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The Big Bang (Busta Rhymes album)

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The Big Bang is the seventh studio album from American rapper Busta Rhymes, released on June 13, 2006. It is his first release under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. Full production of the album came from Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am, Denaun Porter, Erick Sermon, Green Lantern, Timbaland, the late J Dilla, and DJ Scratch. Guest features include Nas, Stevie Wonder, the late Rick James,will.i.am, and many more.

It was speculated that the first single would be "I'll Hurt You", a track featuring Eminem that leaked around December 2004. A second song that leaked was "Where's Your Money?" featuring ODB. However, both of these tracks would fail to make the final cut of the album. At one point, a collaboration with The Game was planned and possibly even recorded,[1] but this also failed to make the album. Due to average responses of the tracks, the first single was instead changed to "Touch It" and reached #16 on the Hot 100 chart. "Touch It", which features a sampled portion of Daft Punk's "Technologic", has also garnered a major remix that is currently still receiving major play. The second single "I Love My Chick" features Kelis and will.i.am. Stevie Wonder plays piano and sings on "Been Through the Storm," a track acclaimed by many critics.

The album became Busta Rhymes' highest charting album in the UK, debuting on the UK albums chart at #19. His previous highest album peak was #34 for the album When Disaster Strikes, almost ten years before the release of The Big Bang.

Much to the frustration of fans, the "Touch It" remix also failed to make the final album cut.

Track listing

  1. "Get You Some" (featuring Q-Tip & Marsha of Floetry) - 3:45
  2. "Touch It" - 3:35
  3. "This Is How We Do It Over Here" (featuring Missy Elliott) - 3:36
  4. "New York Shit" (featuring Swizz Beatz) - 3:01
  5. "Been Through the Storm" (featuring Stevie Wonder) - 4:06
  6. "In the Ghetto" (featuring Rick James) - 3:53
  7. "Cocaina" (featuring Marsha of Floetry) - 3:32
  8. "You Can't Hold a Torch" (featuring Q-Tip & Chauncey Black) - 3:39
  9. "Goldmine" (featuring Raekwon) - 3:45
  10. "I Love My Bitch" (featuring Kelis & will.i.am) - 3:47
  11. "Don't Get Carried Away" (featuring Nas) - 3:30
  12. "They're Out to Get Me" (featuring Mr. Porter) - 5:02
  13. "Get Down" - 3:40
  14. "I'll Do It All" (featuring Latoiya Williams) - 5:02
  15. "Legend of the Fall Offs" - 4:40

Singles

  1. "Touch It" / "Touch It (Remix)" (feat. Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX)", #16 US
  2. "I Love My Bitch" (feat. Kelis & will.i.am) / "New York Shit" (feat. Swizz Beatz)
  • New York Shit

Production credits

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Back cover
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CD face
  1. "Get You Some" (produced By Dr. Dre and Mark Batson)
    • Keyboards: Mark Batson & Dawaun Parker
  2. "Touch It" (produced By Swizz Beatz)
  3. "This Is How We Do It Over Here" (produced By Dr. Dre)
    • Keyboards: Dawaun Parker & Che Vicious
    • Additional vocals by Deana Evans
  4. "New York Shit" (produced By DJ Scratch)
  5. "Been Through the Storm" (produced By Sha Money XL with additional production By Dr. Dre)
    • Keyboards: Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker & Mike Elizondo
    • Orchestra production: Busta Rhymes
    • Contains samples from "Everlasting love", as performed by Felix Cavaliere.
  6. "In the Ghetto" (produced By DJ Green Lantern with additional production By Dr. Dre)
    • Additional keyboards: Dawaun Parker
    • Contains a sample from "Ghetto Life", as performed by Rick James.
  7. "Cocaina" (produced By Rick Rock
    • Keyboards: Mark Batson
    • Guitar: Mike Elizondo
    • Additional keyboards: Che Vicious
  8. "You Can't Hold a Torch" (produced By J Dilla)
    • Additional Keyboards by Dawaun Parker
    • Scratching by Busta Rhymes
    • Contains samples from the composition "Inside My Love", as performed by Minnie Riperton.
  9. "Goldmine" (produced By Erick Sermon with additional production By Dr. Dre)
    • Additional Keyboards by Dawaun Parker & Che Vicious
  10. "I Love My Bitch" (produced By will.i.am)
  11. "Don't Get Carried Away" (produced By Dr. Dre)
    • Keyboards by Lionel Holoman & Dawaun Parker
  12. "They're Out to Get Me" (produced By Denaun Porter)
  13. "Get Down" (produced By Timbaland and Nisan Stewart)
  14. "I'll Do It All" (produced By Jelly Roll)
  15. "Legend of the Fall Offs" (produced By Dr. Dre)
    • Additional Vocals by Bokeem Woodbine & Cami Gutierrez
    • Contains interpolations from the composition "Do You Ever", as performed by Return To Forever.
    • Remake of "After You Die" by Dr. Dre feat. Rakim (unreleased)

Note

On the edited version, "I Love My Bitch" is called "I Love My Chick".

  • New York Shit

Charts

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 1
2006 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
2006 Top Rap Albums 1
2006 UK Albums Chart 19
2006 Canada Top 100 6
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