Busta Rhymes

The album's opening phrase -- "the third celestial sphere in proximity to the sun entered a new millennium" -- lets us know that Busta is still in crazy Y2K apocalypse mode, but the next track ("Salute Da Gods") has little kids cursing for comedy, so things can't be that dire, right? "Bladow," featuring an early beat from Scott Storch, is the album's most immediate and satisfying track, but the real joy is hearing Busta Rhymes flowing over Dilla's beautiful "Show Me What You Got," constructing a competent [[word missing?]] and collaborating with Ghostface on the DJ Premier-produced "The Heist."

The arrival of Y2K wasn't exactly the extinction-level event that Busta Rhymes predicted
on his last couple of albums, but the worrywart rapper isn't breathing a sigh of relief just
yet. On his fourth solo outing, Busta casts a wary eye on the "current state of no fuckin'
government." Still, save for a gloomy prelude and outro, Anarchy is mostly fist-pumping,
wildin'-out energy, full of joints for Busta's real live niggas to turn way the fuck... More >