- hip hop, hip-hop
- 66 min
- 18 tracks
- Elektra
When Disaster Strikes... is the second studio album by American rapper and record producer Busta Rhymes, released by Elektra on September 16, 1997. The album follows the same theme as The Coming, the apocalypse. The album, upon its release, received mostly positive reviews, debuted at number three on the official US Billboard 200 album chart, and peaked at the top spot on the Top R&B Albums chart.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, contemporary and unpretentious.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.2/10
- RapReviews9/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- The Source4/5 ★
- Spin5/10
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Tracks
- 1Intro4:45
- 2The Whole World Looking at Me3:26
- 3Survival Hungry3:26
- 4When Disaster Strikes3:25
- 5So Hardcore3:35
- 6Get High Tonight3:51
- 7Turn It Up4:12
- 8Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See3:14
- 9There’s Not a Problem My Squad Can’t Fix3:20
- 10We Could Take It Outside4:47
- 11Rhymes Galore2:33
- 12Things We Be Doin’ for Money, Pt. 12:35
- 13Things We Be Doin’ for Money, Pt. 23:51
- 14One4:30
- 15Dangerous3:38
- 16The Body Rock4:06
- 17Get off My Block3:59
- 18Outro (Preparation for the Final World Front)2:31
18 tracks, 66 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Busta Rhymes
- Label
- Elektra
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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