Canibus - "Poet Laureate II" Produced by Stoupe of Jedi Mind Tricks [Official Audio]

[@Crates94]

I always felt that Canibus shoulda gotten a lifetime achievement award for this song alone.

[@herberthitchens7055]

Yeah man. He is a fucking legend.

[@kastaway-mtx]

amazing to rhyme for that long with that type of lyrics.

[@Dimz30]

True

[@D1G1TALFOX]

T R U E . . . 🦊 ♚

[@TheodoreDorado]

YAS.

[@kevinshell8392]

Call me corny, weird, goofy or a nerd but this song brought tears in my eyes when I listened to it!!!!! I have never heard bars spit with so much precision, purpose, focus, and passion in my life!!!!! This is in my opinion a masterpiece!!! Why this man isn’t getting recognized not for record sells but for being a lyrical genius is beyond ridiculous!!!!! Praise him while he’s here!

[@thisisanewusername4662]

you're not alone

[@emperorxenu519]

Brother, with all love to Canibus the whole reason he never really caught on is because he specifically lacked purpose. There is never any point to a Canibus track. I love what the man does, but the reason it never took off isn't a whole mystery or anything. His work is all form no content.

[@johnlflack5188]

​@@emperorxenu519wrong he didn't have the popularity like ll or em

[@riscr2276]

He's like if DMX went to MIT

[@Mize2dx]

The Blackball is real fam...They won't even say his name...Peep " Dead by Design "

[@davidrobsonmusic]

"Since rap become a lucrative profession, there's a misconception that a movement in any direction is progression" damn

[@manikn4585]

Even though the potency of it lessens

[@TheManHam87]

So good that brother 🔥

[@raasputin]

That's my favourite line absolute masterpiece of a song

[@ChainsTheChef888]

"Alone in my room looking through the 32x telescope zoom adjusting the focus of the moon" That line is extremely vivid, I can actually imagine the telescope making the moon less blurrier

[@Rayrockny]

Someone give this man the Nobel Prize for this one.

[@ygb0y]

No joke, this whole album is a major contributing factor to me currently having a university degree in physics. Thanks for being a big inspiration to my 19-year old self back in the day, Bis.

[@biesman5]

Respect

[@stephenburke9909]

Awesome to hear! Me too! I actually failed calculus when I was younger. Listening to this album back in the day significantly motivated me to get back to them books. I went back a few years later and graduated with a degree in Astrophysics with Honors. Bis too it to a whole new level with this album and the world just wasn't ready for it. twitter.com/EvenPrime43

[@brownhippy]

but his physics was wrong. he mistakenly used protons instead of photons

[@hiphopstateofmind4458]

What kind of physics?

[@001ZRO]

o yeahhh !!! me too

[@three3thou]

Stoupe. Y'all better give that man his flowers... He produced the entire album impeccably!!!

[@slydiggs1]

W/o Canibus as well... Stoupe made this album with only the vocals.

[@klap215philly4]

No doubt Stoupe the enemy of mankind is a Production genius

[@RipTheJackR]

No doubt, god knew we needed a break. Being a fan of canibus wasnt easy when C Tru Hollywood Stories was his most recent :D I like the beats on can-i-bus and 2000bc tho.

[@kevlar1482]

@@RipTheJackR Mic Club came out before this and that album was amazing.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

No MAN wants “flowers”….wtf is with this EFFEMINATE bs? Brainwashed clowns

[@doublegs86]

Still bumping in 2023

[@SIRebrum]

"A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic" 💯

[@gocpng4699]

Sheesh

[@MentalPistol]

"misses " as opposed to Mrs/Missus (divorce)... Wordplay

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Wtf is with you clowns parroting one another constantly with STUPID ASS terms like “sheesh”…wtf is that new “slang” now? Shits beyond douche chilling…especially grown ass men who go around regurgitating dumb shit like “gaslighting….vibes….chefs kiss”….it’s weird as hell…hive mind, monkey see monkey do HORSE SHIT…”it’s a vibe brah”…IS IT? Is it a “vibe”?! Deserve to be drawn and quartered @@gocpng4699

[@naniv]

I forgot this line and this was one of my fav songs. I got laid off recently and was struggling with my mental health...now this quote lit some sort of hope in me. Amazing

[@ChainsTheChef888]

Wow what a quote

[@zacharymartinez2792]

I'll defend and support Bis till the end. Man is a genius and never gets the credit he deserves.

[@hiphophead4891]

I make no joke when I say this. This might actually be the greatest rap song ever created

[@romancer1j1]

One of definitely

[@jasoncarter9920]

CANIBUS FOREVER❗️

[@razzley]

easily top 10

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

agreed

[@jimdenson]

argument 🔥

[@ninesplight]

this is disgustingly outstanding.

[@LukesGamePage]

👍

[@shahnawazsooba7904]

Use a better word like amazingly bcuz disgustingly doesn't suit this track it's too dope you filthy dude.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

@@shahnawazsooba7904 i thought it was perfect. This track is so perfect, it's sickening a little bit. sometimes maybe you get that feeling when you meet someone irl whose just too goddamn smart

[@onyxtytanium964]

@@shahnawazsooba7904 Boundless rhymes

[@onyxtytanium964]

@@shahnawazsooba7904 Canibus is Thanos of the rap game

[@dj_badbrad]

Almost 20 years I wrote a university paper analyzing this song (as a poem) and got an A+ on the paper and in the class. When the subject matter itself is of such high quality, the work of analyzing it is too.

[@KevinDanna]

I need to read this paper!

[@feetfunkerson1312]

I second on needing to read this paper!

[@davidsimmons4731]

Id like to read that paper

[@tallevy]

I fifth on needing to read this paper!

[@Remimartin644]

Post it str8 up

[@WeAreN1nja]

"@6:13 Since it became a lucrative profession, there's a misconception that a movement in any direction is progression; even though the potency of it lessens..." Bruh. o.O

[@codyandrews7065]

WeAreN1nja "Even if the potency of it lessens." 😵

[@redward18]

Yes. Bruh!

[@sfknns]

Exactly. People calling this new age rap "progression". Its ridiculous. Bis tried to warn us.

[@emanatingf]

@Agent Smith Never wasn't

[@emanatingf]

@Agent Smith not really

[@SIRebrum]

"Every warrior has an axe to bury But he has to learn to discern between enemy and adversary" 💯💯💯

[@markbrown4597]

Canibus truly is the silent hero of rap music. he's like the dark knight or some shit lmfao

[@brandong4538]

Every line in this song is a quotable

[@TheUltimateRage]

Is it because his lyrical is so skillfully elliptical?

[@brandong4538]

The Ultimate Rage yes, you nerd.

[@TheUltimateRage]

Did you not realize that I was quoting this song? lol

[@TheUltimateRage]

And my music list is amazing; fuck you talm bout? haha

[@brandong4538]

The Ultimate Rage yes, you nerd.

[@classicgamingboss7790]

Canibus is like Vincent Van Gogh (not Divinci, woops!). Under appreciated during his time, but in the future, people will look back on this and consider this art priceless.

[@deathrager2404]

glad im appreciating him when he is still alive.

[@VarsityAthlete04]

Somehow many artists are only appreciated once there dead.

[@bryanbrowne4918]

Masterful

[@mikesum120]

He is still putting out masterpieces

[@Marwan-oh4tk]

@@deathrager2404 same

[@DangerousTheDreamCatcher]

I recall listening to this whole album on repeat all the time... I then remember performing this song with him as his hype man and was in awe. It is masterful.

[@ProphecY4Eb]

Alone in my room looking through the 32x telescope zoom adjusting the focus of the moon ...still gives me chills and i've heard this 10,000 times

[@SunCityGamer]

I'm still listening 16 years later 😎

[@lordsosa9383]

thats becuase ur a nim rod you should only listen to 2pac the greatest disagree with me again and i will hunt you down tough mAN

[@peterjama1725]

absolutely beyond this universe.........

[@kgosiphoma]

17 February 2024. Still here 💥

[@peterjama1725]

the mozart of rhymes,,,,this track is from another galaxy

[@gabrielstafford5174]

Elite production by Stoupe.

[@emil219]

Gabe Stafford he sampled nine sisters from the avalon soundtrack

[@nopooping]

It's even my favorite Stoupe album as well. I would pay whatever for another Stoupe Canibus album.

[@miguelesco347]

"He was the illest alive, but nobody would face it, he spit 'till his tongue was too torched to taste it. Properly funded corporations carbon dated his latest creations to extract the information . They found it utterly amazing, they claimed the body of his work was the same thing as a priceless painting."~Canibus...

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

Privately funded*, but YES

[@bigsne5904]

Miguel Esco pure genius

[@lorislolo4118]

Pure Poetry.

[@deathrager2404]

never mattered to him the art galleries hated him

[@randyrichmondiii3415]

🤕🤕🤕

[@oblivion_007]

This song alone is needed to consider canibus as one of the greatest ever..

[@crash10125]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHLHl6OceJx2o5o

[@keithyoung5015]

"...what is the maximum field rate application, the runaway glacian surrounding the ocean basin, affects the population's fluctuations on a continuous basis but that's just the basics"... Aaaay yooo🔥🔥🔥

[@xdaantihero]

What does this mean?

[@Paulthompson1981]

This whole album is a masterpiece!!!

[@chrissmith8216]

I told people when I die, i want this album on my chest.

[@Pingaheimer]

Totally agree with that statement.

[@Marwan-oh4tk]

100th like

[@LightoftheWest7]

Stoupe + Canibus = TREASURE

[@ChrisListensToMusic]

I think this is his greatest album.

[@MrAraag]

Those first two minutes were better than two years of most MC’d careers!

[@vaid.]

Exemplification of disciple in art.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

@Frank Lee lmfao. Yeah I come by this again too regularly to care about years. I'm listening always in 2000-now

[@MLOEntertainment1]

2019 Still Rockin'

[@Cozmoe-ze2we]

Free Ninja was but now 2019 to infinity ♾. P2TG

[@caesar3457]

2019?

[@Cozmoe-ze2we]

Syve YEAH!!!!! I mean, how long have u’ve been n the timechamber? Like 715 at 0:01.0? Poet Laureate is infinite ♾. P2TG my brother

[@tianawilson4943]

"A wise man sees failure as progress A fool divorces its knowledge and misses the logic Losing his soul in the process Obsessed with nonsense with a character that has no content" Fav line?

[@casso9]

Canibus at his best. His best track of all time right here.

[@thisisanewusername4662]

this song will be 20 years deep next year in 2023!!!

[@trav-the-sav]

This is pinnacle of hip hop music. This is rap in its highest form, this is the gold standard. This song is a demonstration of a master elevating a craft into a timless, once in a generation display of ability. EVERYTHING about this song is flawless perfection and I can promise you I'll never hear a more impressive use of the English language. He's the Miyamoto Musashi of the rap game

[@secureyourgainz]

Can you please explain what makes it the highest form? I can hear it but I can’t put it into words.

[@trav-the-sav]

@@secureyourgainz you want the long version or the short version?

[@secureyourgainz]

@@trav-the-sav long lol

[@lowtgod]

@@secureyourgainzlegend says he’s still writing to this day

[@secureyourgainz]

@@lowtgod he’s gunna die and have an artificial intelligence write bars for the rest of eternity lol

[@asceticsceptic6192]

"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 character that has no content." This line was so dope that Stoupe had to stop the beat in order to allow the words to shine!

[@frogmasterhoppin]

Here's my wisdom... lol 🤣 WISDOM ___________ I'm Bout That Weed And Indo And Getting In Though With More Game Than Nintendo pasta fettuccine alfredo Homemade, Not Prego Never Frozen Let It Go Wanna Build A Snow Man, Van Gogh? Tripple Six Goddamn It Son Of A Bitch 2 Balls And A Dick Come To The Future You Aight Shit Mirrors, Errors, And Scissors Oh My Can't You Hear Satan Cry? And You Thought He Was The Father Of Lies Here's Some Words Of Advice You Need To Study The Wise The Who The What The How And The Why Father, Son, Holy Ghost It's No Lie In A Blink Of An Eye If Your Seduced By Suicide But Wait There's More Jesus Christ And The Crown Of Thorns Into This Life Were Born Wanting To Sleep And Dream Some More Trying To Pay Reason A Chance Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth(BIBLE) Is What I Packed... _______ Writer Ryan K Pendley

[@darryllmays5766]

Best lyrics/wisdom I think I've ever heard

[@multiversalsoldier33]

@ascetic sceptic.."Caricature"..no dis my man!

[@squeezybangbangtodastreets2888]

Thank you for life my brother cos I’ve been listening to this song for like I can’t explain how many years and decided to myself I’m going to decipher this song properly today and not mumble skip lines durning karaoke sessions 💨💨💨🔥🤣🔥🤣🔥once and for all every time it gets to the part of this song I feel it too the T... and spit the words like I know it only because I’m doing market research the Lord🙏🏾himself told me to look in the comments thank you

[@officiallexmontero]

This is a Masterpiece.................a work of Art.

[@gleon1602]

Official Lex Montero I subbed to u

[@docriley79]

one of my favorite songs of all time

[@meepsheep3655]

easily ! i can listen to this song over years and come back to it listening to it 100 times in a row

[@ronaldpearson4405]

@@meepsheep3655 I'm with you!!!

[@soundbwoy2011]

"alone in my room.... looking through the 32x telescope zoom... adjusting the focus of the moon".... then he just spazzes lol

[@babygrande]

We are living up to our agreement with Mic Club Music.

[@Mrpen]

one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded

[@moreLvF3]

Bis one the 🐐s. Lifetime achievement that I got a song with the legend who was the greatest on the planet at one time. Stoupe one my favorites of all time. The man should be doin the soundtrack for the marvel universe.

[@ShawnDaniel]

He metaphorically likened the art of rhyme to alchemical processes so beautifully, something that no other rapper to this day has done.. Love Canibus and have so much respect for him.

[@Snowman27bitch]

This is amazing. Canibus is criminally under rated. Rip the Jacker and Mic Club albums are classics.

[@osirisra1476]

Twenty years old and this song is still a masterpiece. God-level production from Stoupe. Masterful breath control, lyricism and delivery from Canibus. A higher peak than most rappers' entire careers, including Eminem.

[@RallyDon82]

Canibus is the greatest i dont care what anyone says.

[@AAKVII]

yes

[@hip-hopkid]

He's in my top 10 for sure!

[@yagizsahin_]

My top 5 for sure

[@michaeldance7561]

True indeed!

[@RealTalk2000]

Bis is the GOAT

[@realbro1415]

Canibus is unmatched LYRICALLY!!!!!!

[@javieririzarry4068]

Most advanced rap song of all time. He went way ahead of his peers here

[@Kreymore]

Javier Irizarry The funny part about this is, you can hear glimpses of the direction he took when you listen to Mic Club. On there, he surpassed his former style for good, which was already way ahead of his peers. He was only beating himself at that point which he proves in Bis vs Rip.

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

Mural is a bit better but yeah it’s up there

[@noahjl4218]

@@mrcrackdonald_1 mural is outrageous

[@SuperBearNeo]

@@mrcrackdonald_1 Nah, maybe in how many entendre it can fit, but Poet Laureate II is lyrically and structurally beter

[@Portthefirst]

@@SuperBearNeo how is lyrically better? Mind making a valid point? Mural from Lupe goes beyond entendres, wordplays, similes and metaphors. Pay attention! No song from Canibus is lyrically better than Mural, and I say this as a fan of both. Actually, I got into Bis when Lupe praised him and said that he almost lost his will to do rap when he heard Bis when he was young. I'm a listener of both, but, I have yet to see a valid point as why Poet Laureate II is better than Mural.

[@theripper1222]

Stoupe doesn’t get the respect he deserves for this beat

[@missingstarpro]

Why would I argue with my own conscious over the truth? That's like me telling myself "Don't tell me what to do!" dayum, dayum, dayum

[@michaelkalume9266]

He gotta be one of the most lyrical emcees I've ever heard, damn Canibus

[@williambernardbrown]

Canibus is literally the GOAT of hip-hop. Nobody consistently delivered like this in history

[@hunterdoesstuff3747]

Well tbf Canibus didn’t consistently deliver like this

[@williambernardbrown]

@@hunterdoesstuff3747 you smoking

[@hunterdoesstuff3747]

@@williambernardbrown first album was aight second album was pretty good third album sucked 4th and 5th were great and whatever one was in 05 sucked

[@williambernardbrown]

@Hunter does stuff, okay bro

[@williambernardbrown]

@Hunter does stuff, Canibus has some of the best verses in Hiphop history. That's just a fact.

[@jbourne221]

Stoupes beats complement the profound lyrics perfectly

[@rising_waters]

“He got an ‘F’ but he deserved and ‘A’.”

[@sstillgar8814]

So true! Bitterly unfair! 😔

[@1999Eternal]

The point he was trying to make

[@dondemarco3246]

wether or not you like canibus, this is the greatest hip hop track of all time.

[@glutegains3656]

+Don Demarco LOL. You wanna see how Canibus raps? It's not that impressive. Just put in a bunch of big words using 5 dollar words in an unnecessary way and brag. I'll write one right now: My rhyme schemes encapsule Darwinian terminology Reaching complexities of unprecedented molecular biology Microscopes cannot capture the observations of Ptolemy His genius escapes most minds, but my flow shines as its calling me Matching the radiance of an intergalactic quasar And like a titanium condensed asteroid from another dimension- I came far From where I originated, but the black hole that is my mind is where I place bars My polarity mimics the orientation of the magnetic energy of play darts. This shit took me like 5 minutes. If you think this shit is actually deep then smh LOL

[@dondemarco3246]

+Jor Zap sitting alone in my room, staring through a 32x telescope zoom adjusting the focus on the moon one should not assume the philosophies of david hume to be nothing more than subjective conclusions do you even get that shit? david hume's entire philosophy was that both everything and nothing exist within an infinite realm of possibilities. ie, his whole philosophy is a contradiction, and biz manages to rhyme that into a double negative, the ultimate contradiction of the english language. you couldnt write one rhyme like that if i gave you your whole life to do it. smh you probably think james joyce was just a useless drunk

[@glutegains3656]

+Don Demarco Yeah, yeah I rap geniused this song & it has a few gems, but 1. he is not consistently contextualize all his references and 2. He raps in a very straightforward manner. There is no density in a lot of his lines Second, if by "greatest", you mean most lyrical song of all time, then I have to say that it's not even close. That title belongs to "Failure" by Lupe Fiasco. Btw, I'm a rapper myself. These 2 bars that I wrote now are more clever than that pseudo-intellectual bs. When I rap and write this with my hand of Midas And my punches piling, I am Pac and Arum/packing aurum

[@dondemarco3246]

Jor Zap the fact you think you're better than biz is the evidence that you're trash. there was a time when every single MC alive was scared of biz. a wise man knows that he never knows enough. its the greatest track because it was the first to combine incredibly deep lyricism with various literary devices such as splitting into 2 personalities. its the first ever track where somebody pondered how he could change the narrative tone of hip hop. its the innovation you have to appreciate. you would never have been rapping like that if not for dudes like biz and rass kass

[@glutegains3656]

Don Demarco "Failure" shits on this song. End of argument.

[@amadoumoustaphadieng8660]

OMG Years go by so fast but I'm still addicted to this masterpiece. Senegal, West Africa.

[@thisisanewusername4662]

africa knows real rap

[@herondope5675]

the beat switch at 2:24 is masterful

[@salimibrahim9875]

Bro that shit

[@tomcarey3457]

I love the one at 6:00

[@chrissmith8216]

There's no album out there that has spoken to me like Rip the Jacker.

[@tachyontee3877]

My favorite line in this whole masterpiece: "I'm convinced now that more than the truth is at stake, when people create language that pretends to communicate."

[@Ohmargod]

For this describes modern internet slang at it's core.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

The number of peoples heads this song went over back in the day is uncountable. This is so sohisticated. It literally took more than a decade to understand and appreciate songs like this of his.

[@neatstatus]

Eloquently put

[@seeaddwounds4158]

True!

[@straitgatekeeper]

One of the best sophisticated museoum worthy rap songs ever made

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

Who else listening to this in 2021? President Bis sent me back to welcome yall

[@dg6845]

We need some new Bis like this

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

@@dg6845 my G...Full Spectrum Dominance and Matrix Theory. He released them as like, multiple LPs, but basically they are two albums...both came out recently!

[@TheColorfulCube]

He may have ruined a bit of his credibility with the whole Dizaster thing, but regardless of that, this is still a bonafide Hip Hop masterpiece. This song perfectly exemplifies him in his prime, and with the perfect production to match. His 1997 - 2003 era is almost untouched by anyone. Especially this album.

[@hawthorneana]

all diz was say how he got beat by ll and em...ewww me n u could of did that......the crowd was laughing hard as fuck at bis.....theres just to many dickriders nowadayz...

[@fuhwih3158]

all he did was kill him in battle rap, dizaster will never make anything as musically impressive as this album and it all would have been impossible without Stoupe

[@ArmageddonShadow]

fuhwihme Stoupe is one of the best producers of all time, he is the reason AOTP and JMT were as untouchable as they were too.

[@fuhwih3158]

***** I half agree. Canibus only did that notepad thing for his fans anyway but in the context of the battle it really backfired on him and made him seem like something else.

[@FenceDaGreat]

People gotta realize that people make mistakes. So Bis took a credibility hit when he battled Dizaster, but Jay took a hit when Em killed him on his own track and Em took a hit for doing songs in weird accents and Nas took a hit for letting people down with It Was Written and Ice-T took a hit for playing a cop on TV and Dre took a hit for being against weed and then being a huge stoner (I'll stop here, clearly I could go on) .I bet if guys like Pac and Pun and Biggie lived long enough they'd have made a mistake or two. Going through an entire career lasting decades without making a single mistake is reserved for the best of the best. Rakim and G Rap come to mind, even KRS-1 regrets using violent imagery on his first album. The gods of rap are human!!!

[@clxs8091]

🔥🔥"Why would i argue my own conscience over truth?/ thats like telling myself "don't tell me what to do!"🔥🔥

[@spiked1344]

Saw him live last summer Epic he still performs. Go see him before he stops touring!

[@AerialPenn]

This is one of the best Canibus songs IMO.

[@namelessnobody8115]

" a wiseman sees failure as progress"

[@jordan3649]

Cassidy just did an interview with vlad and vlad asked who inspired him. Cass casually and quickly named a few of the greats but then he stopped for a moment and said "Canibus" and started talking about Canibus' lyrical ability for the rest of the entire answer to the question. I'm not gonna lie, I never knew that and also never thought I would hear Cassidy explain Canibus' greatness. Very dope moment.

[@thisisanewusername4662]

you don't cassidy to explain bis greatness. bis greatness stands on it's own merits.

[@secureyourgainz]

@Harry64278 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaG0aYNrrsaYqNEsi=Utp97SzKI725F8eQ

[@jpmor7327]

4:54 my man started time traveling and im there for it 😂

[@That_KidShady]

every word that comes outta his mouth in this song is quotable

[@BRobMint]

Not the biggest Canibus fan in the world, but damn this track is crazy.

[@techhead57]

If you like this listen to robot dreams he goes off. Or listen to da face lift

[@huskypenguin5192]

Same

[@BigJonahJ]

Me neither but I love this one

[@deathrager2404]

@@techhead57 da facelift is fuckin goat.

[@MultiDashing123]

Listen to life liquid from him then come back

[@vrxertz]

A complete genius. A complete visionary.

[@congrunwang7004]

Yo, why is the Ripper so ill? That would be an unpardonable breach of confidence for me to reveal He said, "One of these days, all eyes would be on me When they look up in the sky and see the neon C" Rhymes inscribed on a nickel disk encased In glass with an ion beam for longevity For more than ten centuries, impressions and memories The first time-machine inventor will mention me Canibus was a visionary indeed He believed light could travel in multiples of C The organic supercomputer that solved the mysteries of Klein Kaluza with two blue metric rulers Liked Cool J, but thought Stephen Jay Gould was cooler And he never liked to propagate rumors Smoked Canary Island cigars Liked American luxury cars and beautiful Asian broads He had a strong mind, he used to philosophize About rhymes while he was pruning his bonsai He claimed that he had written the greatest rhyme of all time But he would never take it out his archives He wrote two songs per day And was constantly experimenting with his wordplay In his youth he did a report on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey He got an F but he deserved an A I followed his career from the first day It seemed a lack of support contributed to his inert ways I seen him pull in twenty-four hour workdays With deferred pay, undeterred by the word "shame" Public humiliation was the worst pain He was spinning out of control like a Class 5 hurricane He said he wouldn't want another MC to suffer the same Especially when there's nothing to gain He was the illest alive but nobody would face it He spit till his tongue was too torched to taste it Properly funded corporations carbon dated his latest creations To extract the information They found it utterly amazing They claimed the body of his work was the same thing as a priceless painting Never mattered to him that art galleries hated him 'Cause Thomas Kinkade called and said he would take ten Complete enigmas wrapped in puzzles encrypted in language With sound but without shape or signature Kept files in his garage on MS-DOS In a fire-proof pod, we thought it was odd Outside there was a shed with an Oppenheimer lock He apparently kept more wax than Madame Tussaud's We were in total awe 'cause it blew our minds So many rhymes that were intricately designed He was Poet Laureate of his time And if you don't mind, I'd like to share some of his rhymes Alone in my room looking through the 32X telescope zoom Adjusting the focus of the moon One should not assume the philosophy of David Hume Is nothing more then a subjective conclusion What is the maximum field rate application? The runaway glaciation surrounding the ocean basin Affects the population fluctuation On a continuous basis but that's just the basics The juxtaposition of Canibus' position The precision of something no other has written Way above and beyond what was intended The unparalleled malleable enunciation of a sentence You didn't go to college obviously I can tell by your ungodly unintelligible terminology A remarkable odyssey, the rhymes of modern speeds When the brain orders the body not to breathe Your competency is not up to speed, you're not in my league You couldn't possibly be hotter then me Or oppositely your minus twenty-five degrees You'd squeeze but the condensation makes rifle barrels freeze Allow me to speak figuratively, nigga please My intellectual properties are about the size of Greece Your counselor advised you not to speak My counselor advised me to keep rhyming until they stopped the beat In the words of Joseph Heller, "I learned how to write better" Even though it sort of irked me He said he didn't understand the process of the imagination But he felt he was at its mercy Which explains my point perfectly and certainly reinforces The reason why nobody's probably ever heard of me Couldn't understand what I mean by ill Unless you try to translate what I print to film This is the line of reel, the circle of time The cycle of eternity, the emergence of one line Academic phonetics render critics tongue-tied I've personified dry humor of cum laude alumni 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 My style is masterful, multilateral I could battle a fool and be naturally cruel Words of scorn are a disastrous tool From an existentialist's view I'm a better rapper than you Grab the mic and rip your physical fabric in two My attitude is fucked up but admirable Different methods interpreted into different forms From entirely different perceptions and seen from different norms Not just spitting a poem, there’s much more involved There's much more pieces of the puzzle for you to solve Forty-eight orders of mechanical laws And rays of creational cause enhance the cadence of my bars Maybe I am self-absorbed But that's the effect, to find the cause you should ask my A&R Today is what it is, but only because yesterday was what it was Permitting you heard of Beelzebub A tale of demons and drugs, pissy drunk in the club With the DJ doing the needle rub Chances are you'll never see me son Yeah I know my name's Canibus but I can't help you if you need a dub I came to holla at some big booty bitches and listen to the speakers thump Where you get conceited from? I'm so nice on the mic they wanna beat me up It's deep as fuck, I ain't seen it all but I've seen enough Really unbelievable stuff There's a lot of times when I want to speak but I'm stuck I should leave this rap shit alone And kick my incredible rhymes in the privacy of my own home My imagination is my own The liberty to speak to freely lyrically on the microphone With a pen in my hand, I bring motion to the Enneagram And become "Can-I Millenium Man" Engrave my back with the emperor's stamp Been spitting scientific rap since the 17th century began Trying to escape the wicked empire of Def Jam And the land where lyrics are bland and heretics hang Every warrior has an axe to bury But he has to learn to discern between enemy and adversary I said to myself, "Germaine, this is insane It's suicide, it's controlled flight into terrain" I fought to regain control of the plane, but went up in a ball of flames And got banned from the Hip-Hop hall of fame For two bars I kept hearing in my head Over and over again, it cost me everything I'm convinced now that more than the truth is at stake Where people create language that pretends to communicate Euphemisms are misunderstood as mistakes But its a byproduct of the ghetto music we make From an extroverted point of view I think its too late Hip Hop has never been the same since '88 Since it became a lucrative profession There's a misconception that a movement in any direction is progression Even though the potency of it lessens Big money industries writing checks to suppress the question And nobody gives a fuck no more, no one goes to the book store Ever since the confluence of Moore's Law But I stay in the lab like Niels Bohr and his son Aage Edward Lorenz and Leo Szilard Lyrically I took rap music and turned the knob To the right full throttle and added panache Why would I argue with my own conscience over the truth? That's like me telling myself, "Don't tell me what to do" Dialyses and analyses of battle MCs Sometimes I say things I myself can't believe My lyrical is so skillfully elliptical I can understand how it makes you miserable You wonder why I never let you play your beats for me Or why I keep my studio enshrouded in secrecy You wonder what's my infatuation with Alicia Keys "Canibus why don't you speak to me?" Yo, I meant it when I said no one can shine on a song that features me That's why I said it so vehemently You need to replace the hate with respect I'm probably the best yet, Poet Laureate

[@jeffmusyoka1876]

More to you 🙌

[@mcbast6356]

yes...now i should play the instrumental & practice the whole lyrics.

[@hip-hopkid]

Amazing bro... If his cat ain't in your top 10, don't reply.

[@ponchoromain1899]

Congrun Wang Canibus was never from here! I knew dude was an Alien! 👽 GOAT!!!

[@bazmanoid5371]

@@hip-hopkid Amen

[@roastchicken401]

Just some of the most incredible lyricism here. What a legend Canibus is.

[@TheUltimateRage]

Ikr?! Too bad he got banned from the hip-hop hall of fame for 2 bars he kept hearin' in his head over and over again. It cost him everythang........

[@roastchicken401]

The Ultimate Rage+ You implying that Canibus isn't a legend because the Industry wouldn't recognize him? If so you can catch these hands

[@TheUltimateRage]

Nah man I was just reciting his verse man; Canibus is one of my favs and was my number one until the Dizaster battle happened. He's still unquestionably one of the illest lyricsts ever imho

[@roastchicken401]

The Ultimate Rage+ Oh my bad bro. Yea the Dizaster battle hurt him but besides that yeah he should be more respected in Hip Hop

[@buttermilkenby]

Canibus is the most underrated rapper and this song is proof. He needs more recognition for shit like this.

[@leroytaylor2981]

poet laureate part one was great. poet laureate part two was awsome. poet laureate infinity was on a level that will leave a genius using 99.9% of their brain baffled.

[@rahsunallah2825]

Now imagine walking around people trying to get them to understand this

[@tiyiselanichauke7545]

Lyrical Genius.

[@SHAFTMOSLEY]

Still in 2020!!!! My bad 2023!!

[@michaelh1738]

Most people don't even know who David Hume is 🔥🔥🔥

[@taumagalahi]

IMHO best Canibus album of all time and his best overall work period. Incredible classic and amazing to know he laid the vocals while abroad when he was still in the army.

[@taumagalahi]

*sorry correction, meant laid the acapella vocals before joining the army and the album was recorded while he was abroad.

[@RTJ2INFINITYPROMO]

taumagalahi Yea, he recorded the whole thing to a metronome. The only album I know of being recorded that way

[@Crook3d_GT]

Agreed this album is from another planet as far as I'm concerned.

[@donnyten2041]

***** Dead serious? to a fucking metronome? Is there a source for that? All I know is that the lyrics to this album was 'written on a hells kitchen dinner table" unless thats a metaphor

[@andrewb5508]

Michael Goldbach yeah I agree this planet is from another album completely

[@mondoshawan2159]

I just heard of this guy and I am writing this song as I hear it for the first time. How have I not heard of Canibus before? This is so amazing...

[@Mize2dx]

This type of Rap was taken out off the culture in the late 90's....Dumb down the next generation. SAD that is worked.

[@theo2669]

Canibus has such a unique ability to just rap on and on, he almost never has a chorus and certainly not a poppy one, just constantly hard dense rapping

[@T7T7T7T7T7T]

alone in my room lookin thru the 32x telescope zoom adjusting the focus of the moon

[@Crook3d_GT]

That beat change and lyrics are so perfect there, my favorite part of the song. Bis the GOAT!

[@leonwelcome7025]

Great album. One of the best lyrical songs ever made.

[@og2700]

Canibus took lyricism to another level

[@76Gemstar]

Such a masterpiece I had the Lyrics Printed and Framed!

[@Marvel_Polaris]

I have to say this is one best HIP-HOP ever ridding rather you like Canibus or not.

[@E_M_FEN]

This is some upper level, out of everyone league type of of Jam. He was in an untouchable zone when he created this one...

[@ForeignFlexTv]

This song gave me mad knowledge from all the info I had to research

[@dahalofreeek]

This dude is crazy knowledgeable. So much smarter than I expected a rapper with that name if I'm being honest.

[@Crates94]

lol never judge a rapper by the name.. even if it has "lil'" in it.

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

"But I can't help you if you need a dub" lmao

[@zacharymartinez2792]

@@Crates94 lil ugly mane taught me that lesson lol

[@jeffmusyoka1876]

He has many names be careful to choose the right one 😁

[@kayrams1792]

Jermaine Williams Canibus Bis The Ripper Levitibus Spartibus

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

and I used to think Canibus was mediocre but now after listening to some of his albums he is definitely one of my favourite rappers

[@grimylordkez]

As lyricist Canibus MF Doom and GZA are in my top 3

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

Are you that guy from Amino?

[@BigSed176]

When the fuck was canibus ever mediocre?

[@biesman5]

@Frank Lee Hahhahaa

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

@Pharaohe Thought On God? Lmao I ain't even see myself as an active commenter

[@rjvernesto.]

So many quotables in this. What an album too.

[@ChrisListensToMusic]

I personally think this is the greatest piece of lyricism ever put out to the world . Without question.

[@derrickscott503]

First time herring this...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!and I'm 53 yrs hiphop

[@drEAmzZzza]

best rapper of all time. so intelligent

[@MultiWeezy3]

+Immortal Technique what about Lupe Fiasco? Dumb it down, Murals and Adoration of the magi are some next level tracks.

[@meepsheep3655]

Lupe fiasco isnt anywhere close to canibus... canibus is litterally in his own class of his own

[@ginobenatti7830]

Aesop is way up there lyrically

[@lwandomadasi4921]

Aesop Rock Vs Canibus ?

[@Slamdog500]

Aesop Rock vs Canibus vs K-Rino vs. GZA?

[@kurtmcfc1629]

"you need to replace the hate with respect, i'm probably the best yet, poet laureate"

[@greedyblacc1469]

A wise man sees failure as progress a fool that forces his knowledge then misses the logic then lose his soul in the process obsessed with nonsense with a caricature that has no content.......Damm thats the sickest line of all time

[@edwardwalker8385]

I thought the line was "a fool divorces his knowledge. ..

[@greedyblacc1469]

Edward Walker You might be right lol....incredible lone nonetheless

[@donnyten2041]

You're righ, it's " a fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic"

[@CHRISTTAIDA]

That line alone always stuck with me to the point im thinking of getting it tatted..not the whole thing just up to "logic"

[@tonyfourhunnid]

I think he says "i obesses with nonsense "

[@brianevans6343]

Greatest rap song ever.

[@jamous3226]

“And nobody gives a fuck no more, no one goes to the book store Ever since the confluence of Moore's Law“