Was Busta Rhymes ever one of the 5 best rappers in NYC?

[H.J.Duck]

. . . its crazy how most people think of Snoop when they hear about Martha Stewart . . .. but Busta hit that first in 97 . . . .

Hit what? The door of her wardrobe to get that dress?

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[patscorpio]

Busta was a character his damn self…

People loved to work with him.

Yesterday when I read Ghostface’s book and was shocked he got into it with Busta’s crew.

I didn’t think that nikkas would be getting at Bus.

He’s too silly to beat up.

Beating him up like trying to beat on Heavy D or ODB

Busta is a known a$$hole lol

 

[shopthatwrecks]

busta jus babbling n dont be sayin shyt jus like twista...


i wannaa see busta go head up with bizzy bone... somebody that be talkin that shyt and spittin

 

[Barney Rubble]

busta jus babbling n dont be sayin shyt jus like twista...


i wannaa see busta go head up with bizzy bone... somebody that be talkin that shyt and spittin

This probably the closest, but I still don't know a single word Bizzy said on this shyt I love Bone Thugs, though.

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

Busta rhymes has never been good

he only get love cause of his style…
kinda like the same way people act like missy elliott is good

only good thing he ever participated in was Halloween Resurrection

 

[patscorpio]

Busta was def a top rapper in NYC at his peak..he had a hell of a run

 

[DarkmanX]

Busta was a character his damn self…

People loved to work with him.

Yesterday when I read Ghostface’s book and was shocked he got into it with Busta’s crew.

I didn’t think that nikkas would be getting at Bus.

He’s too silly to beat up.

Beating him up like trying to beat on Heavy D or ODB

What happened?

 

[No Homo]

Take it from someone who is from the city in question…No

At his peak you’d hear the hits of course but nikkax wasn’t running around playing Busta albums or anything like that

Exactly this.

 

[Peak]

He was arguably there or therabouts between 98-00.

Edit: nah

DMX
Jay
Big Pun
Nore
Nas

Were all hotter during this period

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Nice question.

I am not from NYC but I would say so as an outsider who was nothing but hiphop orientated in the glory days until now. I picked up every The Source and bought mad LPs and mixtapes and ciphers and what not. Busta was def the man if not TOP 5 at any time definitely TOP 10. Back in Leaders of the New School he was seen as the nicest and in features back then going last verse meant you were the dopest. Which Busta had a lot of last verses.

With that said he was never seen as an elite MC until 'Put your hands where my eyes can see' Right before that record Puff told him to cut out all that shouting and rah rah aggressive chanting and drop it smooth. He has followed that blueprint since and one of my favorite Busta records 'New York sh1t' you can tell he is an elite spitter. A top tier MC.

I would say yes at one time he was a TOP 5 NYC MC.

Which Time?

 

[summwunn]

Hit what? The door of her wardrobe to get that dress?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Biggest? Sure. Best? HUH?!

 

[FreshAIG]

Maybe from 1996-1997

I would say then was his best argument.

It was Biggie, Nas, Jay, and I'd go P and then Busta probably in that last slot. There's other debatables you could put here as well.

 

[Mac Ten]

What happened?