HipHop/RnB

It's been a tough couple of years for Buste Rhymes - severing his ties with the Aftermath/Interscope juggernaut, dealing with the fallout from the murder of his employee and friend, and even feeling the pinch as the property market hurts his finances. But out of adversity he's been busy crafting inspirational art, and, as he explains to hiphop.com editor Angus Batey, his eighth album has got him seriously excited.
Between the songs he tells stories: sometimes they're the stories that inspired the songs, sometimes they're the back-story to the making of the album, and sometimes they're just reminiscences and glimpses into a life which he's lived in the public eye since Leaders of the New School became underground stars in the early '90s. Since then he's mixed innovation with success to an almost unprecedented degree, his unmistakable rasp gracing hundreds of cameos and bringing the best out of some of the most out-there producers in the game....