Canibus - Rap City The Basement

[@frankyfelony]

I swear to god. This man Canibus is the most lyrical living creature on this fucking earth. I mean I can't comprehend some of this shit but it still gives you a chill. He can't hit reality and the heart like NaS of Jay-Z but pound for pound the most lyrical dude to ever walk this earth right up there with Big Pun.

[@murdeez78]

I got this Rap City episode when he did this freestyle on VHS. A true classic!

[@xreb2008]

Canibus probably the emcee with the biggest lyrical repertoire right now.

[@jks9x]

TRANSLATION: for anyone else having trouble keeping up: (Second Verse) "I'm on that?aint the stimula" *stimula is mortal mother of dionysus, Greek God; "You probably think I'm Incubus cause I'm an inimical epiphany" * Incubus means satan, *inimical means hostile "Tigga pass my diadem" *diadem is a word for crown; "This is an epistolary symphony" *epistolary is a type/style of literature "Its obvious the third eye of the obelisk is watchin us" *obelisk is the villian from a comic book

[@HotGritz910]

It's crazy that this guy isn't even mentioned in the line of greats..

[@Kingquann153]

HIP HOP NEVER DIES WHEN HE SPITS!

[@sensai67]

cannibus will never sell out!!!! hip hop 4eva!!! peace and love to the original hip hop nation and wake up to those who don't or 'THINK' they know. peace

[@RapperVen]

One of my favorite freestyles.

[@TheInfamousRinny]

yo hands, first of all, thank you very much for putting so much canibus material on here... he is, hands down, my favorite MC and you've uploaded some freestyles I hadnt heard til recently. I noticed there were a few errors in the lyrics, hope this helps: -What I speak is more than just deep, its *bottomless*/ With common sense, I'm organized like *crime* in mafias/ -A Rap-ologist *you can sit and do the knowledge with, from GED's to degrees in.../ -*I'll politic* with any magazine.../

[@DruhDrizzle]

in freaking sane. he uses one word and has like 10 others to rhyme with it that no one else would ever think of. Hes amazing

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 No, I said that there metaphors were "Almost" on the same level. I said that Bis Subject Matter make him sound more advanced than he really is. I felt from the beginning that Bis was a little better than Em in that category but that his more complex subject matter makes it seem even more so. I do put a lot of emphasis on flow and delivery but I see multis as just a much a part of lyrical ability as metaphors and wordplay. To me they are equal in OVER ALL skill.

[@chrissisty992]

Agree completely. It was subject matter. Em loves, used too anyway, shock value rhymes. Bis a bit more complex. U could see y Em was more popular mainstream. Bis, and im quoting sum1s comment i just read cuz i agree, is a rappers rapper. That delivery on point. BTW, just cuz they beefed, y cant we love them booth? IMO, both top 10 lyricts. The GOAT tho? REDMAN

[@sinderella23]

Damn you got all the old joints..Shoot! Much respect!

[@alstan631]

Are you kidding me? Tigga was actually coming off the top for real. He was truly freestyling.

[@CanibusDaGoat]

I got this on VHS!...sTR6 crack!..

[@Rashaad76]

I don't know how his brain processes thought so fast to come up with freestyles like this. I mess up just trying to repeat his words and I'm reading them off paper! Nuff respect.

[@DruhDrizzle]

dude..... that was freaking SICK. Dang....

[@djjb71]

1998! just to remind... can-i-bus, still the best

[@4mAALIKcHIN4]

word up to Big Tig's first four bars... they sounded tight like i could rock to it after listening to Bis

[@murdeez78]

@RapperVen Yeah, I thought it would already be on here. They also had it on "best of the rap city freestyles" but they didn't have Canibus's last verse on there. It was long before the booth, cause they were at a radio station (that's what it looked like to me) & Tigger had on a throwback Duke BD basketball jersey. But like I told snackster27, when I find a VCR imma record it & post it!

[@Darius514]

that's a hot pic of him, nice hat.

[@wisemenx]

One of the illest lyricists to do it.

[@krillansavillan]

i cant stop sayin "bus it, the blood in my brain's super conducted, a supreme intelligent being you don't wanna scuff with"

[@SDSOverfiend]

I know my reply is late.. but im gonna kill your argument right here. Eminem is a mixture of Every Great Lyricist before..you can tell he listen to everybody to form his flow (A Real Elvis Presley). thats why his flow is all over the place on every track. Canibus is a Rapper's Rapper. His flow is most basic of all rhyme schemes when its done perfectly. What takes him oveer the top is his vocabulary and ability project thoughts clearly... Canibus was ahead of his time.....

[@jessemp3]

yeah, it gets to the point where i listen to Canibus and hear something afterwards and it's like going from college degrees to elementary kidshit. Stimulating the mind is important and if you listen to bis for an hour and hear some other shit by other rappers, you don't even listen cause it's a not even worth the time. Everybody's a rapper but few are poets, and that right there explains it all!

[@SCARBZ1REP]

@wgbarnes101 canibus was on the deal last year, the video is on youtube

[@willieleehm]

Hat helmet is RAW...

[@ronniewest838]

Nyce!

[@manofknowledge101]

Canibus is too nice for the rappers seen on the new BET rap show called "The Deal", Rap City's replacement. Nice post hands89.

[@killabeez123]

lollll hes wearing a cricket helmet BIG UPPPSSSS

[@Himaryous]

@siphiwo His father was a cricketer.

[@portcityrrider]

i agree

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 You say that Em gets over by saying deranged stuff but Bis has his own way of getting over as well. Ems flows and rhyme schemes blow Canibus out of the water. There metaphors and wordplay are almost equal. Canibus gets over by pulling his metaphors from scientific areas such as Chemistry, Biology, space and time, and utilising a large vocabulary making his metaphors and wordplay sound like a higher level. As far as your tracks "Renagade", "Role Model", & "Any song from Infinite"

[@murdeez78]

@snackster27 I found the tape but I don't have a VCR! Imma find 1 and I'll post it ASAP!

[@ewontstop]

WOW

[@expertguy101]

Bboy approved

[@WestSideRunna213]

@SCARBZ1REP can u send me a link please.. i couldnt find the video!!!

[@DarkChildMuzik]

Can-I-Bus

[@bobbykhan3879]

That's a helmet that is worn when playing the game of cricket @youngdayzed

[@Noctoural88]

2nd verse was classic

[@ELIASGTR]

lyrically thats some crazy shit

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 There is a site that analyzes rap lyrics. They measured the Rhyming of rappers and as far as the Complex Multi- Rhymes the top rappers were Mf Doom, Cam'ron, Pun, and Em. Ems Rhyme Schemes are more complex that Bis and that is Proven Fact. He rhymes on avg. almost 40% of every thing that he spits. Also I never said that Ems Metaphors are more complex I said his Rhyming was more Complex. I did say that Bis subject matter makes his metaphors sound more complex than they really are.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 Lyrically pretty close to the same level to me. The only thing that is different is the subject matter and that is the only thing that makes Canibus SEEM better. Also the song I meant to put instead of Role Model was Rock Bottom. "I feel like I'm walking a tight rope, without a circus net I'm popping percocets, I'm a nervous wreck I deserve respect; but I work a sweat for this worthless check Em rhymes like that through out the whole song while making a point.

[@JcLeopard]

Also I never said that Canibus metaphors are Basic. Any rapper with a knowledge of Biology, Science, and History could pull there inspiration from this and create extremely complex sounding metaphors. It is his Subject Matter that makes his Metaphors sound complex. That takes nothing a way from Bis because he is an A.T.G Lyricist.

[@MR469]

No Bull!

[@june7gemini]

Canibus was beast ... still is ... and people say lil wayne and trinidad james is talented lol

[@Bluntkidd420]

lol, I don't even know why Tigga even tried to flow after Canibus's first lil session lol.

[@Aardvarked88]

It's "Tight rhymes, send pete rock to another lifetime"

[@JcLeopard]

@JcLeopard I'm a College Student, so the metaphors he drops doesn't sound as amazing when you can pick up on it.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 Quote me where I said it then because I want to see this.

[@RapperVen]

@murdeez78 Man I gotta see that!

[@Demipimp]

@Trixler34 Why we have them both

[@MadRandom89]

Bis murdered this! I dont really wanna even spit on it after he did it but whats the name of the beat??

[@RapperVen]

@Freshstyles00 Word up!

[@4rtay]

He's wearing a cricket helmet? look like it but it's not about the pic HAHA "what i speak it's more then deep it's bottemless" thats 2 sick

[@nikegyal25]

@illriginalized well said.

[@Theraiman616]

a+ smh 0:45

[@CanibusDaGoat]

Str8 Crack!..

[@marcomancilla4797]

Was this ever on TV.

[@jks9x]

Someone tell me if I'm wrong but I swear this dude was speaking backwards for a bar or so after tigga came on. Can someone run the tape backwards.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 His Metaphors aren't as complex but his use of Multi-Syllabic Rhymes is definetly more complex than Canibus. The only rapper I can think of that out does Eminem in the Syllables compartment is Big Pun. Canibus pulls from things that are complex in nature and things that most people don't no anything about. Eminem ripped 5 syllabic multis on Renagade while staying on topic and making a point. He did the same thing on Rock Bottom. His flow is also untouchable on both of those Tracks.

[@VenVile]

OHHHHH FUCK!!!!

[@Jonny89718]

he must have wrote A+'s verse in that live freestyle because half this verse is from this

[@rbailey9717]

Jonny89718 yeah Canibus was writing a lot for A+. Just look at The Boyz 2 Men track..."The whole truth, nothing but the whole truth I roast you/Thermonuclear vocals be hotter than Chernobyl"...that verse reeks of Canibus. Which is a good thing lol.

[@ewontstop]

@MoztExcellent the nicest lyricists ever are 1) k rino 2) Canibus 3) AZ 4) Papoose 5) Nas

[@rbailey9717]

TheRealKidSpitter Yo mad props for putting K-Rino on that list! I would put Canibus ahead of him by a hair, but to each their own! K-Rino is the most underrated and under appreciated rapper in human history.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 If you didn't know what Renagade and Rock Bottom were then you have never really listened to Eminem. I think your are mistaken as to what I listen to. I listen to Canibus almost as often as I listen to Eminem. That includes Nas, Biggie(who Bis called GOAT), Big Pun, Big L, Mc Juice, Eyedea, Lupe(who is even more complex than Bis when it comes to Metaphors) and plenty others. Bis may have more complex metaphors but it is a proven fact that Eminem has more intricate Rhyme Schemes.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 Eminem might be overated by the mainstream kids who would take a bullet for him and rate him as 1,000 times better than every rapper that ever lived but he is far from boring. Eminem regardless of what you say is in a Top 10 rapper of all time, he has 3 Classic Albums, one of the greatest battle rappers of all time, and The MMLP is by far one of if not the most Entertaining Hip-Hop Albums ever.

[@meldangerous83]

I've been saying the same thing for years, ll know he lost that battle when he resorted to money to try to play outside of doin it on the mic

[@YoungDayzed337]

I want that facemask hat tho

[@illriginalized]

I did the knowledge... and Canibus isn't a freemason. He doesn't even belong to a huge record label. Don't twist Canibus into Jay Z and them other herbs. Just because you can't comprehend metaphysics, chemistry, and biology in his lyrics, doesn't make him affiliated to freemasonry.

[@RrrutssS]

@Devon95fly youve never heard hip hop then.

[@cdub0911]

@wepaonAK Canibus wrote for A+

[@SDSOverfiend]

Eminem is Just white.. bottom line.. Eminem flow is base off of all those legendary before him including Canibus.. Canibus Rhyme flow is The basic Art Pefected.. No tongue twist, Inside rhymes scheme(Nas) Rapid fire deliver.. He can do it all. but what you hearing here is Hip hop the way it sounds perfect.. His Timing is so incredible...

[@billysowle8749]

I agree. the only reason eminem is where he is is because he's basically an Elvis. Canibus is the GOAT and should be a billionair period!, and i'm white!,i choose talent over race!!

[@kanyebiglnas9919]

If Canibus managed to stay this great people would fear him, too bad people run out of lyrics and fall off hard. It was probably the military that caused it.

[@Devon95fly]

never heard of this guy

[@ethanmulholland]

haha cricket helmet?

[@rickypfromnc]

CANIBUS will always and forever destroy EMINEM ..................PERIOD

[@marcomancilla4797]

what year was this

[@Noctoural88]

@mallswag55 Canibus>LL Cool J. Real talk.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 QUOTE ME!!

[@clennon123]

its crazy how people think lil wayne is the greatest rapper

[@betawaves1]

big companies just make good artist sound bad hope he never gets involved in dat

[@jks9x]

I think bis came in too head strong and turned the influential people off early(ll and Em). Its rap but in life its all comes back to politics: "Never outshine the Master".

[@siphiwototoyi5864]

That's a cricket helmet. Is that american brotha a cricket fan? LOL

[@chilled99]

Hes Jamaican

[@Yeahnah89001]

Looks like a West Indies cricket helmet

[@jeffkais]

His father was a cricket player

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 Show me a video of Canibus in a live Freestyle Battle or a Live Battle Period since you say he is The Greatest Battle Rapper of all time. If you believe that then you don't know shit about Battling. Mc Juice, Supernatural, Eyedea, Rhymefest, Nocando, Iron Solomon, etc. Out of all the Legends that are famous. Nas, Big, pac, KRS, Canibus, or whoever. Em is the most proven battle emcee. Show me a vid of Canibus battling anyone and I could show you Em battling the most deadly emcees ever.

[@nuggets003]

thumbs up if he looks like rajon rondo

[@VillanThaHero]

he def a original pioneer who was original and ahead of his time- but he fell off tho ma....

[@samenosuke]

naw trust me it is a freestyle....all his shit is like this...

[@illriginalized]

lol... you're confused.

[@sunchipspfp]

@MrJazzHOP i wanna know why people think eminem is all that great at freestyling?? he got niggas fooled for real. when he battled juice, he was very trash in my honest opinion. the parts that were nice were written bars ive already heard him spit in various forms from radio "freestyles" to early songs. yall gotta listen and learn the difference. respectfully ofcourse

[@chrissisty992]

Im huge Bis fan, but all his 'freestyles' are written too. Thats y u will hear the same rhymes when youtubing his freestyle stuff. Em sick as fuck, too. Its opinion, not fact. Fact is they both hard spitters that would bodied most of todays new artists. I use the term 'artist' loosely.

[@JcLeopard]

@life55998 Eminem would murder Wayne. Have you heard lil wayne "really" attempt to freestyle. Eminem went 6 rounds with Juice.

[@illriginalized]

@SedatedWanderer get a clue about the pop culture before stepping up to this, kid.

[@DONTREADTHIS96]

they are but not as good as canibus