Born to parents Geraldine Green (1947) and Trevor George Smith Sr, and he has a younger brother, Paul Smith. His parents divorced when he 10 years old. Busta’s time during the year of 1983 was that of change, his parents got divorced and his way of thinking was altered, during that year he also changed his religious beliefs and re-named himself ‘Born Justice God Allah’ because of the supreme sorts of names that he now believed in and looked up to. He discovered hip hop music through listening to the Zulu Beats Radio Show, something influenced him from that show and three years later he would form a group. Busta also went to school in the United Kingdom, where he lived in Blackpool, Preston and Morecambe. Ended up graduating from George Westinghouse High School in downtown Brooklyn.
As a youngster he played basketball, football and soccer.
His Panamanian baby-sitter, Aunt Mitzi, made him listen to all the rap radio stations. So, He would sit there at 2 in the morning rapping when he was supposed to be sleeping. I just couldn't be too loud or Mitzi's poodle would start dancing around and barking. One night, the poodle barked and Mitzi took my radio away. So he said, "I don't need that radio. I'll write my own rap songs." Busta Rhymes later became part of a B-Boy crew with mainly latinos, a couple of white kids, and Busta, the only black one. When he was about 10 years old after he moved from Brooklyn to Long Island, where he became a member of the crew when it was a big contest happening which the leader of the crew, Johnny Juice watched. Busta just came up to him like, "Are you Johnny Juice?" and Johnny answered like "Yeah." and he said he wanted to be down with this crew. He started poppin' and Johnny said he was dope so he said "We're about to do this contest" and they wanted to put him down with them, but he didn't know the routines. But they put him down anyways and they lost the contest because they didn't know where to put him in the routine. The next contest they had was more of a battle, for the crown of best b-boys in Long Island and they had their crew there and they won. Busta destroyed these other guys, when he was poppin. Johnny Juice says "even if you listen to his rhymes now, you can tell by the way he rhymes and the way he moves around he's really dope on the popping shit".
Before his leap to stardom, Rhymes, was a rambunctious middle-class kid from Long Island who wrote "rap poetry" and dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. "I really thought he'd be a dancer," says his mother, Geraldine Green. "At family cookouts he would win all the dance contests. He was always a showman." He reminds his worst job: “I used to work as a stock boy at a department store called Cheap John’s,” he says. “I knew that I couldn’t really wrap my head around doing that kind of work. Even if your heart is not in something, your mind has to at least be able to be willing to do it. So, I took the job and I worked for about two weeks, and then I quit.” Why?
“They just had me doing too much. I had to line up the roach sprays on the shelves and make sure they were all in order, facing the same way, with the logos facing the front. The dishwashing liquids, the detergents, the boxes that they came in when they came from the actual shipping companies that they were manufactured at. After I lined them up on the shelves, I had to cut up the cardboard boxes, fold them up neatly and tie them up so that they could do the recycling thing with them. After a couple paper cuts too many, and hands that were calloused and ashy and bruised, I said ‘this is definitely not the thing for me to continue to be doing.’”
Busta adds, “I used that as inspiration to go into the studio all the time when I had a free moment. After work, during my lunch break, traveling back and forth to work … to just apply myself creatively, and the opportunity finally came one day when I was downtown.” At 17, Rhymes landed a six-figure record deal.
LONS signing with Elektra
His first name as a rapper was Chill-o-ski, but he thought it was a corny name, and Chuck D from Public Enemy gave him a new name, Busta Rhymes. He got the name from an american football player from the eighties, George "Buster" Rhymes, and people always asked him to "Bust-a-rhyme", so the choice was easy. In the end of the eighties he met Charlie Brown at Turtlehook Middle School and they formed Leaders of the New School with Dinco "The rhyme scientist" D and Milo In De Dance (aka The Cut Monitor). They were on Rush Management. They was signed to Elektra Records December 12th 1989. First Recorded Appearance: “Mt. Airy Groove” from the Rubaiyat compilation, Elektra 1990. A&R Dante Ross heard about Leaders of the New School from Hank Shocklee [Bomb Squad] and Chuck D [Public Enemy] and them.He says "I knew they were one of their burgeoning groups and I also knew they didn't have a record deal. I heard they were performing and I went to check them out. I had just got my A&R gig at Elektra. I went there, saw them perform, grabbed them right after the performance and told them they had a record deal if they wanted one. LONS released 2 albums, "A future without a past" in 1991, and "T.I.M.E." in 1993. In 1992 Busta's girl was pregnant, but the baby died right after he was born, and Busta had big personal problems after that, but he got great support from his group members. In 93 they where divided because of ego in the group.
A couple of other things that made him well known before his solo career was a couple of cameo performances, among them A Tribe Called Quest's remix of "Scenario" with Leaders Of The New School, and the "Flava in ya ear remix" with Craig Mack and Rampage.
It took Busta three years before he released an album for Elektra, in 1996 he released "The Coming" with the hits "Woo hah! Got you all in check" featuring Rampage and "It's a party" featuring Zhane. while recording his debut album, he left the studio to check on his new SUV. He'd recently purchased the Toyota Land Cruiser, a giant vehicle that gives the impression of driving on an elevated track, for $40,000. Rhymes took the elevator down and came out on Broadway, in lower Manhattan, at 11:30 p.m. His ride was gone. Furious, he marched back inside and closed the door in the recording booth. "There was nothing I could do at that point, so I just vented that angry energy into three songs," he says. Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check, one of the tracks he completed by morning, went on to become a street anthem and crossover hit, his first ever.
There was a short gap between the release of Busta’s first album and his second album, but it came sooner than people imagined it to. Busta was sceptical about bootleggers copying the new album so for reviewing purposes he only sent out album samplers. In 1997 he released his second album, "When Disaster Strikes", and after that, his popularity exploded. 1998 became a very good year for Busta, he started his own clothing line, BUSHI designs, and released his third album "Extinction Level Event (The final world front)" and Flipmode Squad's debut "The Imperial". Flipmode Squad at that point included Busta Rhymes, Rah Digga, Spliff Star, Rampage, Baby Sham & Lord Have Mercy.
1999 became a year with problems for Busta, he had to visit the courthouse a couple of times because of child support, and police stopped his car and found an unregistered gun. He lost the case about child support, and he got a 5 year probation for the other case. Now Elektra started to shut him down with less studio time and promotion for his next album. Busta didn't like that, and took his squad over to J Records in 2001 after his fourth release in 2000, "Anarchy".
J Records
His first album at J was "Genesis", with the hits "What it is" featuring Kelis, "Break ya neck" & "Pass the courvoiser part 2" featuring Pharrell and P. Diddy. Now he is CEO for Flipmode Records. In november 2002 he released his most fervent album so far, "It Ain't Safe No More" with the singles "Make it clap" featuring Spliff Star, and a remix of it featuring Spliff Star and Sean Paul. Other achievements in 2002 was the movie roles he had in "Halloween: Resurrection" and "Narc". In 2003 his SUV was shot up with 6 bullets while he was in the Violator offices, that happened just a month after a couple of people shot inside their offices. The collaboration with Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad named "I know what you want" on "It ain't safe no more" became Busta's biggest hit so far.
Aftermath
In February 2004, Flipmode Squad joined Aftermath Records, New members was added to the squad: M. Dollars, Labba and former Blackstreet Chauncey Black joined them. In March he got a six month probation sentence after pleading no contest to a charge that he assaulted a woman during a concert in Fall River, Massachusetts, in December 2002.
In November 2005 the first official single off the album "Touch it" was released to radio. The video premiered in December. He is now the father of four children (born in 93, 99, 00 and 02). In February, while making the second video for "The Big Bang"- the "Touch it remix" ft. Mary J. Blige, Missy, Rah Digga, Lloyd Banks, Papoose and DMX, one of his bodyguards, Israel Ramirez, who recently started working security for Busta as his jewelry handler, was shot and killed shortly after midnight outside of the Kiss The Cactus Production studio in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, NY. According to eyewitnesses, the shooting was a result of an argument that began inside the studio and continued outside.
The Aftermath chief Dr. Dre said before the release of The Big Bang that ”All of sudden I’m hearing people in the streets talking about hos Busta’s back. In my mind, he never left, and that’s why I wanted to fuck with in the first place. He’s got that drive, and he never stops trying to top himself. Anybody who knows Busta knows that he’s always gonna come with heat." His third video from "The Big Bang" was released 10th May, "I love my bitch". The video features actress Gabrielle Union and the Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am, who produced the song, but Kelis who is featured on the song, was not in the video. The single also features Kelis, but she's not featured in the video. Also changed is his appearance, as he has cut off his trademark dreadlocks as part of a personal renewal. "Eight years of court appearances later and I was awarded custody of my children," he explained. "My hair was remindful of the unnecessary rocks in my career and life. So it was time to shed the locks... I've got my career and family right." "The Big Bang" was released 13th June. The fourth video was released in July, "New York shit" and the fitth video came out in August, "In the ghetto". The album was certified Gold in that month too. This month he was also charged with an assault after the Amsterjam Music Festival on Randalls Island, and he was ticketed after police saw him talking on his mobile while driving past a Manhattan police station.
On January 3rd 2007 he turned himself in to police custody after he allegedly attacking someone on Boxing Day. Lt. John Grimpel said a man told police that Rhymes, had punched and kicked him repeatedly after an argument over money. On May 3rd was arrested on a drunk driving charge by police in New York City. Officers stopped Rhymes at about 12:40 a.m. because the sport utility vehicle he was driving had overly tinted windows, officers then smelled alcohol on the rapper's breath and he was subsequently arrested. was released on $7,500 bail, set by Judge Tanya Kennedy. After a 8th May court appearance, he was free to drive. Rhymes' lawyer said a judge ruled against a prosecution motion to suspend the rapper's license following the driving-while-intoxicated arrest. He also turned down a plea deal that day that would have sent him to jail for one year, the Manhattan district attorney's office said.
Bus appeared in a Super Bowl finale commercial for Pepsi Max Diet in February. Busta Rhymes pleaded guilty on 23rd January to assault, two driving infractions and weapons possession, avoiding a trial and the yearlong prison sentence recommended by prosecutors. But Judge Larry Stevens disagreed with prosecutors that Rhymes deserved time behind bars. Instead, he sentenced him to three years' probation and 10 days of community service for beating a fan who reportedly spat on his car in August 2006, and then assaulting his driver, Larry Hackett, that December. Rhymes was also fined $1,250 for driving with a suspended license in 2006 and driving while intoxicated in 2007. "I just want to say that I'm very grateful to the judge, I'm very grateful to the system. I believe in the system. It hasn't failed me personally yet," Rhymes, dressed in a crisp black pinstripe suit, said outside the courtroom.
"I'm just glad that all of this is finally behind me and I can go back to doing what I do best - making great music and great films and being a people person," he said.
His 8th solo album "Blessed" was set for a release in July 2008. First he called it "When Hell Freeze Over" then he changed it to "Back On My B.S.", a title Pharrell helped him come up with, last it was changed to "Blessed" in April 08. Rhymes was added to Projekt Revolution 2008 (summer tour), He was joining Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, and Ashes Divide on the main stage. After the first week of touring he had to leave the tour because of business matters; Late July he left Interscope, because they couldn't agree with Busta how to handle the final version of the album.
Motown
In September 08 he his new deal was announced, with Motown/Universal. He then re-titled his album to "Back On My B.S." The first single was released in October 2008, called "Arab Money" featuring Ron Browz. 2 remix videos with different guests were later releases in February 09. The second single, "Hustler's Anthem 09" was released in Febuary too. The third single's video "Respect My Conglomerate" was released in March. "Back On My B.S." was released May 19th 09, and entered the Billboard chart at #5, after a lot of delays; 1st July 08, 9th Dec. 08, 10th Feb. 09, 24th March 09). In June, the video for "If you don't know" was released. The video for "World Go Round" will be released soon.
G-Stro
Busta Rhymes Lyrics
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It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god let's go
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
Ma get dumb to the drum
When it come to the crack you know
Just where to get it from
I'm the unbelievable, unstoppable as logical
I'm setting it off, now take your draws off
(hoo) now, go'head and do ya little thang
I love when you ass go
Bri bibibi pong pa ting
I analyse emotion when you
Rockin' with a swing
Looking just keep it going and make
It poppin' till it sting (oh, shit)
With ya supernova ass
Put it on me you see my drink
Spillin' out up of my glass now (now)
Don't even worry 'bout it mami keep it gudda
(sup) one of another glass and a
Bottle pour another one (ha)
Lean over put ya head back quick
While I'm get ya something maybe
You wanna spread that shit
Go'head and spread that sick
Get that thick ass over here
And do what I'm saying (yeah that's it)
Come on
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god let's go
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
2009 Bus Rhyme back up on the scene
Back against ya with a pocket full of cream
I'm the epitomser of giving niggas classics
Gettin' money and showing ya
Niggas how to live
Jump off we get the party let's get it right
(what) now all of my bitches let's
Take it to the crib (now)
Leave them 20-niggas frontin' ya know
They say you nothing saying they
Do something they never did (what)
Now why you with me baby
(backstage) how they would
(nasty beats) that's what they (used to say)
Tekaka ooe i can't defy a man for
Tryin' to define yo ass
(cause I was used to play
Well how ya play now, oh stop)
We takin' over with ya big ass (pedoe paf)
Knockin' me over ayo sick as I
Say so and get low
Ass to the floor baby now show me ya G-stro
(Come on)
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god let's go
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
It's the break down, it's your favorite part
It's the break down, keep it going don't stop
It's the break down, make it do what it do
It's the break down
Act like it's made for you
Get ugly, act retarded, scrunch that face
Move that body
Break down, what what, break down, what what
Break down
Here I am, be RAW
So fuck with me I'm here to bring double
To the platinum feel and retrieving a million
Triple up with the bitches exotic
And fuck me a brazilian (ha)
Ha ha ha, laugh at a bunch of you niggas
When I'm comming I switch it like a chameleon
And then decided it back and
Find a g-stro candidate
To swimming it commin' swallow my children
(aaa ha ha ha) go'head and sing my song
Gettin' money you bitches
Now tell me what you really on
Back on my bu-bu-bullshit I
Move quick pullsix
Bitches make it to sit on my poolstick
(to the left)
I see yo ass is ready, willing, enable
(to the right)
Yo ass is knockin' my bottles of the table
(shit)
You see he's out in the spot so let's go
Strip down on ya g-stro
Before the club close, come on
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god let's go
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god
Stand in the front and shake
It out for the god let's go
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
(Oooh aaah) Show your G-stro
The lyrics to Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell's "Show Ya G-Stro" are a combination of hip-hop bravado, sexual innuendo, and a call to get on the dance floor. The chorus serves as a repetitive reminder to the listener to stay in the front and dance to the beat. The verses, on the other hand, are filled with suggestive language, from Busta Rhymes' declaration that he knows where to get "crack" from, to his appreciation of a woman's body as she moves to the music, to his call for her to "show [him] ya g-stro." Throughout the song, there are references to sex, partying, and making money; all three of which are common themes in hip-hop.
In verse one, Busta Rhymes encourages the listener to let loose and "do [their] little thang." He enjoys watching women dance and pays close attention to the way they move. He describes himself as "unbelievable unstoppable as logical," which implies that he is unbeatable when it comes to making music and entertaining people. In verse two, he talks about how he is back on the scene with a pocket full of "cream," indicating his wealth and success. He also acknowledges that he has a large female following and that he enjoys taking them home after the party. Finally, in verse three, he incorporates a call-and-response element, where he instructs the listener to strip down and show him their moves on the dance floor.
Line by Line Meaning
still in the front and shake it out for the go
Keep dancing in the front and shake your body to get ready
lets go
Let's go and dance
[oooh aaah show ur g stro]
Show your G-stro (a dance move)
[oooh aaah show ur g stro]
Show your G-stro (a dance move)
ma get down to the drum
I'll dance to the beat of the drum
when it come to the crack you know to where too get it from,
I know where to get drugs if I need them
i'm the unbelievable unstoppable as logical,
I'm unique, unstoppable and logical
i'm setting it of, now take your draws of (ho)
I'm starting the party, take off your clothes
now, go'head and do ya little thang,
Go ahead and dance your own way
i love when you ass go bri bibibi pong pa ting,
I love when your butt moves in a certain way
i analyse emotion when you rockin' with a swing,
I can feel your emotions when you dance with a rhythm
looking' just keep it going and make it poppin' till it sting (oh, shit)
Keep dancing and make it fun until it hurts
with ya supernova ass
With your amazing butt
put it on me you see my chick spillin' out of on my glass now (now)
Dance on me and you'll see my girlfriend's cleavage spill out of her outfit
don't even worry bout it mami keep it gunna? (sup)
Don't worry, keep dancing and having fun
on of another glass and a bottle phor another one (ha)
Pour me another glass and a bottle for another drink
lean over put ya head back quick,
Lean over and put your head back quickly
will i'm get ya something meaby you wanna spread that shit,
While I get you something, maybe you want to show off your dance moves
go'head and spread that sick,
Go ahead and show off your unique dance style
get that sick ass over here dude and i'm saying (yeah thats it)
Come over here and dance, that's what I'm talking about
two thousand and nine bus rhyme back up on the seen,
Busta Rhymes is back in 2009
back against ya with a pocket full of cream,
I'm back again with a lot of money
i think of in a baza? i give it niggas classics,
I think of music every day, and I give people timeless classics
gettin' money nation when ya niggas how to live,
I'm getting a lot of money and showing people how to live
jump off we get the party let's get it right (what)
Let's start the party off right
now all of my bitches let's take it to the crib (now)
Let's all go to my house now
leave them twenty niggas rottin' ya know,
Leave those twenty guys waiting outside
they say you nothing saying they do is a anu? never did (what)
They say you're nothing but they've never accomplished anything
now why you with me baby
Why are you with me?
(classy stands) how they would (nasty beats) that's what they (used to say)
People used to call me classy but now they like my nasty beats
tekaka-ooe,
Just an exclamation
i can't define a men for tryin'to define yo ass,
I can't define myself by trying to define you
(cause i was used to blam, well how ya play now, oh stop)
I used to be blamed, but now, how do you play? Oh, stop it
we takin' over with ya big ass, ( pedoe paf)
We're taking over with your big booty
knockin' me over ay yo seek as i say so and get low,
You're knocking me over with your dancing, let's get low
ass to the floor baby now show me ya g-stro,
Get down low to the floor and show me your G-stro dance move
it's the break down, it's ya favorite part,
This is the break down, your favorite part of the song
it's the break down, keep it going don't stop,
Keep going, don't stop dancing
it's the break down, make it do what it do,
This is the break down, dance however you want
it's the break down, act like it's made for you,
This is the break down, dance as if it's made for you
get ugly act retarded, scruns that face move that body,
Get crazy, make ugly faces and move your body
break down, what what break down,
This is the break down, let's go!
here i am
I'm here
b.r.a.w. so fuck with me i'm here to bring dubble,
I'm Busta Rhymes and I'm here to bring double the energy
to the plat? and a feeling and retrieving a million,
To the platinum record and the feeling of achieving a million dollars
trip? up with the bitches exotic and fuck me brazilian (ha)
I'm surrounded by exotic women and Brazilian women who want to have sex
ha ha ha, laugh at a bunch of you niggas,
I laugh at a lot of people
when i'm comming i switch it like a camilion,
When I'm coming, I change it up like a chameleon
and then decided it back and find a g-stro candidate,
Then I decide to find someone who can dance the G-stro
to swimming it commin' swallow my children,
To swim and come while swallowing my children (sperm)
(aaa-ha ha ha)
Just an exclamation of laughter
go'head and sing my song gettin' money you bitches,
Sing along to my song, you bitches getting money
now tell me what you really want,
Now tell me what you truly desire
back on my bu bu bullshit i move quick pullsix,
Back on my bullshit, I move fast and ready to shoot anyone
bitches make it to sit on my poolstick, (to the left)
Women want to have sex with me
i seek yo ass is ready willing enable, (to the right)
I think you're ready for sex
yo ass is knockin' my bottles of the table (shit)
Your butt is knocking over my bottles on the table
you see he's out in the spot so let's go,
He's outside, let's go join him
strip down on ya g-stro before the club go,
Take off your clothes and show your G-stro dance moves before we leave the club
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Trevor Smith, Pharrell Williams
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