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Busta Rhymes "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See " (1997)

Busta Rhymes "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See " (1997)


Produced by: Shamello & Buddah
"Things slowly started getting back to normal after Big's death, business as usual. I was representing two producers, Shamello and Buddha, who had a production company called Prophecy Entertainment. Shamello had worked on several projects in the past, he was a good dude. Buddha was a newcomer. They lived in Long Island, where they had a studio. One night, Buddha literally stumbled upon this Seals & Crofts sample and looped it. The track sounded hot. They then took a food break and headed out to like a Burger King. On their way, they ran into Busta Rhymes, Shamello was cool with him. Bus asked them what they were working out, Shamello let him hear the track that the rookie Buddha had cooked, and Buss lost his mind. Prophecy was hired on the spot to record what would be 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See.' When that song hit the radio, the industry went nuts. When he debuted the song on the radio, Funk Flex must have played that song 10 times in a row, no exaggeration. Out of all the songs I've worked, none had as much raw impact at this one. Shit was monstrous, like Godzilla even.

"Soon after, all the labels came calling, everybody wanted a piece of the crack that Prophecy was baking. Buddha was more than blessed with beginner's luck. Unfortunately, that sample ate up all the publishing, Hall and Oates taking half and Busta taking the remaining share. It's effed up that Prophecy didn't get a percentage of the copyright, only because that song still stays on banger mode. They did go on to produce some other songs and even discovered Petey Pablo, but they never came close to producing another smash as huge as this. It's not like they were blackballed or anything, it was just that the industry realized that they didn't have anything else in their bag of tricks that was as massive as 'Put Your Hands.'"

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    Samira B. September 24th, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    Isn't this song called "Get Money" though?

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    Jack September 24th, 2010 at 12:44 PM

    shamira shut your...

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    THUNDERKUSH September 24th, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    very insightful feature.

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    dadap September 24th, 2010 at 01:07 PM

    link to #11 is broken.

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    Ivan September 24th, 2010 at 01:34 PM

    Jack!

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    Pierzy September 24th, 2010 at 01:50 PM

    99% sure that Nas was NOT mentioned on "How To Rob." And wasn't Jay's first single actually titled "I Can't Get Wit That"? Very insightful nonetheless.

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      DG September 24th, 2010 at 03:26 PM

      50 didnt mention Nas directly but he did reference the R Kelly/Nas remix Did You Ever Think which came out that same year

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      @N_C_B September 24th, 2010 at 03:26 PM

      Nas was mentioned on the OG version that was never released. As was AZ. Both were made aware of the mention by the Trackmasters.

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        Pierzy September 26th, 2010 at 10:25 AM

        Never heard that before...my bad.

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    Sonny Chiba September 24th, 2010 at 01:51 PM

    Link to #7 isnt working for me

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    a mad rapper September 24th, 2010 at 02:43 PM

    stops working after "hate me now" #21.

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    AmpGeez a.k.a Let Dat Blogger Cook September 24th, 2010 at 03:52 PM

    Great article. Combat Jack is definitely one of the most interesting personalities in the Hip-Hop Bloggersphere. You can't get insightful stories like these anywhere else.

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    jubei September 24th, 2010 at 03:54 PM

    "Put your hands where my eyes can see" by Busta was NOT a sample from Hall & Oates but from Seals & Crofts...

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