Canibus - Poet Laureate II (Lyrics)

[@Gracchi]

"I guess you can't write an infinite rhyme with a finite mind That's why rhymes like mine mystify mankind A lot of rappers are ahead of they time But when it comes to rhymes like mine, the word 'time' doesn't apply"

[@shawntaylor8631]

I remember that freestyle from back in the day.

[@shawntaylor8631]

That change of the beat at the 2:17 mark just took this song to another level. Sadly this dude isn’t mentioned at all when it comes to hip hops greats,to me he’s a lyrical demon for real and a hip hop legend.

[@SalsaSippin_]

I'm 44 yo this is the greatest rap song iv ever heard.

[@returnofamack3917]

This is so pure dope

[@BARBOGOL]

Canibus is a lyrical monster!

[@culturecrossingwithshawn2681]

"In the words of Joseph Heller, I learned how to write better..." "He said he didnt understand the process of the imagination but he felt he was at its mercy!" Not only my fav part on da track, but I felt dat; shyt resonated wit me on a whole nother level!

[@canaldoxerxes]

Jesus fucking christ this guys doesn't spit fire, he ejects high energy protons that collide with the haters and annihilate them.

[@busterwise4274]

Canibus wins lyrically and canibus wins as a overall songwriter vs dizaster who agrees?

[@ishaking6278]

I dissagree

[@yogi30051972]

@@ishaking6278 dizaster would ofcourse win in a battle but not lyrically.

[@ishaking6278]

@@yogi30051972 I didnt say dizaster

[@jameshorton5395]

I rather hear bis spit some incredible new bars on a paper than hear the mediocre rapper's recite predictable nonsense.✌🏿

[@ishaking6278]

​@@jameshorton5395 We saw Canibus' notebook while he battling with Dizaster. Dude's notebook was longer than me.

[@AngelRivera-de1lq]

Nice work! Love me some Canibus.

[@MCL2684]

True masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥

[@MrMLD1972]

One of the greatest things ever made. Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind 👑

[@otisyoungblood]

My 43 year old brain loves this more than my 19 year old brain

[@YaoEspirito]

"Thomas Kinkade called and said he'd take ten.." 😅

[@dakidfromknowhere765]

God Mode

[@MrArmoredhustla]

LL couldn't do this if he tried his hardest no cap

[@supra8795]

What was the 2 bars that got him band?

[@danielalfaro1746]

Asking LL to borrow the mic on his arm, that was the song "4,3,2,1" where the beef with LL cool J started

[@MarcioLenin]

Síguela lucha contra lo babosos!

[@mrfridaynitro]

This is one of the worst rap songs ever. Its sad cause Canibus was one of the dopest lyricists of all time and had some of the hardest bars ever. This was when he went on that whole sy-fi alien bullshit

[@cyberspace667]

You buggin this shit is tough

[@asdfghjkl2261]

@@knowthyself_7 I have a lot of nostalgia for this, and I love the progressive beat, but so many of the lyrics are pseudo-intellectual schoolboy ramblings. I might be more inclined to forgive him had Canibus not been nearly THIRTY when Rip the Jacker came out. It reminds me of when I was a dorky high school loner in my underground rap/philosophy phase writing "rap lyrics" (that I would never dare verbalize) with shitty wordplay like "ya'll rap better than me? ay man, ya'll can't." GET IT? Aymanyall Cant--Immanuel Kant?! I'm SO talented and smart, PLEASE go out with me!!! Anyway, flashback over, let's criticize some specific bars... "One should not assume the philosophy of David Hume is nothing more than a subjective conclusion" - What is that even supposed to mean? You could say that about the philosophy of any philosopher. Totally meaningless. You can go ahead and read the annotation on Genius, as well as the several comments of discussion that follow it (I certainly did), but I think you could read meaning into this statement if you replaced David Hume with any other philosopher, since nearly all of them have given some treatment of assumptions, subjectivity and conclusions. "From an existentialist's view, I'm a better rapper than you" - From the view of WHAT existentialist? Nietzsche? Sartre? Kierkegaard? Camus? Were the existentialists particularly prized for their insight on rap music? Sartre died in 1980. Canibus was only 5 or 6 years old at this point. Again, you could plug in "from a Platonist's view" or "from an Aristotelian's view" and still wrangle meaning from it due to the vagueness of such a statement. "The juxtaposition of Canibus' position/The precision of something no other has written" - ... the juxtaposition of his position...? With what exactly? Oh, of course: the precision! Canibus' uncanny precision. The precision of... something (a notoriously precise thing). Something no one else has written! Well, that's just simply false. I can point to any number of rappers who are more precise and descriptive in their lyrics! Honestly, most rappers are! But I get it. Really, I do. These lyrics aren't chosen for their meaning or imagery as much as they are for how they sound when strung together. But even in that regard, I think something like Violent by Design-era Jedi Mind Tricks is far superior. Okay, giant tl;dr rant over...

[@razzles5338]

Stop trying to get attention you clown. This is probably the best rap song of all time period.

[@demonreturns4336]

lets see you write some thing better

[@danielalfaro1746]

You just have a very low iq homie 😂