E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front

by Busta Rhymes

E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 December 1998
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:05:35
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily fueled by impending Y2K anxiety and apocalyptic cinematic tropes, the energetic emcee's third solo outing is a massive, highly theatrical commercial blockbuster. The record balances hyper-speed, aggressive rhyme schemes with dominant mainstream singles, most notably the colossal Janet Jackson collaboration 'What's It Gonna Be?!'.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, vulgar, party, rap, hard, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Intro - There Is Only One Year Left (2:37)
  2. Everybody Rise (2:59)
  3. Where We Are About to Take It (3:06)
  4. Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation) (3:34)
  5. Tear Da Roof Off (3:36)
  6. Against All Odds (feat. Flipmode Squad) (2:58)
  7. Just Give It to Me Raw (3:00)
  8. Do It to Death (3:27)
  9. Keepin' It Tight (2:59)
  10. Gimme Some More (2:38)
  11. Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin Rowdy Wit Us? (feat. Mystikal) (3:39)
  12. Party Is Goin' on over Here (2:32)
  13. Do the Bus a Bus (3:27)
  14. Take It Off (3:07)
  15. What's It Gonna Be?! (feat. Janet Jackson) (5:24)
  16. Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce (3:29)
  17. What the Fuck You Want!! (3:15)
  18. This Means War!! (feat. Ozzy Osbourne) (4:35)
  19. Outro - The Burial Song (5:04)

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