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New York Shit

single by Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ7013979
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"New York Shit" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes, released July 10, 2006 as the third single from his seventh studio album The Big Bang (2006). The song, produced by DJ Scratch, contains a sample of "Faded Lady" by Soul Sensation Orchestra. Additionally, the song features vocals from Swizz Beatz, a longtime collaborator of Busta Rhymes.

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Benny Boom, features scenes of Busta Rhymes performing live in HOT 97's Summer Jam on June 4, 2006, and shows various places of New York City, including cameo appearances by fellow NYC acts such as Rakim, Q-Tip, Slick Rick, and RZA, among others, as well as images of deceased artists, namely the Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Jam Master Jay.

Remixes

Roll My Shit - Curren$y

A.D.D. Pt.2 - Wale

New Jerz Shit (Remix) - Joe Budden

Return of the Mac (a.k.a.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “New York Shit” as single by Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006-01-01. The account is most persuasive where York, Shit and single can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as single by Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7013979. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from New York Shit” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.