Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God

by Busta Rhymes

Overview

Hip-hop legend Busta Rhymes spent the better part of a decade without a new studio album, issuing only mixtapes and singles after 2012's Year of the Dragon. With over 30 years in the game and countless iconic hits, he could have slipped quietly into retirement, but instead comes back louder than ever on his tenth studio album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. The 22-track set finds Busta delivering his time-tested bombastic flows over old-school East Coast production and wrangling in a dizzying number of big-name guests to help out. These guest features result in some of the record's best moments, like when longtime peer Q-Tip hops on the smooth, even-tempered "Don't Go" or when Kendrick Lamar kicks off the sentimental, Jackson 5-sampling "Look Over Your Shoulder" with a head-spinningly complex, scattershot verse. Even on tracks where the instrumentals are relatively relaxed, like the slow-burning R&B-based "You Will Never Find Another Me," Busta stays in beast mode, throwing out high-energy bars between passionate choruses sung by Mary J. Blige. E.L.E. 2 is tied together loosely by themes of apocalypse and humankind atoning for their wrongdoings at the end of the world. This gives Busta's already aggressive approach an especially ominous atmosphere, particularly when he's shouting lyrics about the end of days and secret societies operating in the shadows on "Satanic" or giving a sermon over the course of a seven-minute intro. A lengthy spoken monologue from Louis Farrakhan recorded exclusively for the album amplifies the intensity already established by songs centered around political rhetoric and dark visions. This intensity is broken up by some lighter moments, however, with Anderson .Paak stopping by on the sleek, electro-tinged "Yuuuu" and Busta flipping the beat of Bell Biv DeVoe's '90s classic "Poison" for the rowdy party starter "Outta My Mind." ~ Fred Thomas

Product Details

Release Date:	04/09/2021
Label:	CONGLOMERATE ENT.
UPC:	0194690340499

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Busta Rhymes   Primary Artist
Chris Rock   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Vybz Kartel   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pete Rock   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Q-Tip   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Rakim   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Rapsody   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ol' Dirty Bastard   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
CJ   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
M.O.P.   Primary Artist
Rick Ross   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Anderson .Paak   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Bell Biv DeVoe   Featured Artist
Eminem   Featured Artist
Mariah Carey   Featured Artist
Rah Digga   Featured Artist
Louis Farrakhan   Featured Artist
Mary J. Blige   Featured Artist
Rampage   Featured Artist
Spliff Star   Featured Artist
Trillian   Featured Artist
Flipmode Squad   Featured Artist
Joseph "Lonny" Bereal   Vocals
Nikki Grier   Featured Artist
Heather Victoria   Vocals
Kendrick Lamar   Featured Artist
Alex Bilo   Keyboards
Minister Louis Farrakhan   Featured Artist
Rick St. Hilaire   Keyboards
Heather Gavin   Vocals

Technical Credits

Tony Cottrell   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Swizz Beatz   Producer
Bob West   Composer
Kevin Wilson   Engineer
Jamal Grinnage   Composer
Chris Rock   Composer
Eric Murray   Composer
Dennis Edwards   Composer
Ethan Ryman   Engineer
Rockwilder   Producer
Pete Rock   Composer,Producer
Robert Arrington   Composer
Robert J. Kral   Composer
Louis Farrakhan   Composer
Rick Rock   Producer
9th Wonder   Producer
Marlanna Evans   Composer
J Dilla   Producer
Kasseem Dean   Composer
Kamaal Fareed   Composer
Busta Rhymes   Design,Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Hal Davis   Composer
DJ Scratch   Producer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Diane Warren   Composer
Dana Stinson   Composer
William Griffin   Composer
Dready   Producer
James Hunt   Mixing,Engineer
Roy Hawkins   Composer
Focus...   Producer
Nottz   Producer
C-Rock   Composer
DJ Premier   Mixing,Producer
Hi-Tek   Producer
Willie Hutchison   Composer
Chuck Holmes   Composer
Schife   Producer
Jimmie Lee   Mixing Engineer
Rick Darnell   Composer
Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah   Composer
Bryan Bennett   Composer
Stephen Dent   Assistant Engineer
WARD   Composer
Darryl Pittman   Composer
Bobby Arrington   Composer
Jimmy Lowe   Composer
Jack Hersca   Engineer
Elliot Straite   Composer
George Spivey   Composer
Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas   Composer
Gabriela Gomez   Assistant Engineer
Russell Jones   Composer
Miami Kaos   Design
Dale Warren   Composer
Dominick Lamb   Composer
Chris Martin   Composer
William Roberts   Composer
Terrace Martin   Composer,Producer
Nikki Grier   Composer
Bernard Edwards, Jr.   Composer
Patrick Douthit   Composer
Ricardo Thomas   Composer
James "J-Doe" Smith   Composer
James Yancey   Composer
Kendrick Lamar   Composer
Kendrick Duckworth   Composer
Karl Daniel   Composer
Daniel Caesar   Composer
Avery Chambliss   Composer
Trevor Smith   Composer
Peter Kadin   Marketing
Sam Lecca   Creative Director
Anderson .Paak   Producer
Peter Phillips   Composer
Gonzalo Contreras   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Brian Stanley   Mixing
Avenue Beatz   Producer
Christopher Tyson   Composer
Nicole Dos Santos   Assistant Engineer
Uranga Emilio   Composer
Rick St. Hilaire   Mixing,Engineer
Cicely Louise Tyson   Composer
Ian Lewis   Composer
Shane Goodridge   Assistant Engineer
Michael Sotolongo   Composer
Nathaniel Pollard   Engineer
Carl Martin Eugene Krantz   Composer
Chanelle Rose   Artwork
Shaheem the Prez Reid   A&R
Delanie Leyden   Assistant Engineer
Rashwan Mr. Mecc Malik   A&R
Navi Beats   Producer
Focus the A.R.M   Producer
Sha Recka   Producer
Mini Boom   Producer