When Disaster Strikes...

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Billboard	(favorable)^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
NME	(7/10)^[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.2/10)^[5]
Robert Christgau	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]
The Source	^[4]

When Disaster Strikes... is the second studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes, released by Elektra on September 16, 1997.^[9] The album follows the same theme as The Coming, the apocalypse. The album was a commercial success, sporting the hit singles "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and "Dangerous". The album, upon its release, has received praise from most music critics, and opened at number three on the official US Billboard 200 album chart, and peaked at the top spot on the Top R&B Albums chart. The album generated three singles: "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See", "Dangerous", and "Turn It Up"—all of which found chart success on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's lead single, "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" (notable for its music video that lampooned the 1988 film Coming to America) earned a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998.^[1] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (featuring Dolemite)			4:44
2.	"The Whole World Lookin' at Me"	Trevor Smith, Jr., George Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:26
3.	"Survival Hungry"	Smith, Jr., Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:40
4.	"When Disaster Strikes"	Smith, Jr., Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:25
5.	"So Hardcore"	Smith, Jr., James Yancey	The Ummah	4:51
6.	"Get High Tonight"	Smith, Jr., Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:51
7.	"Turn It Up"	Smith, Jr., Al Green	Busta Rhymes	4:11
8.	"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"	Smith, Jr., James Seals, Darrol Durant, Roger Munroe	Shamello, Buddah, Epitome (co)	3:14
9.	"It's All Good"	Smith, Jr.,	Latief, M. Bolden	5:03
10.	"There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix" (featuring Jamal)	Smith, Jr., Jamal Phillips, Michael Cleveland	Busta Rhymes	5:56
11.	"We Could Take it Outside" (featuring The Flipmode Squad)	Smith, Jr., Bergman Bergman, Rashia Fisher, W. Michael Lewis, Roger McNair, Spivey	DJ Scratch	4:47
12.	"Rhymes Galore"	Smith, Jr., Rashad Smith	Rashad Smith	2:33
13.	"Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 1)"	Smith, Jr.	Easy Mo Bee	3:18
14.	"Things We Be Doin' for Money (Part 2)" (featuring Rampage, Anthony Hamilton & The Chosen Generation)	Smith, Jr., Carl Dorsey	Agallah, Clarence Dorsey (co)	4:56
15.	"One" (featuring Erykah Badu)	Smith, Jr., Erica Wright, Dana Stinson, Stevland Morris	Rockwilder	4:38
16.	"Dangerous"	Smith, Jr., Lawrence Dermer, Rashad Smith, Henry Stone, Freddy Stonewall	Rashad Smith	3:37
17.	"The Body Rock" (featuring Rampage, Sean "Puffy" Combs & Mase)	Smith, Jr., Sean Combs	Diddy	5:33
18.	"Get Off My Block" (featuring Lord Have Mercy)	Smith, Jr.	DJ Scratch	3:58
19.	"Outro (Preparation for the Final World Front)"			2:31

Some versions of the album replace "Survival Hungry" with "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" at Track 3.^[11]

Samples

"So Hardcore" contains a sample from "Go To Hail" by Black Sheep.
"Get High Tonight" contains a sample from "Get Down Tonight" by KC & the Sunshine Band.
"Turn It Up" contains a sample from "Love and Happiness" by Al Green.
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" contains a sample of "Sweet Green Fields" by Seals & Crofts.
"It's All Good" contains a sample from "The Windows of the World" by David T. Walker.
"There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix" contains a sample from "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" by Indeep.
"We Could Take it Outside" contains a sample from "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Henry Mancini.
"Rhymes Galore" contains a sample from "Do the Funky Penguin" by Rufus Thomas.
"One" contains a sample from "Love's in Need of Love Today" by Stevie Wonder.
"Dangerous" contains a sample from "E.T.'s Boogie" by Extra T's.

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[12]	3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	1

References

1 2 3 Steve Huey (1997-09-23). "When Disaster Strikes - Busta Rhymes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ Billboard - Google Boeken. 1997-09-27. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ Matt Diehl (1997-09-26). "When Disaster Strikes Review". EW.com. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
1 2 "Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "Busta Rhymes: When Disaster Strikes: Pitchfork Record Review". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "CG: busta rhymes". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "Rolling Stone : Busta Rhymes: When Disaster Strikes". Web.archive.org. 1997-10-22. Archived from the original on August 27, 2006. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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↑ "When Disaster Strikes: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ Billboard. 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
↑ "Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes...". Discogs. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
↑ "Busta Rhymes – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Busta Rhymes. Retrieved September 19, 2013.

Busta Rhymes

Discography

Albums	The Coming When Disaster Strikes... E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front Anarchy Genesis It Ain't Safe No More... The Big Bang Back on My B.S. Year of the Dragon E.L.E.2 (Extinction Level Event 2)

L.O.N.S. albums	A Future Without a Past... T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind's Eye)

Flipmode albums	The Imperial

Compilations	Total Devastation: The Best of Busta Rhymes Turn It Up! The Very Best of Busta Rhymes The Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes Rich Gang (with YMCMB)

Singles	"Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" "It's a Party" "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" "Dangerous" "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" "Gimme Some More" "What's It Gonna Be?!" "Break Ya Neck" "Make It Clap" "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" "I Know What You Want" "Where's Your Money?" "Touch It" "I Love My Bitch" "New York Shit" "In the Ghetto" "Don't Get Carried Away" "Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'em)" "We Made It" "Arab Money" "Hustler's Anthem '09" "Respect My Conglomerate" "World Go Round" "Why Stop Now" "Twerk It" "Thank You" "Calm Down"

L.O.N.S. singles	"Case of the P.T.A." "Sobb Story" "The International Zone Coaster" "Scenario" "What's Next" "Classic Material"

Flipmode singles	"Everybody on the Line Outside" "Cha Cha Cha"

Featured singles	"Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" "Victory" "Fire" "What's Happenin'" "Don't Cha" "Hurt" "Run the Show" "Peace Sign/Index Down" "Rotate" "C'mon (Catch 'em by Surprise)" "Look at Me Now" "Welcome to My Hood (remix)" "Worldwide Choppers" "The Woman You Love" "Pride n Joy" "Take You There"

Other songs	"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"

Related articles	Native Tongues Conglomerate Records

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When Disaster Strikes...

Track listing

Charts

See also

References