Released June 13, 2006 Length 62:48 Label Aftermath Entertainment | Recorded 2005–2006 The Big Bang(2006) Back on My B.S.(2009) Release date 13 June 2006 | |
Producer Dr. Dre (exec.), Busta Rhymes (co-exec.), Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, DJ Scratch, J Dilla, Timbaland, Mr. Porter, will.i.am, Sha Money XL, JellyRoll, Black Jeruz, Nisan Stewart, DJ Green Lantern Nominations Echo Award for Best Hip Hop/Urban Artist (International) Similar Back on My BS, Anarchy, It Ain't Safe No More, ELE (Extinction Level Eve, Genesis | ||
The Big Bang is the seventh studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released on June 13, 2006, by Flipmode Records, Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2005 to 2006 at several recording studios and was handled by Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, DJ Scratch, J Dilla, Timbaland, Mr. Porter, will.i.am, Sha Money XL, JellyRoll, Black Jeruz, Nisan Stewart and DJ Green Lantern.
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The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 209,000 copies in its first week, and certified gold by RIAA.
Background
It was released on June 13, 2006 & is his first album without his Signature Dreadlocks he had for most of his career as he transitioned a new look with a shaved head as you see in the inside album booklet. It is his only release under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. Full production of the album came from Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am, Mr. Porter, Erick Sermon, Green Lantern, Timbaland, J Dilla and DJ Scratch. Featured guests include Nas, Stevie Wonder, Rick James, Kelis, Raekwon, Eminem and many more. Five singles have been released for the album: "Touch It", "Touch It Remix", "I Love My Bitch", "New York Shit" and "In the Ghetto". Music videos were released for all of them. The finalized version of the "Touch It Remix", for which a video was shot, was not included on the final album.
Reception
The tracks "I'll Hurt You" featuring Eminem and "Where's Your Money?" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard both leaked but received luke-warm responses. The first single was "Touch It" and reached number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Touch It" featuring a sampled portion of Daft Punk's "Technologic", also garnered a major remix. The second single "I Love My Chick" features Kelis and will.i.am. Stevie Wonder plays piano and sings on "Been Through the Storm". The song "Get Down" was featured in the movie "Step Up 2: The Streets" but was not included on the soundtrack.
Busta Rhymes was really pleased with the album: "I would not have changed The Big Bang album for the world. It's still one of my if not the favorite album of mine from a lyrical standpoint, a conceptual standpoint and a musical standpoint." He praised the Dr. Dre produced song "Legends of the Fall Off" for the "gravediggin beat with the shovel in the dirt" calling it "unbelievable". He also praised "You Can't Hold a Torch", "Don't Get Carried Away" and "Gold Mine". He also said "The only thing I probably would have changed is I Love My Chick would not have been on that album. I probably would have put "I Love My Chick" on another album that it would have been more appropriate for."
Commercial performance
The album became Busta's first and only album to debut at number one on the charts with over 209,000 copies sold during the first-week of release. On August 30, 2006 the album was certified gold for shipments of over 500,000 units. The album has sold 823,000 copies as of November 22, 2011 The album became Busta Rhymes' highest charting album in the UK, debuting on the UK albums chart at number nineteen. His previous highest album peak was #34 for the album When Disaster Strikes, almost ten years before the release of The Big Bang.
Track listing
Samples
Credits
Songs
1Get You SomeQ-Tip - Marsha Ambrosius3:46
2Touch It3:36
3How We Do It Over HereMissy Elliott3:36