As a follow up to our Canibus – Best of 97-2000, let’s take it back to before the rapper hit the city like a comet. Canibus Sateevuh and Webb (Later C.entral I.ntelligence), 2 New York transplants studying in Atlanta, formed to create T.H.E.M. (The Heralds of Extreme Metaphors) and put together a demo. A nice slice of mid-90s underground rap, it features references to Bad Boy, Death Row and Wu Tang Clan over rugged, dusty break loops and heavy drums. The rhymes are metaphor driven and a worthy insight into the origins of Canibus’ scientific style. In fact some of the raps on here would be recycled in later famous freestyles, including “Blow up the planet with No Fear/Like them clothes white boys be wearing” and “rip your skin off just to get on your nerves.” “No Doubt” carries almost all of Canibus’ verse from “Fantastic Four” (“Who the hell wanna battle/the ill mathematical”) while Track 7 has an odd ode to Sprite, not terribly unlike Biggie’s Pepsi commercial. (more…)
The best freestyler on the planet. The 2nd 3rd coming of Rakim. The future of hip-hop. He was anointed as them all, and yet as meteoric as Canibus’ rise was, his fall was just as swift. A mixtape phenom, he went from lacing Tony Touch and DJ Clue to collaborating almost exclusively with Myspace rappers on their latest internet-only projects. His career decisions and ultimate downfall may have been disappointing, but they do nothing to tarnish the heights of his apex. In his prime, Canibus was an undisputed animal on the mic. His scientific style, fueled by a swift delivery, made him the standout on almost any track he appeared on, much to the fascination of both fans and peers. Frequently he’d take over songs, rhyming for twice as long as everyone else with double the ferocity, and listeners loved every bar of it. (more…)
Today Ras Kass and Rhettmatic’s A.D.I.D.A.S. drops. You can download all 26 tracks now by going to http://raskass.bandcamp.com
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The man with the incomparable ass eating skills is back……with Premo. It’s Saturday, folks. Cut us some slack. Big shout to conspiracy-nut, LONDON! @ PhilaFlava.
Yo…
I just listened to the Canibus last night.
It’s ACAPELLA
and you can mix it with this digital mixing board.
I almost died. It really sounds like tweeker shit to me, cuz there’s NO MUSIC.
Canibus….canibus.
Yeah, I recommend you doing it late at night, when you wanna be freaked the eff out..
But yeah, thanks for the support, yall.
We’ll be streaming it on June 1st when it comes out in PODCAST form, and just to note we tried to create organic breaks for me and the listeners to catch breath..
…but if you don’t wanna hear me rap for 25 minutes str8 I still love you. ALOT.
I don’t understand much of what she wants to communicate here. Nor am I all that impressed with the final product. Tackling a project involving spitting 500 bars should be approached with a modicum of enthusiasm. Psalm One is genuinely talented and overlooked and it’s a bit disappointing she hasn’t broadened her horizons as evidenced by this endeavor.
