@@nycedyme4 he did an entire shoe with a real live lion sitting directly next to him. Google it. The line is obviously a play on how bad ass he is, BUT he has done live shows with lions..
Shame bout Canibis, coulda had a "MUCH" bigger career ! His bar's was kill,n everything on a ton of album features, + plenty of buzz 2push his career fwd! Goes 2show u never can tell ! He might've won da "battle" wit LL, but he lost da "war" (& his seat @da table) by constantly put,n out "BULLSHIT product" !! 💯
@Mike J @Best he had sum "legendary bars" back when he was n his bag! People throw dat word around too much. Now he "did" make da history books wit "2nd round knock out" ! I respect him 4dat.. even tho he got completely killed, toe tagged, body-bagged & zipped up n da Dizaster battle!! SMFH 🤦
Canibus main problem is his lack of song writing ability. He can rap his ass off but can craft a song to save his life. It's the reason he murders all his features but his albums are lackluster
I have the upmost respect to Wyclef, but Clef messed up teh production on Can-I-Bus so badly, the production was far too poppy for someone like Bis, he need dark, grittier beats.
Krishnan Sen Facts! He talking like he did some great production, bragging about he a showmen. Canibus didn't need all that gimmicky shit, just lace him with some dope beats.
I definitely agree but it also has alot to do with Canibus's beat selection because most of His albums even after wyclef on have wack production it with the exception of "Rip the Jacker" produced by Stoupe from JMT, For Whom The Beat Tolls and Melatonin Magick. after that i don't know because i stopped keeping up with Bis
I thought the Can I--Bus production was dope. The problem with that album is that Canibus was rhyming off beat. He was a battle rapper trying to do a commercial product but in the end I still liked the album.
That might be true because Can-I-Bus came out at time when hip hop changing and placing emphasis on gimmicks like being a thug and popping champagne riding in limos and going platinum so when Bis came out on some pure Emcee shit dropping scientific facts about universes n about his great skills it's like he came out too late. I think if Canibus would have blew up in like 1991 when Rakim and Ultramagnetic were doing that style of rap successfully.
2nd Round Knockout was both a gift and a curse for Canibus. Having a diss record like that going at a legend as your first big record wasn't a good thing for him in the long run. Like Clef said, people were expecting 11 more records on the album like that and when it didn't happen, that's where the blame comes in. Things might've been different if he already had big records out before that (actual songs, not Clue tape freestyles). As classic as that record was he kinda shot himself in the foot when he put it out.
Say what you want, Canibus is the illest MC to ever touch the Mic. If you exclude B.I.G. & Pac, Canibus is the G.O.A.T. He destroyed LL (who at that point was considered the G.O.A.T.) without having a career and did the same thing with EMINEM when he was at the top of the game. He made Nas remove himself from his own song just because he didn't want to be outshined by Bis (Desperados). Canibus was the only MC that Big Pun feared. The list goes on and on...
Hip-Hop Universe I agree with you on some points but let’s be clear Big Pun Feared No Man lyrically but Canibus was a warrior mc indeed and he did destroy LL
Hip-Hop Universe that's true, but in my opinion eminem didn't per se lose, can i bitch was not an amazing track, but the way em made it, it was almost a semi checkmate, but bis still had the upper hand.
Hip-Hop Universe Bis is top ten dead or alive, and one of the greatest and most creative lyricists of all time, but you cannot seriously see him as a contender for 3rd best of all time. He lacked the consistency, focused on beef to much and didn't have the best selection of beats. He was too good for his own good. At times he forgot he was in fact making music and not just eating MCs all day long.
People slept on that track. "And as far as Canibus goes, my man's hitting his ex broad. I'm getting head from his new piece while 20 gang bangers applaud. "
@@julezjohn5785 The most damaging lines in the song were the ones where he claimed canibus steals metaphors from books and that he gets his lyrics from the internet, and spits them word for word like hes really a rap vet. Canibus is nothing without his lyrical ability. Maybe there is something in the bars you mentioned, but I thought those were the weakest lines in the whole song. You say its witty; is there a hidden metaphor in there or something? "Im getting head from his new piece while 20 gangbangers applaud"... that just sound GAY to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Vlad at the start of the interview: Nobody was looking at LL as an actor yet, he was still the hardcore battle rapper. 4 mins later: Nobody was looking at LL as a rapper, he was an actor.
the reason why the album didn’t do well wasn’t because the songs were bad he had a couple joints he could have left off but the reason is all the hot joints got leaked get retarded,buckingham palace,how we roll,nigganometrey second rd knock out shit everybody heard half the album already smfh I still knock that shit too fam was a beast
Channel zero is fire. I wish they gave bis more free reign to do songs about eclectic off the beaten path topics like that. He was never going to be a pop superstar. He thrives on tracks like that.
Canibus is one of the illest MCs there ever was... All of the "Hip Hop" media outlets at that time were saying Canibus was wack. Keep in mind, they were also saying that Puff Daddy and Mase were the best.
I actually liked canibus' 1st Album. I think if he would added production from DJ Premier, track masters, maybe a Pete Rock or large professor joint along with Wyclef he would have made more of an impact. I just think he shouldn't have signed with universal.
Noreaga said it too. He never saw Def Jam get so behind an artist as when LL was in a beef with Canibus. I remember that LL joint was on the free CD that came with the DMX album. They wasnt fuckin around.
You really think mainstream rap would allow an artist like Canibus to thrive? LL is Hollywood. Canibus is Underground. How does one determine who wins in a battle like that?
I hear you but don't use that as a safety net Canibus was well aware of what he was doing and what was about to happen and once 2nd Round K.O. released there was no turning back from it. You can't make a lethal diss record and say oh it's not fair because LL was mainstream and Canibus wasn't he was signed to Universal Records had a debut album. Canibus career was buzzing at that point so him being underground yes he was....but once he became famous in 1997 all that underground stuff goes out the window. Especially after his debut album and the uproar 2nd Round K.O. caused you're no longer considered a underground nothing his roots are there but he was famous enough by that point.
Except "you ain't got the skill to eat a niggas ass like me." It just hits different these days when rappers are obsessed with booty eating. I suppose it's similar to how old songs say hope your Christmas is happy and gay. (Shrug)
@aryan raina At least the ladies wearing high heels exist. They are all over the place. We can't say the same about Canibus fans; they never existed to begin with.
I saw Canibus handcuffed to that lion and spitting 2nd round KO during the Smokin Grooves tour in Boston. The crowd got so loud when they brought that lion out and that thing stood up during the performance. That was crazy!!
LL got bodied by canibus, the machine behind LL basically crushed canibus career, canibus didn’t have that big machine pushing him, def jam universal was behind LL
LL lost that canibus battle and his ego got hurt that's why he decided to attack clef but clef can't battle lyrically. Even tho wyclef ruined canibus first album, I wish canibus and him worked together again, I just felt like clef picked the wrong tracks for him, he tried to make him mainstream and canibus isn't that type of artist.
TriBoro Gigolo hey I want to here your take on this. I was listening to LL's song " Back Where I Belong" Do you think LL paid Wyclef and his label to sabotage Canibus's career into oblivion?
Canibus took his best shot at LL. I'd even say he staggered L. But in the end L won. I know y'all don't wanna believe it but L came back stronger with The Ripper Strikes Back and gave wreck to Canibus, Clef, and Mike Tyson. The biggest mistake Canibus made was doing his 2nd Round KO verse during the epic freestyle with Pun, X, and Mic Geronimo.
Well actually 2nd Round KO was a response to LL's verse on 4321. Far too often the narrative pushed is Canibus started the beef. LL started the beef and Canibus response buried LL. Ripper strikes back still isn't as good as second round KO. LL just used a bunch of corny lines and tried to flip canibus lines but nothing original was in that track.
No one acknowledges LL's "The Ripper Strikes Back" as a classic diss record. No one. Ask anyone what they remember of that battle, 99.99%, the consensus will be how ill "2nd round KO" was and is. We all know that LL won the overall war, but Canibus won that battle. No debating.
Idk what hip hop world people are living in if y'all think the ripper strikes back was hot! That shit was trash Canibus ate LL on the 4321 joint! 2nd rd knock out was just that a knock out!
no one was checking for the Ripper strikes back. Also Vlad you completely contradicted yourself during the interview. First you say everyone remembered LL for being a battle rapper and destroying rappers but then later you say no one remembered him as a rapper?!??!? Which one is it Vlad?
Don Dada you didn't hear Rasta Imposter? LL fucked them over the Ripper Strikes Back was hot (99% of your fans don't exist) this diss was so bananas he thought Eminem wrote it so you know that shit was fire stop playing dawg
Wyclef said it exactly right. The fans were expecting 11 more “2nd Round K.O.”s especially after the B-side single cut “How We Roll.” My man said, “I’m the illest lyricist in America / MC’s can’t see me because I’m too quick for the human retina to register / I roll up on your crew quicker than long sleeves / At a speed that would confuse Keanu Reeves”
Side story, The Canibus vs Eminem beef was a branch off from the LL Cool J vs Canibus, Canibus heard that Eminem had ghost written LL's dis track, After confronting Em who denied it, B is still went after him.
@@keefed1284 eminem got in a beef with canibus because canibus murked ll, ll is eminems role model. wouldnt be surprised if that ghostwriting shit was true. at any rate, neither ll nor eminem are on canibus level and will never be. ll is a horrible sellout and eminem steals styles from other rappers. lol
I agree with him. After I heard Redman first verse on EPMD album expected that hard as shit all the time. His album was so dope I got over it but I still wanted to hear that, “I got it goin on” blah blah blah
Canibus 1st album is my favorite and production wise..it was on point. Maybe because I'm a big fan of Wyclef's production. And I think it was the only one that did well in terms of sales
I wouldn't call LL's "The Ripper Strikes Back" a classic. "99% of his fans don't exist" was an ill bar, but the song as a whole was a big let down especially when compared to "Jack the Ripper" or "To da Break of Dawn". "Back Where I Belong" was a way better diss track.
Oh shit...On the "The C-Quel" Canibus rhymed "Bought A lion on tour with me/ Made him respect authority/ Smacked him in the head for trying to roar at me." WHAT?!!!!?
The Ripper Strikes Back/Can-I-Bus by LL Cool J is in my top 5 diss songs of all time ! LL is no joke on the mic. If you don’t know about this beef then go listen to “2nd round ko” by canibus and then listen to “the ripper strikes back” by LL. This battle was in 98.
The truth is Wyclef went so pop it’s ridiculous, this is canibus mistake I wouldn’t of had this guy even look that hard at a hiphop production if I was canibus
Wyclef been bringing the term "20 years ago" alot in this interview. I'm pretty sure his ass KNOWS what happened 20 years ago! Don't let Clef fool ya lmao
To me where Canibus messed up was with his content. He was talking about UFOs and aliens and stuff on Can-I-Bus and while nerds like me thought that was cool, the streets weren't trying to bump no album that was like X-Files. You can't really blame Clef for that!! Some of his later albums were better but by then his career was done. Remember when Canibus went after Eminem and Em shut him down with one line?!! Shout out to Canibus though lol
Look up LL cool J Rasta imposter It's way better than 2nd round knock out and the ripper strikes back. LL fucking ripped him and wyclef in half like loose leaf
Cannibus was a beast on the mic n yea the beats could've helped a bit. All in all like clef said the audience was looking for vicious lyricism and energy and that was hard to match for a follow up from his 2nd round ko
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TOOK A LION ON TOUR WITH ME, TOLD HIM TO RESPECT AUTHORITY, SMACKED HIM THE FACE FOR TRYNA ROAR AT ME #CANIBUS
illnigma like most of dudes bars that was a lie
@@nycedyme4 he did an entire shoe with a real live lion sitting directly next to him.
Google it. The line is obviously a play on how bad ass he is, BUT he has done live shows with lions..
@ThinkB 4youAct Word
lyrics got my undivided loyalty
and there aint nothing on this goddamned planet thats worth more than me
@@nycedyme4 Same with most rappers. It's music entertainment not a diary. 🤷♂️
I swear wen cannibus came out he lyrically shook up the industry all his features he stole the show mixtapes and freestyles he wrecked havoc ....
The firms desperados was a massacre
Shame bout Canibis, coulda had a "MUCH" bigger career ! His bar's was kill,n everything on a ton of album features, + plenty of buzz 2push his career fwd! Goes 2show u never can tell ! He might've won da "battle" wit LL, but he lost da "war" (& his seat @da table) by constantly put,n out "BULLSHIT product" !! 💯
@Mike J @Best he had sum "legendary bars" back when he was n his bag! People throw dat word around too much. Now he "did" make da history books wit "2nd round knock out" ! I respect him 4dat.. even tho he got completely killed, toe tagged, body-bagged & zipped up n da Dizaster battle!! SMFH 🤦
@@mukumbosimpito1571 FACTZ 💯 BRUH
Canibus main problem is his lack of song writing ability. He can rap his ass off but can craft a song to save his life. It's the reason he murders all his features but his albums are lackluster
I Feel like Wyclef is Mad Underrated on 'Top Producer' Lists. Dude is Fu**ing Legendary.
I have the upmost respect to Wyclef, but Clef messed up teh production on Can-I-Bus so badly, the production was far too poppy for someone like Bis, he need dark, grittier beats.
Krishnan Sen Facts! He talking like he did some great production, bragging about he a showmen. Canibus didn't need all that gimmicky shit, just lace him with some dope beats.
I definitely agree but it also has alot to do with Canibus's beat selection because most of His albums even after wyclef on have wack production it with the exception of "Rip the Jacker" produced by Stoupe from JMT, For Whom The Beat Tolls and Melatonin Magick. after that i don't know because i stopped keeping up with Bis
I thought the Can I--Bus production was dope. The problem with that album is that Canibus was rhyming off beat.
He was a battle rapper trying to do a commercial product but in the end I still liked the album.
All one has to do is look at the popular battle rapper today and then ask yourself how many of them are able to crossover to mainstream?
That might be true because Can-I-Bus came out at time when hip hop changing and placing emphasis on gimmicks like being a thug and popping champagne riding in limos and going platinum so when Bis came out on some pure Emcee shit dropping scientific facts about universes n about his great skills it's like he came out too late. I think if Canibus would have blew up in like 1991 when Rakim and Ultramagnetic were doing that style of rap successfully.
"You dripping with whack juice, and you can't get it off!"
This man is really a musical genius.. he just brought up shit and gave perspective I had just thought about.. that's dope
2nd Round Knockout was both a gift and a curse for Canibus. Having a diss record like that going at a legend as your first big record wasn't a good thing for him in the long run. Like Clef said, people were expecting 11 more records on the album like that and when it didn't happen, that's where the blame comes in. Things might've been different if he already had big records out before that (actual songs, not Clue tape freestyles). As classic as that record was he kinda shot himself in the foot when he put it out.
I actually love the Can-I-Bus album. I still rock with it.
Krafty 100 bars
Tc Grant Off the 2000 B.C album? That was dope. I always liked Doomsday News off of that record. And Horsementality!
album is fire
@@Krafty 2000b.c is 🔥
It's to this day Canibus best album hands down. I only song I didn't like was Rip Rock and because the beat was terrible.
Say what you want, Canibus is the illest MC to ever touch the Mic. If you exclude B.I.G. & Pac, Canibus is the G.O.A.T.
He destroyed LL (who at that point was considered the G.O.A.T.) without having a career and did the same thing with EMINEM when he was at the top of the game. He made Nas remove himself from his own song just because he didn't want to be outshined by Bis (Desperados). Canibus was the only MC that Big Pun feared. The list goes on and on...
Hip-Hop Universe I agree with you on some points but let’s be clear Big Pun Feared No Man lyrically but Canibus was a warrior mc indeed and he did destroy LL
Hip-Hop Universe that's true, but in my opinion eminem didn't per se lose, can i bitch was not an amazing track, but the way em made it, it was almost a semi checkmate, but bis still had the upper hand.
Hip-Hop Universe Bis is top ten dead or alive, and one of the greatest and most creative lyricists of all time, but you cannot seriously see him as a contender for 3rd best of all time. He lacked the consistency, focused on beef to much and didn't have the best selection of beats. He was too good for his own good. At times he forgot he was in fact making music and not just eating MCs all day long.
millionairemogultv he did murder ll tho
Hip-Hop Universe Yeah bro, NOT SO MUCH!!! He GOT DESTROYED BY COOL J!!I ! That's about it!! Say what U want!!
Clef dancing around all the questions.
He is acting a total jerk
No he didn't, which question did he not answer?
How?
yo vlad, get Canibus on here!
What about LL's song "Back Where I Belong" where he claims him and Wyclef set up Canibus and took his recording budget.
People slept on that track. "And as far as Canibus goes, my man's hitting his ex broad. I'm getting head from his new piece while 20 gang bangers applaud. "
@@julezjohn5785 Of all the lines from that song you pick that one? Why?
@@Joesire Because it was witty and extremely insulting. U know, the things that make rap battles interesting? 🤔
Julez John yo people underestimate LL’s wit. It’s mad sideways.
@@julezjohn5785 The most damaging lines in the song were the ones where he claimed canibus steals metaphors from books and that he gets his lyrics from the internet, and spits them word for word like hes really a rap vet. Canibus is nothing without his lyrical ability.
Maybe there is something in the bars you mentioned, but I thought those were the weakest lines in the whole song. You say its witty; is there a hidden metaphor in there or something? "Im getting head from his new piece while 20 gangbangers applaud"... that just sound GAY to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Clef answers these questions so completely and with great poise
Vlad at the start of the interview: Nobody was looking at LL as an actor yet, he was still the hardcore battle rapper.
4 mins later: Nobody was looking at LL as a rapper, he was an actor.
I caught that too!
Just caught that and then saw this comment! 😂
You can play the drinking game and do a shot for every time Clef says "At the end of the day" in an interview lol.
Clef is basically saying he wasn’t making the types of “hardcore” beats Canibus needed.. In my opinion Bis should’ve gotten production from.Redman. 🔥
I still listen to Can-I-Bus, I understand why people weren’t feeling it but channel zero blew my mind
the reason why the album didn’t do well wasn’t because the songs were bad he had a couple joints he could have left off but the reason is all the hot joints got leaked get retarded,buckingham palace,how we roll,nigganometrey second rd knock out shit everybody heard half the album already smfh I still knock that shit too fam was a beast
Channel zero is fire. I wish they gave bis more free reign to do songs about eclectic off the beaten path topics like that. He was never going to be a pop superstar. He thrives on tracks like that.
Canibus is one of the illest MCs there ever was... All of the "Hip Hop" media outlets at that time were saying Canibus was wack. Keep in mind, they were also saying that Puff Daddy and Mase were the best.
Cuz they were
@@almoen629 and Canbus was dope on Second Round K.O. (1998) and prior but after that not so much
Get Canibus on here.
"YOU BETTA GO AND CALL THE FUGEE'S (oh la-la-la) BECAUSE I EAT!! EAT!! EAT!! MC'S!!"
-LL COOL J
"Devour they're Titles cause I'm an Idol/icon and tell wyclef don't even turn his fuckin mic on"
Hypesun Music Man they stayed playin’ wit LL.
@@williams.5158 LL FORGOT WHAT A HARDCORE ARTIST IS
LIKE DIRK DIGGLER IN THE MIDDLE OF BOOGIE NIGHTS LL RUINED HIS LIFE
Running round town w/the Bob Marley imposters!... Uncle L
Canibus is one of the dopest to ever touch a mic, that's it.
2nd only to Big Pun
I actually liked canibus' 1st Album. I think if he would added production from DJ Premier, track masters, maybe a Pete Rock or large professor joint along with Wyclef he would have made more of an impact. I just think he shouldn't have signed with universal.
Deejay Gurra Right.. I heard about that.
THE LYRICS WAS STILL ON POINT ON CANIBUS.
Deejay Gurra. Devils pie was the og beat for nigganometry
Canibus won the battle but Def Jam won the war
Noreaga said it too. He never saw Def Jam get so behind an artist as when LL was in a beef with Canibus.
I remember that LL joint was on the free CD that came with the DMX album. They wasnt fuckin around.
Politics.
lyor cohen blocked canibus if he was at columbia records then he would of won
Canibus won the battle but lost the war
💯 I've been saying that for yearsssssssss!
Even Rakim been saying that.
*lost*
You really think mainstream rap would allow an artist like Canibus to thrive? LL is Hollywood. Canibus is Underground. How does one determine who wins in a battle like that?
I hear you but don't use that as a safety net Canibus was well aware of what he was doing and what was about to happen and once 2nd Round K.O. released there was no turning back from it. You can't make a lethal diss record and say oh it's not fair because LL was mainstream and Canibus wasn't he was signed to Universal Records had a debut album. Canibus career was buzzing at that point so him being underground yes he was....but once he became famous in 1997 all that underground stuff goes out the window. Especially after his debut album and the uproar 2nd Round K.O. caused you're no longer considered a underground nothing his roots are there but he was famous enough by that point.
Never forget Wyclef had Kenny Rogers do a dubplate.
Wyclef is a legend but he absolutely ruined canibus album n ultimately his career. Smh
VLAD, Beast would be a GREAT interview. Go for it!
2nd Round Knockout is arguably the best diss track of all time! Every line was fire!
Except "you ain't got the skill to eat a niggas ass like me." It just hits different these days when rappers are obsessed with booty eating. I suppose it's similar to how old songs say hope your Christmas is happy and gay. (Shrug)
"Diss my moms?! Who's the real rap don?
Who ruled for fifteen years and dropped bombs?
Who's copped solid gold Grammys that say "Todd"?
LL!" 🐐
*While you drop verses at niggas prom
That was a dope line. LL ended Canibus' career when he said 99% of his fans didn't exist.
U wish
@aryan raina At least the ladies wearing high heels exist. They are all over the place. We can't say the same about Canibus fans; they never existed to begin with.
I saw Canibus handcuffed to that lion and spitting 2nd round KO during the Smokin Grooves tour in Boston. The crowd got so loud when they brought that lion out and that thing stood up during the performance. That was crazy!!
LL got bodied by canibus, the machine behind LL basically crushed canibus career, canibus didn’t have that big machine pushing him, def jam universal was behind LL
Your wrong!
Nah ..L would've crushed him even on the early Def Jam budgets... #RickRubin'sdormroom
Dante Whitley yeah aight.
Ripper strikes back was fucking fire...was on that dmx teaser cd
Wyclef all I can say is big up for mentioning the battle rap league. COME SUPPORT THO BROTHER, turn up at a gig or 2.
The first canibus album was a classic.
So is his 2nd 2000B.C
Also MICClub and Rip The Jacker
For whom the beat tolls was big
Canibus 1st album has some of my favorite songs by him like lets ride and how we roll
Canibus was a monster, he got off on a bad foot and never recovered.
Just cuz he lost to Dizaster?
Wyclef looking like a futuristic biker boy
Google Wyclef on a motorcycle lol!
Lol😂
Man 😂😂 Why my boy Clef dressed like some shit from Jet Set Radio Future
Fly King 😂,🤣🤣😭😭💀! FINISHED!
I literally idolized Canibus growin up
He is still fire. Check out Full spectral Dominance 1 2 and 3
@@Adam-ui3ot aight bet. Good looks
LL lost that canibus battle and his ego got hurt that's why he decided to attack clef but clef can't battle lyrically. Even tho wyclef ruined canibus first album, I wish canibus and him worked together again, I just felt like clef picked the wrong tracks for him, he tried to make him mainstream and canibus isn't that type of artist.
TriBoro Gigolo hey I want to here your take on this. I was listening to LL's song " Back Where I Belong" Do you think LL paid Wyclef and his label to sabotage Canibus's career into oblivion?
@@skeeta1 maybe, maybe the industry put wyclef on purpose to work with canibus because they knew wyclef was pretty mainstream artist.
No LL didn't lose that battle. 'LL career continue and Canibus career faded.
@@timmagee8444 LL lost , get over it
Canibus took his best shot at LL. I'd even say he staggered L. But in the end L won. I know y'all don't wanna believe it but L came back stronger with The Ripper Strikes Back and gave wreck to Canibus, Clef, and Mike Tyson. The biggest mistake Canibus made was doing his 2nd Round KO verse during the epic freestyle with Pun, X, and Mic Geronimo.
Well actually 2nd Round KO was a response to LL's verse on 4321. Far too often the narrative pushed is Canibus started the beef. LL started the beef and Canibus response buried LL. Ripper strikes back still isn't as good as second round KO. LL just used a bunch of corny lines and tried to flip canibus lines but nothing original was in that track.
@@iwgp4nagata we disagree but I appreciate the response
@@iwgp4nagataMan, stop
The ripper strikes back is no wear near a classic record. No one acknowledges that as a classic
No one acknowledges LL's "The Ripper Strikes Back" as a classic diss record. No one. Ask anyone what they remember of that battle, 99.99%, the consensus will be how ill "2nd round KO" was and is. We all know that LL won the overall war, but Canibus won that battle. No debating.
yeah, i don't remember anyone really feeling that record. I didn't like Wyclef response either
That verse LL did on G.O.A.T. about the Canibis was so dope. The battle was over by then but it was hot
LL's "Back Where I Belong" was a decent diss. "Ripper Strikes Back" was disappointing for me.
Dre K B Yeah that was the song! Ripper Strikes Back was corny
Idk what hip hop world people are living in if y'all think the ripper strikes back was hot! That shit was trash Canibus ate LL on the 4321 joint! 2nd rd knock out was just that a knock out!
THIER LIVING IN THE INDUSTRY FAKE NARRATIVE WORLD.LOL BUNCH OF SHEEP. BAAAAAA
What's Clef was the hardest one, lol! He took off on LL.
@James Stallworth LL is no doubt legendary and Canibus album was trash but Canibus won that battle
Saw Canibus perform Second Round Knockout next to a lion on stage in Chicago at the Smokin Grooves Tour back in '98. #classic
shot out to Vailsburg newark
no one was checking for the Ripper strikes back. Also Vlad you completely contradicted yourself during the interview. First you say everyone remembered LL for being a battle rapper and destroying rappers but then later you say no one remembered him as a rapper?!??!? Which one is it Vlad?
I can't stop looking at the glare in Wyclef glasses. He looks like he has googly eyes 😂
That lion story had me in tears 😂
Canibus is definitely one of the most underrated lyrical rappers of all times, but that Beef with LL Cool J basically ruined his career
the Ripper Strikes Back was so ass people only praise it because it was LL.. Canibus won that battle lyrically LL won the battle industry wise
Don Dada you didn't hear Rasta Imposter? LL fucked them over the Ripper Strikes Back was hot
(99% of your fans don't exist) this diss was so bananas he thought Eminem wrote it so you know that shit was fire stop playing dawg
@@keefed1284 you livin up to that name dawg.
The real GOAT.
Wyclef said it exactly right. The fans were expecting 11 more “2nd Round K.O.”s especially after the B-side single cut “How We Roll.” My man said, “I’m the illest lyricist in America / MC’s can’t see me because I’m too quick for the human retina to register / I roll up on your crew quicker than long sleeves / At a speed that would confuse Keanu Reeves”
His Bodyguard though.....
Second round knock out 1000 times better than that LL trash
henry4625 pleez
AVERY TATE Truth hurts
henry4625 LL all day
All he had to say was 99% of your fans don't exist. It was over after that.
Interview Canibus please
Clef had a song on one of his albums where he spit a vers thay sounded like something canibus would spit. I can't remember the name of it..
Also I felt on Big Pun's "Caribbean Connection" record, Clef had a bit of Canibus flow on that song
Props to him for knowing about the Battle leads outside of smack URL. The score was my favorite album in Middle School.
Side story, The Canibus vs Eminem beef was a branch off from the LL Cool J vs Canibus, Canibus heard that Eminem had ghost written LL's dis track, After confronting Em who denied it, B is still went after him.
Asap Syphilis nope Em never wrote LL response to Cannibus
Canni being so paranoid and butt hurt never thought L could write such fire
Asap Syphilis yea he kept asking Em did he write it and he kept tellin him he didn't
@@keefed1284 eminem got in a beef with canibus because canibus murked ll, ll is eminems role model. wouldnt be surprised if that ghostwriting shit was true.
at any rate, neither ll nor eminem are on canibus level and will never be. ll is a horrible sellout and eminem steals styles from other rappers. lol
LL Cool J ......Killed his career
Canibus is my top 3 greatest living rappers..hands down...in my opinion
Agreed
gunn starr canibus garbage 🗑
@@changethegamenetwork1196 Are u the Can holding the Garbage
If you like lyrics, canibus and k rino music is fun to listen too.
Surprised there was no Nas hate segment in his video
I agree with him. After I heard Redman first verse on EPMD album expected that hard as shit all the time. His album was so dope I got over it but I still wanted to hear that, “I got it goin on” blah blah blah
All real hip hop fans know Canibus was and is to super lyrical for cool j. Facts...
He shout out Smack, KOTD, & We Go Hard. That's wats up.
Canibus 1st album is my favorite and production wise..it was on point. Maybe because I'm a big fan of Wyclef's production. And I think it was the only one that did well in terms of sales
Ndujamz lol. Bar for bar that was a 4.5 out of 5 album. Production was trash. Bis classic album which I consider a top 5 classic is Rip the Jacker
2000BC and MicClub The Curruclum
yea it went gold in one month and eventually platnium
I like what Wyclef said.
Man I respect canibus but I didn't think his fans would be so damn uptight
I wouldn't call LL's "The Ripper Strikes Back" a classic. "99% of his fans don't exist" was an ill bar, but the song as a whole was a big let down especially when compared to "Jack the Ripper" or "To da Break of Dawn". "Back Where I Belong" was a way better diss track.
Clef messed up his investment he the reason Bis got blackballed
I would also like to know why he made Canibus think Eminem wrote LL’s diss
Cool j said fuckin epileptic lyrical methods is my THRONE!!!
Canibus BODIED James Todd Smith !!
Canibus DaGoat canibus is that you?
#AlternativeFacts
NEVER 😂😂😂
LL's "Ripper Strikes Back" did not end Canibus' career ...... Canibus kept releasing albums for years after that whole battle ....
Nobody bought them
@@brandonmatthews4934 LMAOOOOOO
I liked that album
I'm the greatest scientifically inclined mind since Einstein...
don't let any of this distract you from the fact he burned Tyson bad on ripper strikes back
Oh shit...On the "The C-Quel" Canibus rhymed "Bought A lion on tour with me/ Made him respect authority/ Smacked him in the head for trying to roar at me." WHAT?!!!!?
LOVE LL but ripper strikes back was wack. fax
jahthaime smith you crazy that shit was fire
LL won. It was far from wack
That shit was hot, listen to it again.
Nawwwww!
"So tell Wyclef don't even turn his f***** mic on"🤣🤣🤣
To paraphrase "My body guard, whom I don't call my body guard because my dad told him to guard my body...."
ask Canibis he ain't understanding this cause 99 percent of his fans don't exist,
2000 BC should of been canibus first album
That album was even worse lol
cannabis ripped LL end of story
Yeah but c'mon. It's just rhymin'. Canibus should still be able 2 rock da mic. Easy people.
😂😂😂😂😂 funny shit. Got to love the niggas who dont think politics run the game.
The Ripper Strikes Back/Can-I-Bus by LL Cool J is in my top 5 diss songs of all time !
LL is no joke on the mic.
If you don’t know about this beef then go listen to “2nd round ko” by canibus and then listen to “the ripper strikes back” by LL. This battle was in 98.
"Tell Wyclef dont even turn his fuckin mic on"
Anybody have the 2nd diss from LL cool j
When L states him n wyclef set it Up ⬆️
Interview Canibus pls
One of the first geeks ever in hip hop
Obviously y'all don't know hip hop man smh The Ripper diss was too op for Canibus to handle
The truth is Wyclef went so pop it’s ridiculous, this is canibus mistake I wouldn’t of had this guy even look that hard at a hiphop production if I was canibus
Wyclef been bringing the term "20 years ago" alot in this interview. I'm pretty sure his ass KNOWS what happened 20 years ago! Don't let Clef fool ya lmao
thumbs up if you thought it was Isaac Hayes in the thumbnail
S.B 💀
"Tell wyclef dont even plug his fucking mic up"
LL
Why, cleff have on the jamaican colours
He respect the culture
I rock a Haitian braclet, but I'm not Haitian! It was given as a gift! Half Amer/Jam here sir!
To me where Canibus messed up was with his content. He was talking about UFOs and aliens and stuff on Can-I-Bus and while nerds like me thought that was cool, the streets weren't trying to bump no album that was like X-Files. You can't really blame Clef for that!! Some of his later albums were better but by then his career was done. Remember when Canibus went after Eminem and Em shut him down with one line?!! Shout out to Canibus though lol
True
Look up LL cool J Rasta imposter
It's way better than 2nd round knock out and the ripper strikes back.
LL fucking ripped him and wyclef in half like loose leaf
Facts
Man listen. Everyone who was there owes Beast their life. Literally
Cannibus was a beast on the mic n yea the beats could've helped a bit. All in all like clef said the audience was looking for vicious lyricism and energy and that was hard to match for a follow up from his 2nd round ko