Tear da Roof Off
"Tear da Roof Off" | ||||
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Single by Busta Rhymes | ||||
from the album Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front | ||||
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Released | October 21, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
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Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:38 | |||
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Busta Rhymes singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Gimme Some More" on YouTube | ||||
"Tear da Roof Off" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released as the lead single from his third studio album Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front on October 21, 1998, by Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was written by Rhymes and its producer Swizz Beatz. The song was released with the second single from the album "Gimme Some More" as its A-side. It was also included as the B-side on the second single release, "What's It Gonna Be?!" featuring Janet Jackson, and on the third single release of the album, "Party Is Goin' on Over Here". The song peaked at number 75 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Composition
"Tear da Roof Off" was composed in 4
4 time and the key of Bâ™ minor, with a tempo of 179 beats per minute. It has a duration time of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds.[1]
Music video
The music video for "Tear da Roof Off", directed by Hype Williams, was filmed as a two-part music video, with the first half consisting of "Tear da Roof Off" and the second half consisting of the fourth single from Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front, "Party Is Goin' on Over Here".[2]
Charts
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] | 75 |
References
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- The Coming
- When Disaster Strikes...
- Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front
- Anarchy
- Genesis
- It Ain't Safe No More...
- The Big Bang
- Back on My B.S.
- Year of the Dragon
- Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God
- Blockbusta
- Total Devastation: The Best of Busta Rhymes
- Turn It Up! The Very Best of Busta Rhymes
- The Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes
- Rich Gang (with YMCMB)
- "The Points"
- "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check"
- "It's a Party"
- "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)"
- "Do My Thing"
- "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
- "Dangerous"
- "One"
- "Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up"
- "Tear da Roof Off"
- "Gimme Some More"
- "Party Is Goin' on Over Here"
- "What's It Gonna Be?!"
- "Get Out!!"
- "Fire"
- "What It Is
- "Break Ya Neck"
- "As I Come Back"
- "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"
- "Make It Clap"
- "I Know What You Want"
- "Where's Your Money?"
- "Touch It"
- "I Love My Bitch"
- "New York Shit"
- "In the Ghetto"
- "Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'Em)"
- "We Made It"
- "Arab Money"
- "Hustler's Anthem '09"
- "Respect My Conglomerate"
- "World Go Round"
- "Why Stop Now"
- "Twerk It"
- "Thank You"
- "Calm Down"
- "Nitty Gritty (Dog Spelled Backwards Mix)"
- "Oh My God"
- "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)"
- "Wild for da Night"
- "Rumble in the Jungle"
- "Victory"
- "Fire"
- "Don't Cha"
- "Hurt"
- "Run the Show"
- "Rotate"
- "C'mon (Catch 'Em by Surprise)"
- "Look at Me Now"
- "Welcome to My Hood (remix)"
- "Worldwide Choppers"
- "The Woman You Love"
- "Pride N Joy"
- "Take You There"
- "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
- "Billie Eilish Legends Mix."
- "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
- "My Shot" (Rise Up Remix)
- Leaders of the New School
- Native Tongues
- Conglomerate Records
- The Imperial