Blues Traveler

Signing with Sanctuary Records, they released "Truth Be Told" on August 5th, 2003. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and will release his yet-to-titled album on the imprint. Sheehan's untimely death in 1999 and Popper's struggle with obesity have helped keep the group on the fringes of the mainstream, and A&M dropped the band after disappointing sales of their 2001 album "Bridge". Busta Rhymes had recently signed to Dr. Their albums with A&M in the later 1990s include Straight on Till Morning and Bridge. 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. Blues Traveler's future releases were not able to live up to the quintuple platinum sales of Four, though they have maintained a loyal fanbase from the beginning of their career. is President", along with a remix video, which featured Sean Paul and gave the song an even more reggae-inspired flavor.

Their fourth album, Four, was a late-blooming success thanks to the singles "Run-around" and "Hook". and Rakims hit song "Eric B. Former member Bobby Sheehan (bass) died in 1999 of a drug overdose in New Orleans. Its first single, "Make It Clap," was a moderate hit and had a popular remix featuring a sample from Eric B. Blues Traveler is an American jam band, led by John Popper (vocals, harmonica) along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), Brendan Hill (drums), Tad Kinchla (bass) and Ben Wilson (keyboards). On November 26, 2002 (see 2002 in music) Busta Rhymes released his 6th studio album It Ain't Safe No More. Live on the Rocks, 2004. Dre and The Neptunes, respectively.

Truth Be Told, 2003. 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. Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics, 2002 (compilation). Continuing the apocalyptic theme of his previous albums, he titled his record Genesis. Live: What You and I Have Been Through, 2002. In 2001 (see 2001 in music), he released a greatest hits record, and a new effort. Bridge, 2001. After leaving Elektra, Rhymes signed to J Records, a new label started by recently ousted Arista chief and founder Clive Davis.

Straight on Till Morning, 1997. In 2000 he worked on several movie projects, including the remake of Shaft, and released his final album for Elektra, Anarchy. Live From the Fall, 1996. Rhymes has kept up his frantic work rate, juggling his music career with his acting roles. [[Four (album)|Four, 1994. 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. 1,000,000 People Can't Be Wrong, 1994 (compilation). The frenetic "Gimme Some More" reached number 5 in the UK singles chart in January 1999 (see 1999 in music).

Save His Soul, 1993. 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. Travelers and Thieves, 1991. 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. Blues Traveler, 1990. 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.