Busta Rhymes: “Dream Team Is Fans Dream Come True”

Published on June 24th, 2010
Written by Rameez S Quadri (Ramz)

As the title of this article says, Busta Rhymes talks on the formation of the collection of artists known as “The Dream Team”, sayin it is a dream come true for fans. Errm…not really Busta…

Speaking backstage at the Birthday Bash 15 concert in Atlanta, he goes to say: “It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to see artists of this magnitude come together and rock with each other as a unified front, for one reason or another, there’s more beef than it is unity. So it’s a great thing that dudes of this caliber, just artists in general, can come together and rock and support each other’s movement. The Dream Team is pretty much that: We’re here to support each other’s movement.”

The squad, formerly known as The Supreme Team only to change the name after something like 1 week of being announced, consists the group members of Diddy, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Red Cafe, and Busta Rhymes himself. Busta however also name checks Nicki Minaj and Fabolous being down with the crew, with the latter already rumoured beforehand.

“Everybody that’s been carefully handpicked to be a part of the Dream Team, it’s because they have contributed a significant level of greatness to the hip-hop culture overall,” Bus explained. “Not just being a dope MC or being a dope performer, you consist of all the elements that make you a package: You can perform, you got catalog, your bars is right. Your videos is right, your swag is right. Your willingness to be a part of something great that’s bigger than you is at an all-time high and we can read that in your energy and your spirit.

“That’s what makes it so special,” he added. “Ross got Maybach Music, Diddy got Bad Boy. Fabolous got Street Fam. I got the Conglomerate now. Nicki’s got Young Money, Red Café got Shakedown. Everybody’s got their own movement. But in addition to that, we got a collective movement. It’s about being bigger than life and allowing the fans to be a part of that. We haven’t given that to the fans in a long time. We haven’t given it to ourselves as artists in a long time. We been so busy beefing and poppin’ off. Everybody is so paranoid to stand next to this dude, because they thinking the dude that got beef with him, might come after them. I think that’s a real bitch perspective on life to have as a man. If you gotta move around like that, you don’t have to be in the music. You’re starting to set a precedent that’s the wrong example for the artists coming in after you.”

The various artists will appear around Diddy’s upcoming album “Last Train To Paris”, and of course, DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” remix features the group as such.

The Dream Team indeed? Or a squad full of shit?