Let's Revisit: LL Cool J vs Canibus (Who Won)

[qawshun]

Keep in mind wyclef gave ll half bis budget, and that 99% line was a lie everyone in hip-hop was oon canibus bandwagon

 

[Fly society513]

Eat eat eat emtheeeees.

Get ya wife on the horn to call minister farakhan

So he can persuade me to squash it

I said na he started it, he forgot what a hard core artist is

A hard core artist us a dangerous man

that shit always takes me back to this cypher

That part after "Watch me rip the tat from ya arm" is my favorite.

As many times as I've watched that freestyle, I never realized DMX was growling before he began rhyming.

 

[5 Grand]

LL Cool J won with that lethal one shot. Then Canibus album went double Styrofoam when it dropped

Actually Can-i-bus went gold. Canibus had the better song, but no one thought LL could even make a decent come back song. And he did. But what killed Bus was his album which wasn't that bad, let people down. People thought he was the Messiah of hip hop. And when he put out less then critical acclaim, people lost faith and everything went down hill. And LL was there to rub it in.

Yeah, I remember me and my roommates thought Canibus was the next Rakim (this was when Rakim was still the bar for an ill MC). People said Canibus might be the next person to take the crown, but Jay Z and DMX got that backing from Def Jam while Canibus was stuck trying to take out LL Cool J of all people.

I remember hearing Back Where I Belong and thinking LL destroyed him.

 

[its....JOHN B]

That's because Rakim himself said Canibus got next

 

[TayGettem]

Not gonna vote cuz its kind of b.s

I mean when u look at the context of the situation LL took Cannibus "rip the mic off ya arm" line as a diss then ask him to change it just to diss him on some underhand shit.

I cant really condon that sucka shit

Cannibus had the bars

But LL was damn drake status in terms of popularity back then so u know how that shit go

 

[harry knucklez]

Canibus' Original "4321" verse:

Meth, where the gods at? Red, where the squad at?

Yo L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that

Who's the God of rap you saying is nice?

I'll beat a dead nigga to death and beat a dead nigga to life

If you look at me long enough, I'll start to read your thoughts

If the signal was strong enough and then I'll call your bluff

Let's see how many rhymes you got

I can go on for more Millenias than Mazdas got in a car lot

And there's nowhere to run to, when I confront ya

Nigga, I'll call your bluff like you had a phone number

Who wanna see Canibus get wild?

Who wanna act fly and get shot down with a surface-to-air missile?

I take them in all shapes, sizes, and forms, spit on

Any emcees who ain't close enough to shit on

Zero to 60? I'm already doing a hundred when I'm blunted

And I give it to any nigga that want it....

Your head will spin so fast, you'll catch whiplash

I practice lyrical witchcraft on your bitch ass

Make your hard drive crash, the C colon backslash

And I'll go back to the roots to school your whack ass

Because the object of the game is to spark every cell in your brain

At degrees hotter than blue flames

Propane gasses, it incinerate you into ashes

I got you breathin' harder than girls in Lamaze classes

Stop bitchin' about if it's written or freestyle

Got the whole Spanish community saying I'm muy mal

Charging niggas with booty styles $50 fines

In addition to $25 for whack punchlines

’Cause I'm the top dog running the yard

And I represent cause I never chained to the fence

Hence to battle me is impossible

I'll put your whole crew in the hospital with IVs all in their nostrils

Stop sleeping on me, I ain't a mattress

Put you through more drama than a soap opera actress

Don't even think about pulling out and opening fire

Gunshots wound but I remove bullets with pliers

I aspire to kick the fattest that you've ever witnessed

From a far side, that's even confusing the fat lip

Rhymes designed from lines of pure knowledge

I'll make your head nod 'til your neck runs out of cartilage

I think it's obvious that I can bring the ruckus

Scream on your crew like a military drill instructor

When I come through, niggas stand stiller than statues

If I have to, I'll battle your whole rap crew

Then I'll attack you with words that's absurd

And rip your fucking skin off just to get on your nerves