Q 01/05

Busta Rhymes's "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" video salutes which Eddie Murphy comedy?

A) Trading Places

B) Coming to America

C) Beverly Hills Cop

D) The Golden Child

Answer · why

B) Coming to America

Coming to America was playing on the studio television while the track was being mixed, and Busta felt the beat had an African sound.

Q 02/05

Which singer joins Busta Rhymes on "What's It Gonna Be?!", one of the costliest videos ever made?

A) Janet Jackson

B) Mary J. Blige

C) Toni Braxton

D) Aaliyah

Answer · why

A) Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson stars in the effects-heavy video, which cost upwards of $2 million and has Busta forming out of spilled silver liquid in a suit of armor...

Q 03/05

The violins in Busta Rhymes's "Gimme Some More" are sampled from the theme of which Hitchcock film?

A) Vertigo

B) The Birds

C) Psycho

D) Rear Window

Answer · why

C) Psycho

Psycho's opening theme, composed by Bernard Herrmann, loops under what is often rated the peak of Busta's breathless, high-speed delivery.

Q 04/05

Busta Rhymes raps on "Don't Cha", a chart-topper in 15 countries for which girl group?

A) Destiny's Child

B) Danity Kane

C) Sugababes

D) Pussycat Dolls

Answer · why

D) Pussycat Dolls

Pussycat Dolls, a burlesque troupe turning pop group, took their debut single to number two in the US. Tori Alamaze had first recorded it a year earli...

Q 05/05

"Touch It" by Busta Rhymes is built around a sample of "Technologic" by which electronic music duo?

A) Basement Jaxx

B) Daft Punk

C) Groove Armada

D) Justice

Answer · why

B) Daft Punk

Daft Punk returned the favor by working the Busta Rhymes single into their live album Alive 2007.