Who stole Busta Rhymes' powers?

Why can't Busta Rhymes be anything more than a 1 verse rapper? From 96-99, Busta was RED FUCKING HOT. Then he did that horrible Violator shit and that weird Janet Jackson jam and it's like everyone turned the station on his entire career. I have this theory that Ludacris stole his powers.

Just like in "Undercover Brother." The downfall is always in the chicken.

So they both rhyme fast, get in your face and yell, crazy long braids, supporting roles in horror films and movies about racism...and then magically within months of each other, this happened...

So, then Busta Rhymes basically disappeared. he pretended to rap for the masses while he apparently just took steroids and ate a lot of food cause he showed up with a new Young Money/Cash Money contract and all of this going on with his jugular.

Nothing about this dude says "Young Money"

Busta is a "legend" in the game because anyone that dropped a hot verse in a song with Biggie or Q-Tip in the 90s gets those credentials (it's true, Wikipedia it).

Ludacris, on the other hand, looks to be going in the same direction Busta Rhymes headed. His Disturbing Tha Peace label, much like Busta's Flipmode Squad is pretty non-existent and absent of any artists besides himself. He puts albums out that get 1-2 singles released and you can never reference them to any friends because they aren't big enough hits to strike a chord in their memories, no matter how well I try to sing "My chick bad, my chick hood" in my best chopped & screwed voice.

And if this isn't the biggest sign for Luda, he hasn't dropped an album in 2 years and nobody cares. Yet, he occasionally gets on remixes, usually for DJ Khaled, which will just make us all pretty complacent with hearing no more than 16 bars from Luda.

Busta Rhymes put out a free mixtape called "Year of the Dragon" which by all accounts is pretty bad. But I did manage to find one gem on the album.

Busta Rhymes feat. Rick Ross & Trey Songz - Til We Die

Great Things That Jay-Z Has Done: Stabbing of Lance "Un" Rivera

The 1990's were a time of violence in the world of hip-hop and anybody that's anybody in the rap game caught a case. It was a right of passage. The passing of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur didn't cool matters. While "beefing on wax" was always a part of the culture, hip-hop continued to spiral out of control in the streets, offices, and the night clubs.

Jay-Z was no different as he fell into conflict with a friend and colleague, Lance "Un" Rivera. The spark for the feud is unknown. Jay-Z says it was over the bootlegging of his 1999 album Volume 3...Life and Times of S. Carter but Cam'ron has made reference to Jay-Z and Rivera's altercation as a result of a love quarrel over female rapper Charlie Baltimore.