Canibus is ahead of his time.

[Big Mel]

^^^^late 90's. he was a joke in the aughts.

 

[Big Mel]

 

[Taadow]

Not including Canibus on any Top 10 list "based on lyricism" is PRETENTIOUS...

Especially, when Lyrical Lames use the qualifier "technically"...For example, you will see a thread titled "List Your Top 10 Technically Superior Lyricists"....And no one will list Canibus...

But it is only right, because "lyricism," "song writing" and etc are 100% subjective...We can't really debate opinions that are based on emotions...

But if we define "lyricism" as the use of the English language to express complex ideas, feelings and emotions(because we are in English speaking countries) then I don't think that any rapper, who has ever sold over 100K, can say that they are better than Canibus...

Not 2Pac (The GOAT) Biggie, Nas, Jay Z, Eminem and etc...

Look mayne, Bis' pen is sick...but that's the only thing that's sick about him.

Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could put his sick bars over any old subpar beat.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could say his sick bars in the same tone.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could pull his pad out in a battle and spit his sick bars and win.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought they could persuade us it's others' fault he ain't that large.

Nope.

 

[nineteeneightysix]

Look mayne, Bis' pen is sick...but that's the only thing that's sick about him.

Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could put his sick bars over any old subpar beat.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could say his sick bars in the same tone.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought he could pull his pad out in a battle and spit his sick bars and win.
Bis' pen is so sick, he thought they could persuade us it's others' fault he ain't that large.

Nope.

You forgot...

Bis' pen is so sick, hip hop refuses to acknowledge him as the greatest lyricist to ever go gold...

I don't care what excuse Hip Hop uses to marginalize Canibus such as he doesn't know how to make songs, his beats are wack and etc...One thing Hip Hop can NOT take away from Canibus is his writing ability...

Any Top 10 list, based on lyricism, that does not include Canibus is pretentious...Kool G Rap had Krs 1 on his list..hahaha...Krs 1 is an EXCELLENT lyricist, better than Rakim in my opinion, but he is in the same vein as Ice Cube, Scarface, 2Pac and Biggie, but Kool G Rap dismissed the later "based on lyricism", and he does not include Canibus...

Typical Lyrical Lame move...Pretentious.

 

[newworldafro]

The notebook scandal completely damages cani, to the point of no return.



Art Barr

negative .... even history will disagree with this statement .... YOU CAN NOT TAKE AWAY THE MATERIAL HE PUT OUT PRE - NOTEBOOK ....... if he literally stopped rapping post - notebook,he still would be regarded as one of best technical and content savvy lyricist ever .... at least up to that point ..

When rappers die, fans take the sum of all their material, wrap it up in nice shiny box, and tell the world, "see they were top 5 or 10 at the point of death", if this notebook was the "end" of Canibus, then he undoubtly is top 10 lyricist ever ... forget a hook, forget how much money he made, forget how the females love him, or styles he started..... WE TALKING STRAIGHT LYRICAL ABILITY ... top 10 personally, but if that's to much then I'll give some leeway and say top 20 .....

 

[Taadow]

You forgot...

Bis' pen is so sick, hip hop refuses to acknowledge him as the greatest lyricist to ever go gold...

I don't care what excuse Hip Hop uses to marginalize Canibus such as he doesn't know how to make songs, his beats are wack and etc...One thing Hip Hop can NOT take away from Canibus is his writing ability...

Any Top 10 list, based on lyricism, that does not include Canibus is pretentious...Kool G Rap had Krs 1 on his list..hahaha...Krs 1 is an EXCELLENT lyricist, better than Rakim in my opinion, but he is in the same vein as Ice Cube, Scarface, 2Pac and Biggie, but Kool G Rap dismissed the later "based on lyricism", and he does not include Canibus...

Typical Lyrical Lame move...Pretentious.

What was Canibus writing, though?

"Lyricism" isn't just how you say it, but what you say. That's why, even though I know Bis can kill a notepad,
I would rather listen to all the rappers in your post over him.

Bis is the hip-hop equivalent of an Opera Soprano. It is art, talent, sounds ill, and i'll listen up for a minute - but I
don't fucc wit' it that tough because I like other stuff a lot more.

 

[UpAndComing]

 

[Truality]

Canibus is dope but his newer stuff has too many punchins, too many guests, and that notebook shyt was retarded as hell

THEM demo that came with his album is awesum tho

 

[GetInTheTruck]

canibus wanna battle while I'm stickin him up

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Canibus got really unlucky early in his career. He should have been a lot bigger than what he is.

He had all the buzz you could ask for and put out an album with nothing but battle tracks.

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

up

 

[The Ruler 09]

Way ahead of his time.

 

[The Goodz]

you mean the rapper that lost a beef to LL COOL J, the rapper who also was in movies such as SWAT and Deep Blue Sea, and TV shows such as CSI: Los Angeles, and was even on Sesame Street

 

[Knicksman20]

Bis was ahead of his time. When he came out there was literally NO ONE rapping like him. Matter of fact, rapping on the same track as him in his prime was downright foolish.









Rapped circles around Common:

 

[TrifeGod]

im sorry but i busted out laughin when i read "dis dude was talkin bout chakras" man im fukin drunk