Canibus - DJ Clue Freestyle 97 ''I Speak At Frequencies''

[bladeage]

11 Drake, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj fans are not impressed.

[VenomfromaCobra]

I'll battle u over the phone, u can call me collect..

[kahkahkilla]

fire

[NuclearD420]

this shit is too fucking ill.

absolutely ridiculous

[Furtraderrim]

An emcee so sick I got AIDS scared to catch me!

[thalast3mperor]

how the fuck do you press dislike. really?

[Chrome75010]

lets go bis ,sick verse

Better get your illest bars ready for diz

[milesherrera333]

CANT BELIEVE CAN I BUS IS GONNA START BATTLING AGAIN DAMNN__

[crutt1026]

@milesherrera333 im excited for it haha someone needs to call out all these horrible rappers out now i was like fuck yeah when common dissed drake too haha

[LightDaDro42o]

Will Reflect forever like two mirrors facing each other.. wtf how you freestyle that? Lol

[cljerjr31]

damn I miss real hip hop and MC's !

[crisdigi]

then theres this guy.......

[wepaonAK]

G.O.A.T.

[iLlyFreSh52]

what. the. FUCK.

[cormegaful]

Don't forget to click the snowflake button!

[BombAtomically91]

jesus christ.....

[HipPopFan4Life]

@QUBECOGNITO Lmao

[luciferghost]

2012 is coming and am gonna blast this shit hard for new years eve

[teddilong]

This was the hottest freestyle that year.

[barrjail]

BUS IZ BUTTER AS FUCK!! THA NIGGA IZ DEEP AND ILL AS A MOTHA!! HE RIPPED L.L.S OLD ASS OUT THA FRAME. PEACE TO ALL MY NIGGAZZ ON LOCK #453671 BORN 2 KILL!! ILLEST REALEST NON-SCARY 3 TIME FELON THAT DONT GIVE A FUCK!! WORD UP!

[MrSockoOck]

behold, i crush a piece of coal and create a diamond

[EvDaMadvilain]

The hottest m-other f-ucker

[TheJewinator]

420 likes that's how it should be canibus is the best

[TheColorfulCube]

ill shit

[MAJESTYOFFICIAL]

@QUBECOGNITO weakest comment ever seen

- Majesty

[jarbon5]

0:07-1:07, one minute of pure awesomeness!

[PaliMatic]

This nigga has too much knowledge

[OPL21stJS]

G.R.O.A.T and still is.

[izachattac14]

Canibus>Jadakiss

[Elabe100]

It should be illegal to go so hard GOD DAMN!!

[QueensBey]

For anybody who's wondering, these were the instrumentals used on the track:

1st - 97 Mentality by Cappadonna

2nd - Incarcerated Scarfaces by Raekwon

3rd - Hell On Earth by Mobb Deep

[TheOGReact]

I'm White

[reddestyoshi]

@TheOGReact its ok....im ginger bhra

[zeroboroz]

"i posess they lyrical ammo to battle to ripp any one of you warm blooded mamals to shambles......." who the hell you know Comes up with some crazy shit like that?

[23SuS23]

lyrical motherfuckin' genius

[yonkers43]

he . . . . is just . .. . . amazing ..

[skat3kid94]

this will always be my favorite freestyle by canibus

[NewGenerationProd1]

ILLLL MAN DAMNN "EVERY WORD I UTTER FOR HIP HOP LOVERS WILL REFLECT FOR EVER LIKE 2 MIRRORS FACING EACH OTHER"!!!

[RaykwonDaKilluminati]

Can-i-bus one of the illest MC to touch the mic.

Would love to hear Canibus on a RZA track.

Featuring GZA.

Shit would be sweet

[jcannion]

You number 1? Then I'm negative 2...

Basically, nigga, that means I'm still betta than you...

[jcannion]

I thought Cappadonna killed this joint too, but Canibus made Cappa's verse look WEAK!!!

[jcannion]

Possibly the most slept on MC of ALL TIME!!!

[petepi1981]

this nigga bodied this shit i was gonna spit my 2 cent to this joint but this nigga make it hard

[hiphoprabbithole]

Canibus on 2 Wu-Tang beats! I flipped out when I first heard this in the late 90's and haven't recovered since. I've been on the search for absolute lyrics ever since. So far only a few rappers have made me think they're equal to Canibus for more than a few lines. For you real Canibus fans looking for your lyrical fix, you may find temporary relief in K-Rino. He has 20 something albums out, check out 'Flow Session #1, 2, or 4' from him to get a taste. He's deep too, but great punchlines there.

[cocochefL7]

@hiphoprabbithole

Agreed. I heard this live on the wake-up show in 98' and sitll havent heard a better 1:08 of freestyles since.

[dogmannx]

@cocochefL7 I think of of my homies hit me on my pager and told me to stop watever I was doing and turn the wake-up show cuz Bus was killin it. U right bro son is just crazy

[MAJESTYOFFICIAL]

@hiphoprabbithole thank you,im not the only person who thinks K is on Bus' level.

[HenchMc]

a nigga feel like faintin

[jcannion]

@HenchMc I'll battle you with ah blank check, I'll battle you with ah gun to my neck... COME ON FAM!! LMAO

[kingblizz14]

Canibus should of been in wu-tang as 1 of the youngins he had that lyrical flow 2 dominate any mc or bullshit ass rapper he made sense in his music you could feel all the shit hes sayin

[wchristo100]

heard this on a mix tape in 97. blew our burnt out 17 yr old minds

[Gunn3257]

Super Nat and Craig G are the best freestylers ever! Next would be Mad Skills.

[xhoni123456]

big l =the best freestyler

supernatural and iron solomon=the best battle mcs

[GrimeAndGats]

@xhoni123456

iron soloman you a retard dude



[xhoni123456]

@GrimeAndGats SHUT THE FUCK UP

go diabolic vs solomon

BIG L =THE GOAT in freestyles

[GrimeAndGats]

@xhoni123456

solomon is a fat pussy that scribes all hes shit

[v1nko]

what's the first beat,??? anyone know? peace

[Mr0withoutyou0]

@v1nko

RZA 97 Mentality

[Ram4986]

too sick...

[SDSOverfiend]

Freestyle = do whateva the fuck you want on the track.. Shut the fuck up about whats written and not written. SHIT IS DOPE!!!

[cry12344]

Wyclef watched this video 9 times.

[lyricalrap420]

Well, there's definitley no argument who the best freestyler is, and I believe he freestyled this, judging from his written rymes, he's capable of this, immortal tech and caniobus braught me into the real rap and i'll staywith them, i say canibus is number 1 then k-rino then tech then nas then big L and pac/biggie 6th and 7th sorry pac and big but these dudes espeecially canibus own the mic

[FatBeatsHipHop]

@lyricalrap420 remember that gods (old school artists) use the term freestyle to define a song with no defined style, not off the dome as many new artist call freestyles

[anarkie]

@lyricalrap420

when have you ever heard canibus ever freestyle?

[itsHyper]

Canibus best lyrically

[jarbon5]

The first part of this gets me every time I hear it. How the beat sounds like some elevator music, and how he just smashes it merciless with intense lyrical wizardry, love that! Whether freestyled or written, this was lyrically off the charts!

[SweetCocoa69]

WOW!!!!

[6peice]

THIS THE FIRST TIME I HERD A CANIBUS SONG ALL I CAN SAY IS....WOW

[xXAZcroN420Xx]

@6peice i know first time i heard this song i was blown away, canibus is by far the best rappper, 

[FRESHCOOLAIDE]

This freestyle was out of this world. Some would argue and say he wrote it... which he probably did... BUT.. This was on the spot rhyming. With no mistakes. And trust me Hahaha!. NONE of ya'll niggas can top this rhyme. And FYI.. This was'nt even his best rhyme.

[HoodCoderMan]

@FRESHCOOLAIDE I agree with you on everything you said EXCEPT the fact that this was on the spot rhyming. He did indeed write this so it was freestyle off the top. Regardless...this is probably the illest rap verse of all time, and this verse is a true display of what Hip Hop should be like.

[scottburns90]

@HoodCoderMan he may have recited this verse with a freeSTYLE but off the top rhyming strictly is reserved for on the spot -NO premedited or written verses

[HoodCoderMan]

@scottburns90 There was a typo in my response to that FRESHCOOLAIDE dude. I meant to say that since he did write this, it was NOT a freestyle off the top. Apparently, I have been confused about what a freestyle is, even though I've doing it for years. Me and my peeps would go get blitzd and freestyle all OFF THE TOP and unrehearsed, recording onto a karaoke machine. There is no word in Hip Hop to describe what OFF THE TOP rhyming is supposed to be called. FREESTYLE is supposed to be off the top.

[scottburns90]

@HoodCoderMan i would agree but there are many old heads that began in the early 80s that claim it was popular to call random verses people had memorized freestyles because it was free of style. when i "freestyle" i rhyme off the top unrehearsed as well but what do u think eminem was doing his whole career? there are two different definitions these days

[HoodCoderMan]

@scottburns90 What do you mean "what eminem was doing his whole career?"

[scottburns90]

@HoodCoderMan watch ems tim westwood freestyles, the legendary ones from 97-99 and the ones from 06-09. theyre all on youtube. proof there are two different ideas of FREESTYLING

[tonyGjr2]

"I'll battle you with a gun to my neck." Ha, that line is still sick as fuck. In saying that, I wonder if the makers of "Swordfish" listen to Bis.

[soulinthewall77]

Canibus--as good as it gets. Impeccable wit, timing, and real-world-know-how.

[reddestyoshi]

i should flag this 4 bein so dope

[chiefbbc215]

@reddestyoshi lol true that

[birmingham102]

ALL HAIL CAN I BUS as the lyrical champion

only a few can stand on the same platform

[nonofyall]

''Canibus is the lyrical version of german enginering'' holy shit man

[dante3472]

We want Bis!

We want Bis!

[kanekumar94]

one of the most underated.. and he is way nicer then lil wayne

[cry12344]

hell on earth!

[DoctaMee]

What's the first beat?

[Hip2daHop123]

@DoctaMee 97 mentality by Wutang

[CalvinCooler]

@DoctaMee (The Mad Lads - Gone! The Promises Of Yesterday is the Original Track). Then 97 Mentality by Capadonna as my man above said.

[jeyholiday]

dope

[365spook]

whats the second beat

[cdub153340]

@365spook Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces

[Maurice8281]

I battle you on the net, I battle you in the flesh, I battle you over the phone you can call me collect, I battle you for the respect, I battle over a black check, I battle you with a gun to my neck lmao caibus was the man in the 90's

[MWElectric]

the boy was always vicious

[aaron4801]

Nobody can touch this.

[DarkChildMuzik]

THIS IS LITE WEIGHT SHIT FOR CAN-I. He's fuckin with us. This shit is rollin off the brain like gravy. I honestly feel like if he tried his absolutely hardest and spent days on a song perfecting and rewriting lines, it would be so fucking incredible our minds would either upgrade us to genius or our brains would explode....

[kluemenadi]

@DarkChildMuzik You do realize that this isn't an actual freestyle (off the dome), right? I hope so.

[DarkChildMuzik]

@kluemenadi No freestyle is truely off the top. Not with the pros anyway. Even on Rap City they always got a heads up on the beat and wrote it out. Most artists can't freestyle.

[Steelhawk92]

@DarkChildMuzik It still requires some mad skill though to do it and pull it off fluently etc. For sure. :P

[alfredo162st]

Look, 6 Waka fans.

[deadflagbluesxxx]

@1:09. Awwwwww shiiiiiiiiiii

[alphamale227]

"On the microphone

I'm sicker than those who've Acquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome (AIDS)"

WOW... fkn Canibus

[Noah804world]

the illest freestyle in the history of man

[Noah804world]

the illest freestyle in history

[UnknownTheBeast]

Canibus never dissapoints. Always ill lyrics. If only he had the kind of money backing his beats like half the other so called rappers do... then the world would be a different place....

[crazzye24]

1 of the best freestylers EVERRRRR

[IamSuperHuman1]

This nigga is my top 5 dead or alive.

[jdigital79]

thank God people are still listening to this shit ..this was murderous classic shit.

[marcelwhite2]

what the fuck the boy lyrical punchlines metaphors i dont know if cassidy can geup wit him

[lubui2583]

@marcelwhite2 when canibus was rhyming like this back in the day, nobody could fuck wit him.

[QueenJai112]

Canibus is a lyrical genius and the defintion of what a real rapper is.

[CannaConsumer]

compare this to bigl 97 dj clue freestyle

[breakin88]

I was banging this back in 03-04 while everyone was hollering G unit hearing this again is so refreshing Canibus Earths Supreme MC!!!!!!!!!!

[manymyke]

LL watched this video 6 times

[ShonWonPowerMix]

@manymyke The only thing L had on Bis is when he said "99% of your fans don't exist"

[raiduh78]

@manymyke he wanted to make his 7th view as well

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

@manymyke He's not that fond of Canibus.

[Rckdahous3]

@manymyke

naw even LL liked this

[Alansky84]

This Shit right here smh classic

[DonRSD]

met dude in person in like 99 when i was 19 @ the flea market lol.

too bad his albums flopped.....he one of the best ever.

[S0SAproductions]

worst sound ever, thanks for nothing

[Ruzz45]

where's the beat that come on a little after 1 minute from? some wu-tang song ain't it?

[willcme1]

I HAVE TO ARM WRESTLE MA PEN TO WRITE SHIT.......DAMN!

[humanparadox]

He killed this shit....and I dont even really like Canibus.

[Freshstyles00]

lyrical version of german engineering FFFTTTTWWW!!!????? who says that shit? i had to stop the track and restart it after i heard that shit.

[MrSlik25]

@Freshstyles00 Was that your first time hearin that??? I had that same feeling 14 years ago when this dropped.

[TheOctavious4484]

The 5 people who dislikes this freestyle, is still on that LiL Wayne and souljaboy...

Damn, I speak in frequencies dogs will have trouble hearing....

Canibus is the lyrical version of German Engineering... Completely amazin!!!

[SerialThrillazTV]

Can't go on any fuckin' canibus vid without some m-other f-ucker talkin' bout LL Cool J or that fruity little rent boy J***** B*****!! Shut the fuck up about that and enjoy the tunes. No one gives a fuck about that shit anymore. MOVE ON!

[timbo830]

the illest freestyle i've heard in years

[MrSlik25]

This is one of the greatest freestyles of all time....trust me on that...years and years from now old head niggas that was young hood niggas at the time will always remember this shit...SHout to the nigga Clue? and Canibus...classic.

[E2daL]

@MrSlik25 EXACTLY LIKE ME!!!  Been rockin with hiphop since 84, Seen them come and go and I was out of HS when this shit dropped and till this day it's one of the deadliest freestyles, POINT BLANK PERIOD!!!

[E2daL]

@MrSlik25 EXACTLY LIKE ME!!! Been rockin with hiphop since 84, Seen them come and go and I was out of HS when this shit dropped and till this day it's one of the deadliest freestyles, POINT BLANK PERIOD!!!

[MrSlik25]

@E2daL I was in like 8th grade when this dropped...this is the "old school" for my era...Its fucked up what a nigga in 8th grade has to listen to now...dam i feel bad for them little niggas.

[FEELGOOD34x]

EASTCOAST FIRE.

[candyt2009]

the best song ever



[XredruM]

cannibus is cold, dont get me wrong. shit happens.

[DueceFeverENT]

Cassidy = New Canibus

[YourUncleEvan]

@DueceFeverENT NO

[DueceFeverENT]

@YourUncleEvan Yes...go listen to Cassidy's freestyles.

[thatbboyrandom1]

@DueceFeverENT not even.man.. cans vocabulary is second to none man..cassidy is nice hes got that storyline goin on but cassidy will get destroyed with canibuses vocabulary flow..and metaphors

[mitchman256]

packatrick3 i feel the exact same way word 4 word.

[packatrick3]

WHAT THE HELL HAPPEN TO EMCEES THESE DAYS..Canibus is the reason i fell in love with being lyrical!!..dam I miss these days ..monday night mixtapes with clue,Dmx putting that real shit out!!..now its just SWAGGA SWAGGA SWAGGA..WTF....it seems like niggas care about there clothes more than the dam music!!

[mitchman256]

canibus may not be in the lime light like that but i aint heard nobody yet that performs lyrical wizardry like he does people dislike what they cant understand so for all you canibus haters out there get smarter you'll like him i was told if you get offended by this then you are one of the dummies

[deeidreperrault]

if you're number 1 then I'm negative 2..........

[fartmagnet]

Didn't LL end this clowns career?

[phazoe1804]

@fartmagnet no he didn't just you ll dick rider did, now shut and listen to a real lyrical monsta

[fartmagnet]

@phazoe1804 How am I a dick rider for quoting a beef between LL and Cannabis?

Starting a fight over a comment is more like you're riding Cannabis's dick then me riding LL's

[Beep23]

@fartmagnet

how is what you said a quote

and saying LL ended Canibus is like saying 50 ended Ja or Joe, saying D-Block/The Lox ended 50, Nas ended Jay or anyone who battled/beefed with anybody.

All that shit is subjective and that's all beside the fact that LL can't end shit let alone anyone's career...

[fartmagnet]

@Beep23 The quote was about the beef. The opinion was that LL ended Cannibus's career. I don't fight over opinion, but if you're calling me out about the quote then I am right and you are wrong. Everyone in Hip Hop knows about the beef, just like everyone in Hip Hop knows about Benzino's stint at The Source.

[XredruM]

@Beep23 its not really subjective LOL. this quote might sound narrow minded, but yo....LL ended canibus's career

[Beep23]

@XredruM

he's still around and if you're talkin commercial success then he didn't have much of a career to begin with and "How can one kill that which does not exist?"

[XredruM]

@Beep23 his career exists. you said it, he's still around. he just dropped an album! but come on, canibus is mad talented. one of the best mcs to touch the mic, to his own respect. his career was just beginning and with the tracks he was on and the direction he was headed, he was bound to go elite. look at the success and calibur of the rest of the HRSMN. all elite. and imo, canibus got more skill than all of them. well now, where did that projected future go? rookies cant be dissin veterans.

[Beep23]

@XredruM

I personally thought that was because of his debut album, I mean iirc the lyrical content was there, but it was just lackin somethin

[FilthyDemonRaver]

@fartmagnet Ha you know so little

[lubui2583]

@fartmagnet yea he did. canibus is still one of the illest lyrically. dont listen to phazoe1804 hes on this this guys penis lmao

[fartmagnet]

@lubui2583 Hahahah!! That's what I'm sayin'. I wouldn't be listening to this if I didn't think Cannibus has some skillz.

[Firestartersan]

One of the best freestyles ever. Its a shame dude didn't know how to pick beats.

[powerplayers1]

THIS shit right HERE

[upinposting]

This is the greatest freestyle ever written, recited, whatever you want. This is the greatest rhyme outside of a song structure PERIOD. There are just too many quoteables, Canibus was a beast for a period that he was just untouchable. In a freestyle over a Talib Kweli beat he said "I was almost in control of all coasts" and its true. I dont know of any other mc who had it like that. He was the lyrical favorite from east to west.

[flowfessional]

holy fucking shit!

[deadpresidents187]

canibus is so fuckin ill, that nigga has the illest punch lines, EM aint got shit on canibus and he knows it... Em is still good but not canibus.... lyrically no one is fuckin wth bis!

[XxXxLETHALXxXx]

I thank the lord I redeemed myself from watching a freestyle from one of the worst rappers, not even a MC, OJ da Juiceman, who is extremely terrible, this is what I'm gonna search for if I ever watch a video like that ever again.

[xoiheartpinkxo]

OMG THAT BEAT AT THE END I KNOW IT I JUST CANT FIND IT OUT HELP ME OUT

[avonbarksdale420]

@xoiheartpinkxo incarcerated scarfaces.... wu banga classic

[FrezzSno209]

Whenever it was, its still ill lyrical...

[CEE1979]

this has been my favorite freestyle or whatever the fuck you wanna call it since i first heard it in 97 or 98...so fuckin sick...

[tugsy1305]

the lyrical darts.....

guys,u must kop ur self a copy

of melatonin magic....

dead by design....I doubt this kinda of

lyrical delivery can b bettered.

bis sums it up,he's simply overqualified

for general peeps2comprehend.

[thedeadlymc]

Always sick, ions and beyond it will still be dope!

[4g63maniac]

laser guided

lyrical hybrid

creating scripts so sick

I gotta arm wrestle my pen to write it

Damn this nigga drops punchlines like hiroshima

[187coroner]

he is a lyrical assasin.

[PlatinumBD]

Alot of Bis's shit goes over niggas heads.

"You number 1, and I'm negative two; basically bitch, that means I'm still better than you"

When you're naming who the best is, the lower the number, the better they are. For example, calling someone the number 2 MC of all-time is better than the so called number 10.

-2 -1 0 1 2 3

See how that works? So if someone's number 1, Bis is negative 2. Lower number = better status.