Tiffany Haddish asks "What happened to Canibus?"

[Wild self]

we could make a list.
You could also throw in Nore, Mos Def, Pun, Kurupt, and if you believe urban legends, all of Wu Tang.

he was literally battling now-legendary MC’s in their prime… during arguably the greatest years of the culture… and coming out with the most memorable verses of them all.

Anyone calling Bis underrated obviously was not part of that era.

Even Redman got dusted on "Beast from the East" by Bis and had Prodigy all Big Pun had to rethink his verses, and NORE know already he gonna get killed, so he was rhyming for the hell of it

Canibus was a whole force of nature. Savage intellect and fierce determination to roast MCs on some Godbody shyt.

 

[Bonefan32]

I never listened to canibus that much but his EP with Keith Murray was dope

 

[Alvin]

Canibus would've been the perfect fit for def jam when they were coming out swinging in 97-98.

Son has a sad story as he could've been of of the all time greats or at least have a very dope album in hip hop history.

 

[get these nets]

That didn't happen...

The snatch your crown verse and all that was on the original version (after Canibus changed his lyric). It's on the album that dropped in '97.

The company left him out of the original VIDEO in '97, just keepin' it Def Jam with L, X, Red & Meth. They later added him to the video (along with Master P) as the "remix" in early '98. But the only person that got added on to the actual song and wasn't originally there was P, (which wasn't even L's call, that was a Def Jam thing cause he was hot at the time). Canbus got added to the video because he and LL had that convo about the dissin' and were supposed to have been cool again. Then of course, Canibus came with the K.O. and there that went.

You're right. The (first)video version made me forget that Canibus was on the radio version when the song was released.

My original point stands though. The SNATCH crown line is directed at LL and came the same year.