He Was Supposed To be The Future of Hip-Hop..What Happened...

[APOPHIS]

Every minute is worth watching.




Irrespective of the many embarrassing infractions committed over the last score, his first five years on the mic cemented his place amongst the lyrical gods.
He was the best who never was... The god emcee, Canibus.


♪"A wise man sees failure as progress
A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic
And loses his soul in the process
Obsessed with nonsense
with a caricature that has no content"♪

 

[mrcmd187]

I feel this fool right here derailed his mainstream career

Remember seeing multiple copies of his debut CD Can-I-Bus being on the $1.99 shelf after LL did his response to Second Round K.O.

 

[Dr. Truth]

LL happened then this This happened, he let a goofy cracka demolish him and embarrassed himself

 

[APOPHIS]

LL happened then this This happened, he let a goofy cracka demolish him and embarrassed himself

Agreed.

 

[APOPHIS]

I feel this fool right here derailed his mainstream career

Remember seeing multiple copies of his debut CD Can-I-Bus being on the $1.99 shelf after LL did his response to Second Round K.O.

According to Canibus, he did more to help than hurt.

 

[ugk]

pretty sure his career ended when he said "you ain't got the skills to eat a niggas ass like me" on a diss track

 

[Lexx Diamond]

pretty sure his career ended when he said "you ain't got the skills to eat a niggas ass like me" on a diss track

 

[APOPHIS]

pretty sure his career ended when he said "you ain't got the skills to eat a niggas ass like me" on a diss track

The "pause" and "no homo" rule wasn't around back then.

 

[playahaitian]

The "pause" and "no homo" rule wasn't around back then.

Damn right

 

[tallblacknyc]

The "pause" and "no homo" rule wasn't around back then.

Actually it was it just wasn’t mainstream yet

 

[tallblacknyc]

Damn right

Actually it was, it just wasn’t mainstream yet… like I said it was a kids game back in the days in Harlem.. early 90s.. grown ass nigs like cam and dame just kept the game going yrs later and brought it to mainstream

 

[Hey Julian!]

I watched this a couple weeks back. I didn't completely agree with his assessment on Canibus. Yes, he fell off, but and yes his expectation was off the charts, but even today going back and listening to his debut album it still above and beyond the average shit that gets put out today. Dude was lowkey capping. I'm bias because that was my high school years, but he over did the Canibus was saying nonsense lyrics. Shit I was just listening to his verse on Fantastic 4 on the CLUE album. Still fire!


PS, anybody saying LL won that battle is fucking retarded.

 

[playahaitian]

Actually it was, it just wasn’t mainstream yet… like I said it was a kids game back in the days in Harlem.. early 90s.. grown ass nigs like cam and dame just kept the game going yrs later and brought it to mainstream

Bro you know I'm joking

 

[playahaitian]

I watched this a couple weeks back. I didn't completely agree with his assessment on Canibus. Yes, he fell off, but and yes his expectation was next off the charts, but even today going back and listening to his debut album it still above and beyond the average shit that gets put out today. Dude was lowkey capping. I'm bias because that was my high school years, but he over did the Canibus was saying nonsense lyrics. Shit I was just listening to his verse on Fantastic 4 on the CLUE album. Still fire!

I ain't listen

But if he said Can I bus was spitting nonsense?

I'm glad I didn't waste my time

 

[APOPHIS]

Best early Canibus mix ever!! The last 5 minutes of this mix is crazy. Dude was god!
This mix got me reliving my childhood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGyMyd8upu4&list=TLPQMjcwNzIwMjPhuH-fnaqULw&index=4

Spoiler: Canibus Mixtape

 

[jasonblacc]

Actually it was it just wasn’t mainstream yet

I was just about to say that

 

[jasonblacc]

Actually it was, it just wasn’t mainstream yet… like I said it was a kids game back in the days in Harlem.. early 90s.. grown ass nigs like cam and dame just kept the game going yrs later and brought it to mainstream

Jay said it on his first album in 96.

 

[APOPHIS]

I watched this a couple weeks back. I didn't completely agree with his assessment on Canibus. Yes, he fell off, but and yes his expectation was next off the charts, but even today going back and listening to his debut album it still above and beyond the average shit that gets put out today. Dude was lowkey capping. I'm bias because that was my high school years, but he over did the Canibus was saying nonsense lyrics. Shit I was just listening to his verse on Fantastic 4 on the CLUE album. Still fire!


PS, anybody saying LL won that battle is fucking retarded.

I agree with your assessment, but the truth is that Canibus was/is a Hip-Hop-nerd prodigy that very few could understand.
The nigga was a savant before it was a thing in hip-hop. I was introduced to Canibus in middle and high school, and we were hyped based on the shit our minds could process. The other 1/2 did not register until I grew older and wiser; by then, his star had faded.

 

[yaBoi]

i thought this was going to be about jay electronica

 

[Walter Panov]

LL ruined his career when Canibus destroyed him with that diss song.

 

[Chuck_Luck]

We didn't need Canibus we had Lil Wayne who proved you could do it but be less complicated and still come off more profound.

"Real G's move in silence like lasagna."

 

[APOPHIS]

We didn't need Canibus we had Lil Wayne who proved you could do it but be less complicated and still come off more profound.

"Real G's move in silence like lasagna."

He and 'Bis crossed paths and was marginally inspired by him.

 

[D@mnphins]

I still can't understand how yo L let me borrow that mic on your arm. Threatens you to rewrite your verse and kick Canibus off the track. Curious what LLs original verse was.

One of my favorite verses from Canibus

 

[tallblacknyc]

Jay said it on his first album in 96.

The game itself was played yrs b4 that… as far as mainstream cam and dame kept saying it in early 2000s in interviews, etc, to the point people on the radio like Angie Martinez was laughing and talking about it.. than various other outlets from radio to tv was saying it.. than it blew up crazy.. so when I said cam and dame kept it alive that’s what I’m talking about

 

[peterlongshort]

pretty sure his career ended when he said "you ain't got the skills to eat a niggas ass like me" on a diss track

Da hell?

 

[Soul On Ice]

In general people are fickle and don't know good music if it slapped them in the face.

Canibus still makes good music til this day.
Y'all are missing the fuck out

 

[Hey Julian!]

i thought this was going to be about jay electronica

He definitely up there in the overhyped sphere.

 

[Hey Julian!]

I still can't understand how yo L let me borrow that mic on your arm. Threatens you to rewrite your verse and kick Canibus off the track. Curious what LLs original verse was.

One of my favorite verses from Canibus

Nothing but ego. I always thought that shit was bitchmade on LL’s part. He basically flexed on Canibus because he was relatively unknown and could get away with it, but didnt realize Canibus was about that smoke.

 

[Studio718]

I was a big Canibus fan! I still have all of his physical albums, dude was nice in that era.
Was well on his way too, until LL Fucked him over.

I recently watched the whole back story on Youtube where LL called and apologized to Canibus.
Funk Flex and some other Hot97 DJ's were in on it too by refusing to play the original and allowing LL to rerecord the song with the canibus diss on it.
then canibus released a harder diss track after 2nd round knock out called rip the jacker I believe that the DJ's also refused to play on HOT97. smh.
By that time his buzz started to fade and many were biased towards him vs LL...and then he lost his fucking mind.
sad.

 

[ScorpDiesel]

We didn't need Canibus we had Lil Wayne who proved you could do it but be less complicated and still come off more profound.

"Real G's move in silence like lasagna."

You know dayum well Wayne ain't write those lyrics.