Anarchy (Busta Rhymes album)

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Anarchy
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Studio album by
Busta Rhymes
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Canada
Genre Hip hop
Length78:19
Label Flipmode Records, Elektra
Producer DJ Scratch, Jay Dee, Nottz, Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Busta Rhymes, DJ Shok, Rockwilder, Large Professor, P. Killer Trackz
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 7/10 [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) . Unlike these albums, Anarchy does not follow the apocalypse theme. 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.

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