Busta Rhymes has named some of his dream collaborators from the current rap landscape.
Though the Brooklyn native has worked with fellow legends like Eminem, JAY-Z and The Notorious B.I.G. in his career, he still has a few names to tick off his wish list.
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Speaking on The Breakfast Club, Busta said: “I ain’t work with Cole yet, I wanna work with Cole. I’m a huge fan of J. Cole. I’m a huge fan of JID. JID is crazy. Big shout out to JID.
“Huge fan of Drake. Love to work with Drake. Coco Jones is incredible to me. I’m a huge fan of Janelle Monáe too.”
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The Flipmode Squad frontman also named R&B singer October London, who he likened to Marvin Gaye, and Houston rapper Tobe Nwigwe, who he hailed as “incredible.”
London responded to Busta’s praise on Instagram, writing: “Man, I swear this made my day. @bustarhymes [phone emoji] Me brotha! Let’s make this happen!”
Nwigwe added on his own page: “aye… I love @bustarhymes.”
Busta Rhymes has had no shortage of great collaborations and recently told the story behind his classic hit “Why We Die” featuring DMX and JAY-Z.
Appearing on Shopping For Sneakers with Kick Game, the 51-year-ol detailed how X wanted to improve his verse after hearing that Hov was going to be on the track.
“My man Eric Nicks brought back the two-inch reel with DMX’s verse on it and JAY-Z didn’t spit yet,” he said. “So when we put the record out and Dog heard JAY-Z was on it, he stepped to Eric Nicks and he called me and was like, ‘Yo, you know that verse was just a ref, right? N-ggas went and put JAY-Z… If I’d have known that shit I’d have spit my shit better!’
“I was like, ‘But Dog, your shit was crazy!’ He was like, ‘Fuck that. Y’all ain’t tell me that Jay was getting on the shit. Next time we do a song, let me hear my shit finished first!’ Dog’s passion, I can’t even compare it to nothing else in existence.”
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Busta Rhymes has also worked with plenty of artists outside of Hip Hop, collaborating with The Pussycat Dolls on the 2005 hit “Don’t Cha,” Linkin Park on “We Made It” and Jack White and Elton John on A Tribe Called Quest‘s “Solid Wall of Sound.”
