Album Review:
Anarchy
- Release Date: 2000
- Genre: Rap
- Label: Elektra
- Artist: Busta Rhymes
- Flags: Contains explicit content
- Rating:
- Styles: Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Alternative Rap
- Track Picks: "Bladow!!," "Get Out!!"
Review
Busta Rhymes is undoubtedly one of the best and most distinctive rappers of the '90s. He's also one of the most prolific; Anarchy, released in the summer of 2000, is his fourth album since 1996. Each one has been jammed full of material and also a little erratic, packed not only with great singles and tongue-twisting performances but also filler that gets by mostly on Busta's personality. Clocking in at around 78 minutes, Anarchy is no exception to the rule. Its best moments are as brilliant as ever, but there are also signs that Busta's winning formula is starting to show a little wear and tear. "C'Mon All My Niggaz, C'Mon All My Bitches" has the insanely rapid-fire delivery of E.L.E.'s "Gimme Some More," which sums up the difficulty of Anarchy in a nutshell: no matter how incredible it is, we've heard much of this from Busta before. Of course, the converse is also true: a lot of it is still incredible, no matter how familiar, and there are a few intriguing production touches. But, perhaps for the first time, Busta's singular yet now familiar style isn't quite enough to carry the weaker material, which often feels too tossed off. It doesn't help, either, that Anarchy follows the same sort of millennial-apocalypse concept that enlivened E.L.E. (and, to a certain extent, When Disaster Strikes); it's a little disappointing to hear such an inventive rapper retreading familiar territory. It seems almost impossible that Busta could produce a true failure, but by this point, a growing number of fans may not salivate over a new album nearly as much as the inevitable best-of collection. ~ Steve Huey, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | iTunes | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Current State of Anarchy (Intro) | |
Trevor Smith, George Spivey | Busta Rhymes | (2:27) |
| Salute da Gods!! | |
Trevor Smith, George Spivey | Busta Rhymes | (3:46) |
| Enjoy da Ride | |
Jimmy Yancey, Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (3:36) |
| We Put It Down for Y'all | |
Trevor Smith, Kasseem Dean | Busta Rhymes | (3:29) |
| Bladow!! | |
Trevor Smith, Scott Storch | Busta Rhymes | (3:40) |
| Street Shit | |
J. Smith, Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (3:54) |
| Live It Up | |
Jimmy Yancey, Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (3:41) |
| Fire | |
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (2:49) |
| All Night | |
Trevor Smith, Kasseem Dean | Busta Rhymes | (3:44) |
| Show Me What You Got | |
Jimmy Yancey, Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (3:43) |
| Get Out!! | |
Frank Loesser, Trevor Smith, Dominick Lamb | Busta Rhymes | (3:03) |
| The Heist | |
Trevor Smith, C. Woods | Busta Rhymes | (4:16) |
| A Trip Out of Town | |
Trevor Smith, Dominick Lamb | Busta Rhymes | (5:25) |
| How Much We Grew | |
Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes | (4:54) |
| Here We Go Again | |
W. Michael Lewis, J. Smith, Trevor Smith, L. Jones, Rashia Fisher | Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad | (3:28) |
| We Comin' Through | |
Trevor Smith, George Spivey | Busta Rhymes | (2:59) |
| C'mon All My Niggaz, C'mon All My Bitches | |
Trevor Smith, George Spivey | Busta Rhymes | (2:54) |
| Make Noise | |
Trevor Smith, Dana Stinson | Lenny Kravitz, Busta Rhymes | (3:17) |
| Ready for War | |
Trevor Smith | Busta Rhymes, M.O.P. | (4:18) |
| Why We Die | |
Trevor Smith, Jay-Z | Busta Rhymes, DMX, Jay-Z | (3:59) |
| Anarchy | |
Trevor Smith, Dominick Lamb | Busta Rhymes | (4:12) |
| Outro | |
Jeff Schimmel | Busta Rhymes | (:45) |
