Bush Babees – Chat Bout Video
Bush Babees sound like they never got the memo about slowing down. “Chat Bout,” released through Dolla Van Music, clocks in at only 2:34, and it packs enough energy into those two and a half minutes to leave you wishing they had added another verse. Produced by Bink, credited here as “Humble Monsta,” the track moves at roughly 89 BPM, but there is nothing relaxed about the performance. The meaning is right there in the hook, “Who dem a chat bout? A we dem a chat bout.” Lee Majors and Light are talking their talk, reminding anyone discussing names, reputations and mic skills that Bush Babees still belong in the conversation.
That confidence runs throughout both verses. Lee Majors, formerly Babe-B-Face Kaos, comes out swinging with sports, money and street references packed into a tight succession of bars. His Steph Curry and Klay Thompson line is particularly slick, using Golden State’s former backcourt to describe staying hot regardless of who is beside him. Light, formerly Y-Tee, picks up without dropping the intensity, bouncing between patois and straight-ahead rhyming while leaning into the same combination of swagger and competitive emceeing. The contrast between their deliveries also reconnects with what made Bush Babees distinctive in the first place. The Brooklyn group formed in the early 1990s around a deliberate mixture of Hip Hop and their West Indian roots, with members having grown up in Trinidad and Jamaica before coming together in New York.
Bink gives them exactly the type of production this record needs. The veteran producer, whose credits stretch from Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel to Kanye West and Rick Ross, keeps “Chat Bout” moving without overcrowding it. The beat leaves enough space for the vocals to hit hard while maintaining the kind of bounce that makes the chorus almost impossible not to repeat after hearing it a couple of times. There is no complicated concept getting in the way. This is competitive Hip Hop, two emcees sounding energized by the opportunity to get back on a record together and reminding listeners what they do. The result feels current without stripping away the personality associated with Bush Babees.
More importantly, “Chat Bout” is part of a larger return rather than an isolated trip down memory lane. Bush Babees have been active again with new material, including “The Bush” in 2025 and several 2026 releases, while their catalog still points back to Ambushed and the excellent Gravity, the latter featuring collaborations with Q-Tip, Mos Def and production connected to The Ummah. “Chat Bout” does not try to recreate 1996, though. It simply puts Lee Majors and Light over a Bink beat and lets the energy take care of the rest. Sometimes that is enough. In this case, the only complaint is that it ends too soon.
