When Disaster Strikes
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When Disaster Strikes... is the 2nd studio album
by Busta Rhymes
, released on September 23, 1997. The album follows the same theme as The Coming
, the apocalypse. The album was a commercial success, sporting the hit singles "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Dangerous". It is sometimes seen as a noteworthy, or "classic" because it is considered one of Busta's best albums, and one of the albums that brought East Coast Hip Hop
back into the mainstream, after years of fading sales at the hands of West Coast artists. Steve Heuy (of allmusic.com) claimed that it is "arguably Rhymes' definitive original album". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It's Busta Rhymes' best selling album, with 1.67 million copies sold.
The album also spawned an unorthodox 12" only release of "Turn it Up", released as Fire it Up
, which sampled the theme tune from the 1982 television series Knight Rider. This replaces track 3, "Survival Hungry", on newer editions of the album.
¹ Banned in the U.S. due to sexual contents.
² International bonus track.
(U.S.)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...
, released on September 23, 1997. The album follows the same theme as The Coming
The Coming
The Coming is the debut album by former Leaders of the New School member, Busta Rhymes, released in 1996 by Elektra Records. The Coming features rapping from Def Squad members Redman and Keith Murray as well as a guest appearance from Q-Tip and singing from Zhané and different future Flipmode Squad...
, the apocalypse. The album was a commercial success, sporting the hit singles "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Dangerous". It is sometimes seen as a noteworthy, or "classic" because it is considered one of Busta's best albums, and one of the albums that brought East Coast Hip Hop
East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the East Coast...
back into the mainstream, after years of fading sales at the hands of West Coast artists. Steve Heuy (of allmusic.com) claimed that it is "arguably Rhymes' definitive original album". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It's Busta Rhymes' best selling album, with 1.67 million copies sold.
The album also spawned an unorthodox 12" only release of "Turn it Up", released as Fire it Up
Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up
"Turn It Up /Fire It Up" is a hit single by Busta Rhymes released in 1998.The original version of the song first appeared as the seventh track on When Disaster Strikes, but it was the remix that was released as a single. The remix sampled the theme from the 1980s TV series Knight Rider and became...
, which sampled the theme tune from the 1982 television series Knight Rider. This replaces track 3, "Survival Hungry", on newer editions of the album.
Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer(s) | Sample(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Intro" | |||
| 2 | "The Whole World Lookin' at Me" | DJ Scratch DJ Scratch DJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion.... |
Busta Rhymes | |
| 3 | "Survival Hungry" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | |
| 4 | "When Disaster Strikes" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | |
| 5 | "So Hardcore" | The Ummah The Ummah The Ummah was a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. Occasional members included Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo... |
Busta Rhymes | "Go To Hail" (Black Sheep Black sheep In the English language, black sheep is an idiom used to describe an odd or disreputable member of a group, especially within a family. The term has typically been given negative implications, implying waywardness... ) |
| 6 | "Get High Tonight" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes | "Get Down Tonight" (KC & the Sunshine Band) |
| 7 | "Turn it Up" | Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes | "Love and Happiness" (Al Green Al Green Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"... ) |
| 8 | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes from his second studio album When Disaster Strikes. Released as the lead single, the song includes samples from "Sweet Green Fields" by Seals & Crofts... " |
Shamello, Buddah *Epitome (co) |
Busta Rhymes | "Sweet Green Fields" (Seals & Crofts) |
| 9 | "It's All Good"¹ | Latief, M.Bolden | Busta Rhymes | "The Windows of the World" (David T. Walker David T. Walker David T. Walker is an American guitarist born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to numerous session musician duties since the early 1970s, Walker has issued over twelve albums in his own name.-Career:... ) |
| 10 | "There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix" | Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes *Jamal Jamal Phillips Jamal Phillips , who performs under the mononym Jamal, is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s.-Illegal and going solo:... |
"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song) "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" is a song written by Michael Cleveland for R&B–New Wave–dance group Indeep. It features vocals from Reggie and Rose Marie Ramsey, and its protagonists recall how they were bored to death until a DJ played a hot song and saved their lives by giving new energy to the... " (Indeep Indeep Indeep was a 1980s New York-based R&B/New Wave group, best known for its post-disco song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."-Career:The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland, and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early hip hop lyrics backed by two... ) |
| 11 | "We Could Take it Outside" | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes *The Flipmode Squad |
"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Henry Mancini Henry Mancini Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995... ) |
| 12 | "Rhymes Galore" | Rashad Smith | Busta Rhymes | "Do the Funky Penguin" (Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the... ) |
| 13 | "Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 1)" | Easy Mo Bee Easy Mo Bee Osten Harvey, Jr., better known by his stage name Easy Mo Bee, is a hip hop/R&B record producer, known for production work for late 80's artists such as Big Daddy Kane, but most notable for his affiliation with Bad Boy Records in its early years and his heavy production involvement in The Notorious... |
Busta Rhymes | |
| 14 | "Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 2)" | 8-Off Agallah Agallah Agallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name... *Clarence Dorsey (co) |
Busta Rhymes *Rampage *Anthony Hamilton Anthony Hamilton (musician) Anthony Hamilton is an American R&B, and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From , which featured the singles "Comin' from Where I'm From" and "Charlene."-Life and career:Hamilton was born in Charlotte,... *The Chosen Generation |
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| 15 | "One" | Rockwilder Rockwilder Rockwilder is an American hip hop and R&B record producer, rapper, and R&B Singer. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast Hip Hop artists in the mid 1990s. In 1999 Rockwilder produced Method Man & Redman's hit single "Da Rockwilder"... |
Busta Rhymes *Erykah Badu Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright , better known by her stage name Erykah Badu , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical... |
"Love's in Need of Love Today" (Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... ) |
| 16 | "Dangerous Dangerous (Busta Rhymes song) "Dangerous" is a hip hop song written by Lawrence Dermer, Trevor Smith, Rashad Smith, Henry Stone and Freddy Stonewall for Busta Rhymes second album When Disaster Strikes. The song is the album's fifteenth track, and was released as its second single, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100... " |
Rashad Smith | Busta Rhymes | "E.T.'s Boogie" (Extra T's) |
| 17 | "The Body Rock" | Sean "Puffy" Combs for The Hitmen The Hitmen (production team) The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:... |
Busta Rhymes f.Rampage f.Sean "Puffy" Combs f.Mase Mase Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker... |
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| 18 | "Get Off My Block | DJ Scratch | Busta Rhymes *Lord Have Mercy |
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| 19 | "Outro (Preparation for the Final World Front)" |
- Second pressing includes "Turn it Up/Fire it Up" in place of "Survival Hungry"
¹ Banned in the U.S. due to sexual contents.
² International bonus track.
Second Pressing Track listing
- "Intro"
- "The Whole World Lookin' at Me" (Produced by DJ ScratchDJ ScratchDJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
) - "Turn It Up/Fire It Up(Remix)" (Produced by Busta Rhymes, co-produced by Spliff StarSpliff StarWilliam A. Lewis Raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, he is of Trinidadian descent, better known as Spliff Star, first appeared alongside Busta Rhymes as the Flipmode Squad in 1996 on his album The Coming....
) - "When Disaster Strikes" (Produced by DJ ScratchDJ ScratchDJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
) - "So Hardcore" (Produced by The UmmahThe UmmahThe Ummah was a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. Occasional members included Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo...
) - "Get High Tonight" (Produced by DJ ScratchDJ ScratchDJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
) - "Turn It Up" (Produced by Busta RhymesBusta RhymesTrevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...
) - "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" (Produced by Shamello & Buddah, co-produced by Epitome)
- "There's Not A Problem My Squad Can't Fix" (featuring JamalJamal PhillipsJamal Phillips , who performs under the mononym Jamal, is an American rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s.-Illegal and going solo:...
) (Produced by Busta Rhymes) - "We Could Take It Outside" (featuring The Flipmode Squad: Rampage, Serious, Spliff Star, Lord Have MercyLord Have Mercy (musician)Wayne Notise , better known by his performing name Lord Have Mercy, is an American rapper and producer from Brooklyn, New York City...
, Rah DiggaRah DiggaRah Digga is an American rapper. Well known as a long time member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes, she parted ways amicably with the group in 2007. She has been called "one of rap's most prominent women MCs" by Allmusic and "one of hip-hop's most skilled female MCs" in...
& Baby Sham) (Produced by DJ ScratchDJ ScratchDJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
) - "Rhymes Galore" (Produced by Rashad Smith)
- "Things We Be Doin' For Money-Pt.1" (Produced by Easy Mo BeeEasy Mo BeeOsten Harvey, Jr., better known by his stage name Easy Mo Bee, is a hip hop/R&B record producer, known for production work for late 80's artists such as Big Daddy Kane, but most notable for his affiliation with Bad Boy Records in its early years and his heavy production involvement in The Notorious...
) - "Things We Be Doin' For Money-Pt.2" (featuring Rampage, Anthony HamiltonAnthony Hamilton (musician)Anthony Hamilton is an American R&B, and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From , which featured the singles "Comin' from Where I'm From" and "Charlene."-Life and career:Hamilton was born in Charlotte,...
& The Chosen Generation) (Produced by 8 OffAgallahAgallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name...
, co-produced by Clarence Dorsey) - "One" (featuring Erykah BaduErykah BaduErica Abi Wright , better known by her stage name Erykah Badu , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical...
) (Produced by RockwilderRockwilderRockwilder is an American hip hop and R&B record producer, rapper, and R&B Singer. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast Hip Hop artists in the mid 1990s. In 1999 Rockwilder produced Method Man & Redman's hit single "Da Rockwilder"...
) - "Dangerous" (Produced by Rashad Smith)
- "The Body Rock" (featuring Rampage, Sean "Puffy" Combs & MaseMaseMason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
) (Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs for The HitmenThe Hitmen (production team)The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:...
) - "Get Off My Block" (featuring Lord Have MercyLord Have Mercy (musician)Wayne Notise , better known by his performing name Lord Have Mercy, is an American rapper and producer from Brooklyn, New York City...
) (Produced by DJ ScratchDJ ScratchDJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....
) - "Outro (Preparation For The Final World Front)"
Singles
- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
- "Dangerous" - Gold
- "Turn It Up/Fire It Up(Remix)" - Gold
- "One"
Charts
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(U.S.)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 3 |
| 1997 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
Singles Chart Positions
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| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single... |
Rhythmic Top 40 | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1997 | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" | #11 | #2 | — | #16 | — | #16 |
| 1997 | "Dangerous" | #9 | #4 | #1 | #31 | #1 | #32 |
| 1998 | "'Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up "Turn It Up /Fire It Up" is a hit single by Busta Rhymes released in 1998.The original version of the song first appeared as the seventh track on When Disaster Strikes, but it was the remix that was released as a single. The remix sampled the theme from the 1980s TV series Knight Rider and became... " |
#10 | #7 | #1 | #38 | #2 | #2 |
| 1998 | "'One" | — | — | — | — | — | #23 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.