Blue Swede

See also: List of Swedes in music. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and will release his yet-to-titled album on the imprint. Also of note, the group recorded a medley that combined "I'm Alive" by The Hollies and "Hush" by Deep Purple which played better in Scandinavia than anywhere else. Busta Rhymes had recently signed to Dr. The group had a US top 10 hit with a cover of The Association's "Never My Love". The second single, a duet with Mariah Carey, entitled "I Know What You Want" has been even more successful; having reached the top ten of Billboard's pop singles chart and the top ten in rap radio airplay. Thomas song "Hooked on a Feeling", adapted by British pop eccentric Jonathan King. is President", along with a remix video, which featured Sean Paul and gave the song an even more reggae-inspired flavor.

The band got their international break-through in 1972 with their cover of the 1969 B.J. and Rakims hit song "Eric B. The band was originally called "Blåblus" (Swedish for "blue denim shirt") and featured Björn Skifs singing the lead vocals. Its first single, "Make It Clap," was a moderate hit and had a popular remix featuring a sample from Eric B. Blue Swede was a Swedish rock band from the early to mid-1970s that succeeded with a few singles which were covers of other artists' material. On November 26, 2002 (see 2002 in music) Busta Rhymes released his 6th studio album It Ain't Safe No More. Dre and The Neptunes, respectively.

The aptly titled Genesis gave Busta Rhymes a rebirth of success with the mega-hits "Break Ya Neck" and "Pass the Courvoisier" produced by hip-hop uber-producers Dr. Continuing the apocalyptic theme of his previous albums, he titled his record Genesis. In 2001 (see 2001 in music), he released a greatest hits record, and a new effort. After leaving Elektra, Rhymes signed to J Records, a new label started by recently ousted Arista chief and founder Clive Davis.

In 2000 he worked on several movie projects, including the remake of Shaft, and released his final album for Elektra, Anarchy. Rhymes has kept up his frantic work rate, juggling his music career with his acting roles. Rhymes enjoyed further transatlantic success in April when the highly catchy "What's It Gonna Be?!', featuring Janet Jackson, reached the US and UK Top 10. The frenetic "Gimme Some More" reached number 5 in the UK singles chart in January 1999 (see 1999 in music).

Rhymes' fascination with film informed the same year's Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front, which took its title from the disaster movie Deep Impact. The same year he released The Imperial as part of the Flipmode Squad, a collaborative project with rappers Rampage, Lord Have Mercy, Spliff Star, Rah Digga and Baby Sham. The third single, "Turn It Up/Fire It Up" was less popular, but only just failed to top the UK charts and was a top 10 hit in Germany, establishing Rhymes as an international star. The album did, however, produce two hugely popular singles and videos in America, "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Dangerous".

The follow-up, When Disaster Strikes... was less successful in the US but sold well overseas. The album's mix of ragga and hip hop made it a marginal success, and it included the US and UK top 10 single "Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check". Smith is well-known throughout the hip hop community with the release of his debut solo album on Elektra Records, The Coming, in 1996 (1996 in music) after leaving the Leaders of the New School. At 12 his family moved to Long Island where he met up with other MCs from the growing New York hip hop community.

Of Jamaican heritage, Busta Rhymes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Uniondale, New York. Trevor Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician. Download sample "Abandon Ship" (with Rampage), from The Coming.