Exclusive: Busta Rhymes talks about fighting Charlie Brown

[@jimy0803]

Much respect to Busta for speaking on his discrepancies with LONS and after all of the bad-blood with Charlie Brown, he refused to bad-mouth Brown.

[@uzumak1sage]

lmao "found me a shorty who appreciated the kid quite thoroughly" 😂

[@marlo1987sh]

💯🤣

[@moegatz1955]

Well spoken 🤣🤣🤣

[@kennyc9662]

Inna real way

[@slemkapone7580]

😄👏

[@johrons]

Im gonna use that

[@reggiemars2k8]

Imagine Bus-A-Bus in the Tribe? That would have been dope as fuq!!!

[@teewhaay]

Man. That would of been the first album that I would of convinced my Mom and Dad to buy for me.

[@rainmaker690]

So that's why they broke up---geesh. Interesitng story,though.

[@Diggy22]

Reginald Marshall Get the new Tribe album. Busta is all up on the joint with the crew. When he vibes with Q-Tip and them, he's like a duck in water, he's in his natural element, and it makes an already great album even better. #RIPPHIFEDAWG

[@misterbelton]

He & Consequence pretty much were.

[@reggiemars2k8]

@Domo Jones well that's your opinion and I respect it.

[@ripley7]

When I saw the crowd reaction to Busta's "Scenario" verse on Arsenio Hall (remember when he flipped that Dr Suess hat he was rocking?), I knew it was over for LONS. Busta was a star and for some reason Brown was always in the middle or up front like he was the standout. Please.

[@Morgan24_7]

Brown WANTED to be, but he wasn't.

[@cloudrat7]

The only thing standing out was browns jacked up teeth..

[@peterking4173]

I'll never forget that moment. Being from Uniondale, it went from these guys rap from our town to 'Oh shit, Busta just destroyed the Arsenio Hall Show'. They were done a few months after that on Yo MTV Raps when Brown said he wasn't feeling the group doing promo for their next album. Poor life choices.

[@mojizzlemusic]

Charlie brown was way nicer then busta and yes I personally held a show at club rendezvous in brooklyn not to mention they use to come to the house and eat my moms cooking.Not sure about the car situation he is talking about but sounds like he talking about a song they had out called sob story.Busta is a great entertainer though.

[@GoodClipsTV]

So brown was the Otis Williams of the group

[@invisiblerevolution]

Everybody tryin to fight for the shine.....the black man's down FALL!

[@KellahBeatzOfficial]

Every group is like that

[@happydayz7857]

KConthebeat that’s true. Look into the story of The Eagles. Glenn Frey’s head got too big after ‘Hotel California’ and a legendary group was destroyed by it.

[@MaurandisDaRadusFilms]

Nah, this is least vs best...Busta was a pure star.

[@invisiblerevolution]

@@MaurandisDaRadusFilms Charlie held his own though... always thought, his flow & style, want nice with Busta's style.

[@MaurandisDaRadusFilms]

@@invisiblerevolution Charlie was nice fasho, I was just saying that Busta had that star quality...and 30 years later it shows.

[@trooper40below]

I heard it about it back in the day. I grew up in this era of hip hop and Busta and Charlie Brown were at each other's throat. Dinc D and Milo were watching on the sidelines. But really Charlie might have been a little envious Busta because Busta's style and his voice stood out in the group and people started paying attention to Busta.

[@jbarrier3506]

damn it sucks they fought. they made some great music together

[@manhbx96]

Busta Rhymes is a legend 8 classic albums

[@abdulsmith1569]

Finally we get to hear the real story behind the breakup of Leaders of the new school, didn't imagine that!!!

[@jackcoltrane5532]

Tribe sure are chilled out dudes (my fuckin favourite rap crew of all time!!!), even though they had their own issues as time went by! So happy about the Tribe album before Phife Dawg passed away, it is something that made me so grateful as a tribe-fan, something I was hoping for but never thought would become reality after watching the 2011 Tribe-documentary!! And the result turned out better than even a tribe-fan could ever imagine! Also having the Abstract An The Dragon LP, so great!! Saw Phife solo in concert 5 years ago on the day of my 22nd birthday, RIP PHIFE, so much love to Busta & Tip (one of the illest producers of all time, PERIOD!!!) makin it still happen and having contributed so much to Hip Hop culture and broke into new dimensions soundwise!! They shaped the sound we hear today profoundly, a lot of people underappreciate that fact heavily!!!

[@jernardwilson2758]

I agree!

[@robloxkrazy621]

So much passion!

[@piffspotmusic6208]

Rip dawg

[@MrJohnnyLighting]

I been fucking with Tribe since Q-Tip was on feat. On the Jungle Brothers song " The Promo

[@MrRedbone19]

And after all that, Busta was still nice enough to put Dinco and Charlie on his first solo album. So fuck em....

[@freddyvidz]

Maaaannnn, I’m with this cat. I ain’t riding with a bunch of dudes when some trim is available. I could understand if he told them he was coming to get them, but he didn’t. LOL

[@freebasereese6478]

I Always Thought He Should've Been With A Tribe Called Quest, He Had A Lot Of Camos Plus They Had Better Chemistry !

[@75lexluther]

he's to rugged for that group

[@darkjb48]

+75lexluther really? Charlie brown and dinco d were pussies , even worse

[@sharonsOff]

+75lexluther true

[@sharonsOff]

+Sharon Scu agree with you as far as busta too rugged for tribe

[@ivanduvok]

+Mojo Clov3 lmaoooo@ charlie and dinco..I'm dead

[@Diaperman2010]

There is always another side to a story. I'm glad he shed light on the background. I always knew something was wrong with the chemistry of Leaders of the New School.

[@DCBOOBAS]

Leaders of the New School messed their own (C. Brown & Dinko) careers up . It is relevant today because Busta has been on his own and has prospered big time.

[@maxcohen13]

Man. First Lucy takes the football away from him while he's trying to kick it, then he gets beat up by Busta Rhymes. 'aint that some shit.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

Sad cuz T.I.M.E. is a testimony to true Hip Hop creativity. If ONLY record labels didnt pull apart groups...our music catalogs would be JUST that much greater. damn.

[@dnice5296]

I’m a big fan of L O N S . Wished they had one more album together.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

@@dnice5296 🍺💯.....

[@dnice5296]

@@iNeverHadMercy I grew up in Roosevelt Long Island ny. I played ball with Charlie Brown one night. Met Dinco D. Busta lived across the from my house in Roosevelt for a couple of months. My friend was in the group Rumpletilskinz also from Uniondale. Nothing could ever beat that era of Hip hop.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

@@dnice5296 Life is real. Me and my Lady just spent our 2024 Vacation in NY. We just “experienced it” and……you live it 💰 Winning

[@darkjb48]

haha, no car, sobb story, I get it now

[@action802]

Man remember them Greek fest days at Jones beach,Shout out to Nassau County Long Island

[@davecurry5604]

King kong facts

[@devonmitchell5294]

Yup, that was real deal back then. But!!! Lol. As you know, the more popular events get, the more folks destroy it unfortunately. By 1992, when folks starting shooting on the beach and the boardwalk, that was a wrap for me.

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

Charlie Brown was my fav rapper on the Leaders first album

[@HIareUmad]

+HeatRayz Video (Heat Rayz) Brown was the best, I can't believe he never did a solo project.

[@offbeatbop2086]

+HIareUmad Neither could Charlie which is probably what started the fights lol

[@ivanduvok]

+HIareUmad charlie was basic but it's a matter of opinion

[@larce_dagrate]

HE WAS TRASH AND A CLOWN

[@chillerstones]

LARCE DAGRATE whys that

[@MySuperman78]

LONS could have been a hip hop movement as big as The Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy, X-Clan, and so forth! Egos, fame, and money never have been able to occupy the same space.

[@Animaniacs11]

and just when i thought i knew so much about hip hop, wow. i never knew it was physical fights within the group

[@MrMizz007]

TO TELL YALL THE TRUTH BUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH TRIBE THEY SOUNDED SO GOOD TOGETHER IT A SHAME

[@BrotherOmi]

wow... so they were already beefing before the 1st album? didn't know that...

[@yggregory8049]

I love all of them but bus was the spark of the group in my favorite cause he just straight Ill high pack energy in his heart that showed the rest which made the best i luv my nicca since he first seen his in the case of the PTA when I was younger

[@davidnieves5908]

Charlie brown was a better rapper but buster is a way better entertainer.

[@lancestruthers6529]

I always wanted busta to put an album out with j dilla

[@DrunkenPoetic]

It's not all about lyrics. With Busta, it's not so much the stuff he says as the way he says it.

[@kennyjackson6312]

busta rhyme was the best outta of lons

[@jasoncoles9086]

Negative

[@Kamalk1490]

N Busta Rhymes and Milo was the best ones

[@ActionFarter]

actually it was around 91 or 92..when the last L.O.N.S album was being made,a friend of mine did the album cover and he told me"yeah they have a studio around china town" somewhere. not too far from laffeyet st.

[@MrJacksonvill]

Thats because he stayed focus..I'am involved in the music buisness..and never achievd the the commercial success Busta did..and its still a fight to maintain..So I only could imagine what he went throught to maintain. He did it. I have the most utter respect for homeboy from around the way. So I wish we all just are supportive.Groups are hard to be a part of anyway.

[@SicSheist]

Busta is Busta, don't like him, click next. He is a fucking legend, if DMX talks arrogant, he proved the reason why. If Jay does, same deal. What makes Busta different, he was one of the most original dudes of his time, creating that whole comical style with Redman that we know now in thousands of rappers

[@king.sagittarius90]

I been a fan since I was a kid

[@cfernandez120]

Love these old vlad interviews

[@75lexluther]

bust was the leader of the new skool... mid 90's was all him but early 2000's recreated him for mainstream smoke a blunt to that

[@j04370859]

I miss when Vlad wasn't constantly talking in interviews. 😂

[@bubz3t136]

Brown was always my favourite in Leaders. I'm surprised he never went solo as well.

[@SixTenVisuals]

I dunno if Bus would’ve fit in style wise lyrically with Tribe tho. Tribe was kinda laid back.

[@LaMOi1]

Never knew this... Im sure C Brown and Dinco got there version of things aswell..... Real shame though, one of the best groups of the 90s golden era...

[@logicalblackman8228]

I heard about Jerome’s niece. She got shot in the dome piece. She was on her way home from Jones Beach.

[@heruapocalypse2021]

I've always knew about The Tension between Busta and Charlie Brown.But I didn't know to this extent though Damn!

[@bigboi3512]

Never knew none of this, and if someone would have told me I wouldn't have believed it. Those guys were fronting??? Wow. 😮

[@Pirate7X]

Best Busta interview ever.

[@bazebluu58]

Yessssssss i love you with Tribe and i love your music period. I have a VHS with most of you're hits and songs and videos. The Steven Tyler of Rapp. In Short one of the best! From the start. And i grew up on 121st and New York Blvd. Near The Rochdale Condos turned Projects and a Movie Theater.. .....I thought you did awesome in Shaft, You helped carry that movie, I didn't like the Netflix movie with the Baby out the window. But you did many good movies. I'd love to see you in more

[@klevdavful]

A lot of cats from down south heard Busta Rhymes on l o n s and immediately knew he was the pick of the litter. Proof of all of this was his first solo joint and albums after. L o n s was a good group for its time it lasted but that cat Busta Rhyme came through and out blasted .

[@teeoh9192]

I was a bouncer in a NJ bar when the "Woo Ha..." video came out. There was no sound (they were blasting other music, the tv was just decoration, so to speak), & I had never heard of Busta Rhymes (fresh out the USMC, stationed in Saudi during Desert Storm most of the time, pre-internet). I just stood there TRANSFIXED like, "WHO TF is this guy?!" My friend owned a record store, & I went there the next day & asked him to play the song, I thought I saw the video for, & I WAS HOOKED! His 1st solo album, is the best 1st album by a hip hop artist EVER, in my opinion. Banging from start to finish, with NO fat on it!

[@H2T]

dang they used to fight before going on stage thats some wild shit

[@DoRag8]

busta is 1 of the greatest mcs 2 ever do it.

[@dascientist777]

So the Sobb Story was a REAL story about them?

[@AboutThatTho]

I wonder if Snoopy jumped in..

[@dylanshah-cr8009]

comedy.

[@meghannunez8720]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@rcd954]

That LONS album is a classic.

[@cashkrop]

why is there music playing during the interview?

[@slakker8000]

Busta seems modest. LONS wouldn't have been anything without him, they had good on-track chemistry but LONS without Busta? Brown probably wanted it all equal with him in charge but where was Brown and Dinco's collaborations with other artists? They weren't good enough to get em.

[@blazayblazay8888]

LITERAL SAAB STORY

[@keithmurray3827]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mr.classic6823]

Busta: I had a Disagreement with Charlie Brown Everyone: What him and Snoopy do to you Busta: 😕

[@belgravecollege]

I grew up in Queens near the Strong I. Border, so I was always on the island. I always thought this cat was from Uniondale and graduated from there. Whats with all this Brooklyn stuff? I never understood why Long Island cats forget where they from. Cats had nice families, good schools, and excellent sports teams. Yeah there were a couple of hoods in Hempstead, and sometimes the white boys would try to jump you in Elmont some spots, but who can forget Roller Castle and Laces?

[@eny611]

M.A. Belgrave he's originally from BK fam.. He moved to LI around when he was 16 or so.. He went to Westinghouse in BK..

[@je9212]

Originally from east Flatbush Brooklyn left at high school Westinghouse

[@henrycruz4966]

Nah he went to jhs in LI then moved BACK to Flatbush to attend HS

[@joseyeastwood]

Busta is so funny without even trying 😂

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

Leaders made some legendary Hip-Hop. Still ... It's unfortunate what music does to friendships. A lot of similar things happened to me. Maybe if I get my mojo back, I might end up like busta.

[@delirious44]

They all complimented eachother on joints like PTA , But Busta with the WILD growling Dugeon Dragon shit was revolutionising EMCEEING at the time "FACT" Theres was nothing like him before or after "FACT" theres no way C Brown could have made as much hits as Busta HAS , IF YOU COULDN'T RECOGNISE BUSTA'S STAR POTENTIAL BACK THEN YOUR JUST PROVING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE DEFINITION OF A SICK EMCEE . 20 years later dude is still relevant tells a story in it self

[@JRally6]

CB was the issue...but all the bullshit about him being wack is mad incorrect. Dude had juice. Busta was the man...but Charlie was no bum. Pick your favorite song and Charlie represented on that bitch too. And he must have had hands if he held his own with busta. Let’s keep it a buck.

[@hoodrichGMP]

i totally agree fam ! besides busta's a beast !

[@magnumpush]

Beautiful Story Busta. Beautiful.

[@cartoonworld1000]

@Richdavt if you listen to When Disaster Strikes... you might know where I'm coming from, and as you said his first album The Coming was great too. I've listened to When Disaster Strikes (his 2nd album) like more than 17 times and I didn't skip any of the tracks they were pretty good. Also When Disaster Strikes is in the Top 100 hip hop/rap albums of all time.

[@fhutch3736]

But did Linus and Lucy try to jump in?? I need to know Vlad

[@yahawahbahashamyahawashiwi3756]

Lowkey thought they were talking about a deleted scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas Special

[@dctrapstar]

Busta is da 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@bigelakafatdaddychannel5002]

That’s why hip hop doesn’t have music like that no more

[@mistaiikonz]

Busta was the group....brown was the clown of the group. L.o.n.s was Busta...period!!! Busta had the best solo career out of all of em.

[@tr8086]

mistaiikonz s.butler What happen to your career??

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

TR808 why you mad at the truth

[@disf5178]

If I had to put it like that. .I WOULD. all I cared about was Busta's verses. C.Brown is why they made the FasForward button

[@maxdemarcos6826]

The group was sick lol, Busta may have been the best of em but he wasn't the whole group and I never fucked with his solo shit as much as I did LONS

[@onn1320]

@paulspagetti May be but he's right. I had both Leaders albums and I liked the other members, but I kept my ear opened for his part. He brought it 2000 percent better.

[@deeayeveeeyedee3793]

Yo that’s crazy to think they broke up before they even put the first album out. I remember as a kid just thinking they was best friends who could all rap so they made a group.

[@wolfmanrawlins1295]

He got kicked out of preschool for not playing!

[@WheelsNReels]

@odiggimus back then it wasn't like that; people would rap, and the tracks would speak for themselves. There were self-inspired tracks back then, but it's easy to talk about yourself, and the challenge was to lyrically beat down the competition whereas now it's just a buncha people shittalking each other.

[@Murderface666]

Last time I saw Charlie Brown in a magazine (because Busta was blowin up), nigga said he was learnin ninja shit... You know everytime he hears about a new Busta even to this day, nigga be like "fuck dat shit!" Then bouncin a bunch of fake ninja stars off the walls in his mommaz crib.

[@LastPosterStanding]

So when is the L.O.N.S. reunion album coming? I'm sure Charlie Brown can take time off from sweeping the floors at foodtown to do an album.

[@reimourrpower9357]

Thanks Vlad for finally removing that corny music on your interviews.

[@teewhaay]

Years later?? Thank GOD.

[@TheCardsfan2]

@bbounce803 And Big Daddy Kane, and A Tribe Called Quest, and Brand Nubians and Ghost,Rae,Meth, and Redman, and LL, And DMX and Eminem, and etc....oh and got Stevie Wonder to sing a hook to a song!!!! Yeah thats legendary shit whether you like em or not

[@SmashingSebastianTV]

wow, not cool: stuggle within, not good group vibes, it's a miracle there was a second LONS album

[@TeslaDanser]

Its mad to think he needed to be in a crew. Standalone as they come

[@kamalacollins5707]

Where they all at now🤣❤️I love his demeanor

[@tomaxxamot4906]

"I know you and you know me"__Sobb Story

[@hediedandmademegod]

Busta iz legendary

[@bbounce803]

@HDibbles How you gon diss BUSTA, a MC who rhymed wit JIGGA, and BIG!!!! Brotha a studid legend, one of the illez of all time. no matter what

[@sunmanpatoo]

i could feel the love in this video. it should have been him & tribe all the way.

[@JohnyFront]

nikka is rapping while speaking - that's busta rhymes.

[@cmh0204]

I love hearing him talk! Oh hellz, I just freakin love him ❤️❤️

[@Angela-sw2vg]

Busta my man 2019.

[@newphilmz3605]

Busta was on some hollywood bullshit. How u not gonna pick up your own group for a show?

[@shadowloks2292]

busta rhymes is a legend in the rap game

[@kuunami]

Good stuff. I like hearing about the inside history of groups from the artists themselves.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Funny, Dante Ross just said this on a podcast I listened to about a year ago. Not about the reasons, but the fact that they broke up until he offered a deal...

[@DaveKovalComedy]

some of the truest words ever spoken

[@obi387]

You know Bus was always Head Honcho of ' leaders of a new school '. Without even watching this interview, i always knew that Bus had a stronger chemistry with Tribe than LONS. Whether it be ' modern day, hench Bus ' or ' back in the day, slim Bus ', Charlie Brown was always gonna get banged up by Mr Rhymes!

[@rpgfan72]

Busta always keeps it 100 mane...like in every interview i see,i didn t know that about my mans though. At the very first though browns was my nigga...

[@arianprofit]

My favorite was Dinco actually.

[@Crazy-kk9jt]

Busta was a Savage but Classy. And had made a big name for himself.

[@THOR1914]

"Scenario!" (drops the mic...... )

[@marvin469]

I've never liked his music since he left LONS. Only put ya hands where my eyes can see em . LONS was insane

[@ActionFarter]

and busta use to drive a blue cavalier...i think it was a 86. i seen him on his way to the studio somewhere by china town nyc

[@capitalmindz]

1:13 So is that where "Sobb Story" originated?

[@TheTorrence11]

when i was little i thought busta was with tribe in the first place lol

[@JumpOffBiggSean]

If busta was in the group tribe called...... they would be more legendry then what they are now....