E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front is a hip hop album by Busta Rhymes, released on December 15, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It is the first album by Busta Rhymes to feature production by Swizz Beatz, as well as no contribution from longtime collaborator Jay Dee.
Extinction Level Event peaked at #2 and #12 on Billboard's Top Hip Hop/R&B; Albums and the Billboard 200 charts. Due to the resurgence in popularity of disaster movies a...
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E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front is a hip hop album by Busta Rhymes, released on December 15, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It is the first album by Busta Rhymes to feature production by Swizz Beatz, as well as no contribution from longtime collaborator Jay Dee.
Extinction Level Event peaked at #2 and #12 on Billboard's Top Hip Hop/R&B; Albums and the Billboard 200 charts. Due to the resurgence in popularity of disaster movies around the time of the album's release in 1998, primarily Armageddon and Deep Impact, it can be suggested that the album, the album's title and cover drew much inspiration from these sources. This belief was confirmed when Busta Rhymes explained in an interview that the cover was inspired by the disaster movie Deep Impact, showing his image of an asteroid hitting New York City.
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