It Ain't Safe No More...

It Ain't Safe No More... is the sixth studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes. The album was released on November 26, 2002,^[1][2][3] by Flipmode Records and J Records.^[16] The album went Gold on January 6, 2003^[17] – and has sold 605,000 copies as of December 5, 2007.^[18] It served as his final album for J.

It Ain't Safe No More...
Studio album by Busta Rhymes
Released	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)^[1]^[2]^[3]
Recorded	2002
Studio	Buzz Sundworks (New York, NY) D.N.A.B. Studios (Detroit, Michigan) Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY) Studio A Recordings (Dearborn Heights, Michigan) The Enterprise Studios (Burbank, California)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	73:33
Label	Flipmode J
Producer	Busta Rhymes DJ Scratch J Dilla Mario Winans Megahertz Mr. Fingaz Mr. Porter The Neptunes Rick Rock Ric Rude Swizz Beatz Tetamus True Master Wildstyle
Busta Rhymes chronology
Genesis (2001) It Ain't Safe No More... (2002) The Big Bang (2006)
Singles from It Ain't Safe No More...
"Make It Clap" Released: October 14, 2002^[4] "I Know What You Want" Released: February 24, 2003^[5]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100^[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Blender	^[7]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[8]
Entertainment Weekly	C−^[9]
The Guardian	^[10]
Q	^[11]
RapReviews	8.0/10^[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[13]
Uncut	^[14]
Vibe	^[15]

Singles

The original version of "Make It Clap" (which features Spliff Star) was released to urban contemporary radio on October 14, 2002.^[4] The remix version (which features another guest, Sean Paul) was later sent to radio as the album's official lead single on January 13, 2003.^[19]

"I Know What You Want" (which features Mariah Carey and Flipmode Squad) was released as the album's second single on February 24 of that same year.^[5] It peaked at number 3 in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Rhymes' previous single, "Make It Clap," had failed to reach the top forty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. "I Know What You Want" stayed in the top forty for twenty-one weeks, and was ranked 17 on the Hot 100 2003 year-end chart. For Carey, it was a return to form after a string of unsuccessful singles, and it became one of her biggest hits in years. Columbia Records later included it on her first remix album The Remixes (2003) and the British and Japanese reissues of Carey's ninth studio album Charmbracelet (2002).

The plot line for the video for "I Know What You Want" was continued in the video for the 2021 single "Where I Belong", in which Rhymes collaborated again with Carey.^[20]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Trevor Smith	Busta Rhymes	1:46
2.	"It Ain't Safe No More..." (featuring Meka)	Smith James Yancey	J Dilla	3:40
3.	"What Do You Do When You're Branded"	Smith George Spivey	DJ Scratch	3:44
4.	"Call the Ambulance" (featuring Rampage)	Smith Pharrell Williams Roger McNair	The Neptunes	3:50
5.	"We Goin' to Do It to Ya"	Smith Dorsey Wesley	Megahertz	2:57
6.	"What Up"	Smith Yancey	J Dilla	2:54
7.	"Turn Me Up Some"	Smith Yancey	J Dilla	3:29
8.	"Make It Clap" (featuring Spliff Star)	Smith William Lewis Rahiem Thomas	Rick Rock	3:40
9.	"Take It Off (Part 2)" (featuring Meka)	Smith Mario Winans	Mario Winans	4:29
10.	"Taste It"	Smith V. Edmund R. Jones	Tetamus	3:46
11.	"Hey Ladies"	Smith Sean "Puffy" Combs S. Jordan Christopher Wallace	Wildstyle	3:19
12.	"I Know What You Want" (featuring Mariah Carey and The Flipmode Squad)	Smith Rah Digga Rampage Rick Rock Spliff Star L. Jones	Rick Rock	5:24
13.	"Riot"	Smith Denaun Porter	Mr. Porter	3:11
14.	"Hop"	Smith T.J. Green	Mr. Fingaz	3:48
15.	"Together" (featuring Rah Digga)	Smith Kasseem Dean	Swizz Beatz	5:33
16.	"Struttin' Like a G.O.D."	Smith Ricky Lewis	Ric Rude	4:13
17.	"The Struggle Will Be Lost" (featuring Carl Thomas)	Smith Carl Thomas R. Thomas	Rick Rock	4:43
18.	"Till It's Gone"	Smith Kenny Gamble D. Harris	True Master	4:54
19.	"Make It Clap (Remix)" (featuring Sean Paul and Spliff Star) (Hidden track)	Smith Lewis R. Thomas Sean Henriques	Rick Rock	4:03

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002–2003)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[21]	85
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[22]	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[23]	61
French Albums (SNEP)^[24]	50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[25]	82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[26]	70
UK Albums (OCC)^[27]	78
UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[28]	11
US Billboard 200^[29]	43
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[30]	10

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for It Ain't Safe No More...

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[31]	136
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[32]	68

Chart (2003)	Position
US Billboard 200^[33]	112
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[34]	29

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[35]	Silver	60,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[36]	Gold	500,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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11. When it works, it's exhilarating, but elsewhere the poor lamb sounds a touch jaded. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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External links

• It Ain't Safe No More... at Metacritic