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Busta Rhymes

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Birth name Trevor George Smith, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1972 (51 years) at New York City (USA)

Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, producer, and actor from Brooklyn. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. Early in his career, he was known for his wild style and fashion, and today is best known for his intricate rapping technique, which involves rapping at a fast rate with a lot of internal rhyme and half rhyme, and to date has received eleven Grammy nominations for his musical work.

About.com included him on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), while Steve Huey of AllMusic called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the 1990s. In 2012, The Source placed him on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. MTV has called him "one of hip-hop's greatest visual artists."

Busta Rhymes was both a member of Leaders of the New School and a founding member of the record label Conglomerate (founded as Flipmode Entertainment) and production crew The Conglomerate (formerly Flipmode Squad). In November 2011, Busta Rhymes signed a deal with Cash Money Records. He has so far released eight studio albums, with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album The Coming. His list of hit singles include "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", "Dangerous", "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up", "Gimme Some More", "What's It Gonna Be?!", "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II", "I Know What You Want" and "Touch It", among several others. He is set to release his tenth album, E.L.E.2 (Extinction Level Event 2), in 2015, which will be a sequel to his 1998 album E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front.

Biography

Jeunesse et débuts
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. est né le 20 mai 1972 dans le quartier de Brooklyn, à New York. Il est le fils de Geraldine Green et Trevor Smith, tous les deux originaires de Jamaïque. À 12 ans, il emménage avec sa famille à Uniondale, Long Island, puis en Angleterre alternant entre Liverpool et Morecambe avant ses études à l'Uniondale High School, d'où il est diplômé en 1990. Smith étudie à la George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, aux côtés de Jay-Z, DMX et The Notorious B.I.G..


Leaders of the New School et popularisation (1989–1993)
En 1989, Smith, aux côtés des rappeurs originaires de Long Island Charlie Brown (né Bryan Higgins), Dinco D (né James Jackson) et Cut Monitor Milo (né Sheldon Scott), forment le groupe de rap East Coast appelé Leaders of the New School (LONS). Le groupe est mieux aperçu lorsqu'il joue aux côtés de Public Enemy. Chuck D de Public Enemy donna à Busta Rhymes et Charlie Brown leurs noms de scène respectifs. Leaders of the New School se lance dans les enregistrements à la fin de 1989 et publie leur premier album A Future Without a Past... en 1991 au label Elektra Records. Au début de 1992, le groupe participe au posse cut Scenario du groupe A Tribe Called Quest, dans lequel le verset de Busta Rhymes le propulse dans la conscience culturelle. En 1993, ils publient T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye). Peu après, cependant, des tensions surviennent à cause de la montée en popularité de Busta Rhymes, ce qui mène à la séparation du groupe lors des Yo! MTV Raps.

En été 1992, Rhymes participe aux chansons de nombreux rappeurs et groupes comme Big Daddy Kane, Another Bad Creation, The Notorious B.I.G., Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, et à des interludes sur le premier album de Mary J. Blige, What's the 411? et au deuxième album du groupe TLC, CrazySexyCool. Il participe également à la couverture de l'album Midnight Marauders du groupe A Tribe Called Quest. Au début de 1993, il joue dans Who's the Man? aux côtés de ses anciens partenaires de LONS. Cette même année, il participe au film Strapped diffusé sur la chaîne HBO aux côtés de Fredro et Bokeem Woodbine, ainsi que dans le film Higher Learning aux côtés d'Ice Cube et Omar Epps. À la fin de 1994, après sa participation à la chanson Oh My God du groupe A Tribe Called Quest, il s'associe avec Puff Daddy, LL Cool J, Rampage et son ancien camarade de classe The Notorious B.I.G., sur un remix du titre Flava In Ya Ear de Craig Mack. Pendant ce temps, Rhymes s'engage dans une battle mémorable contre le futur Ol' Dirty Bastard. Rhymes travaillera aussi avec Diddy, Notorious B.I.G., The LOX, Fugees, Mary J. Blige, Foxy Brown, Mase, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, DMX, Lil' Kim et Snoop Dogg pour plusieurs chansons qui ne seront jamais publiées.


Premiers albums (1995–1999)
En été 1995, Busta Rhymes se lance dans son premier album The Coming, qu'il publie le 26 mars 1996 et atteint la 6e place du Billboard 200. Un mois avant la publication de l'album, il sort le single à succès Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check. L'album suivant, When Disaster Strikes..., publié le 23 septembre 1997 comprend les singles Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See et Dangerous. Cet album atteint la troisième place du Billboard 200.

En 1998, Busta Rhymes publie The Imperial avec le groupe Flipmode Squad, qui compte, outre Busta, Rah Digga, Rampage, Lord Have Mercy, Spliff Star et Baby Sham. La même année, il enregistre et publie son nouvel album Extinction Level Event (Final World Front) le 8 décembre 1998. Le single Gimme Some More — qui reprend le thème du film Psycho — atteint la 46e place Rhythmic Top 40. L'album, qui atteint la 12e place du Billboard 200, est remarqué pour son rap rapide, en particulier sur la chanson Iz They Wildin Wit Us? avec Mystikal.
Busta Rhymes publie ensuite, le 8 décembre 1998, l'album Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front inspiré du film catastrophe Deep Impact. Les singles Gimme Some More et What's It Gonna Be, avec Janet Jackson, en sont les principaux titres.


Anarchy, Genesis, et It Ain't Safe No More (1999–2004)

En 2000 sort Anarchy, son quatrième album solo. L'album ne rencontre pas un énorme succès. Par ailleurs, Busta Rhymes quitte Elektra Records pour J Records.

En 2001, il sort un nouvel album intitulé Genesis. Le succès rencontré est à la hauteur de son tube, Break Ya Neck, dont la rapidité du flow est remarquable. Genesis contient aussi Shut Em Down 2002, produit par Pete Rock, et Pass the Courvoisier, et est produit par des noms de renommée mondiale comme Dr. Dre, The Neptunes ou encore J Dilla.

En 2002, Busta Rhymes sort son sixième album It Ain't Safe No More. Le premier single extrait, Make It Clap, rencontre un immense succès, surtout après un remix avec Sean Paul. Le second, I Know What You Want avec Mariah Carey, est lui aussi très populaire.

En 2004, il prête sa voix dans le jeu vidéo Def Jam: Fight for NY à son personnage, Magic.


The Big Bang et Back on My B.S. (2006–2009)
Pour son album suivant, Busta Rhymes signe sur le label de Dr. Dre, Aftermath Entertainment. Le 12 juin 2006 sort donc The Big Bang dont les premiers singles sont Touch It (et son remix avec maints invités : Lloyd Banks, DMX, Rah Digga, Papoose, Mary J. Blige, Hebo, Missy Elliott, Method Man, Jay-Z et Nas) et I Love My Bitch (I Love My Chick pour les ondes américaines) avec Will.i.am et Kelis. Le clip reprend le concept du film Mr. et Mrs. Smith avec Gabrielle Union qui reprend ici le rôle tenu par Angelina Jolie.

En novembre 2007, il sort, avec le DJ Mick Boogie, une mixtape en hommage au producteur décédé en février 2006, J Dilla. La mixtape, intitulée Dillagence, est composée de morceaux enregistrés sur des instrumentales produites par Dilla mais que Busta n'avait jamais utilisées. J Dilla avait collaboré avec Busta Rhymes dès les débuts en solo de ce dernier et remixant son tube Woo-Hah! Got You All in Check en 1996 et en participant ensuite à tous ses albums.

En 2008, Bus-A-Bus devait sortir son huitième opus solo. Au départ intitulé Before Hell Freezes Over However puis Blessed, il s'intitule finalement Back on My B.S.. L'album, repoussé de nombreuses fois, sort finalement en mai 2009. Le premier single est Arab Money produit par et avec Ron Browz. La sortie de l'album avait été contrariée par le changement de label du rappeur : en septembre 2008, il avait quitté Aftermath/Interscope après une brouille avec Jimmy Iovine avant de rejoindre le célèbre label de soul, Motown, filiale d'Universal Music Group.


Cash Money, mixtapes et albums (depuis 2010)

En septembre 2009, Busta Rhymes annonce un neuvième album aux côtés de Boi-1da, intitulé The Chemo. À cette période, il annonce l'avoir terminé à 80 %. En mai 2010, Busta Rhymes change le titre de son album de The Chemo pour Extinction Level Event 2, faisant de l'album une suite de l'album Extinction Level Event (Final World Front).

Lors d'un entretien le 6 août 2010 avec Conspiracy Worldwide Radio, le producteur DJ Premier annonce avoir envoyé huit beats à Busta Rhymes, que ce dernier ne souhait pas utiliser. En 2011, Rhymes enregistre la chanson Look at Me Now avec Chris Brown et Lil Wayne pour le quatrième album de Brown, F.A.M.E..
Le 1er mai 2011 Rhymes participe au lancement du show américain Big Brother Africa 6: Amplified. En 2011, Busta Rhymes joue au Gathering of the Juggalos. Busta Rhymes contribue également à l'album All 6's and 7's de Tech N9ne, sur le single, Worldwide Choppers. Il enregistre ensuite avec Justin Bieber la chanson Drummer Boy de son album, Under the Mistletoe, publié le 1er novembre 2011. Le 11 novembre 2011, une chanson dédiée à Heavy D intitulée You Ain’t Gotta Wait Till I’m Gone est publiée.

En août 2012, il publie un album gratuit intitulé Year of the Dragon sur le site Google Play.

Best films

Usually with

Damon Dash
Damon Dash
(2 films)
Q-Tip
Q-Tip
(3 films)
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Busta Rhymes (18 films)

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Actor

Generation Iron, 1h46
Directed by Vlad Yudin
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Mickey Rourke, Michael Jai White, Lou Ferrigno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Busta Rhymes
Roles Himself
Rating69% 3.496913.496913.496913.496913.49691
Generation Iron chronicles seven top bodybuilders as they train to compete in the 2012 Mr. Olympia.
Breaking Point, 1h37
Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Tom Berenger, Armand Assante, Busta Rhymes, Sticky Fingaz, Musetta Vander, Frankie Faison
Roles Al Bowen
Rating48% 2.4136352.4136352.4136352.4136352.413635
Steven Luisi, ex avocat de la défense de criminels tente de reprendre son métier après avoir lutté contre son addiction à la drogue et après avoir souffert d'une tragédie familiale.
Full Clip
Full Clip (2004)
, 1h35
Directed by Christopher Morrison
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Xzibit, Tom Lister, Jr., Bubba Smith, Busta Rhymes, Mark Boone Junior, DeRay Davis
Roles Joshua Pope
Rating33% 1.650681.650681.650681.650681.65068
Full Clip is a 1970s style blaxploitation action movie (A "BuckTown" remake). Joshua Pope (Busta Rhymes) returns to his home in a small town to claim the inheritance his father has left him. Once there, however, he finds that the local police have corrupted the town and are ruling with an iron fist. So, with the help of an old friend (Xzibit) and his cohorts, Pope sets out to reclaim the town he once loved.
Death of a Dynasty, 1h32
Directed by Damon Dash
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kevin Hart, Rashida Jones, Devon Aoki, Charlie Murphy, Damon Dash
Roles lui-même
Rating36% 1.844061.844061.844061.844061.84406
A young journalist, David Katz, who writes for a hip-hop magazine called "Mic Check", starts following a music mogul around as part of a story and over time incorrectly starts to think he is part of that world, which leads to him writing an article for a gossip newspaper that starts a rivalry between the producer and his most famous rapper.
Narc
Narc (2002)
, 1h42
Directed by Joe Carnahan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Films about psychiatry, Gangster films
Actors Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Chi McBride, Busta Rhymes, Stacey Farber, Alan Van Sprang
Roles Darnell 'Big D Love' Beery
Rating70% 3.547583.547583.547583.547583.54758
Undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis (Jason Patric) chases a drug dealer through the streets of Detroit after Tellis' identity has been discovered. During the pursuit, the dealer holds a child hostage. Tellis shoots and kills the dealer before he can hurt the child, however a stray bullet hits the child's pregnant mother, causing her to miscarry.
Halloween: Resurrection, 1h30
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about television, Serial killer films, La téléréalité
Actors Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Brad Loree, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Sean Patrick Thomas
Roles Freddie Harris
Rating39% 1.9587251.9587251.9587251.9587251.958725
Three years after the events of the previous film, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) had been sent to a psychiatric hospital after it is revealed that she had beheaded a paramedic instead of her brother Michael Myers (Brad Loree); the paramedic had located the body of Myers in the dining hall of Laurie's school, Hillcrest Academy, after the paramedic tried to grab his mask, Myers attacked him, and crushed his larynx so he wouldn't cry out and forcefully switched clothing and his mask. As Laurie drives the coroner's van out of the school, Myers in the paramedic's clothing walks out of the school grounds and goes into hiding for the next three years.
Finding Forrester, 2h16
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace
Roles Terrell Wallace
Rating72% 3.6487953.6487953.6487953.6487953.648795
Sixteen-year-old Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) plays basketball with his friends in New York. A recluse, William Forrester (Sean Connery), lives on the top floor of the building across from the court. The kids regularly notice him watching them. One of the boys dares Jamal to sneak into the apartment and retrieve an item. Jamal takes a letter opener only to be surprised by Forrester and inadvertently leaves his backpack behind. Forrester later drops Jamal's backpack onto the street. Jamal goes home to find that Forrester wrote notes in his journals. Jamal returns to Forrester's apartment and asks him to read more of his writing. Forrester tells him to begin with 5,000 words on why Jamal should "stay the fuck out of my home", which he completes and leaves on the doorstep the following day.
Backstage
Backstage (2000)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man, Redman, Ja Rule, Damon Dash
Rating57% 2.8574352.8574352.8574352.8574352.857435
Les labels Def et Roc-A-Fella réunissent leurs rappeurs pour une tournée de 54 dates à travers les États-Unis (Charlotte, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, ...) et le Canada (une date à Montréal). Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule sont traités comme des stars, mais les « jeunes » derrière eux logent dans un bus sans aucun luxe. Les patrons des labels s'embrouillent. Les rappeurs rencontrent des filles très fans. Method Man et Redman laissent libre cours à leur imagination débordante et enfumante...
Shaft
Shaft (2000)
, 1h40
Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about racism
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Richard Roundtree, Pat Hingle
Roles Rasaan
Rating60% 3.000013.000013.000013.000013.00001
NYPD Detective John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) is called in to investigate the racially motivated murder of Trey Howard (Mekhi Phifer), committed by Walter Wade, Jr. (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon. Shaft briefly meets a potential eyewitness to the murder, Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette), but she disappears soon after and cannot be found for the trial. Wade is released on bail and flees to Switzerland.
The Rugrats Movie, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Cree Summer, Tara Strong
Roles Reptar Wagon (voice)
Rating59% 2.9530452.9530452.9530452.9530452.953045
The film starts with a parody of the 1981 Indiana Jones action film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Afterwards, the babies are chased out of the temple by a boulder, which is revealed to be Didi Pickles who is at the baby shower at the Pickles' house, where Didi is pregnant with a second baby, which everyone believes will be a girl. Didi goes into labor and her friends rush her to the hospital. While this is happening, the kids crawl off. When the baby is finally born after a montage of past lives, it is a boy and they name him Dillon, after Didi's cousin. Dil quickly becomes a very spoiled baby, crying non-stop for attention, keeping all of the babies' toys for himself and refusing to share with Tommy. After a particularly nasty fight between Tommy and Dil over Tommy's teddy bear, Stu has a conversation with Tommy about being a big brother and the responsibility he now has and assures him that one day he will be happy to have Dil as his little brother. He also gives Tommy a locket with a picture of Tommy and Dil taped together and a watch inside which he calls his "sponsativity", his term for responsibility.
Higher Learning, 2h7
Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Laurence Fishburne, Cole Hauser
Roles Dreads
Rating64% 3.249193.249193.249193.249193.24919
At Columbus University, a fictitious college in southern California, we first see Malik Williams (Omar Epps), a black man, Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson), a white woman, and Remy (Michael Rapaport), another white man, at the opening freshman pep rally and as they are decorating their rooms. Malik and Kristen meet in the elevator, with the nervous Kristen shielding her purse and Malik seeing this and resenting it. There is a montage of each putting up pictures and posters in their rooms. Track star Malik goes to his first practice unprepared, and is chastised severely by the coach.