Cyrus Langhorne
Cash Records' Busta Rhymes recently discussed the anticipation for his upcoming Extinction Level Event 2 solo album and revealed what's kept the project from landing on store shelves. #ele2
According to Busta, behind-the-scenes issues including sampling problems have held up E.L.E. 2‘s release.
“I’m still dealing with a lot of clearance issues, but I would say it’s about 90% finished. I don’t anticipate having too much difficulty with it, but there’s a lot of real defining moments on the album that we had to use some very important content from different areas to just make the album shape up and reach the vision I had for an Extinction Level Event sequel. Ideally, if everything goes according to plan, I would like to have it out mid-fall and send people into the holidays with the most impactful project of my lifetime, God willing.” (Rolling Stone)
He also discussed what fans can expect from the long-awaited project’s content.
“E.L.E. 2 is very familiar and similar to the embodiment of what E.L.E. 1 sounded and felt like because it was important to me that if you play the first one today and then took it out and immediately put the second one in, I wanted the beginning of the second one to start with the same feeling that E.L.E. 1 ended with. I wanted it to be a natural progression and the most seamless sequel concept project that has ever been put together, but then it evolves as it goes on and you feel the nostalgia but you hear and you witness everything that’s current and new about the feeling of E.L.E. 2.” (Rolling Stone)
Last July, Busta confirmed his album’s existence across social media.
“Big announcement in a couple hrs.!! #Staytuned…”
“E.L.E.2”
“#ELE2,” Busta tweeted July 16. (Busta Rhymes’ Twitter)
Busta previously talked to SOHH about recruiting comedian Chris Rock to contribute to the LP.
“Chris Rock is a friend of mine,” Busta told SOHH. “He’s a Brooklyn native, I’m a Brooklyn native. We’ve watched each other grow in the industry throughout the years. We homies. One day I seen him in Miami and I just had this idea for him to narrate the entire album. I went to L.A. and when I seen him in L.A., I gave him a call, told him to come down to the studio, see what was going on with the project so he could get an idea of the direction we were going and he heard it and he was with it. He did what he had to do right there on the spot.” (SOHH)
