E.L.E.: The Final World Front is the third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American hip-hop artist Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes

Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...

, released on December 15, 1998 (see 1998 in music

1998 in music

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). It is the first album by Busta Rhymes to feature production by Swizz Beatz

Swizz Beatz

Kasseem Dean , better known by his stage name, Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, DJ, rapper and painter. At the age of 17, he gained attention in the hip-hop world through his friendship with rapper DMX. Grady Spivey and rapper Cassidy helped launch his label Full Surface Records...

, as well as no contribution from longtime collaborator Jay Dee. Critically acclaimed, the album debuted at number twelve on the US Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, reaching number two on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart, and being the recipient of two Grammy nominations, one for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance, respectively.

Reception

Extinction Level Event peaked at #2 on the Billboard's Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums and #12 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album, and cover were influenced by popular disaster movies around the time of the album's release in 1998, primarily Armageddon and Deep Impact

Deep Impact (film)

Deep Impact is a 1998 science-fiction disaster-drama film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks in the United States on May 8, 1998. The film was directed by Mimi Leder and stars Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Téa Leoni, and Morgan Freeman...

. 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.

Track listing

#	Track	Producer(s)	Featured artist(s)	Sample(s)
1	"There's Only One Year Left!!! (Intro)"
2	"Everybody Rise"	Nottz Nottz Dominick Lamb better known by his stage name, Nottz is a music producer, writer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. He sometimes extends his executive name to Nottz Raw.-History:...		"If Tomorrow Never Comes" by The Controllers The Controllers The Controllers are a fictional extraterrestrial race existing in the DC Universe. They first appear in Adventure Comics #357 , and were created by Jim Shooter, Mort Weisinger, and Curt Swan.-Pre-Crisis:...
3	"Where We Are About to Take It"	Nottz		"Topless Dancers of Corfu" by Dick Hyman
4	"Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)"	Nottz		"Early in the Morning" by Terry Baxter and his Orchestra
5	"Tear da Roof Off"	Swizz Beatz Swizz Beatz Kasseem Dean , better known by his stage name, Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, DJ, rapper and painter. At the age of 17, he gained attention in the hip-hop world through his friendship with rapper DMX. Grady Spivey and rapper Cassidy helped launch his label Full Surface Records...
6	"Against All Odds"	Jamal	The Flipmode Squad
7	"Just Give It to Me Raw"	Swizz Beatz
8	"Do It to Death"	Rockwilder Rockwilder Rockwilder is an American hip hop and R&B record producer, rapper, and R&B Singer. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast Hip Hop artists in the mid 1990s. In 1999 Rockwilder produced Method Man & Redman's hit single "Da Rockwilder"...
9	"Keepin' It Tight"	Rashad Smith and Armando Colon		"New Bell" by Manu Dibango Manu Dibango -External links:*...
10	"Gimme Some More Gimme Some More "Gimme Some More" is the first single by Busta Rhymes from his third solo album E.L.E. : The Final World Front. The song is often considered to be the very summit of Busta's complex, breathless, high-speed rhyming delivery most prominent in his early work. The track was produced by regular Busta... "	DJ Scratch DJ Scratch DJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....		"Prelude from Psycho" by Bernard Herrman
11	"Iz They Wildin Wit Us & Gettin' Rowdy Wit Us?"	Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Kenny Dickerson	Mystikal Mystikal Michael Lawrence Tyler , better known by his stage name Mystikal, is an American rapper, and actor from New Orleans.-1993-1994: Early career:...
12	"Party Is Goin' on Over Here"	DJ Scratch
13	"Do the Bus a Bus"	DJ Scratch		"Bubble Bunch" by Jimmy Spicer Jimmy Spicer Jimmy Spicer is a rap musician who released a number of old school rap singles during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Spicer was managed by Russell Simmons' Rush Management...
14	"Take It Off"	Hassan Big Haas The Fantom		"Sunshower" by Dr. Buzzards Original Savanna Band
15	"What's It Gonna Be?! What's It Gonna Be?! "What's It Gonna Be?!" is a single released in 1999 by rapper Busta Rhymes Featuring R&B singer Janet Jackson. It proved to be an international success, gaining the highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #3.... "	Darrell "Delite" Allamby	Janet Jackson Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
16	"Hot Shit Makin' Ya Bounce"	Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Deric Angelettie Deric Michael Angelettie , otherwise known as D-Dot, Papa Dot and The Madd Rapper, is a rapper, record producer, CEO and entrepreneur. He graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in 1986. He then attended Howard University from 1986-1989. He dropped out to pursue a music career...  & Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen The Hitmen (production team) The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:...		"Good Day for Lovin'" by Ann Peebles Ann Peebles Ann Peebles is an African American singer-songwriter who gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label...
17	"What the Fuck You Want!!"	Diamond D Diamond D Diamond D is a hip hop producer and MC from the Bronx, New York City, and one of the founding members of the legendary D.I.T.C. crew. He started out as a DJ for Jazzy Jay back in the late 1980s and was at the same time perfecting his skills in beat making and turntablism, and together with rhyme...		"Apache" by The Incredible Bongo Band
18	"This Means War!!"	Busta Rhymes	Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...	"Iron Man Iron Man (song) "Iron Man" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their second studio album Paranoid released in 1970. It was later included on their initial greatest hits compilation We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll , as well as all subsequent greatest hits compilations.-Writing and... " by Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
19	"The Burial Song (Outro)"	DJ Scratch

Charting singles

Year	Single	Chart	Highest Rank
1999 1999 in music -Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....	What's It Gonna Be?! What's It Gonna Be?! "What's It Gonna Be?!" is a single released in 1999 by rapper Busta Rhymes Featuring R&B singer Janet Jackson. It proved to be an international success, gaining the highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #3....	The Billboard Hot 100	No. 3
1999	What's It Gonna Be?!	Hot Rap Singles	No. 1
1999	What's It Gonna Be?!	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	No. 1
1999	What's It Gonna Be?!	Rhythmic Top 40	No. 5
1999	What's It Gonna Be?!	Top 40 Mainstream	No. 40
1999	Gimme Some More	Rhythmic Top 40	No. 36
1999	Party Is Goin' on Over Here	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	No. 72