Busta Rhymes - Get Out HQ

What this video is

Released June 3, 2000, 'Get Out!!' arrived at the apex of East Coast hip-hop's commercial dominance on mainstream music television. As the lead single from Anarchy—an album that debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 with 164,000 first-week copies—the video represents a high-water mark for the Flipmode Squad brand and Busta Rhymes' solo commercial identity. Directed by Hype Williams at the peak of his cultural…

Why it matters

Represents the convergence of hardcore East Coast rap and glossy major-label music video production. The Hype Williams–Busta Rhymes creative axis was among the most commercially and aesthetically influential in hip-hop video history through the late 1990s and into 2000, helping define the visual…

The director

Harold 'Hype' Williams (born August 1, 1970, Queens, NY) is an American music video director, film producer, and screenwriter. He attended Adelphi University and began his career through graffiti tagging before transitioning into video production with…