On January 8, 1999, the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping 1,000,000 copies. entered at number fifty-four on the official UK Albums Chart, charting for seven weeks. peaked at the number two spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, peaking inside the top fifty for thirty-five weeks. The album debuted at number twelve on the official US Billboard 200 album chart, remaining on the chart for thirty-two weeks. In August 2020, Busta Rhymes announced a sequel to the album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God, which was released on October 30, 2020. At the 42nd Grammy Awards, the album earned three nominations, one for the album itself in the category of Best Rap Album, a Best Rap Solo Performance nomination for "Gimme Some More" and a Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group nomination for "What's It Gonna Be?!" with Janet Jackson. The album received generally favorable reviews from most music critics. was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over one million copies. also spawned three singles that attained Billboard chart success, including the Janet Jackson-featuring " What's It Gonna Be?!", which became Rhymes' highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist, reaching number three. Musically, the album is composed of East Coast, West Coast, horrorcore, and hardcore hip hop music.īased on the " end of the world" motif and apocalypse themes that was displayed in Rhymes earlier albums The Coming (1996) and When Disaster Strikes (1997), the album was widely praised by critics and received three Grammy Award nominations for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 42nd Grammy Awards.
The album follows the apocalypse theme that was explored by Rhymes in his first two studio albums, The Coming (1996) and When Disaster Strikes (1997). The album was released on Decemby Flipmode and Elektra Records in North America.
(Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front is the third studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes.
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