Busta Rhymes @ Smokin' Grooves Tour 1996

Busta Rhymes - Smokin' Grooves Tour 1996

[@StandleyHandcrafted]

I got to see this tour in College Park Atlanta! So damn good. The crowd lost their minds when he came back out during Tribes Scenario.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

happy 52th birthday trevor george smith jr. aka busta rhymes !!!!

[@Soljahkimmy]

I was there... Fugees..busta..ziggy marley..cypress hill..crucial conflict..( only white girl with blue braids.)

[@ryebred77]

I believe I remember the whole line up in 96. Not in this order...Fugees,TCQ,Busta Rhymes, The Pharcyde, Cypress Hill... I was at the one in Cincinnati. When the Fugees hit the stage. There was a rumor that Nas was driving from Dayton to do ,"If I ruled the world" with Ms. Hill. Wow...when Nas showed up they turned off the lights and Pras and Wyclef walked off and man it went down!!! Thanks fir the upload.

[@dwayneturner9395]

The next year was dope too....but my unlucky ass didn't get ATCQ on the lineup. But PE, Gang Starr nd mfing MOP added! I was in Indiana, so I was one of 12 people going crazy when MOP opened.

[@robnbeats2403]

We also had gangstar, public enemy and beasty boys in Minneapolis cypress hill .

[@JazzSoulMetal]

Wowww! That’s a helluva lineup

[@DJHerm]

I was there! Busta Rhymes jumped on a row of speaker cabinets at the bottom of the stage. They should've all been strapped together but they weren't, so the one he landed on fell forward while he fell back! He disappeared behind it for a second the jumped back up like it never happened and continued without missing a beat! Pretty sure it's at the 3:30 mark of this clip. You can tell it's edited out here, but you can still see Spliff Star look back to see what happened. I remember the clip of him falling made it to MTV News.

[@_decon49_98]

I was there and totally remember that

[@DJHerm]

@E Kus At the time it was Desert Sky Pavilion in Glendale AZ. It's gone through numerous name changes but currently it's Ak-Chin Pavilion.

[@DJHerm]

@Eddie Kuspiel I wish I knew more! Maybe MTV has archives?? Congrats on the film project though! I'd love to see it when it's done. This was such a great show. I remember being up front during Tribe's set. There were so many casual Hip Hop fans there. (The type of people that were really only there because of the widespread success of Fugees' "Killing Me Softly.") During "Can I Kick It?", Q-Tip walked around the crowd. He'd ask "Can I kick it??" and thrust the mic into the face of some unsuspecting new Fugees fan, only to have them respond "Ummmm... yeah!" and "Wooo!!!" All us true blue Hip Hop heads just shook our heads. Ha ha.

[@zeagazetotsiyon2942]

1996 Dallas at the Coca-Cola Starplex. I WAS THERE FOR SMOK'IN GROOVES TOUR and again in 1998. Still have my tickets !!!!

[@joemontez8103]

Same here...96 and 98

[@chauntball]

...damn i remember this shhhh, i was there...thanx for posting!!! ....but this is from the blockbuster desert sky pavillion in phoenix, az....

[@_decon49_98]

I was there too. Amazing show

[@sleepysoljah69southernlady7]

I was there!!

[@marcogarza4505]

I still have the ticket stub lol 😂

[@lovely6995]

I was at this shit 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HollisBrownmanofvalor]

Bus put in that work

[@robrown311]

I still have the t-shirt :)

[@TheZigzach]

I saw this tour in DTE Auburn Hills MI!!

[@AtomikDyke]

you know it was great shit if you converted it from VHS!

[@926623631]

so ka bu sota publico