Calm Down

About this song

Busta Rhymes and Eminem's fourth collaboration, following their first together in 2003 on "Hail Mary (Ja Rule Diss)" and two other collaborations in 2006 on Busta's "I'll Hurt You" and "Touch It (Remix 2.0)." Busta described it as a bare bones, boom-bap hip-hop record built on samples, hard kicks and snares, and dense rapping with metaphors and punchlines. He said it began as a solo record, but he wanted Eminem on it, and completing the song took about seven months of waiting and back-and-forth adjustments.

Fun facts

• Samples “Military Cut (Scratch Mix) by Grand Wizard Theodore & Kevie Kev Rockwell” and “Party and Bullshit by The Notorious B.I.G.”.
• Sampled in 2 other songs, like “Walk on Water by Eminem (Ft. Beyoncé)”.
• Written by Bobby Relf, Earl Nelson, Scoop DeVille, Eminem and Busta Rhymes.
• Produced by Scoop DeVille and Eminem.