Published Fri, November 6, 2020 at 9:00 AM EST
Busta Rhymes is floored.
"I think the cohesiveness and the body of work, and the micromanaged, detail-oriented intricacy of the album — I don't think that's been experienced in this dynamic in a long time, either.
We come from the era [with] the architecture that went into 'Doggy Style' and 'The Chronic' and 'AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted' and 'Midnight Marauders' and 'Low End Theory' and 'It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back' and 'Fear Of A Black Planet' and '2001'..."
- Busta Rhymes on the craft of album-making
"And I also didn't understand how to execute the way that I execute now."
Greatness is important to Busta. He recognizes the standard his own legacy sets for him as an artist; and he also understands how he still sets a standard for greatness.