Canibus, Big Pun, DMX, Mos Def, Mic Geronimo, John Forte Freestyle Rap Cypher

[@RandomBlackGamer]

This is like a 90s kid's version of Hip Hop's Avengers.

[@mpbjanes]

RandomBlackGamer man I swear

[@QuietSpecialist]

Good one lol

[@trapvisionjp3026]

cannibus is one of the avengers with no superpowers lmao

[@robertreeves7675]

Mean Mean

[@robertreeves7675]

Bigg Dogg No Pride

[@08bourquem]

Just imagine how many legendary cypher's like this happened that were never recorded

[@tgmidaz223]

😭many smh

[@peterking5537]

I know. Almost criminal to think about lost opportunities to record.

[@peteypizzillo1142]

Too many

[@DrSeussTruth]

It obviously would be legendary to have on tape or video but end of the day it’s not all about recording everything, as long as it happened and the top g’s remember it’s all good.

[@Ošæs]

@@peterking5537not every art needs to be recorded

[@-KillaWatt-]

Pun really said "Hit em with a thousand pounds of pressure per slap, Make his whole body jerk back, Watch the earth crack , hand em his purse back" 🤣 straight🔥🔥

[@knggullah8079]

😂😂🤣⚰

[@dfamsoulja]

Fucked my head up 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@phatalredarsinnal2243]

@@dfamsoulja 😭😭😭🤣 Pun Didn't EEN Had To Go There! 😂🔥

[@nvil82395]

Literally every verse he spit was from his songs, still dope though

[@iamthefuss934]

Nicolas Villamil yeah I’ve tried finding his freestyles but it’s usually just verses from dream shatterer

[@TomDelayBeats]

Back when rappers actually had their own styles.

[@mag217]

True

[@xj2736]

💯

[@enock83]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@sintellterry]

And could rap

[@MR.__G]

@@sintellterrythat part !!

[@Alabamaguy205]

Kids if you grew up in the 90s this is GOLD. Edit: Just came back 6 years later to see X freestyle. Rip DMX

[@dezzcarter5987]

Platinum

[@BLBeats94]

Dwayne Carter diamond

[@attackcholocopter915]

Eequals EmceeQ your a dunb ass he meant plaitnum as in the highestpoint a rapper can reach

[@jigganz]

Miguel Soto Diamond is the highest when you sell 10million+ Outkast got it for Love below/speakerboxx for example. So watch your mouth before commenting...dumbass.

[@garrettglick7565]

Jai MacDonald yo son, you know nothing about dungeon family classics junior.

[@cookinsoul]

You cant battle Pun... shit is unfair lol

[@SebsBeenHere]

Aye you the goat dawg, keep making them gems!

[@Man_eee]

@@SebsBeenHere Yea what you said.

[@everythingisanAd]

helllll yeah man keep droppin fat tracks

[@tanzeel444]

Unless your name rhymes with "Man-I'm-Gus". A hardcore artist is a dangerous man, and Second Round KO is one of the top five diss tracks of all time.

[@salsmaintenancesolutions8224]

You woulda lost. Legend says he used to eat dictionaries.

[@loudpackadani]

Pun was snappin so long an ad interrupted this legend

[@tiffanyr4355]

Lol

[@hendogoodie]

Lmao

[@jumbomacaroni]

No respect putting that ad there.

[@Juan_rivera]

Part of itv is from dream shatterer

[@frankp2k9]

Swisha Don 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I used the time to read the comments

[@nobutseriously764]

The energy that DMX had was unmatchable! The dog started growling it was on! Big Pun was smooth as butter! How many bars did Big Pun spit? 😂😂

[@shaggyajao5685]

I miss big pun and X mane I still have a huge crush on X but big pun got bars tho!😊

[@youtubeisgay]

i personally really like john fortes verse. Guy is a good artist

[@Retroactive93]

@@shaggyajao5685fr

[@einzeltier]

DMX is funny but can't rap for sh1t.

[@seanism2011]

@@einzeltier grow up stupid. I bet you are a cornball in real life.

[@justinkleinent.259]

All their reactions to Pun just proves how nice Pun was with this! RIP to one of the best! PUN FOREVER!

[@sharonjones2775]

Just InKlein ENT. He was a bad person.

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

#Facts#

[@chrisrobinson8339]

Pun was incredible

[@gigilo5820]

@@sharonjones2775 why?

[@byronherrera1568]

He was considered the next puertorican b.i.g that says alot being compared to 1 of the greatest

[@LuxFlowz]

DMX: 16, don't be greedy! Pun: Hold my Heineken

[@johnmoyarbmg5845]

More like canibus he hogged that shit

[@grsjohn1178]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krzysztof4607]

@@johnmoyarbmg5845 bruh Pun spit 3 verses on that one

[@harleminthebuildn9234]

BIG PUN’S BREATH CONTROL WAS CRAZY. MOS DEF IS SO FUCKING UNDERRATED

[@soeuhshroud516]

@Jesus Christ Saves love u

[@mariomercado9998]

Most def was kicking knowledge

[@harleminthebuildn9234]

@@mariomercado9998 NO M.F. DOUBT!!!!

[@Forever_Endeavor]

Imagine if he could actually breathe properly

[@kevinsykes699]

Dude mos def has never been underrated

[@UncleSwell707]

Canibus rapped “2nd Round KO”. Nobody had heard it before but I’m sure DMX knew what was going on cause he was on 4,3,2,1. Dope sh8t.

[@xomm92forgotten]

So did pun his whole flow was capital punishment.... But still kilt it .....

[@seahawksanthony8090]

Was it originally a freestyle then he made that into a song?

[@xomm92forgotten]

A song bro

[@the_dj_wood]

there’s a bit of Mack 10 “Let The Games Begin” at the tail end but yeah the rest is Dream Shatterer off Capital Punishment

[@majestymxnt7384]

And Mos Def's verse was from Re:Definition lol.

[@NerdSoup]

mos def's verse went over everyone's head lol but pun was definitely the best

[@Marcellus-Wallace]

Nerd Soup fuck Mos Def whack ass

[@Marcellus-Wallace]

Neale Mos Def, is that you, you whack fuck?!

[@ambrizfer7898]

it's from the song re definition that verse is amazing

[@grnd_ctrl8387]

Marcellus Wallace How is Mos wack?

[@jamesrelebohilemotaung583]

Can-I-Bus

[@sebastianhagedorn5916]

Dmxs voice still one of the illest

[@kushhcoffey1290]

Most distinct for sure.

[@Greenmile.]

Agreed Also he had a great cadence with his words His delivery was brand new at the time

[@ASSman864]

As soon as he started rapping he commanded the attention energy of the whole room, they all shutup to listen instantly DMX always looks like ghost rider when he starts rapping to me. I see he flesh peeled back and his skull is engulfed in flames

[@nyknicks5934]

Sebastian Hagedorn 100% Agree 🔥🔥🔥

[@JohnLick96]

Dead its like D wasn't even a real person.

[@Maddy7210]

Rest easy DMX !! One of the most iconic voices in hip-hop history, What a dawg.

[@eyosyastebeje9555]

rip big pun

[@marcust6479]

Outta everyone u can tell he was gone be the biggest artist

[@woo_shynen8805]

@@marcust6479 he wasnt the best out of all these dudes in the cypher in my opinion, but he definitely brought that raw energy and cadence. Rip to Dark Man X.

[@mynamejeff4642]

@@woo_shynen8805 imo he was but they all legends

[@ronaldjames7843]

@@marcust6479 both X & Pun was the biggest artists here

[@davidjohnson-iw6vj]

Now that's how rappers support to respect each other, sitting at the table flowing and laughing. Now that's love

[@ariellaguardia164]

R.I.P DMX and BIG PUN y’all are rhyming in heaven together

[@610legend5]

I like to imagine so.

[@kleptoboy3505]

Forgot Tupac biggie big l guru many others 90s hip hop legends are the best

[@PTAHcacique]

No there not

[@cap10zomb]

In Valhalla

[@deathrager2404]

dmx is in hell son. im sure pun is there too. they aint in heaven knock that shit offkid

[@ssuavhfe22]

i dont think people realize how legendary this is

[@pindaryahashua]

yoo deadass

[@RobWilly706]

👍🏾💯🏆

[@Jayvon11]

facts

[@whoknows4379]

Nah we know. This is like the All Star Game of Hip Hop. Last Supper type ish.

[@ronaldjames7843]

This is the original XXL freshman class freestyle lol

[@Keepon972]

Big pun: " I blow my own mind like Nirvana". That was the best line ever.

[@clarkbar]

except Nirvana didnt blow their mind...Cobain did. Pun and Fat Joe were good for those bad metaphors here and there

[@Keepon972]

@@clarkbar I mean yeah, but we knew what it meant. Still raw though.

[@imjustinray]

@@clarkbar oh so you one of those people 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 😭

[@mfdoom163]

@@clarkbar Everyone knows what hes talking about tf that was a good line no one gives af about being specific

[@clarkbar]

@@mfdoom163 well i do sir

[@reek1175]

He said” when I blow my own mind like Nirvana!” One of the illest one liners ever. Rest easy Pun

[@bjoorne13]

"Hit him with a thousand pounds of pressure per slap, make his whole body jerk back, watch the earth crack. Hand him his purse back." Pun is raw

[@inventoryfull34]

Fuck yeah. Pun is a monster lyrically.

[@bigfatguyy]

+Potato Chip Jones and physically

[@inventoryfull34]

***** That too. Gotta love the guy

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

Pun opened himself up to a diss on that one. Only thing he ever smacked was his lips. Don't know why he's talkin about physical violence. Only workout he did that entire year was standing up.

[@eb2604]

The flow is nice but literally no bar there lol this why I say sometimes old shit can be overrated

[@HipHopAintDead718]

Man this moment is like “The Last Supper” of Hip Hop‼️ What a timeless Gem, a lot of big names were in the building 💯

[@KingMally89]

This Comment right here... Dawg! "The Last Supper"!? That should be the name of the title.

[@trhye7887]

Factzzzz

[@jamesbuswell40]

Glad I've seen a few of em live.. a few times,, before they passed... mc's at a dinner table chillin... gangstas waaaay before youtube!.... bet those cameramen were using a new VHS system fa sho! 🤣🤣🤣 I know I was!...

[@RBjuice]

Last supper? Dmx, Pun an Mos D the only ones I would put on that list.

[@sureslick1]

That's heavy

[@CadillacticBean]

lol Mos Def will never be able to go back in time to give Pun that unfufilled dap...

[@rac50172015]

True, that was so hard to watch.

[@LeoLove77]

Yeah that was definitely not right unless he was drunk and didn't notice puns hand. Probably he was just envious of pun.

[@gwiltl]

He even looked at Pun when Mos Def shook Mic Geronimo's hand

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

Look close at 01:23 the dap was given but blocked by the glass Def drank from. And I thought for the longest the Punisher had been disrespected! Makes sense he wasn't he might have made a scene lol!

[@LeoLove77]

Ruben Avalos nah my dude he didn't give pun the dap

[@RealCarLoBenz]

RIP BIG PUN. DAMN. SMOKED THE WHOLE CYPHER

[@peterking5537]

Pun is just incredible. He stands out even among elite mc's.

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Big Time he definitely is one of the GOATS undeniably

[@fickdich2867]

I thought his flow was awkward. Not very subtl just a bunch of rhymes for the sake of rhyming.

[@m.o.b.5011]

Big Pun was very insane brooo

[@iceybundles]

@@fickdich2867😐😐😐

[@YourXellency]

In my opinion, he was the greatest of all time. He was all over the beat.

[@LuckyTaaru]

Canibus: *starts performing LL Cool J diss* DMX: *Vietnam flashbacks of 4,3,2,1*

[@charles_the_conqueror]

“What what what”😂

[@vincesavage3086]

LL definitely broke canibus down 2 his rotors 😂 homie ain't been the same since 😂😂😂

[@jam1148]

@@vincesavage3086 ll is trash lol

[@armonianumerica5830]

@@vincesavage3086 correct!!! Never ever the same! So sad!

[@RoninAliNowOn]

@@vincesavage3086 "Where's a rhyme when you need it!?/First rule of lyrical war: never repeat it! You said that SAME bullshit at House Of Blues...". Until I saw this I didn't know what he meant.

[@Cre8ion805]

This video is so epic, everyone's style is so different. The diversity in the game back then is what made hip hop so good. They all come with it. Mos on some mental deep shit, I mean that shit dope he's painting pics. Then Dmx with a crazy aggressive style, the other homie with the freestyle, Pun with the fire scorching the table and Canibus with the LL Cool J diss! I love this video

[@NativeBLK]

The homie with the locs is John Forte. Also a legend

[@iamdodgepodge]

Yes. The style is what I miss these days.

[@antoniogiant4641]

The other homie is John Forte from the fugees a real one

[@essgee4225]

How the fk you gonna just skip over Mic Geronimo like that, mad disrespectful b

[@steezah3063]

​@@essgee4225I SWEAR.!

[@richtofen_4202]

Rest In Peace DMX! Straight killed it here, I'ma go platinum! Damn straight G 🙌🔥🔥

[@mpbjanes]

Big pun killed this beat, and there’s not a beat.

[@gamersquad-hv2te]

#FACTS 💯💯💯😂😂😂😂😂

[@undergroundheatcypher1091]

@@gamersquad-hv2te kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5OZh2CebL-Ia7M

[@wearewarriorseaglesjaguars6342]

Big Pun put us Latinos at the lyricist table and guess what... he was the hardest! Big Respects Big Pun... we miss you Big Dawg✊🏾

[@adamn4199]

cus he killed it

[@yomakine776]

accapella is easier than rappin on beat though

[@willgamer0849]

Hip hop is so beautiful, they were just friends chilling and having fun while freestyling. It's so nice to see the union that Hip hop makes. I've been just like that with a couple of friends gathered and freestyling to a beat. Only thing missing here was a beat.

[@jbarral6509]

Yeah there was also shootings back then and it was very much hell

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

@@jbarral6509 Yeah there was a lot of violence. But rappers were usually pretty chill and weren't really shooting each other then. It was mostly dope boys, robbers, and gangs. Nowadays, rappers kill people to PRETEND to be in gangs or sell drugs. Rappers in that era were largely rappers because they didn't want that kinda lifestyle. There are exceptions but it really wasn't until about the mid 2000s that rappers created the persona of drug kingpin and gang member and things got heated. My point is that rappers were mostly CELEBRATED in their hoods. Their existence alone would unite whole communities, just like Biggie did in NYC. Now, they get killed by random weirdos looking for attention on Instagram.

[@shadowsmith1386]

Beat or not if you can freestyle you can freestyle

[@willgamer0849]

@@jbarral6509 Of course, that always been there and always will, I prefer to focus on the positive and stuff. Though I love all kinds of hip hop, gansta or not. As long as is old schoold, bc that's my shit. I barely listen to newer shit.

[@1Jonathanable]

@@rajbhattacharya4427 those personas you are referring to were created way before the mid 2000's.

[@robertneville3768]

I play this shit every month. To remind me about real rap

[@luisceides7018]

Is a medicine for memory lost i.e real hip hop

[@omecmasson9482]

True

[@pjfunk08]

Dominus Ghaul hater

[@marcusclarkson2657]

@Dominus Ghaul rap has not even the slightest wiff of monopoly on fallen stars.

[@yusufayaz2356]

Not true. There still are extreme lyricists like RA, Elzhi, Eminem, Treach, AZ to name a few alive.

[@nickolasecker9596]

The new generation of hip hop during the late nineties proving that they could hold it down.

[@anthonyangel3109]

DMX rapped a verse from Ain't No Way, Pun from Dream Shatterer, Mos Def from RE:Definition, and Canibus from Second Round Knockout, only Mic Geronimo did it off the top of the dome. But regardless people forget that the original definition of a freestyle verse is a random 16 bar verse, not necessarily off the top.

[@prolifikwuhn]

I'm the beginning of the video they all agree to spit a random 16 . Only the Persian who uploaded the video made it seem like they were spitting freestyles

[@TheJofrica]

Everyone thinks "freestyle" means unrehearsed or unwritten, but the word for that like you said is "off the top"

[@michaels.8244]

Anthony Angel exactly!! It’s written that’s memorized with a few lines here & there that’s random.

[@roeintro]

Anthony Angel, I was thinking the same thing

[@jarrelely1376]

Anthony Angel correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't John forte off the top?

[@chrispitre2439]

1:22 Mos Def leave Pun hangin😭

[@glenthomas2396]

Yeah Pun played it off like he was wiping his hand off 😂

[@FB-ch5yz]

Watch it again, he daps him n the puns circles his finger to see who goes next.

[@MrBoogiemoney]

@@FB-ch5yz they reachin

[@Tay-jc2eb]

bro on godd

[@alleyal5898]

MOS def didn't see em, cuz I know if he did see BP with his hand out , mos def wouldve blessed em, def didn't see it, stop reachen niggah.

[@hellofriend8694]

Pun had the best verses but to the people saying Canbius was trash..youre haters. second round knockout is one of the best diss tracks ever.

[@mat5473]

Yeah i didn't think much of it at first cus he was being a joke with that whole " I deserve to write the hook shit at the start... but it's tight. Especially the second half.

[@noillcallyou]

9:32 explains why

[@eastend.zulu.]

Tbh its aiight

[@datmarolyfe5018]

"But u cant eat a niggas ass like me" Was literally a bar in his verse... "drops mic"

[@2twelvez]

To me it was the way he delivered it. & also the fact that he took that moment to basically diss LL instead of just having fun in the cypher

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

Legendary session! Great to see Mic Geronimo in there as well.

[@irh1738]

One of the few freestyling

[@PinHeadzBlackson]

Mic Geronimo actually freestyled from the top of the dome

[@profo4544]

Mic g was ill when he first blew people were saying he was like a mini nas.

[@jamthacreator]

That was cold ❄❄❄❄

[@OLUTHEKING]

What you mean mic g is nice

[@youglowgirl2106]

Exactly 💯

[@supasaba1842]

Mad respect Mic G. He indeed ws the only one 2 drop frm the dome in this cypher. Takes nothing away though from the fact of the greatness of what has been captured here for posterity. This is an epic moment.

[@ultimatewarrior15]

Mos def is criminally underrated it’s sad 🤦‍♂️ mans brain was superior

[@aceboogie1157]

My umi said shine your light on the woorld

[@BakiBundles]

Wassss???????

[@ultimatewarrior15]

Y’all are slow. I’m saying “was” in the context of him not rapping anymore. Not being dead smfh.

[@thewettee9499]

Ultimate Warrior I agree 1000009%

[@thechosen3481]

Underrated by who?

[@ndunal]

Mos Def an intellectual Emcee DMX the thug poetry emcee Pun the longevity beast Emcee Geronimo the SpokenWord Emcee Cannibus the wordsmith Emcee

[@Macadelic95]

@@dominicmathis7504 no

[@leolopez3088]

Daammnnnn

[@a.k.a.theruggedmanchild9685]

Proby Rhymes TV Forte the Story telling Emcee

[@DuceVasquez215]

Fuck John Forte huh?

[@Macto5]

John Forte the forgotten MC

[@tryfelyn]

All unique and distinct flows…that’s MC’n at its finest

[@wo7925]

RIP to two legends; Big Pun and DMX

[@queputas8718]

Dawg when pun started spittin you start hearing real reactions from everyone else in the room. You can tell niggas really respected one another back then

[@henrylarusso665]

Everyone there is niggas

[@tgmidaz223]

all men in that building

[@Ryda124]

Mos Def's first verse with Re: DEFinition from the Black Star album, recognized it after the first bar

[@moritzabcd1]

Demetri J there were actually some verses he'd already used

[@MrZaShun]

All of them was using song bars

[@jeannejoseph2950]

L 8

[@ragehead32089]

+Demetri J Majority of Big Pun's is from The Dream Shatterer.

[@grahammellor284]

+Keith Brown all of it was its a shame but pun never used to freestyle off the top of his dome.. he still smashed any verse he got his hands on tho (y)

[@mainygnac]

this is basically the freshmen cypher of 98'....now go watch the xxl freshmen cyphers from the past decade without throwing your phone out the window crying tears of disbelief, feelin' disturbed by the lack of skill in todays rappers

[@doingadlay]

Freshman cypher of 2011 was good 😂

[@fettywapsmissingeye]

believe me, there’s skills, but XXL can’t scout for shit. They always have fucking terrible picks

[@Xxplicit86]

​@@fettywapsmissingeyelol who tf decided to put Designer and Lil Dicky in the same room should be fired

[@biga173rdify]

Pun hands down killed it.

[@CRONIKMASTERBATR]

+Biga173rd bro puns flow was the hardest

[@biga173rdify]

+Boss Player All day famz.

[@CRONIKMASTERBATR]

***** I love all of puns songs straight fire

[@hiawathaclemons]

Um, no. His wife beating ass did not overtake Canibus

[@atumre4705]

His shit was written. Those lyrics are from dream shatterer.

[@NasnaEnt]

"sometimes rhyming i blow my own mind like nirvana" PUN was unreal so many ill bars

[@alexandertye3244]

Smells like teen....

[@umarmujaahid1136]

Canibus was dissing L.L. Cool J.

[@Delta-Noir]

Full of puns

[@great567]

Cannibus looks like a starving Laurence Fishburn

[@MillyMill87]

David Bow Wow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@codydorman7405]

I'm hella done hahahahahaha

[@knggullah8079]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰

[@dizzillion5536]

Well he eats ass

[@bradchow7823]

I was thinking the something

[@grjz1e746]

Mos Def’s verse on Redefinition is just so undefeated for me

[@tupacjarule186]

Unbelievable verse , I just listened the track all day long

[@mattgonsalves3559]

I can NEVER understand Why Pun is NEVER brought up in any Top 5 DOA conversations. The man was lyrically insane not to mention 400 pounds. You know how hard it is to spit like that at 400 pounds.

[@grinchoi1]

Facts i think it's only cause he had 1 album when he died

[@NaughtyJuri]

@@grinchoi1 He had three i think have to check, Yeah Baby, Capital Punishment and endangered species i think was his albums

[@bigpappa99]

Canibus and Pun are in my top 5

[@supasaba1842]

Crazy 4sho, he's breathing game is serious. Also wonder how dudes that big have so much stamina in the rap game. Pure talent.

[@MrHOTNIX1]

Word

[@arthurdmiranda]

Big pun the best Latin rapper ever, from the Bronx. Rest in peace Puerto Rican Latino King

[@juanrolon3351]

Makaveli The Don, And Daddy Yankee that is the greatest latino rapper of all time? Jajajaja

[@yovanni813]

Juan Rolon no in Puerto Rico a Mc named tempo is known to be the greatest off all time # 2 spot go to don Omar #3 tego Calderon lyrically

[@liamsmith2340]

MARXO BETTIE, nice joke 👍🏻

[@mike.tes7]

Big Pun is the greatest period.

[@over9kilo795]

MARXO BETTIE Renee from Calle 13 is up there too. Tego is the king though hands down

[@worthy7834]

In a room full of lions, Kings, line for liners, Bar-smiths, and True M.C.'s, Big Punisher wrecked this freestyle circle, truly a beautiful thing to see.

[@eartothegrind407]

That wasn't all a freestyle tho...that was his verse off Dream Shatterer

[@Mike-q6z1c]

@@eartothegrind407 Yup! Canibus’ shit was a written too. IMO, if any rapper at that table was to go off the top, it was DMX.

[@amorgan5844]

​@dontfollowme407 not a single freestyle in this video😂 but still fun to watch

[@islandguyd6276]

Geronimo

[@reallilzay]

Every couple years I come back to this video

[@WinstonCorneilius]

25 years from now todays rappers will have nothing like this to look back on

[@DivineWine1]

NEVER...N.E.V.E.R. !!!!!!!!!!So true😔

[@jarule275]

Maybe you stuck in the past homie. Plenty of talent out there but if you not looking you ain't gonna find it.

[@WinstonCorneilius]

@@jarule275 there are plenty, don’t get me wrong, I’m from upstate NY, Stove God, Griselda, they my favorite of this new generation… But a lot of the popular stuff that gets played over and over again, lack the skills…it wasn’t like that back then, your bars had to be crazy to sit down in a cipher like that

[@ShadowHolmes]

​@@jarule275but he right clown 🤡

[@ShadowHolmes]

​@@jarule275boy get off the internet

[@jeffreyakhuetie5937]

This is when it was more about lyricism. Lyricism was the glue bonding this rappers together...

[@clarenceadams2233]

25 years later since first hearing canibus. I dont know where but he still in my top 10 lyricists ever.

[@AZ-tt1lw]

Watch your hero fall by seeing the Dizaster vs Canibus, landslide battle

[@thisisanewusername4662]

@@AZ-tt1lw troll foh

[@scottech381]

You could feel the true love in the room.... Real and raw art.... Different styles like different superheroes....

[@OfficialJayPriceman]

"I deserve the right to anchor" And then you realize Pun was the best alive at the time.

[@deathrager2404]

they were both the best around at that time, thats why pun never said shit when canibus said he had the right to anchor. also felt that pun was a bit jealous after canibus dropped his bars. canibus was coming with that raw hardcore shit, military lines (run 20 miles on soft sand) . pun still absolutely amazing though.

[@deathrager2404]

@Stephen ssr&rtv2019 so? he admitted he lost. then he pulled the notepad out. stop crying like a little bitch over that shit . bis still the goat. no one wins every battle they are in. eminem couldnt even beat ja rule. nuff said. everyone takes a l left and right. no biggie, canibus was man enough to admit he lost. and to be honest he didnt even lose, all dizaster did was exactly what eminem did, copying canibus style and mocking it. pure trash.

[@jenkemuser4636]

@@deathrager2404 Canibus wanted the anchor because he spit the dis track for LL Cool J who he was beefing with at the time.

[@jenkemuser4636]

He wanted the end it with the LL Cool J dis lyrics.

[@Fatal_N_Felony]

@Stephen ssr&rtv2020 probably just didn't want to reach across the table lol

[@amazingdph]

One of the greatest freestyle session ever seen. Pure real hip hop golden era

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Agreed my favorite cypher ever in hip hop

[@plopping-wetlyacademyofmot9639]

​@Bryan M yup Mos Def just performed his 2nd verse from "Definition" by Black Star

[@Mc_Anodyne]

@Mach B if you knew hiphop you’d know that a freestyle can be written. The difference is off the dome/written. You aren’t educated enough to understand so leave the conversation

[@javi_1859]

He said "I blow my own mind, like Nirvana"! Kurt's ears ringing again! Rest in peace legend Kurt!

[@officialpeteytv]

Notes: - Pun though? “I blow my own mind like Nirvana.” ….killed it! - Canibus was nice too, few good shots towards L. - something about X you could just tell he was special and had star power early on. - mos def was always nice

[@G3ro_Oni_mo]

Mic Geronimo was the only to freestyle. RIP PUN 🐐

[@italianauthority4243]

Power in Truth underrated, puffy destroyed his career, Geronimo was the truth at one point

[@iamyourbiggestfan6420]

@Omnipresent One "the green eye bandit" is Eric Sermon, not Keith Murray

[@johnmoyarbmg5845]

Mic Geronimo sounded like prodigy from mobb deep. U can hear it.

[@tgmidaz223]

@@johnmoyarbmg5845 he hard

[@MillyMill87]

God bless who ever recorded this.i wish nas was there though

[@blixky617blizzard8]

Jamil Lapread on gawd

[@willixxxl]

I wish I could see all of them against Eminem on a MIC for couple of days. PUN is the only one that could have a chance.

[@eb2604]

willixxxl lol rap ain’t all about rapping fast my guy

[@flipgsp]

@@eb2604 Lol Eminem barely started rapping fast consistently recently. He has 20 years worth of music before that where he didn't rap fast. So stfu with that nonsense.

[@justdrift8737]

How about Big L and Prodigy there

[@bluesman7865]

Canibus Freestyle was from 2nd Round K.O.

[@owenwu-pac5418]

Yeah Mic Geramino was the only one who actually Freestyled

[@davidmeza3157]

Right! I was like “huh?”

[@chitwn]

So what? Puns verses were from Dream Shatterer

[@everythingisanAd]

@@chitwn to be fair im pretty sure this was before that album dropped so he was jus giving them a demo

[@gotbikes6067]

Cannibus was talking bout L.L. that whole clip. Ten through the comments but seems like everybody forgot they had real beef.

[@MossyB4Prez]

DMX was a special being. The growl. Maaan. This is legendary. Everybody spit flames.

[@maiumavevo4257]

RIP Big Pun. Hope your having good rap battles with Biggie Tupac and BigL in heaven.

[@tendo824]

MaIumaVEVO they wouldn't battle each other tho, it'd be a friendly cypher just like this

[@madducc2946]

MaIumaVEVO Straight up.

[@GuyFieri420]

Big L went to hell

[@taronjordan5894]

Guy Fieri My nigga chill

[@Vaudevillee]

Ta’Ron Jordan hes right Big L said hes the devils son

[@TreasureHunter5000]

Seen this a hundred times, never gets old!

[@schematicb5393]

Heavy competition but undeniable love and respect all around. This is what hiphop should be

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Exactly

[@raulmelendez5226]

Whoever caught this caught hip hop history gold, legends are there! all chillin havin fun and left their legacies but somebody caught this gem

[@tayclift5322]

RIP to two legends! Big Pun was one of my all time favourites!

[@tax5209]

Big Pun the greatest RIP

[@molesticles]

What year is this?... lemme know.

[@cocorosh7295]

Who is that guy at the end in the corner,he kinda looks like biggie or he is biggie idk

[@matoscu]

1997

[@johnmoyarbmg5845]

It was 98. Thats why he said i sampled u to canibus on his album capital punishment

[@jeremynugara7866]

@Well Rounded it was he said "sample that" and his eyes wouldn't be so concentrated if it was a written

[@shannon15505]

Most rappers today sounds the same do you see how everyone ones different

[@DavidMThornton]

That is an undeniable fact.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Mos set it, DMX nothin is left 2 b said Geronimo burned, Pun GOD MC, Canibus inspired so many

[@tgmidaz223]

ikr miss the 90s smh

[@chaunceybee]

Canibus said don't look at me I'm pulling out book of rhymes hahahahaha 🤣 😂

[@the_dj_wood]

all of them did written verses except maybe Mic Geronimo

[@chaunceybee]

Stop it even if everyone else did they remembered their shit n didn't forget their own shit hahahahahaha call up dizaster make him body canibus again

[@kxngdiablomusic5686]

Legendary its sad some of those legends aren't here anymore but their souls will live on through their music.

[@MikeJay-on5tt]

Imagine BIg L and Tupac was in this also

[@johnmoyarbmg5845]

Rip. X & pun

[@ItsLogicYo]

I'll take this table over any artists today in a battle.

[@messiah6305]

Honestly

[@ExploitMage]

Canibus Vs Dizaster... have yo wish bitch. 0-3 'bis

[@Tain950]

100% agree

[@HighNoon23]

Andreas M actually, if canibus would have kicked his 100 bars verse, disaster would have loss...

[@tumbleweed3774]

I'll take Cornrow Kenny, Cyhi, Pun's son group, and 3/4 of Slaughterhouse.. Hip-Hop not dead

[@Felix-M.]

Exactly what my playlist looks like to this day . Respect to the Legends Deceased and Alive

[@Senakofi]

That Cypher had more talent and skills than all of the 2010's 😂. SALUTE to the Golden Era!!

[@ShadowHolmes]

Yes ikr 😂😂😂

[@oldsport6658]

1:21 They left my guy Big Pun hanging

[@untouchableMCs]

Old Sport no he didnt look again the cup blocked ya view

[@Martinezm0500]

I saw that

[@macklee6837]

😜

[@DAMN__________]

Yeah they sleep on you till they hear you spit

[@Macadelic95]

@@untouchableMCs yes he did he definitely did not shake his hand

[@voiceofinsight1]

each rapper have their own voice an flow.. if this was today you would think you were hearing the same rapper on repeat

[@rushAjedi]

no bullshyt amen

[@hexedhans9048]

FR!!!

[@jarrelely1376]

Voice of Insight imagine Jermaine dupri at this table?

[@LyricalTrain]

So true

[@welshdober]

I’m just upset not one person had lil in front of their name

[@abdullahmohammed5544]

R.I.P DMX and BIG PUN. legends live on through there music

[@PeekaBooo25]

This was one of the greatest unofficial cyphers ever recorded. We can’t even imagine how great the ones that weren’t immortalized were. These were the top tier spitters of yesterday’s era. This could never be repeated again. R.I.P. Big Pun and DMX

[@kraziezombie]

Big Pun had the same lyrical level as B.I.G. except Pun was beyond underrated.. change my mind.

[@Ahmed-hd4lr]

Retro_Zombie79 Pun was better

[@deathrager2404]

both pun and canibus are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay above big or pac. fuck outta here. biggie and pac were playground rappers in comparison to them

[@john-rx7ug]

pun is criminally underrated

[@jrthebeast1]

@Buns Loco lyrically it's not close. Compare any song

[@deathrager2404]

@Groovy J biggie was not a better artist, nor a better storyteller. besides he rapped shit he wasnt living, aka the ultimate fake. fuck outta here. canibus shits on litterally everybody, including pun. canibus was and still is ahead of his time. he got intergalactical secrets for us, heis not getting caught up in politics unlike pac. he is not living a lie unlike big. his vocab is unmatched, his lyricism is unmatched. he just got blackballed so the industry can push fake rappers like ll cool j, eminem etc. biggie and pac are trash in comparison. get off that dick bro listen to secrets amongst cosmonauts. that is the truth. channel zero, taht is the truth. neither pac nor big could come up with factualy stories like this, mixed with lyricism wordplay and an insane vocab like canibus. the truth hurts i know, but dont tell me big was better. thats the biggest joke ever.

[@philrangel2785]

Look at all the love...all the art...this was truly a great time in Hip Hop. By the way, agreeing with everyone else in the comment section...Mos Def is CRIMINALLY underrated.

[@MrZay11]

Man, RIP PUN and X. Literally two of the e greatest rappers of Alltime. All these brothers get mentioned at some point in the story of hip hop. I appreciate Irv being a part of hip hop glory. He was a fan and a taste maker of the genre.

[@kehindeoyegunle8920]

This is like a who's Who od DOPENESS!!!!!!! Real MC's spitin' bars they ALL Killed It. R.I.P DMX and BIG Pun

[@scp-0164]

I, truly, LOVE real hip-hop. This had me smiling the whole time. Classic.

[@robertoayala809]

Same here man. This is golden hip hop footage.

[@deshontellocus3972]

Yessssss

[@adventurouspeach9043]

me too..

[@rashanfontaine5145]

I pray this Cypher lives forever in hip hop hall of fame.

[@teejdavenport4574]

Pun is the most underrated lyricist there is in life!!! Wow

[@deathrager2404]

pun and bis are 2 of the real goats bro.

[@nelsonking98]

Not underrated he get his credit

[@jaime17000]

Pun just didn't have enough time to leave enough body of work to get the recognition he deserves.

[@jasonmoan]

How is he underrated? Everybody knows Pun was a beast.

[@teejdavenport4574]

@@jasonmoan well I guess he should’ve had more work for people to go off of, but pun to me never gets mentioned amongst the top Mc’s. Not saying he needs to be on the list but mentioned

[@kingqcostantini9944]

Man I love this old school shit

[@Poxymonkeypox]

Man who spat before Pun did it off the top, respect for pulling that out in the midst of greatness

[@ScoobIV]

Mic Geronimo check out some of his shit

[@themanthelegendlg]

Pun did not do it off the top

[@SheikhySmo]

@@themanthelegendlg nobody said that

[@maxpayneful4328]

Mic Geronimo is definitely a solid and underrated rapper. Check out his first album then go from there, he played a part in giving Ja Rule some publicity as well as Jay-z AND DMX, and DMX made history on the track Time To Build where he rhymed orange for the first time in recorded Hip-Hop history.

[@fabianlopez9420]

Yeah he was probably the only one. Everyone else was written

[@valiman3994]

Props to Geronimo's freestyle.

[@johncovington3741]

I KNOW YOU KNOW hip hop by that comment! 💪🏽✊🏽

[@chrisellis496]

How didn't he make it big?

[@schematicb5393]

Salute! He was the only one who went off top

[@blahwoah2175]

Probably the greatest artifact we have on KZbin

[@owenyoung9645]

You ain’t Neva fucking lied

[@abrahampalmer8761]

Agreed

[@shizzymack4208]

Never see a cypher like this AGAIN gods flows

[@carboncrowns32]

I absolutely love how Bis said he deserved to go ankor and the rest of the table followed suit. You all can say what you want, but there had to be a reason all those Legend MCs gave him the juice like that. This is literal footage. Real hip hop is still trying to catch up to many of the things he's put on wax.

[@tris87don16]

You get it 👏🏿 All this rubbish about Canibus but they knew.

[@nickjonesthenova5928]

I had to rewind it like 6 times, fam said y'all trying to play me, I deserve to anchor. That was legendary to me

[@disasteraka]

YEAH THEY DID AND WHAT CANIBUS DO DROP A VERSE DISSING LL, IN A CYPHER AT THAT.

[@Dru_Won]

I mean u can also hear a couple of them laughing and cracking on him saying that. I think it was more just like "whatever ,let dude spit last if he wants " . Nobody else gave a fuck who went last lol

[@deathrager2404]

@@Dru_Won nobody gave a fuck right? look at dmx reaction when bis said that. dmx was feelin that and outta respect dmx agreed. same for the rest of the table that spat bars. you must be a canibus hater

[@nicarusthegreat]

Rest in power DMX! I've seen this video so many times that I have all their freestyles memorized. This is the golden era of hip hop. Raw to the core. Thank you X for entertaining us for over two decades. To one of the realest, love

[@peterking5537]

Hat's off to you if you have seriously memorised Puns verse.

[@L-steeL]

Pun & Cannibus really killed it wm them bars damn😭😭😭😭👏👏👏👏

[@oldmanbacala5571]

Cannibus was spitting shit He already wrote.

[@Awiz69]

@@oldmanbacala5571same with pun and most of the rappers on this freestyle. Most freestyles in general are pre written

[@oldmanbacala5571]

@@Awiz69 I hear ya.

[@Mamba4.8]

​@@oldmanbacala5571that's how it always is

[@oldmanbacala5571]

@whitemamba9433 I don't know why they call it Free Styling then. Dudes might aswell have a piece of paper with Their Rhymes in hand.

[@privateomar78]

BIG PUN R.I.P a super legend in rap history, his mind and flow is from another planet, super lyrical. Rest in peace pun we miss u big bro..

[@ImDougDimmadome]

good to see canibus remembering his lines

[@JPFitnessPro]

lmao

[@bymyself0]

+Eleazar Oliva lmfaoo, but canibus still better tho lol...

[@ImDougDimmadome]

+Eye FACT

[@joelgutierrez8753]

😂

[@johndoe-qp9gz]

Not hating on pun but he did the same thing

[@tont760]

This is an important piece of history. Very talented men spitting their tightest flows and showing off their skills, and respecting each other. Reminds me I gotta listen to Sh*ts Real by Geronimo. It's been minute.

[@daynahblack3958]

DMX is fighting for his life right now ,let’s hope he can pull through , which reminds me of this great cypher. Rest in power Big Punisher !

[@dontrustwhiteyevery1]

He died. Rip dark man x (DMX)

[@daynahblack3958]

@@dontrustwhiteyevery1 yeah sad times. Truly a legend of the game !

[@broderickmayeux]

Freestyle is loosely defined, all these brothers did great and were captivating with their performances. Let’s celebrate this moment that won’t be replicated!