Anarchy (Busta Rhymes album)

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Anarchy
Bustabuss-anarchy.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Canada
Genre Hip hop
Length78:19
Label
Producer
Busta Rhymes chronology
Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front
(1998)
Anarchy
(2000)
Genesis
(2001)
Singles from Anarchy
  1. "Get Out!!"
    Released: June 3, 2000
  2. "Fire"
    Released: July 29, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-neither.png [2]
Entertainment Weekly C− [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
RapReviews6/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Yakima Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Anarchy is the fourth studio album by American rapper and record producer Busta Rhymes, [10] released on June 20, 2000, by Flipmode Records and Elektra Records. It comes after the release of The Coming , When Disaster Strikes and Extinction Level Event (Final World Front) . The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 164,000 copies. [11] The album would later be certified Platinum by the RIAA. This was Busta's final album with Elektra Records.

Contents

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro: The Current State of Anarchy"  2:27
2."Salute da Gods!!" DJ Scratch 3:47
3."Enjoy da Ride"
Jay Dee 3:37
4."We Put It Down for Y'all"
Swizz Beatz 3:30
5."Bladow!!"
Scott Storch 3:40
6."Street Shit"
Just Blaze 3:54
7."Live It Up"
  • T. Smith
  • J. Yancey
Jay Dee3:42
8."Fire" Busta Rhymes 2:50
9."All Night"
  • T. Smith
  • K. Dean
Swizz Beatz3:44
10."Show Me What You Got"
Jay Dee3:43
11."Get Out!!"
Nottz 3:04
12."The Heist" (featuring Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Roc Marciano) Large Professor 4:17
13."A Trip Out of Town"
Nottz5:25
14."How Much We Grew"
  • T. Smith
  • Michael Gomez
DJ Shok4:55
15."Here We Go Again" (featuring The Flipmode Squad)
Just Blaze3:29
16."We Comin' Through"
  • T. Smith
  • G. Spivey
DJ Scratch3:00
17."C'mon All My Niggaz, C'mon All My Bitches"
  • T. Smith
  • G. Spivey
DJ Scratch2:55
18."Make Noise" (featuring Lenny Kravitz)
Rockwilder 3:18
19."Ready for War" (featuring M.O.P)T. SmithBusta Rhymes4:18
20."Why We Die" (featuring DMX and Jay-Z)P. Killer for Trackz4:01
21."Anarchy"
  • T. Smith
  • D. Lamb
  • D. Sloan
Nottz4:13
22."Outro"  0:46

Sample credits [12]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [24] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  11. "Creed Makes It Two In A Row At No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
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