportunity was a great opportunity at the time because of the type of deal that was done…I just had a conversation with Bird like, ‘Listen, bro. I’m grateful and everything is love with us, but I just gotta see this through the way that I want to see this through.’”
In a previous interview with Complex, Busta revealed that he’s hoping for a November 2014 release for Extinction Level Event 2, but is still in the middle of handling sample issues.
“In an ideal world, I would want it to come out around November,” the rapper said. “But I’m dealing with some sample clearance legal issues. Until that process is resolved, I can’t actually lock in the way I want to on my date. But so far the sailing has been smooth. Regardless, it’s definitely coming this year.”
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Thank God! Now, he can put out ELE 2 without YMCMB tainting the album. On that note, hope he gets rid of that awful “Twerkit” song.
agreed. he was a terrible fit on that label full of pop tarts.
i heard KRS ONE just signed to GOOD MUSIC
lol 50 said EM be trying to take over songs you gotta be with EM to slow him down lol EM got that rhyming shit in his blood he keep going and going.
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what does ludacris, krs one and busta rhymes all have in common?
None of them know you pussy
Cash Money for Kids. That are loooost.
Steroid bloated fat fuck and cornball gay rapper with anger issues all in one- Boosa is a 300 lbs of worthless black shit in a 180 lb bag… Sounds like he gor lobotomy when. he cut his dreads too… Chemo!!!!
Go tell him them pussy
boozer back on his bullshit, sweet vest though, asswipe
Fuk off whiteboy
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when The Chemo coming? when. Buzza coming out the closet? Drugs are not nice, Buzza.
Bus was definitely on something during this interview. Most likely herb, though.
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Birdman was like, see ya bottom feeder.
all that procedure for this wack song. calling paul rosenberg on the phone and shit. probably took like a year for recording the whole song, still came out wack
Nice vest. Boosta goes from flop to flop like a fieding crack whore but he always LOOKS nice, right, anything to cover up the moterhfucking basketball gut when he backed off the tesosterone & HGH.
I know for a FACT that buss would slap the sh#t outta you internet boy
Drug addles Booda VERY fucking lucky he’s not dead or in jail with his cock fiending ‘roid rage.
Guy’s goddamn pathetic, though the CHEMO would have shown us, I’m sure.
Nice vest.
Do steroids makes you blind too?
what drugs Buzzo take to get fat muscles like that? he must wow ’em in gay Canarsie dance clubs.
Boosa is human dogshit. Notice how his head is now too small for his dope bloated body also. Flop flop fizz fizz, Boosa, Brooklyn knows you’re on the DL and can’t get DICK without $$$.
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Cornball trying to play house negro cuz can’t make it in the field no more.
Hey Boosa, where did you buy all your steroids, testosterone, human growth hormone–
and why ** is ** your head too small for your body?
finally, at age 44, he decides to make his own money. he was waay too old be be on that cruddy ycmb label. he is far established enough to get independent money.
He was making Hollywood money there for a minute. What happened, old man? Did you stop sucking off producers?
This nigga is dogshit. YMCMB couldnt use him nigga is 50 years old or something lol. Go use some steriods nigga and retire from rapping with your old ass
This nigga is gay as fuck. Look at that vest
LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Say that to his face please I dare you. He’d whoop your ass guaranteed.
@ WTF
Gay men cant fight.
floyd mayweather?
I’m glad he left, Cash Money wasn’t a good look for him
100% Agreed I earned back my respect for him.
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sweet vest, Boosa,you been lifting weights, sweetie?
and why you so angry, boy, stress from being gay, which should be beautiful and fun?
steroid rap for retards, Boosa always an asslicking whore
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hey i like the vest
the music is dogshit, his personality worse but the vest is official
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The vest is fabulous, it’s his fucking sorry ass fake musclehead career that’s pathetic.
Did he steal that from Steven Seagal’s closet?
em and busta look nice together…some homo though
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did violator management have steroids in the mint jar at the receptionist area?
50, busta, ll cool j and the list goes on
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Fat head, bloated body = great look!
When’s B.O.M.B. 2 hitting the streets, or was the first one so so so explosive, there can be no other?
Seriously yo, did someone photoshop Boosta’s small head on some other fat monster’s body? That shit can’t be real.
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Busta seemed to have made BIG money off the initial signing at all of these labels, yet IMAGE is everything… Rick Ross was fat from the start and a corrections officer trying to steal the REAL Rick Ross name and persona- We get that, but Busta let himself go…(Pizza, hamburgers,Fried Chicken wings) He got too big eating with rich peoples money and unfortunately he don’t fit the image of what should be forced fed to white teens buying hip hop. The big elephant’s in the room but no one wants to say it…