Busta's Back, in Fine Form

Posted May 19, 2009 6:29 PM CDT

Busta Rhymes performing Touch It.
(YouTube)

Busta Rhymes is back with his first album in three years, and if his record release party last night is any indication, he's barely missed a beat, writes Jayson Rodriguez in Rolling Stone. Rhymes—whose Back On My B.S. is out today—"has long been recognized as one of hip-hop’s premiere live performers and just doesn’t have it in him to disappoint," writes Rodriguez. He delivered "a tight, raucous, burst of energy over an 85-minute set."

With a new label and a slew of legal problems behind him, Rhymes' new album is a "spirited effort (that) harkens back to the New York lyricist’s debut." Rhymes is also a convert to the digital age, embracing vlogs and Twitter. “This Internet shit is bringing out some real hip-hoppers,” he said. “It's making us all live in one neighborhood.”
(More Busta Rhymes stories.)

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