Lab Baby;3458438 said:The 2nd bolded is from 2nd Rd KO. The fact that you didn't know that further proves my point that Bis's lyrics don't really hit like Bigs.
How would he know a song he's never heard before? That doesn't prove his lyrics are better, just that he was more popular.
EmbezzelJayR;3458551 said:so what his best album?
I'd say Can-I-Bus, his first album, but I've only heard a few of them. You'd have to ask a real Canibus fan, cause that I am not. I'm just saying, I dig his verses, and I'd rather listen to him that Biggie.
Lab Baby;3458563 said:I don't exactly see these on Facebook statuses. Aside from the 2nd Rd joints, nobody outside of Canibus fans really knows this. In fact, I'll post some lyrics, and I bet you can recognize the artist.
*NOTE: I'm not implying that most memorable means better, Wayne has a shitload of "memorable" lyrics
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs,
but he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down,
the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's choking how, everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
We used to fight for building blocks
Now we fight for blocks with buildings that make a killing
The closest of friends when we first started
But grew apart as the money grew, and soon grew black-hearted
Thinking back when we first learned to use rubbers
He never learned so in turn I'm kidnapping his baby's mother
My hand around her collar, feeding her cheese
She said the taste of dollars was shitty so I fed her fifties
About his whereabouts I wasn't convinced
So I kept feeding her money 'til her shit started to make sense
Who could ever forsee, we used to stay up all night at slumber parties
now I'm trying to rock this bitch to sleep
All the years we were real close
Now I see his fears through her tears, know she's wishing we were still
close
Don't cry, it is to be
In time, I'll take away your miseries and make 'em mine
It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
Cause in my physical, I can express through song
Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
Again, because they're not on Facebook doesn't prove anything. People post the wackest lyrics on Facebook and you know it. What makes lyrics memorable is that people will remember them after hearing them, not that they are well known. Most people aren't quoting Canibus on Facebook because they've never heard of him. That doesn't make him less memorable, nor talented, just less popular, because I guarantee anybody that hears one of his verses will never forget it. Oh and while I know the first and last one you quote, I have no idea where the second verse is from.
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