BmoreGorilla
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He was good at making a hot 16 or a freestyle. Making a whole song and album wasn’t his thing
Just watched a 1 hr bio on Canibus, smh...
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Can I Bus ?
Ineedmoney504
SOHH ICEY...WE EATIN
Which was smart. Them other nikkaz was just other nikkaz
African Peasant
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Making a hot 16 is a rapper main ability. The rest, you learn it progressively or you get help along the way.
He needed to be polished but the raw talent was there.
I was. As a kid I thought outkast/goodie/dungeon family was like the southern wu tang.. I really wasn't reading magazines when I was that young though, just watching the videos so I guess that's how I missed it. He was never that nice to me growing up
He wasn't super thorough or accurate. It's like he went off memory, or Googled for 10 minutes before throwing it together.
BmoreGorilla
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He actually had decent songs on his debut but the album wasn’t all that. People always blamed Wyclef but maybe Canibus just wasn’t a good artist. He was nice as shyt there was a lot of nikkas who was nice as shyt that didn’t have good careers
He split from Clef, and his next album 2000 BC was exactly what we wanted from him. With the right guidance and production, he would have been fine, but the damage was done. Rip The Jacker is an underground classic, and he's had at least 4 good to great albums in between.
I'd argue the only really bad album is c! True.
Everything else pretty solid...but I don't personally like hip-hop 4 sale
Cass a GOAT
2000 BC was way better than Can I Bus.I think everything he released after his debut was hot trash, but I never understood why people hated on his debut album
And I actually fukked with his debut
Buckingham Palace one of the best songs that came out the same year DMX first 2 albums, Capital Punishment, Hard Knock Life, Don Cartegena, Aquemini and a shytload of other classic albums dropped
2000 BC the album that shoulda got him back where he belong but most just overlooked it
That was one of the best albums that year imo
Buckingham Palace
Patriots
2nd Round KO
Were all dope ass records from Can I Bus
I liked most the album but those 3 I can see being liked by everyone
2000 BC was fire tho from beginning to end. He toned down the extra shyt to some extent and just kept it bars
That was a dope ass time if u liked lyrical rap
MMLP
Beans The Truth
2000 BC all came out right around the same time
Ayo this song was fire but Canibus went wild outta bounds of Harlem on the 2nd verse
definitely my favorite album....and even as much as i like that song, that's still one of the least liked for me on that album which is crazy!
was bumpin this during boxing workouts
"on some diesel hercules shyt
i cold FLIP and start to punch trees til they LEAFLESS"
That heavybag was gettin fukkED up after that line!
Whole album was fire but this joint right here
Maybe not Big and Pac but everyone we consider GOATs now who was doing their thing in 97/98 was legit terrified of Canibus in real timeThis dude actually thinks Canibus was on the same tier with Big and Pac….
African Peasant
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Being a good artist does not guarantee you a good career, unfortunately.
A lot of good artists are out there starving while non talent ass cats are making money.
Success is based on too many factors.
It's just not something that will ever have mass appeal. I may make a little fun of it sometimes but now due to this topic i started listening to some canibus and i can't deny he is one of the best at what he does specificallyI just skimmed through the video a little bit. Why do grown men shyt on “lyrical miracle” rap styles, but praise these nikkas who literally sound retarded?
Eat ass?