Anarchy (Busta Rhymes album)

Anarchy
Studio album by Busta Rhymes
Released	June 20, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Canada
Genre	Hip hop
Length	78:19
Label	Flipmode Elektra
Producer	DJ Scratch, Jay Dee, Nottz, Swizz Beatz, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Busta Rhymes, DJ Shok, Rockwilder, Large Professor, P. Killer Trackz
Busta Rhymes chronology
Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front (1998) Anarchy (2000) Genesis (2001)
Singles from Anarchy
"Get Out!!" Released: June 3, 2000 "Fire" Released: July 29, 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C−[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	7/10[5]
The Phoenix	[6]
RapReviews	6/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Yakima Herald	[9]

Anarchy is the fourth studio album by American rapper and record producer Busta Rhymes,^[10] released on June 20, 2000, by Flipmode Records and Elektra Records. It comes after the release of The Coming, When Disaster Strikes and Extinction Level Event (Final World Front). The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 164,000 copies.^[11] The album would later be certified Platinum by the RIAA. This was Busta's final album with Elektra Records.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[12]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro: The Current State of Anarchy"			2:27
2.	"Salute da Gods!!"	Trevor Smith George Spivey Thom Bell Linda Creed	DJ Scratch	3:47
3.	"Enjoy da Ride"	T. Smith James Yancey	Jay Dee	3:37
4.	"We Put It Down for Y'all"	T. Smith Kasseem Dean	Swizz Beatz	3:30
5.	"Bladow!!"	T. Smith Scott Storch	Scott Storch	3:40
6.	"Street Shit"	T. Smith Justin Smith	Just Blaze	3:54
7.	"Live It Up"	T. Smith J. Yancey	Jay Dee	3:42
8.	"Fire"	T. Smith Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	Busta Rhymes	2:50
9.	"All Night"	T. Smith K. Dean	Swizz Beatz	3:44
10.	"Show Me What You Got"	T. Smith J. Yancey Lætitia Sadier Tim Gane	Jay Dee	3:43
11.	"Get Out!!"	T. Smith Dominick Lamb Darryl Sloan Frank Loesser	Nottz	3:04
12.	"The Heist" (featuring Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Roc Marciano)	T. Smith Rahkeim Meyer Dennis Coles Corey Woods	Large Professor	4:17
13.	"A Trip Out of Town"	T. Smith D. Lamb D. Sloan Eugene Raskin	Nottz	5:25
14.	"How Much We Grew"	T. Smith Michael Gomez	DJ Shok	4:55
15.	"Here We Go Again" (featuring The Flipmode Squad)	T. Smith Roger McNair Rashia Fisher William Lewis Leroy Jones J. Smith	Just Blaze	3:29
16.	"We Comin' Through"	T. Smith G. Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:00
17.	"C'mon All My Niggaz, C'mon All My Bitches"	T. Smith G. Spivey	DJ Scratch	2:55
18.	"Make Noise" (featuring Lenny Kravitz)	T. Smith Dana Stinson	Rockwilder	3:18
19.	"Ready for War" (featuring M.O.P)	T. Smith	Busta Rhymes	4:18
20.	"Why We Die" (featuring DMX and Jay-Z)	T. Smith Earl Simmons Shawn Carter	P. Killer for Trackz	4:01
21.	"Anarchy"	T. Smith D. Lamb D. Sloan	Nottz	4:13
22.	"Outro"			0:46

Sample credits^[12]

• "Salute Da Gods!!" contains a sample from "Betcha by Golly Wow!", written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed, performed by Ferrante & Teicher
• "Enjoy Da Ride" contains a sample from "Dream Suite" by Dreams.
• "Fire" embodies portions of "Surrender", written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
• "Show Me What You Got" contains a sample from "Come and Play in the Milky Night", written by Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane, performed by Stereolab.
• "Get Out!!" contains a sample from "The Ugly Duckling", written by Frank Loesser, performed by The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus.
• "A Trip Out Of Town" contains a sample from "Those Were the Days" written by Eugene Raskin.
• "Ready For War" contains a sample from "Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow" performed by Diana Ross.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 87 French Albums (SNEP)[14] 54 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 63 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 50 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 65 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 38 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[19] 7 US Billboard 200[20] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200[22] 157 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 54

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[24]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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6. wil gerken; nathan hendler; doug floyd; john banks. "Music: Boston Phoenix CD Reviews". Weeklywire.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
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11. "Creed Makes It Two In A Row At No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
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21. "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
22. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
23. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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