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 | ||||
| A-side | ||||
| 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
[edit]"Tear da Roof Off" was composed in 4
4 time and the key of B♭ minor, with a tempo of 179 beats per minute. It has a duration time of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds.[1]
Music video
[edit]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
[edit]| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] | 75 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Key & BPM for Tear da Roof Off". Tunebat. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "Busta Rhymes". MVDBase.com (person). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2022.