Canibus Has Some Truly Incredible Overlooked Work

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I think it may be more the subject matter and hardcore bar type shyt. But I like what he did, I really enjoyed Melatonin Magik, thought it had some fantastic hugely admirable brilliant work. Yes I agree with more understandable in battle mode, he was simpler then, he has an abstract style sometimes now and not everyone likes that, which I have no issue with but the brother is putting lyrics together and rhyming his ass off regardless, that's undeniable. I've heard a bunch of unreleased Bis shyt that shows he's just 1 of the dopest, he's a true MC, an ILL MC, a craftsman, a true lyricist. Even Rip The Jacker in some senses was more simple, he went into another zone on shyt like Melatonin Magik, the work there was just insane. Yeah I feel you, even the original C Of Tranquillity, it's 12 mins but normaly every time I hear it I listen to it multiple times, it's just that dope, he's MURDERING that shyt on an MC level and the imagery, poetic qualities, references, content is just fukking ill... No-one rhymes quite like Bis.
RTJ showed a new side of bis, that he could expand to more conscious subjects instead of battle mode, but Spartibus was ill, I like how he threw that in just to show he still has it. Melatonin Majik was real deep, and personal. My favorite tracks were him spitting solo though, I thought some of the features were a bit weak and when you hear bis spit first, the rest is just blah. C of tranquility was dope all around, its a shame they didnt put the original cut on the album, the official beat I wasnt feeling at all, specially hearing the unreleased version first. I feel like Mic Club is one of his more overlooked album. Bis vs Rip, Master Thesis, and Curriculum 101 were all masterpieces. Bis vs Rip is one of my favorite tracks he ever wrote
 

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RTJ showed a new side of bis, that he could expand to more conscious subjects instead of battle mode, but Spartibus was ill, I like how he threw that in just to show he still has it. Melatonin Majik was real deep, and personal. My favorite tracks were him spitting solo though, I thought some of the features were a bit weak and when you hear bis spit first, the rest is just blah. C of tranquility was dope all around, its a shame they didnt put the original cut on the album, the official beat I wasnt feeling at all, specially hearing the unreleased version first. I feel like Mic Club is one of his more overlooked album. Bis vs Rip, Master Thesis, and Curriculum 101 were all masterpieces. Bis vs Rip is one of my favorite tracks he ever wrote

I agree, it was a new side and it was a very dope album, I just think he took it even further later on. Some people think Bis is just throwing random words together, that is FAR from the truth. They just don't understand it. It's similar in a sense to what Wu sometimes do. My favourite tracks were him spitting solo too but I liked some of the features too. Yes, C Of Tranquillity had some excellent work, but I agree with you that some of the OG's were better. Yeah, Mic Club is overlooked, Bis vs Rip is the shyt, that shyt is fukking epic. I love talking about Hip Hop where people actually discuss the MUSIC, that seems to be lost on here sometimes, it's really dope to be able to discuss the music with knowledgeable people :salute:
 

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I agree, it was a new side and it was a very dope album, I just think he took it even further later on. Some people think Bis is just throwing random words together, that is FAR from the truth. They just don't understand it. It's similar in a sense to what Wu sometimes do. My favourite tracks were him spitting solo too but I liked some of the features too. Yes, C Of Tranquillity had some excellent work, but I agree with you that some of the OG's were better. Yeah, Mic Club is overlooked, Bis vs Rip is the shyt, that shyt is fukking epic. I love talking about Hip Hop where people actually discuss the MUSIC, that seems to be lost on here sometimes, it's really dope to be able to discuss the music with knowledgeable people :salute:
I almost forgot about Merchant of Metaphors. The Og beat was dope af and fit the subject matter better than that bs album one. Golden terror of rap though :wow:

perfect all around. raw, hardcore bars, couldnt believe he was spittin that in '10


 

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His catalog is ridiculous. I just love the way he phrases shyt

I was picking this verse apart on this the other day. See 2:11



"The hammer click, feel the hype of the viper bitin' the mystery writer//
Black iris, rap Osiris grip the mic 'till I get arthritis//
Javelin-tooth tiger with bronchitis//
Gold bars from King Midas come in all sizes//"
 

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I almost forgot about Merchant of Metaphors. The Og beat was dope af and fit the subject matter better than that bs album one. Golden terror of rap though :wow:

perfect all around. raw, hardcore bars, couldnt believe he was spittin that in '10




Golden Terror Of Rap was great, DJ Premier & Bis, can't get much better than that. Was a banger, I remember hearing all this like it was yesterday, ill shyt.
 

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His catalog is ridiculous. I just love the way he phrases shyt

I was picking this verse apart on this the other day. See 2:11



"The hammer click, feel the hype of the viper bitin' the mystery writer//
Black iris, rap Osiris grip the mic 'till I get arthritis//
Javelin-tooth tiger with bronchitis//
Gold bars from King Midas come in all sizes//"


I agree, ill unique abstract phrasing but with intelligence, he paints a picture and suits the mood he's going for. Also just purely how he rhymes and the amount of rhymes he has is ill. "Pig latin assassin" Lol...
 

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[Intro: Canibus]
Tranquility to infinity (yeah!)
Tranquility to infinity

[Canibus]
Canibus is an animal with the mechanical mandible
Coming to damage you, spitting understandable slang at you

I'm the all-seeing lyrical, with infinite bars of visuals
And a sideways eight peripheral
I told you I'd spit a rhyme that would melt the earth
Then ask you in the afterlife if you felt the verse

On planet earth, I searched for my tranquillity first
I said I was the illest, but it didn't help me, it hurt!
And whenever I said "Can-I" the crowd said "Bus!"
Ten years later, who am I? I still got a passionate love
To be the man who I was, never give up
Irrational rush to crush every mic I clutch
When I erupt, you duck or eggs clash, flash solar blast from Bus
Then sweep you off the stage like crumbs
Grab your tongue, shout, rip it out, then shove it back in your mouth
Now, ten tell you to spit it out

I spit about them lyrics my people can't live without
Been around since '97, I've been ripping it down
Spit track after track after Beast From the East, I'm back
Before Lil' Weezy knew how to rap
When T.I. was still hustling crack, I put the muscle in rap
A 100 Bars, who fukking with that?
A thousand bars later, I ain't heard nothing from Pap
Where you was at when I was giving Big Punisher dap?
On stage with a him at the Palladium
You was in a gymnasium, I was putting chainsaws to craniums
Blazing Homosapians in the atrium, ripping jaws off aliens
Performing Channel Zero in stadiums

Up at Hot 97 disgracing them
Any radio station they place me in I broke the break-beats in

I beat her, I beat him, the beat blend, I beat them
Spit a verse to beat Barrack Obama if he win
I'm the Beast From the East, picking meat out my teeth
And as soon as the beat stop, I forget how to speak
I release a better rhyme seven times a week
To beat me you gotta be better than my last release
The bars rip ya face off, spit bars, spit shine ya skull
Till every rhyme you memorize is gone

Battle you for the respect in a battle to the death
Dial zero, call the operator ask for Bis
411 ask for RIP
555-1212, I rip the mic to shyt
Before the Federal Communication Commission started a new division
With the intention to cripple our children

Mentally deficient from television
This radio programming we listen to got to many elements missing
Lyricism and wisdom got overshadowed by the singing and blinging
Deceived by a system thats media driven
A made a vow that I would get them and bit them, then injected my venom
And for that, was never forgiven my nikka
I let the rhythm hit 'em with a chemical algorithm
Liable to kill them if I ever get with them I rip them
The infinite monk, All Hail Can-I-Bus
Then wake up to this Pure Uncut
How Many Emcees do I have to bust?
I'm a Patriot with No Airplay but How Come?
My Block is your block, I Throw It Up" with Doo Wop
I'm the Enemy of the State of Hip Hop
Indibisible, Indestructible, Canibustible
The Adversarial Theater of Justice judging you
Tired of you posers, I'm the rap superstar soldier on a poster
Captain Cold Crush
Tuck the heat before I brush the teeth
The athlete at the track meet with rusty cleats
Artillery like lawn mowers with four motors and four rotors
Look like a mom with four strollers
Counterstrike like Black Kobra
With gasoline in the Super Soaker, walk over, I'll roast ya!

[DJ scratched sample]
"Cold Crush get it crackin!" (8x)
 

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I liked a lot his early material but I stopped checking for him after that terrible Hollywood Stories album. I liked his early battle rap style.
 

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Love this joint.....

[Hook: Canibus]
A man pays dues, do this become an angel
Good and evil, a man stays true
There are other ways to win
Good and Evil, it's the same thing

[Canibus]
A decade after my debut, the game changed; I got the same views
To me it's just baseball and I'm Babe Ruth
Bambataa from Planet Rock, trade op commander Hip Hop
What? We grimlock smash Spitbox
You can never be the best, until you complete the competency test
With Rap pattern parameters I set
Are you deaf? Do you need me to repeat what I said?
I said you'll never be the best unless you pass this test
Okay, fill out registration form 88
Name, social, date of birth, address, city and state
When the form is complete pass it on to Angela Clark
To determine your eligibility and get you insured
Every morning the board panel assembly judges man by his bars
Courage of heart and what he offers the cause
If he's accepted he'll be sworn in tomorrow
If he's rejected he's recycled and retested on stage at the Apollo
I had to and so do you, are you solid or hollow?
Depression is normal, a challenge to climb out of your sorrow
Forget about the world around you, the truth is
They are nothing without you but you will be nothing without the truth

[Hook: Canibus]
A man stays true, a man pays dues
If a man can do this, the man become an angel

There are other ways to win, a consequence for every sin
But we are blind because Good and Evil is the same thing

[Canibus]
Do not be confused by the choice of words used
For every battle we win, there's something we lose
But you still have to choose and choosing not to choose is still a choice
Sometimes silence is a powerful voice
The body is of no use if the mind is enslaved
But theses slaves can not bind your light or your sound waves
However, we must to train to increase our strength
The final test is presented when we least expect
We look forward, we see 180 degrees, what's left?
We eyeball right to left but see nothing, what's next?
180 degrees of regret, what's that?
It's everything we left behind unchecked, it wants revenge
They want revenge against us because we fight for our freedoms
Die for what we believe in and they know we don't need 'em
I know you disagree, you think it's fortune cookie shyt
But I guarantee you this, our future was prefixed

[Hook (x2): Canibus]

[Canibus]
I look towards the sky for the answers to why
I analyze the great divide and saw God on both sides
God didn't do this, we did this to each other
So keep his name out your mouth, you fukking cock suckers
How could you own all of it, when we are all apart of this?
The Earth belongs to every living thing that walks upon it
We are all perfect creations, with imperfect justifications
But just the patient fukk the subject of Satan
The Universe is too huge, does Satan live out there too?
Or is he just after me and you?
Believe what you perceive
Look at the Sun, tell what do you see? 360 degrees of light beams
Illuminating Hip Hop, Spitboss'll bag your pops
You ain't ready for the shyt that I got
It's called Hip Hop homey, that's the only way that you know me
And knowing people can still be lonely
At the Maharaji spa for the whole week
I just go to sleep because when I wake up I am not an emcee
I get back on the clock when I hear the next beat
I'll write about another century of heat, I'm a beast

[Hook (x2): Canibus]
 

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95 percent of people won't really get this cause it's a ploo mix but this shyt was raw as fukk what he was saying.......

 
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