It’s finally here.
This video has been requested ever since the first time I uploaded a Fastest Verses video,
and after scouring the internet for any fast Busta verses that I might have missed out
on I think I’m finally confident enough to make this list on the speed rapping legend
that is Busta Rhymes.
As always, every verse is counted in syllables per second over a time period of 10 seconds,
because anyone can rap fast for 1 or 2 seconds and consistency does matter to me.
So with that being said guys, it’s time to talk about the 10 FASTEST Busta Rhymes
Verses Ever Made.
Honourable Mentions:
12 - Bottoms Up (Remix) [Verse 1] - 9 SPS
And we kick off our list with a quick honourable mention for one of Busta’s great guest verses.
As you can tell this wasn’t fast enough to make the top 10, but I definitely thought
I should acknowledge it.
11 - Welcome to My Hood (Remix) [Verse 3] - 9 SPS
And we already have another remix here that was the same speed as the last one, and again
I feel like it had to be acknowledged, so here it is.
Top 10:
10 - Iz They Wildin Wit Us And Getting Rowdy Wit Us (Verse 2) - 9.3 SPS
From what I’ve heard, Extinction Level Event was really the album where Busta Rhymes started
to showcase his speed rapping on quite a few tracks.
This is a great example of this, and I was thinking it would be at least 9.7 SPS, but
it was just a bit less.
Still one of my favourite verses from him and the combination of Busta and Mystikal
is wonderful.
9 - All I Do Is Win (Remix) [Verse 3] - 9.4 SPS
Another remix here on our list, and this one qualifies as a remix that I think is better
than the original version, a topic which I made a whole video on, a video which included
this song.
It’s just pretty great minus Khaled’s verse and Busta Rhymes comes with a mind blowing
verse.
A weird thing that I’ve noticed though is that a lot of his fast verses start in the
same way; either with him saying every time or everybody.
Just thought I’d point that out.
8 - Bottles And Rocking J’s (Verse 1) - 9.5 SPS
I think what makes this verse so fun is how casual Busta sounds on it.
He makes it sound like rapping fast is no challenge to him whatsoever, and honestly
at this point it probably isn’t.
I also love how Busta adlibs his verse by sounding like he’s amazed at the speed rapping
he just did, he does that on a few songs and it’s pretty funny to hear.
7 - Jumanji (Verse 3) - 9.7 SPS
The combination of Busta Rhymes and my dad Joyner Lucas was an interesting combo, and
it’s clear that Busta really wanted to work with Joyner after how he reacted to Joyner’s
song, Ross Cappichioni.
So naturally they would work together on a speed rapping song.
It’s over a pretty minimalistic but uptempo beat that gives both rappers a great opportunity
to show their talents, and that they do.
6 - Worldwide Choppers (Verse 7) - 9.7 SPS
This one was just obvious.
For every rapper on this song that I’ve done a fastest verses video on, those being
Twista, Twisted Insane, Tech N9ne himself and now Busta Rhymes, they have had their
verse from this song in their top 10 fastest.
This is the apex of chopper songs.
It makes sense that on a song with around 8 other incredibly speedy rappers, you’d
wanna push yourself to have the fastest one, and Busta puts in a brilliant effort here.
5 - Look At Me Now (Verse 3) - 9.9 SPS
I
have no doubt that everyone watching this expected this to be on here, it’s the fast
verse from Busta Rhymes that pretty much everyone knows about.
I think almost everyone that has listened to it wants to learn the verse so they can
rap along, and it really was one of the landmark speed rapping songs.
Chris Brown also raps on here, and that’s kinda fast as well which was cool and Lil
Wayne has a good verse that is faster than normal, we’ll say.
But Busta’s speed rapping really was the highlight, he sounds so fluid.
Brilliant song overall.
4 - HAM Freestyle (Verse 1) - 10 SPS
This song is just over 1 minute long, but that 1 minute is filled with a ridiculous
amount of words.
This of course is a remix of the song HAM by Jason Zed and Kane East, which means Busta
is gonna go in.
I think he’s brought some of his strongest verses on remix tracks, and it makes sense
because if you’re rapping over a beat that someone has already rapped over, you wanna
prove your worth on that beat.
Needless to say, Busta was definitely worthy of this beat.
3 - Can You Keep Up?
(Verse 2) - 10 SPS
When Twista and Busta Rhymes are on a track, it’s bound to be a contest of who can chop
the fastest.
Unless we’re talking about the song Billionaire, but I’d rather just forget that song in
all honesty.
What we get here is just that, a battle of who can rap the fastest, and by the speeds
I’ve calculated, Busta was 0.8 SPS faster on this track than Twista.
Either way they both put their all into this track, and it’s just a whirlwind from start
to finish.
The real highlight for me is at the end of the song where Busta and Twista trade bars
using the same flow as the other did, I’d really want to hear more of these two together.
Unless it’s the song Billionaire.
2 - Why Stop Now?
(Verse 1) - 10 SPS
This one fell short of the number 1 spot by such a slight margin, but still came in at
a very impressive speed.
It seems that for some reason, whenever Busta collaborates with Chris Brown he brings out
some quick flows, and that’s what he does here.
I will admit, the beat very slightly annoys me with that buzzing synth that plays throughout
it, but I focus a lot more on Busta’s words and flow here than the instrumental.
He also finishes the verse by being very aware that people will want to try and cover this
verse.
He says that he wants to see people try and rap this fast part on YouTube, and I’m sure
more people responded to that than he expected.
In fact so many people wanted to rap along with the verse that Busta Rhymes set up a
competition based around rapping this verse.
1 - 60 Second Assassins (Verse 1) - 10.1 SPS
Just beating the previous song on here by 0.1 syllables per second, we have this incredible
verse.
This is a song that I absolutely love, it’s just fast rapping with nice lyricism from
the second the song starts to the second it ends.
The track features Twista, Layzie Bone and Jaz-O, who was Jay-Z’s mentor, and Busta
set the bar high by having the opening verse.
I think breakneck is probably a pretty nice and fitting adjective to use to describe the
pace on this verse by Busta.
Not to mention if you’re looking for another song which contains verses from Busta and
Twista, this is a great one to go to.
So here we have it, 60 Second Assassins is the fastest verse that Busta Rhymes has laid
down
with 10.1 SPS.
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