He also tried his hand at acting with his appearance in the Forest Whitaker-directed film “Strapped” and the John Singleton-directed “Higher Learning” (his second best film to date, in my opinion).īut still, Busta wanted to prove to the world (and himself, obviously) that he had what it took to do a solo project without the assistance of his LONS comrades.

my favourite album of all time, in case you didn’t know already), and the remix to then-Bad Boy Records signee Craig Mack’s “Flava in Ya Ear” (one of the GREATEST posse cuts and remixes in hip-hop history) alongside his cousin Roger McNair a.k.a. Busta proceeded to capitalize on his success by making guest appearances on a number of artistes’ tracks, the two most notable being A Tribe Called Quest’s “Oh My God” off their “Midnight Marauders” LP (i.e. (The Inner Mind’s Eye”) flopped, Leaders of the New School disbanded during the recording of an episode of the MTV hip hop series “Yo! MTV Raps”, the main reason being Busta’s popularity over the other group members. But it was the collaboration between A Tribe Called Quest and Leaders of the New School on the posse cut “Scenario” that propelled Busta to instant super-stardom, thanks to his hyperactive delivery and quotable lines (“RRRRRROAW RRRRRRROAW like a Dungeon Dragon!” See kids, THAT’S where Nicki Minaj got her chorus for “Roman’s Revenge” from).Īfter their 1993 sophomore album (“T.I.M.E. Their brand of light-hearted, golden-age hip hop-hearkening music earned them a following in the East Coast alternative hip hop circuit, along with major groups like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest (my favourite rap group of all time, in case you didn’t know already). Before its release, he was known as one of the members of the now-defunct four-man group Leaders of the New School. March 26th 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the debut album from prolific hip hop artiste / producer / occasional actor Trevor “Busta Rhymes” Smith Jr.: “The Coming”.

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