Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop, Busta Rhymes says he is bringing "feel good energy" back to Hip-Hop as he is gearing up to release his new album. Teaming up with some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop, Busta's new album, Block Busta, is not only executive produced by himself but also Swizz Beatz, Pharrell, and Timbaland. "I'm super grateful to each and every one of those gentlemen. My brothers," he said "they been a part of my legacy and my career growth... I'm super grateful, super thankful that my brothers decided to make some time and just really be a part of this body of work." Busta declared that this project is going to "shift the culture." As it should, "that's what it's about, especially during Hip-Hop 50. I mean in general we supposed to do that just continue to add in a significant way to the culture and a productive way." The 51-year-old rapper reflected on being one along with many OGs in the game of Hip-Hop, "as incredible as a run that we've all had learning as we were going along, we the senseis of this s***," he said before asking "you think stopping anytime soon makes sense?" The lead single from his new project, "Beach Ball" featuring BIA is out now. Words by Yasmeen Akbar
All content for Hip-Hop Made is the property of Audacy and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop, Busta Rhymes says he is bringing "feel good energy" back to Hip-Hop as he is gearing up to release his new album. Teaming up with some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop, Busta's new album, Block Busta, is not only executive produced by himself but also Swizz Beatz, Pharrell, and Timbaland. "I'm super grateful to each and every one of those gentlemen. My brothers," he said "they been a part of my legacy and my career growth... I'm super grateful, super thankful that my brothers decided to make some time and just really be a part of this body of work." Busta declared that this project is going to "shift the culture." As it should, "that's what it's about, especially during Hip-Hop 50. I mean in general we supposed to do that just continue to add in a significant way to the culture and a productive way." The 51-year-old rapper reflected on being one along with many OGs in the game of Hip-Hop, "as incredible as a run that we've all had learning as we were going along, we the senseis of this s***," he said before asking "you think stopping anytime soon makes sense?" The lead single from his new project, "Beach Ball" featuring BIA is out now. Words by Yasmeen Akbar
Rakim on Hip-Hop's impact: 'It's taking the world by storm'
Hip-Hop Made
3 minutes
2 years ago
Rakim on Hip-Hop's impact: 'It's taking the world by storm'
Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop, we linked up with one of the most influential and legendary rappers to touch a mic – Rakim. Sitting down with Hartford's number one for Hip-Hop and R&B, Hot 93.7, he shared that when he was first getting into Hip-Hop, he initially questioned how long the genre would be around. "When I was first getting involved making a conscious, serious decision to make it my livelihood, it was a question you know, like is it going to last? is it a fad?" he admitted, but "to see it come this far... and the way it impact the world, Hip-Hop is not only taking the world by storm, it's the number one genre," he said. Noting that Hip-Hop is practically ingrained in everything, he added "every other genre is influenced by Hip-Hop... even Country music, they're saying slang." When he thinks about his first introductions to Hip-Hop, he explained that he could take it all the way back to nursery rhymes and he was essentially "involved with Hip-Hop before the first rap record came out." For more from the legendary Rakim, listen to the full interview above. Words by Yasmeen Akbar Interview by DJ Buck
Hip-Hop Made
Back with another installment of Hip-Hop Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop, Busta Rhymes says he is bringing "feel good energy" back to Hip-Hop as he is gearing up to release his new album. Teaming up with some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop, Busta's new album, Block Busta, is not only executive produced by himself but also Swizz Beatz, Pharrell, and Timbaland. "I'm super grateful to each and every one of those gentlemen. My brothers," he said "they been a part of my legacy and my career growth... I'm super grateful, super thankful that my brothers decided to make some time and just really be a part of this body of work." Busta declared that this project is going to "shift the culture." As it should, "that's what it's about, especially during Hip-Hop 50. I mean in general we supposed to do that just continue to add in a significant way to the culture and a productive way." The 51-year-old rapper reflected on being one along with many OGs in the game of Hip-Hop, "as incredible as a run that we've all had learning as we were going along, we the senseis of this s***," he said before asking "you think stopping anytime soon makes sense?" The lead single from his new project, "Beach Ball" featuring BIA is out now. Words by Yasmeen Akbar
