What's It Gonna Be?!

Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes

About What's It Gonna Be?!

"What's It Gonna Be?!" is the third single released by American rapper Busta Rhymes from his third studio album E. L. E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front (1999), featuring guest vocals from American singer Janet Jackson. The song was a commercial and critical success, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten of various countries. It also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2000 Grammy Awards. The music video, directed by Rhymes & Hype Williams, was critically lauded, and received four MTV Video Music Awards nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. It is one of the most expensive music videos ever made. The song appears on Rhymes' compilation albums Total Devastation: The Best of Busta Rhymes and Turn It Up! The Very Best of Busta Rhymes as well as Jackson's Number Ones greatest hits album. Jackson included the song as an interlude on her Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour and sang it for the first time on the second leg of her 2018 State of the World Tour. 


Year:
1998
5:24
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[Busta rhymes]
Ah ah
Ah ah
Ah, ah.. see'mon
Ah, ah, ah uh uh-uh
Uhhh, ahhh
Yeah, busta rhymes
Janet jackson, here we go, one time!

Baby just tell me just how you feel (how you feel)
We livin it I'm just givin it to you real, baby see'mon
Ev-erytime we crossin the borderline
Be giving it to you makin you feel fine, turn the heat up

Better believe we gon' shine, make your body wind
Baby the pleasure is all mine -- to my people
Who be regulating the dancefloor (dancefloor)
Better step to your business and handle yours, how we do it?

Making your people just want to bounce and get busy
Because you know that we always'll hit you off, what you say?
You wondering why you feeling the force (force force)
And don't you worry cause yo we ready to floss (floss floss)

Mohicans'll always a put you on
And blow the spot til the very second I'm gone - get your groove on
Now that you tired I hope your body recoupin
Because we keepin you movin that's what we doin and you know we're

[Janet Jackson] (Busta Rhymes)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(yeah, yeah, gonna make your body wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(yeah yeah, make your body just scream out yeah yeah)
Gonna make gonna make you think of naughty things
(ha ha, make you think of naughty things)
Like me on you (or me on you) and you on me (yeah, what it's gon' be?)
What's it gonna be?!

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(ah, ah, ah, make your body wet, see'mon)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(hah, make your body scream yeah yeah, yeah yeah!)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body cream
(make your body cream)
Make you have wet dreams (make you have wet dreams)
What what what, what's it gonna be?!

[busta rhymes]
What what, what, party people
Seeing you waving your hand high
Hot shit, burning you making your ass fry, baby see'mon
Give you the shit what that make you quiver while I deliver
The shit that'll hit you right in your live
Always soundscan'n, we never leavin you hangin
I'm always doin my thang and my music always be bangin, so check it
You know we be always movin the crowd (crowd)
Type of feeling that make you want to go play it loud (loud) whattup?
*echoes* when, we, come, and hit you
Best believe, we really gon' get you
Light up whatever you want to flaunt
Cause we be dippin it baby, so what you want? here we go
Paintin the picture we keep it hot in the winter
Now big up my people you know I'm always wit'cha -- flipmode!
We blowin and takin over the planet - full blast
Hittin with busta rhymes and janet and you know we're gonna

[janet jackson] (busta rhymes)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(ah ah, ah ah, gonna make your body wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(yeah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah)
Gonna make gonna make you think of naughty things
(uh uh, make you think of naughty things)
Like me on you (or me on you) and you on me
What's it gonna be?! (what it's gon' be?)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(ah ah, yeah, we gonna make your body wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(ha ha, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah!)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body cream
(yeah! hah, gonna make your body cream)
Make you have wet dreams (make you have wet dreams)
What what what, what's it gonna be?!

[busta rhymes] (janet)
What, what, what.. what what?
We gonna make your body feel wet (wet)
We gonna make your body say yeah (yeah!)
I want to know where my road dawgs is it
I want to know where my live women is at - where you at?
We gonna make your body feel wet (wet)
We gonna make your body say yeah (yeah!!)
Now everybody wave your hand real high - real high
And let me see you all put em up in the sky - see'mon
Makin my niggaz just say ho, word up
And makin you women just say ah, baby see'mon
Bringin it to you in many ways
We makin and takin you people right through another phase, see'mon
We rocking it baby that's how we dropping it baby
There ain't no stopping it baby I know we driving you crazy
And then we hit with the greatest of all times - times times
No matter what you do baby, we gon' shine and you know we're gonna

[janet jackson] (busta rhymes)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(yeah, gonna make your body wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(ah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah)
Gonna make gonna make you think of naughty things
(yeah! gonna think of naughty things)
Like me on you (or me on you) and you on me
What's it gonna be?! (yeah, what it's gon' be?)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(hah, yeah, we gonna make your body wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(hah, we gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah!)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body cream
(yeah! hah, gonna make your body cream)
Make you have wet dreams (make you have wet dreams)
What what what, what's it gonna be?!
(what, what, what, what it's gon' be?)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(hah, yeah, gonna make your body wet girl)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(hah, yeah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah)
Gonna make gonna make you think of naughty things
(yeah!	gonna think of naughty things)
Like me on you (or me on you) and you on me
What's it gonna be?! (what it's gon' be?)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(ah, yeah, gonna make your body real wet girl)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(hah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah!)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body cream
(yeah! gonna make your body cream)
Make you have wet dreams (make you have wet dreams)
What what what, what's it gonna be?!
(what what what, wha-what what what?!)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(hah, gonna make your body wet girl)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(yeah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah)
Gonna make gonna make you think of naughty things
(yeah! yeah!	yeah! you gon' think of naughty things)
Like me on you (like me on you) and you on me
What's it gonna be?! (what it's gon' be?)

Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body wet
(hah, gonna make your body real wet)
Gonna make gonna make your body scream again
(yeah, gonna make your body scream out yeah yeah!)
Gonna make gonna make gonna make your body cream
(yeah! gonna make your body cream)
Make you have wet dreams (make you have wet dreams)
What what what, what's it gonna be?!

[busta rhymes]
What wha-what, what, what what it's gon' be?!
Busta rhymes, and janet jackson
Finally
Flipmode baby what?
Yeah yeah, what it's gonna be?
What it's gon' be?!
What it's gon' be?!
What's it gonna be?!
What what what, wha-what what?!
Yeah
Uh uh uh, ah ah, ah ah, ah, ah-ah
Close the door nigga (yes!)

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Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture since the early 1970s. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career appearing on the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times and Fame. more »

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Written by: Antoinette Roberson, Busta Rhymes, Darrell Allamby, Trevor Smith

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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15 facts about this song

Collaboration
"What's It Gonna Be?!" marked the first and only collaboration between Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson.
Chart Performance
The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of Busta Rhymes' most successful songs in his career.
Album Inclusion
The song is included in Busta Rhymes' third studio album, "E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front".
High Budget Music Video
The music video of "What's It Gonna Be?!" is known for its high-budget production. It reportedly cost $2.4 million to make.
Nominations
The song was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group category in the year 2000.
Platinum Status
"What's It Gonna Be?!" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Futuristic Music Video
The music video of the song, directed by Hype Williams, had a futuristic theme involving metallic liquids and Janet Jackson transforming into a silver liquid figure.
Expensive Music Video
As of the present time, the music video of "What's It Gonna Be?!" is one of the most expensive music videos ever made.
High Radio Play
According to Nielsen BDS, the song accumulated over 100,000 spins in radio airplay by the end of 1999.
UK Chart Performance
The track peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming one of Busta Rhymes' highest-charting songs in the UK.
Popular Remix
A popular remix of the song features the rapper, M.O.P.
Worldwide Chart Performance
The song was not only a hit in the United States, but it also performed well internationally, reaching the top ten in several countries including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
Length of Song
The official length of the song is 5 minutes and 24 seconds.
Unique Sound
The song blended R&B and rap music in a way that was incredibly unique for the time, which helped it stand out and become so successful. It was often compared to the works of Missy Elliott and Timbaland.
Billboard Year-End Chart
"What's It Gonna Be?!" was 30th on the Billboard Hot 100's Year-End Chart for 1999.

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