Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See

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"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
Flipmode
  • Elektra
    • Songwriter(s)
    • Smith
    • Darrol Durant
    • Roger Munroe
    Producer(s)
    • Shamello
    • Buddah
    • Epitome (co.)
    Busta Rhymes singles chronology
    "Do My Thing"
    (1997)     		"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
    (1997)     		"Dangerous"
    (1997)
    Music video
    "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" on
    YouTube

    "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" is a song by American rapper

    Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was written by Rhymes and its main producers Shamello and Buddah. The song was co-produced by Epitome and contains additional vocals by Fabulouz Fabz, who was Rhymes' road manager at the time.[1]

    Its music video is notable for its homage to the 1988

    40th Grammy Awards
    .

    Background

    "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" is the first song producer Buddah has ever produced. Fellow producer Shamello found American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts' 1976 recording "Sweet Green Fields", and the two came up with the instrumental of the song. After Fabulouz Fabz who was Rhymes' road manager at the time heard the beat, he showed it to Rhymes.[1][3]

    In a studio session with Puff Daddy, Q-Tip and Fat Joe and his crew, Rhymes played the beat for them and Puff Daddy and Q-Tip told him, "Yo, you need to stop screaming on records all the time. Bitches don't wanna do that shit all the time. [...] Just make a record just being cool, just use your regular voice." After finishing the song, Rhymes played it for them, "they was [...] losing they mind in a crazy way. [...] It was the most incredible reinvention to them and the fact that it was they idea..." After only hearing positive feedback, Rhymes stuck to his more calm delivery. He has stated that the song "was the last thing [he] expected to make."[4]

    Composition and lyrics

    "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" was composed in 4
    4     time     and the key of C♯ minor, with a tempo of 99 beats per minute. It has a duration time of three minutes and twenty seconds.[5]

    The song and most notably the intro have Busta Rhymes and his road manager at the time Fabulouz Fabz ad-libbing in a similar way to Puff Daddy, who along with Q-Tip was the inspiration for Rhymes to rely on the texture of his voice rather than the energy his delivery was known for.[4] In the first verse, Rhymes ends each line with a "yo" sound. He has stated that he did so because, "when we used to go out of town, the West Indian dudes to blend in and make themselves seem like they was American, these niggas would just add the word 'yo.'"[1]

    Chart performance

    Despite huge airplay, the song only peaked within the top forty on the

    UK Singles Chart
    at number 16.

    Reception and legacy

    In 1999,

    Cleveland.com ranked the song as number 110 of the best 200 rap songs, calling it "one of the great miracles of Nineties hip hop."[8]

    In March 2023, a remix of Coi Leray's hit song "Players" using the instrumental of "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and containing a guest verse by Busta Rhymes was released.[9]

    Music video

    The official

    BET networks. The video was filmed at Chambers and Centre Street in Downtown Manhattan — including the main lobby of the Surrogate's Courthouse
    .

    Awards and nominations

    "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" earned Rhymes his second nomination for

    Best Rap Video at the 1998 MTV VMAs. It lost both to Will Smith, respectively, for "Just the Two of Us" and "Gettin' Jiggy wit It".[13]

    In other media

    This song was also featured on video games True Crime: New York City, Def Jam Rapstar, DJ Hero 2 and NBA 2K18,[14] and WWE 2K24.[15]

    Charts

    References

    1. ^ a b c "Busta Rhymes Tells The Story Behind 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See". YouTube. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
    2. ^ "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes | WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
    3. ^ "Buddah Explains The Making Of Busta Rhymes "Put Ya Hands Where My Eyes Can See"". YouTube. March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
    4. ^ a b "Busta Rhymes "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" at "How I Wrote That Song"". YouTube. March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
    5. ^ "Key & BPM for Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See". Tunebat. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
    6. ^ "Rock On The Net: MTV: 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made". www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
    7. ^ Runtagh 12/19/2012, Jordan. "40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the '90s (COMPLETE LIST)". VH1 News. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved 2019-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    8. ^ "200 greatest hip-hop songs of all time". Cleveland. April 13, 2021.
    9. ^ "Busta Rhymes Hops on Remix of Coi Leray's Hit "Players"". American Songwriter. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
    10. ^ mlelinwalla. "Busta Rhymes Reflects on the Making of "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" Track and Video - XXL". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
    11. ^ Radio & Records Magazine, August 15, 1997, Issue 1210, p. 22
    12. ^ "Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
    13. ^ "Rock On The Net: Busta Rhymes". www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
    14. ^ Pereira, Chris (July 21, 2017). "NBA 2K18 Soundtrack Revealed". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
    15. ^ Shutler, Ali (February 19, 2024). "Post Malone's 'WWE 2K24' soundtrack features Grimes, 100 Gecs and Turnstile". NME. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
    16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
    17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
    18. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
    19. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
    20. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
    21. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
    22. ^ "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF). Music Week. January 10, 1998. p. 6. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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