IMO, Rip The Jacker and Mic Curriculum were Bus's best albums. I didn't care much for C of Tranquility and Melatonin Magik had two good songs. But, Canibus is still in my Top 5 Rappers Ever. This might be the greatest rap song of all time.
Mainstream American is flash over substance. An average rap listener these days would not give this masterpiece the time of day. This has to be one of the most amazing tracks I have ever heard. This is a vivid display of an intellectual rapper. Easily in my top 5 favorite rap songs of all time. Ima be a promoter...I would advise yall to go check Canibus's "Lyrical Law" Cd.
@mptech809 "I'll battle u on the net. I'll battle u in the flesh. I'll battle you over the phone. U can call me collect. I'll battle u 4 the respect. I'll battle u over a blank check. I'll battle u w/ a gun 2 my neck" (Canibus, I Speak in Frequencies). Bis has indeed put MCs on notice, but they know fucking w/ him is a poison pill they can't swallow. & after comparing him 2 other MCs, It's apparent why he said "You [MCs] don't impress me & no 1 can test me" (Beast from the East).
These folks be saying Canibus is whack, just jealous they can't understand what he's saying. Poet Laurete really does show off his style excellently. It's verbose, but needfully so, better to have precision than to have a wider fanbase and dilute the messages.
The 2 bars were referencing the beef he had with LL Cool J in the past. Canibus is really talented and I truly believe he is the best rapper in the world but over those 2 bars it cost him his lifetime career.. damn.
"with 2 bars i kept hearing in my head over and over again it cost me everything" what does he mean by that? was the something he said that caused him embarassment?
Canibus is cool but his songs dont really go anywhere. He just has a lot of disjointed raps that sound incredible but dont really make any sense when they are put together. Its like painting all the minor details of a painting perfectly without making the bits relation to each other coherent so you end up with a jumbled mess of perfect tid bits.
@GoSU4u1 Songs by Bis that go somewhere: Doomsday, Lost @ C, The C-Quel, Dragon of Judah, Kriminal Kindness, Fratenity of the Impoverished, What's Going On, Channel Zero (Grand Deception), How We Roll, Bus 'em Punish 'em, Melatonin Magik, Buckingham Palace, Patriots, I Honor U, Hypenitis, Horsementality, 100 Bars. Now some of them aren't heavy on substance, but those are definitely not disjointed raps. You've definitely only listening to his more abstract tracks. SMH.
I stopped listening to Canibus. He can still rhyme like crazy, but his song structures puzzle me. Rhyming for 7 min. is cool for one track on an album, but dude makes whole songs with none stop rapping & I get sick of listening after a while. If Canibus really knew how to craft songs, he would have never went underground..
and eminem trys to diss on possibly the greatist rymer props to canibus and real rap save rap because 99 percent of the shit out now is not rap i dont even know what to call it anymore
@darknessavalanche I like things which feeds my intellect; not so much things that I can relate to. Having said that, I don't discount the need to relate. Music has many purposes, i.e. helping you get through hard times (music to relate to), something to simply dance to, stuff that makes you laugh, stuff that makes you cry, and in this case songs which expand your intellectual horizons. On that note, If you want to simply relate, I can see why you don't like this & that's ok; NO SARCASM.
@tonyGjr2 I also like to feed my intellect, but I just can't get behind the whole Cosmology rap this guy does. Personally, and I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I rate Jim Jones and Young Jeezy to be better artists than Cannibus
@darknessavalanche Hey, you like what you like, so I ain't gonna attack you for it. Some will, but I try not to engage in ad hominem attacks. I'm not so ego invested in my argument which espouses that Bis is the greatest that I'd spew venom at you over the net. I'm just glad you took the time to view his vid. Long live Rip the Jacker!
@darknessavalanche Hey man, I know you said you ain't down with the cosmology rap but have you listened Canibus's "100 Bars, 2000 B.C., Buckingham Palace, How We Roll, Watch who you beef with or Micnificient." If you'll only listen to one, I think you'd like what you hear; that is, if you haven't heard them already. I suspect you have though, but if not just listen to "100 Bars." No cosmology, I promise; lyrics are complex but not cumbersome.
@tonyGjr2 I'll check them all out, I kinda stayed away from Canibus outside of 2nd round knockout. I love complex lyrics and all though so it should definitely be worth my time
@darknessavalanche I dont mean to bash you but why did you choose Young Jeezy? Perhaps I'm not as familar but I listened to the Song "my president is black" he seems like every other street rapper. Talks about how much money he has and how hard he is. no offense. If I had to choose a rapper in his category I would probably go with T.I. or maybe the Game. I cant get into Jeezy unless I'm working out I suppose
@Sagefrakrobatik I'm not offended, I'm actually more surprised that you questioned Jeezy over Jim Jones. Honestly when I listen to their music, I get inspired to get up and hustle. Not that I condone dealing drugs or gangbanging, but I take hustling to be anything that can better my own life and those around me. I know they also rap about some bullshit too like big rims and hoes, but I think that its fun music within reason.
canibus is definitely talented and has skill more than anyone in the mainstream now a days. But, I don't see any meaning behind his bars. I mean i can understand immortal technique who uses complex words, but bis uses overly complex and his songs aren't getting anywhere. I bet half of the people here who like canibus don't even understand his lyrics. They just get impressed coz he uses big words. So, tell me anyone what's this song all about? Tell me in brief what is he talking about?
he iight but he has no real flow and hes spitting alot. it barley understand wat hes rapping about. like i actually hav to think about it. i'd rather just sit back and chill. it seems like everything he raps about is to deep for anyone without a degree in philosophy to understand. but im not sayin hes bad
wow it's kinda sad in a way that a track like this only has 20,000 views....I guess there aren't many smart people who like to hear lyrics like this. Canibus is so easy to understand, u dont need 2 read the lyrics...!
To this day, this is probably one of (if not THE) illest track of all time. I can't think of a track that makes me think more than this, and there probably never will be. Such a shame he never blew up because the media sided with LL during their beef.
Regardless of what any hater in the comments wants to think, this IS the best written track of all time.
1. The standard issue U.S. primary school ruler is blue.
2. A metric (in mathematics or physics) refers to the distance of a function.
3. KK equations attempt to unify gravitation/electromagnetism.
So he's saying an organic supercomputer (his brain) would resolve the two dimensions (grav/electro - 2 rulers) and when he says blue rulers he's saying it would be simple as they are school equipment.
When it comes to Canibus, the most arrogant explanation is usually correct.
first off let me begin by saying the timing on this video was great, good job to whoever made it.
secondly, this is one of the illest songs I've ever heard. "...translate what i print to film." He's talking about his lyrics would be easier to understand if you were able to see them. I think the same way. This song is all types of ill. Jesus Christ...
canibus is a good rapper, no doubt...but I think sometimes he goes a little overboard with this scientific shit and tries to spit more than he knows...one freestyle he said..'' I can double my density from 360 degrees to 720 instantly''...<< that right there proves that he doesnt know WTF he is talking about...and his flow is all over the place...but he's still pretty dope
Lol at first I didn't see what your were talkin about, I gotcha tho. Lol thats funny, He probably just tries to spit with a high vocab in his freestyles so he can live up to what he writes.
Double density discs(aka dual layer) are done by placin one layer on top of the other. They're perfect circles(albeit flat), and you're playing a circle on top of the other, or two 360 degree surface areas, add the two together and you have 720. That's what he was getting at.... The shit makes sense.
this gives me a chilling on my spine. this is a song that ive been waiting for a rapper like canibus (i was talkin about back in 98) but this song had a well produced beat with lyrics that seemed he was in a mindstate we would never access
@giantpandadude A lot of the scientific references actually make sense to a certain extent. The whole lead up to the "first-time machine inventor will mention me" is there to enforce that point, "Canibus was a visionary indeed he believed light could travel in multiples of C...." In Physics time is considered to slow the faster it goes, anything faster than light would see time stop or possibly reverse. He does a lot of this, his music really isn't for everybody.
@Sagefrakrobatik in einsteins special relativity, speeding up slows time down. as you approach and reach the speed of light, time stops. T=0. hence being able to travel beyond that speed would mean you would go back in time.
@giantpandadude Just because YOU don't understand the context in his lyrics doesn't mean his lyrics are irrational. I suggest you pick up a few books before commenting on a Canibus video
" a wise man sees failure as progress a fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic" true true but i do get why he has very little fans its just that the music he makes isn't for everybody
canibus has been my inspiration for over a decade now, the belief that true hip hop and lyricists r still reppin what's real and relevant 2 da urban youth.
Canibus's vocabulary is obviously greater than ours. He is ahead of his time. And unlike most rappers he's has success the right way. Not going thru bad things in life. He did school, army and whatever other things he has done.
Not trying to bring him down overall, but just to point out, I think he was discharged from the army for pot....or at least, I think I read that somewhere.
@Smokindatganja420 Fails? Lol. Canibus is clear that his goal is not radio play or record sales. And yes they are different. Hip-hop is the same thing as BET and all of the other corporate controlled intruments of media. Anyone who supports "hip-hop," as you define(by purchasing cds, ect.) is just proving that the black community embraces its own struggle and supports the same forces of cultural hegemony being used against them in the US. We are only slaves if we want to be slaves. Peace.
lol what the fuck are you babbling about? I like Sage Francis and Canibus is clearly articulate and intelligent, but they both write lines that don't fit the beats they rhyme to. I can't hip and hop to em, and with their subjects and delivery style, I think of them as closer to slam poetry (to a beat) than "hip hop".
and don't be one of the internet crusaders 'fighting' the NWO, because all you're doing is preaching a conspiracy theory cause on youtube.
@Smokindatganja420 You can alter the sound structure of 'beats' or apply new 'beats' to vocals to make them 'match' in terms of sound structure. Canibus addressed this with PLOO, but this is common knowledge and besides the point. I was simply asking what you meant by fail. Thats it! I believe he has achieved his goal but that is a huge assumption as I do not know canibus on a personal level. You are saying this "failed" in some capacity so i need to understand what you believe his GOAL was.
@young128 i think this youngin128 guy appears everywhere with good rhymes and say pun is the best because hes a fan boy. there is NO best rapper. there is just rappers better than others and rappers not better than others. if this guy expanded his mind on artists to listen to then he wouldnt say it. pun is not the best rapper ever son. hes just really really skilled.
Canibus rhymes good, but its random shit. Listen to Big Puns first album Capital Punishment, or all his albums, hes INF-INI-TE times MORE LYRICAL MORE CLEVER MORE COMPLEX MORE UNIQUE MORE PERFECT AND OVERALL BETTER than Canibus, Eminem, Biggie, Nas, Big L, and every other rapper in history PUT TOGETHER!! He rhymes stuff u wud never think rhymes, he makes sense all the time, he has the most advanced, clever, wordplay ever and the slickest quickest sickest hardest most mindblowing flow of all time
Big Pun was lyrically a legend, but his biggest dream was to collab with Canibus, which he had an oppertunity to due. Canibus is way ahead of current hip stage.
@thomas9504 Im just say this: Fat joe said that Pun waited for Can for like 12 sessions and Can only appeared in 1-2. THat alone shows how scared Can was to go toe to toe with pun lyrically, and get his crown down.
@young128 also not insulting you but u might not understand the full meaning NEITHER OF US ONLY THE ONE WHO WRIGHTS THE RYHME HAS FULL UNDERSTANDING CUZ THEY MADE IT U FEEL ME
@young128 Big Pun is not better than Canibus Lyrically. But on flow yeah. You and he's not the best of all time either. No one is really the best. And Better then Biggie. Umm Biggie and Eminem, and Big L are one of Hip-Hop's best freestylers. Show me a freestyle better then Biggie and Eminem and Big L, plus Cassidy, and Canibus. Canibus is so lyrically skillful. He went thru College which probably expanded his vocab greater and the army. I believe Pun was ''One of the best'' but not (The Best)
@young128 And I aint really tryna start nothing my nigga. So no disrespect alright. I just dont like it when people be bragging about someone and over exaggerate on what they be saying about a certain person. Alright dawg. This can be a good debate. Overall my nigga EVERY artist has their flaws. Trust me!
@young128 The thing is!!! Cause YOU say that Big Pun is the greatest doesn't necessarily make it true. Big Pun was nice and R.I.P. But i stick with Canibus and that random shit he mentions is not so random when you fully understand every content he mentions.
@young128 Is that even advertising the rapper or your ego? Random crap? No those are called metaphors and other grammatical techniques, also you think Eminem is a good rapper? Okay. Well I think it's sad that your comment got voted up, it shows a collective ball of misunderstanding, "He rhymes stuff u wud never think rhymes, he makes sense all the time" I really don't know what that is meant to mean.
Yeah he definately fell off. I let relapse pass because it was an ass album, I let that slide cuz it was his first one since his return, and then Recovery came out, he did better than relapse but it he could've done alot better. And now he is doing is hoping on whack ass songs spittin basic shit. The only think I like that he did in a while was to that drake song over.
@young128 i dont understand where ugot all these thumbs up from cuz u obviously dont understand canibus if u sed that shit dont make sense. I was almost finished writin an intelligent reason y that statement is bullshit but i decided 2 go the other route and jus call u a big cunt whos stuck ridin big fat lard cock. Pun nasty no doubt but... never mind ill just let u live in ur fantasy world. U obviously a punhead not a tru hip hop head or lyrical (not liquor) connoisseur. GET KNOWLEDGED KNUCKA.
@young128 It IS evident that this piece is compromised of a bunch of battle material glued together with some additional "new" stuff. This is still a VERY nice piece though and I think it is pretty hard to beat some of the word play going on in this tune.
@young128 Big Pun was good but your mind can't be compared to Canibus thats why you don't understand what he says. Cause its not random and Big Pun wasn't the best your on his nuts He's not better than ever rapper put together your over exageratting. He is a legend and I like Big Pun I'm Boricua all the way. But if he's not really mentioned no more Canibus is ahead of his time. Apparently you can tell that his vocabulary is very GREAT! Big Pun is incomparable to Canibus, if so prove me otherwise
@Phresh95 Ofc. Big Pun shits on Canibus, lol. Listen to Dream Shaterer, listen to Capital Punishment and see if Can ever did something sensefull and complx like that
@young128 Yeah Canibus is more complex than those songs. Like Spartibus, Livitibus, Channel Zero, Curriculum 101, The Art of Rhyming, Army Freestyle, Poet Laureate. OMG yo, these songs have lyrics out of this world. Especially Curriculum 101, and Spartibus. Like I said, all these songs I mentioned are very very lyrical and make sense. Depends how you hear his lyrics.
good now apply your brilliant lyric writting to real fuckin music that doesnt just have you talking shit and playing a track in the background in a constant fuckin loop
@nikka972 Well what the fuck do you think music is? talking about bullshit with a bunch of fuckin brass trumpets and clicks fuckin playing behind you?
@AveragelifeofKai First of all, Katt Williams is funny no matter who you are, and he gets PLENTY of whites at his shows. Second of all, I love how you try to paint me as one type of person based off of what, a quick look at my profile? Since you appear to be so interested in my life as to look at my profile, then I should just tell you flat out I am a lover of all types of music, all types of comedy, all types of everything as long as their of quality. I don't just like "black peoples stuff."
@bigbaltimore08 Black stuff= Mainly black people/mainly appreciated by black people. White stuff= mainly by white people/appreciated by white people...Understandable? I could understand a Bill Cosby favorited here or there but a whole library of black shit?? Where's your inner white man? Don't you listen to fuckin Elvis or fuckin...wow I jst noticed how black music is now a days...maybe i shouldnt blame u there's only black shit to listen to...maybe thats y i only listen to oldies and shit..
I would say don't judge a book by it's cover, but you apparently don't like to read anyway (yes, turnabout is fair play). I don't believe there is such a thing as "black people stuff," or "white people stuff," because people clearly cannot be painted into these stereotypes that seem to be stuck in your mind. Third of all, I'm defiantly NOT a "wannabe." I'm my own person and damn proud of it. What you need to do is grow the fuck up and stop overgeneralizing, as It clearly makes u sound ignorant.
@bigbaltimore08 Ok if you're a lover of all types of music, how come when you jumped on youtube some light went off in your head and you said, "Shit man I should put some Eminem and fuckin Katt Williams on here." Not one smidge of white dude...
There is so much ignorance draped all over each of ur comments that it's quite honestly hard for 1 man 2 fully tolerate, but I will attempt. A brief history lesson for you: Elvis IS "black" music trapped in a white mans body. In the 50's and 60's all the whites (namely teenage female whites) had a dire craving to listen to black mans music, however, the parents of all these teens despised this craving due to their racist nature, so they inherently attempted to ban their children from listening.
Solution: have a white man (Elvis) come in and literally steal everything that the black men created, including all the songs, mannerisms, and yes, even the dance moves. Next point: I'm sure you didn't know this as not many do (even the hardcore Hip-Hop heads) but more white listen to and buy rap music then blacks. So technically, I'm embracing my "inner white" more then I'm supporting "black stuff." Next point: I honestly have no recollection of putting 2 of my 3 videos on my favorite list.
Even then though, three videos hardly consists of a library of black stuff, no? The 1 video I intentionally put on there was for a school project where I was required 2 find some stereotypical "gangsta" music. Last point: you and I, through no fault of your own so don't try 2 misconstrue this as an insult, clearly have different opinions on what qualifies as good music. U clearly only care about the instrumentals that go along with the music, whereas I only really care about the lyrical content.
The "clicks and clacks" and such are only there to add flavor to the particular song. The real meat of the song is what the artist is really saying, what point is he/she trying to make, and how skillfully can they display there vocal talents to the listener.
Oh and btw, I listen to Queen, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, White/Rob Zombie (I recommend for a fellow horror movie fan, although again I must mention that you would have to like the lyrics as the instrumentals wouldn't appear to be your style) Korn, Altar Bridge, and as you can tell, a variety of Hip-Hop music.
@VenVile Oh, i thought it was "You still don't have skills to eat a niggas ass like me". I know i'm not the only one who finds that bar incredibly gay.
THIS IS NOT A FUCKING FREESTYLE.
bigtoe566 3 days ago
His word-play is fucking insane. This is the longest freestyle ever.
52Devil 3 weeks ago
vocabulary much?
eggeater24 1 month ago
Better then road head.
Lynguistical 1 month ago
anyone who doesnt appreciate what this man does is a damn fool.
DJJS1 1 month ago
G.O.A.T period.. R.I.P to all the legends before him and even after. but please give credit where need be
LegalizeItCompletely 2 months ago
this is so sick!!
MrDesolution 2 months ago
"A wise man sees failure as progress, a fool divorces his knowledge, misses the logic and loses his soul in the process."
CaptainMacManus 3 months ago 3
im trying to memorise this lol
TgunslingerT 3 months ago
Best lyricist of all time.
dmoney668 4 months ago
Definitely one of the best lyricist's ever substance is crazy
joeyboy178 4 months ago
to put it plainly... DAYUM.
baseballfan1234100 4 months ago
/watch?v=mNjE7dVzrN4
djyohansoloschannel 4 months ago
IMO, Rip The Jacker and Mic Curriculum were Bus's best albums. I didn't care much for C of Tranquility and Melatonin Magik had two good songs. But, Canibus is still in my Top 5 Rappers Ever. This might be the greatest rap song of all time.
Eziokilla9595 5 months ago
I agree with the folks who say that this is the best rap ever...
jjcale1111 5 months ago
Mainstream American is flash over substance. An average rap listener these days would not give this masterpiece the time of day. This has to be one of the most amazing tracks I have ever heard. This is a vivid display of an intellectual rapper. Easily in my top 5 favorite rap songs of all time. Ima be a promoter...I would advise yall to go check Canibus's "Lyrical Law" Cd.
KizaSoze25 5 months ago
@KizaSoze25 A wise man once said "Lyricism and wisdom got overshadowed by the singin' and blingin'"
robinhorulz56 4 months ago 2
LL must have viewed this video 4 times.
jasonito23 5 months ago
Fuck man even with the writing on the screen it's hard to keep up with his lyrics
M99Z 6 months ago
lol he is so CRZY COOL !
bhkoz 6 months ago
yes!! 30 seconds down!! xD
zwiggyfan1 7 months ago
@mptech809 "I'll battle u on the net. I'll battle u in the flesh. I'll battle you over the phone. U can call me collect. I'll battle u 4 the respect. I'll battle u over a blank check. I'll battle u w/ a gun 2 my neck" (Canibus, I Speak in Frequencies). Bis has indeed put MCs on notice, but they know fucking w/ him is a poison pill they can't swallow. & after comparing him 2 other MCs, It's apparent why he said "You [MCs] don't impress me & no 1 can test me" (Beast from the East).
tonyGjr2 7 months ago
BEAST
PurpNOrange 7 months ago
I JUST SHIT MYSELF
KaneCashDawg 8 months ago 2
Absolutely unreal. Every time i come back to listen to Canibus he blows my mind like the first time i heard him.
FractalZero 8 months ago 8
lyrics cant be touched yo
dcorn34 8 months ago
this song actually scared me im gunna go cry now
xMxYxSxTxIxKxAxLx 8 months ago
These folks be saying Canibus is whack, just jealous they can't understand what he's saying. Poet Laurete really does show off his style excellently. It's verbose, but needfully so, better to have precision than to have a wider fanbase and dilute the messages.
Equ1n0xbox 8 months ago
The 2 bars were referencing the beef he had with LL Cool J in the past. Canibus is really talented and I truly believe he is the best rapper in the world but over those 2 bars it cost him his lifetime career.. damn.
gamefreaknsis 8 months ago
@mptech809 Exactly. Everything makes sense to me, and this song is COMPLETELY mind blowing.. I am in awe of his lyrics
C00lblkatheist 9 months ago
"with 2 bars i kept hearing in my head over and over again it cost me everything" what does he mean by that? was the something he said that caused him embarassment?
3FlipNik1337 9 months ago
@3FlipNik1337 he's referring to his beef with LL cool J in the late nineties...where he mentioned borrowing LL's mic off his arm... ( i think )
Oreillyisthebest 9 months ago
@Oreillyisthebest oh alright thx, i was kinda curious what the the 2 bars were but that still helps.
3FlipNik1337 9 months ago
As a sidenote, the voice at the beginning and end is James Dickey who actually was Poet Laurette for a while.
KeyboardRambo 9 months ago
Canibus is cool but his songs dont really go anywhere. He just has a lot of disjointed raps that sound incredible but dont really make any sense when they are put together. Its like painting all the minor details of a painting perfectly without making the bits relation to each other coherent so you end up with a jumbled mess of perfect tid bits.
GoSU4u1 9 months ago
@GoSU4u1 Songs by Bis that go somewhere: Doomsday, Lost @ C, The C-Quel, Dragon of Judah, Kriminal Kindness, Fratenity of the Impoverished, What's Going On, Channel Zero (Grand Deception), How We Roll, Bus 'em Punish 'em, Melatonin Magik, Buckingham Palace, Patriots, I Honor U, Hypenitis, Horsementality, 100 Bars. Now some of them aren't heavy on substance, but those are definitely not disjointed raps. You've definitely only listening to his more abstract tracks. SMH.
tonyGjr2 8 months ago
@GoSU4u1 He's not just spittin a poem, there's much more involved. There's much more pieces of the puzzle for you to solve...
hiphoprabbithole 5 months ago
canibus is like a scientist, philosopher, etc.. rapping.
LT2AD 9 months ago
alot'a cats sleep'in own this one.
jdr347 9 months ago
I stopped listening to Canibus. He can still rhyme like crazy, but his song structures puzzle me. Rhyming for 7 min. is cool for one track on an album, but dude makes whole songs with none stop rapping & I get sick of listening after a while. If Canibus really knew how to craft songs, he would have never went underground..
zillzultraboy 9 months ago
and eminem trys to diss on possibly the greatist rymer props to canibus and real rap save rap because 99 percent of the shit out now is not rap i dont even know what to call it anymore
verbalvomit1 10 months ago
@verbalvomit1 He can rap but can you legitimately relate to anything he says?
darknessavalanche 10 months ago
@darknessavalanche I like things which feeds my intellect; not so much things that I can relate to. Having said that, I don't discount the need to relate. Music has many purposes, i.e. helping you get through hard times (music to relate to), something to simply dance to, stuff that makes you laugh, stuff that makes you cry, and in this case songs which expand your intellectual horizons. On that note, If you want to simply relate, I can see why you don't like this & that's ok; NO SARCASM.
tonyGjr2 10 months ago
@tonyGjr2 I also like to feed my intellect, but I just can't get behind the whole Cosmology rap this guy does. Personally, and I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I rate Jim Jones and Young Jeezy to be better artists than Cannibus
darknessavalanche 10 months ago
@darknessavalanche Hey, you like what you like, so I ain't gonna attack you for it. Some will, but I try not to engage in ad hominem attacks. I'm not so ego invested in my argument which espouses that Bis is the greatest that I'd spew venom at you over the net. I'm just glad you took the time to view his vid. Long live Rip the Jacker!
tonyGjr2 10 months ago 2
@tonyGjr2 Much respect homie, I just enjoy talking about hip hop period and listening to different shit
darknessavalanche 10 months ago
@darknessavalanche Hey man, I know you said you ain't down with the cosmology rap but have you listened Canibus's "100 Bars, 2000 B.C., Buckingham Palace, How We Roll, Watch who you beef with or Micnificient." If you'll only listen to one, I think you'd like what you hear; that is, if you haven't heard them already. I suspect you have though, but if not just listen to "100 Bars." No cosmology, I promise; lyrics are complex but not cumbersome.
tonyGjr2 10 months ago
@tonyGjr2 I'll check them all out, I kinda stayed away from Canibus outside of 2nd round knockout. I love complex lyrics and all though so it should definitely be worth my time
darknessavalanche 10 months ago
@darknessavalanche It's good. You don't have to make any promise.
tonyGjr2 10 months ago
@darknessavalanche I dont mean to bash you but why did you choose Young Jeezy? Perhaps I'm not as familar but I listened to the Song "my president is black" he seems like every other street rapper. Talks about how much money he has and how hard he is. no offense. If I had to choose a rapper in his category I would probably go with T.I. or maybe the Game. I cant get into Jeezy unless I'm working out I suppose
Sagefrakrobatik 10 months ago
@Sagefrakrobatik I'm not offended, I'm actually more surprised that you questioned Jeezy over Jim Jones. Honestly when I listen to their music, I get inspired to get up and hustle. Not that I condone dealing drugs or gangbanging, but I take hustling to be anything that can better my own life and those around me. I know they also rap about some bullshit too like big rims and hoes, but I think that its fun music within reason.
darknessavalanche 10 months ago
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canibus is definitely talented and has skill more than anyone in the mainstream now a days. But, I don't see any meaning behind his bars. I mean i can understand immortal technique who uses complex words, but bis uses overly complex and his songs aren't getting anywhere. I bet half of the people here who like canibus don't even understand his lyrics. They just get impressed coz he uses big words. So, tell me anyone what's this song all about? Tell me in brief what is he talking about?
yuvidon007 10 months ago
And before anyone whinges that I said dimensions not forces, I know.
I was being specific to the fact KK geometry views them as LENGTHS on x-y.
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MrHowToDoIt 10 months ago
Lyrical masterpiece
mvpbrodie93 10 months ago
he iight but he has no real flow and hes spitting alot. it barley understand wat hes rapping about. like i actually hav to think about it. i'd rather just sit back and chill. it seems like everything he raps about is to deep for anyone without a degree in philosophy to understand. but im not sayin hes bad
jamane60 10 months ago
@jamane60 its not a track to get high to...that's what you're trying to say, i think
Oreillyisthebest 10 months ago
he iight. he has no real flow and i bet theres mad spit on the mic cuz thts all i really hear
jamane60 10 months ago
wow it's kinda sad in a way that a track like this only has 20,000 views....I guess there aren't many smart people who like to hear lyrics like this. Canibus is so easy to understand, u dont need 2 read the lyrics...!
blockow11 11 months ago
To this day, this is probably one of (if not THE) illest track of all time. I can't think of a track that makes me think more than this, and there probably never will be. Such a shame he never blew up because the media sided with LL during their beef.
Regardless of what any hater in the comments wants to think, this IS the best written track of all time.
Dilapodated 11 months ago
@Dilapodated Lyrical Law comes out soon go cop it!! Support for Canibus!!!
kublaikhan1215 10 months ago
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MrHowToDoIt 10 months ago
What does he mean by two blue metric rulers?
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MrHowToDoIt 10 months ago
@Sagefrakrobatik
1. The standard issue U.S. primary school ruler is blue.
2. A metric (in mathematics or physics) refers to the distance of a function.
3. KK equations attempt to unify gravitation/electromagnetism.
So he's saying an organic supercomputer (his brain) would resolve the two dimensions (grav/electro - 2 rulers) and when he says blue rulers he's saying it would be simple as they are school equipment.
When it comes to Canibus, the most arrogant explanation is usually correct.
MrHowToDoIt 10 months ago 18
@MrHowToDoIt yup...nice job
Oreillyisthebest 10 months ago
@MrHowToDoIt Man, you got some intellect there. Yet another reason why I listen to Bis. Even his fans will challenge you intellectually.
tonyGjr2 10 months ago
first off let me begin by saying the timing on this video was great, good job to whoever made it.
secondly, this is one of the illest songs I've ever heard. "...translate what i print to film." He's talking about his lyrics would be easier to understand if you were able to see them. I think the same way. This song is all types of ill. Jesus Christ...
JosephO75 11 months ago
why is the ripper so ill? if i tell ya i would have to kill yaaa!!
SuperFilthiest 11 months ago
2:10 - 4:43
FUCKING AWESOME!
burgersnsoap 11 months ago
@burgersnsoap
Thats what I say, its the best part of the song and its the best beat
0194D 11 months ago
i think i just had a brain freeeze!!!!! 5*
DIZY1SD 1 year ago
Canibus is sicker than child porn.
MyEpicsArentReal 1 year ago 3
"Today is what it is , but only because yesterday was what it was."
One of my favorite quotes of ALL TIME.
PKaisala 1 year ago
Eminem made 2 YOUTUBE accounts.
neb583 1 year ago
eminem and ll cool j both disliked this, i am an eminem fan but canibus is better
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paintball2591 1 year ago
@paintball2591 Eminem and Canibus had a beef, didn't you know? listen to 'Can-I-Bitch' by Eminem. It is a diss towards Canibus.
Gezim911 1 year ago
Canibus rips the industry HARD in the last verse, basically sums hip-hop up in 10 lines.
And the Moore's Law reference... incredible!
"No one goes to the book store ever since the confluence of Moore's Law."
PanhandlingMisery 1 year ago
When Bis retires, hiphop dies, period!
yusuf1608 1 year ago
Lol " You didn't go to college, I can tell by your ungodly unintelligible terminology"
0194D 1 year ago
canibus is a good rapper, no doubt...but I think sometimes he goes a little overboard with this scientific shit and tries to spit more than he knows...one freestyle he said..'' I can double my density from 360 degrees to 720 instantly''...<< that right there proves that he doesnt know WTF he is talking about...and his flow is all over the place...but he's still pretty dope
immortalvillian23 1 year ago
@immortalvillian23
Lol at first I didn't see what your were talkin about, I gotcha tho. Lol thats funny, He probably just tries to spit with a high vocab in his freestyles so he can live up to what he writes.
0194D 1 year ago
@immortalvillian23
Actually, man...
Double density discs(aka dual layer) are done by placin one layer on top of the other. They're perfect circles(albeit flat), and you're playing a circle on top of the other, or two 360 degree surface areas, add the two together and you have 720. That's what he was getting at.... The shit makes sense.
Dilapodated 11 months ago
this gives me a chilling on my spine. this is a song that ive been waiting for a rapper like canibus (i was talkin about back in 98) but this song had a well produced beat with lyrics that seemed he was in a mindstate we would never access
hugldkrikdsn 1 year ago
god damn, beat homicide
netskot 1 year ago
This isn't putting ur heart on paper and it makes little sense to wat he's saying exept for some cool lines the rest is bullshit
giantpandadude 1 year ago
@giantpandadude, his references are above your comprehension and intellect. Learn or go introverted and then you'll understand.
DeuceisLegit 1 year ago
@giantpandadude A lot of the scientific references actually make sense to a certain extent. The whole lead up to the "first-time machine inventor will mention me" is there to enforce that point, "Canibus was a visionary indeed he believed light could travel in multiples of C...." In Physics time is considered to slow the faster it goes, anything faster than light would see time stop or possibly reverse. He does a lot of this, his music really isn't for everybody.
Reeferal 1 year ago 43
@Reeferal What do you mean "His music really isn't for everybody"
wizardtamer 1 year ago
@Reeferal But what does he mean by "Multiples of C's"
Sagefrakrobatik 11 months ago
@Sagefrakrobatik in einsteins special relativity, speeding up slows time down. as you approach and reach the speed of light, time stops. T=0. hence being able to travel beyond that speed would mean you would go back in time.
DILOWASERE 11 months ago
@DILOWASERE ahhhhh THANKS iT MAKES a little more sense now
Sagefrakrobatik 11 months ago
@Sagefrakrobatik In reference to Einstein's "E equals m c-squared" equation, E is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light in a vacuum.
newkidd2k3 11 months ago
@giantpandadude Just because YOU don't understand the context in his lyrics doesn't mean his lyrics are irrational. I suggest you pick up a few books before commenting on a Canibus video
JLuvs0fficial 1 year ago
thank you very good work ...
dedserious93 1 year ago
" a wise man sees failure as progress a fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic" true true but i do get why he has very little fans its just that the music he makes isn't for everybody
CrazyClarksoN 1 year ago
THIS IS REAL ART
TrekaXxx 1 year ago 2
canibus has been my inspiration for over a decade now, the belief that true hip hop and lyricists r still reppin what's real and relevant 2 da urban youth.
Sumo357 1 year ago 2
To simply say Canibus is great is breathtakingly insufficient. Canibus' lyrical poetry defines artistic genius.
MPreston211 1 year ago
GOD I LOVE CANIBUS!!!
skillaphill 1 year ago
Canibus's vocabulary is obviously greater than ours. He is ahead of his time. And unlike most rappers he's has success the right way. Not going thru bad things in life. He did school, army and whatever other things he has done.
Phresh95 1 year ago
@Phresh95
Not trying to bring him down overall, but just to point out, I think he was discharged from the army for pot....or at least, I think I read that somewhere.
silversquall 1 year ago
@silversquall yeah thats what i herd aswell he got kciked out for possesion of weed, im not 100% sure if its true or not, but smoke weed eh daY!
xMatinho 1 year ago
honestly, this fails for the same reason Sage Francis and co fail:
free verse slam poetry isn't hip hop. It's not very dissimilar, but it ain't the same thang
Smokindatganja420 1 year ago
@Smokindatganja420 Fails? Lol. Canibus is clear that his goal is not radio play or record sales. And yes they are different. Hip-hop is the same thing as BET and all of the other corporate controlled intruments of media. Anyone who supports "hip-hop," as you define(by purchasing cds, ect.) is just proving that the black community embraces its own struggle and supports the same forces of cultural hegemony being used against them in the US. We are only slaves if we want to be slaves. Peace.
txl301md 1 year ago
@txl301md
lol what the fuck are you babbling about? I like Sage Francis and Canibus is clearly articulate and intelligent, but they both write lines that don't fit the beats they rhyme to. I can't hip and hop to em, and with their subjects and delivery style, I think of them as closer to slam poetry (to a beat) than "hip hop".
and don't be one of the internet crusaders 'fighting' the NWO, because all you're doing is preaching a conspiracy theory cause on youtube.
Smokindatganja420 1 year ago
@Smokindatganja420 You can alter the sound structure of 'beats' or apply new 'beats' to vocals to make them 'match' in terms of sound structure. Canibus addressed this with PLOO, but this is common knowledge and besides the point. I was simply asking what you meant by fail. Thats it! I believe he has achieved his goal but that is a huge assumption as I do not know canibus on a personal level. You are saying this "failed" in some capacity so i need to understand what you believe his GOAL was.
txl301md 1 year ago
GREATEST RHYME EVER PUT ON PAPER.
Chrisruleshughes 1 year ago
raw as fuck
raekwonthechef100 1 year ago
I heard that brotha got an F but he deserved and A
dofriesgowiththat 1 year ago
they need to shoot a video for this.. then it'd be OFFICIAL.
AYVEElol 1 year ago
@young128 i think this youngin128 guy appears everywhere with good rhymes and say pun is the best because hes a fan boy. there is NO best rapper. there is just rappers better than others and rappers not better than others. if this guy expanded his mind on artists to listen to then he wouldnt say it. pun is not the best rapper ever son. hes just really really skilled.
1stnaruto 1 year ago
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Canibus rhymes good, but its random shit. Listen to Big Puns first album Capital Punishment, or all his albums, hes INF-INI-TE times MORE LYRICAL MORE CLEVER MORE COMPLEX MORE UNIQUE MORE PERFECT AND OVERALL BETTER than Canibus, Eminem, Biggie, Nas, Big L, and every other rapper in history PUT TOGETHER!! He rhymes stuff u wud never think rhymes, he makes sense all the time, he has the most advanced, clever, wordplay ever and the slickest quickest sickest hardest most mindblowing flow of all time
young128 1 year ago 25
@young128
Big Pun was lyrically a legend, but his biggest dream was to collab with Canibus, which he had an oppertunity to due. Canibus is way ahead of current hip stage.
thomas9504 1 year ago
@thomas9504 Im just say this: Fat joe said that Pun waited for Can for like 12 sessions and Can only appeared in 1-2. THat alone shows how scared Can was to go toe to toe with pun lyrically, and get his crown down.
young128 1 year ago
@young128 also not insulting you but u might not understand the full meaning NEITHER OF US ONLY THE ONE WHO WRIGHTS THE RYHME HAS FULL UNDERSTANDING CUZ THEY MADE IT U FEEL ME
47trerock 1 year ago
@young128
Not really random. These are the thoughts and the lessons learned when he looked back at his career at that time.
Dubb06 1 year ago
@young128 Big Pun is not better than Canibus Lyrically. But on flow yeah. You and he's not the best of all time either. No one is really the best. And Better then Biggie. Umm Biggie and Eminem, and Big L are one of Hip-Hop's best freestylers. Show me a freestyle better then Biggie and Eminem and Big L, plus Cassidy, and Canibus. Canibus is so lyrically skillful. He went thru College which probably expanded his vocab greater and the army. I believe Pun was ''One of the best'' but not (The Best)
Phresh95 1 year ago
@young128 And I aint really tryna start nothing my nigga. So no disrespect alright. I just dont like it when people be bragging about someone and over exaggerate on what they be saying about a certain person. Alright dawg. This can be a good debate. Overall my nigga EVERY artist has their flaws. Trust me!
Phresh95 1 year ago
@young128 The thing is!!! Cause YOU say that Big Pun is the greatest doesn't necessarily make it true. Big Pun was nice and R.I.P. But i stick with Canibus and that random shit he mentions is not so random when you fully understand every content he mentions.
geraldo727 1 year ago 3
@young128 Is that even advertising the rapper or your ego? Random crap? No those are called metaphors and other grammatical techniques, also you think Eminem is a good rapper? Okay. Well I think it's sad that your comment got voted up, it shows a collective ball of misunderstanding, "He rhymes stuff u wud never think rhymes, he makes sense all the time" I really don't know what that is meant to mean.
Dod3f 1 year ago 5
@Dod3f wtf?? ...eminem is a good rapper,( or at least he was)
immortalvillian23 1 year ago
@immortalvillian23
Yeah he definately fell off. I let relapse pass because it was an ass album, I let that slide cuz it was his first one since his return, and then Recovery came out, he did better than relapse but it he could've done alot better. And now he is doing is hoping on whack ass songs spittin basic shit. The only think I like that he did in a while was to that drake song over.
0194D 1 year ago
@young128 i dont understand where ugot all these thumbs up from cuz u obviously dont understand canibus if u sed that shit dont make sense. I was almost finished writin an intelligent reason y that statement is bullshit but i decided 2 go the other route and jus call u a big cunt whos stuck ridin big fat lard cock. Pun nasty no doubt but... never mind ill just let u live in ur fantasy world. U obviously a punhead not a tru hip hop head or lyrical (not liquor) connoisseur. GET KNOWLEDGED KNUCKA.
jaganmaster 1 year ago
@young128 It IS evident that this piece is compromised of a bunch of battle material glued together with some additional "new" stuff. This is still a VERY nice piece though and I think it is pretty hard to beat some of the word play going on in this tune.
BelligerentWombat 1 year ago
@young128 Big Pun was good but your mind can't be compared to Canibus thats why you don't understand what he says. Cause its not random and Big Pun wasn't the best your on his nuts He's not better than ever rapper put together your over exageratting. He is a legend and I like Big Pun I'm Boricua all the way. But if he's not really mentioned no more Canibus is ahead of his time. Apparently you can tell that his vocabulary is very GREAT! Big Pun is incomparable to Canibus, if so prove me otherwise
Phresh95 1 year ago
@Phresh95 Ofc. Big Pun shits on Canibus, lol. Listen to Dream Shaterer, listen to Capital Punishment and see if Can ever did something sensefull and complx like that
young128 1 year ago
@young128 Yeah Canibus is more complex than those songs. Like Spartibus, Livitibus, Channel Zero, Curriculum 101, The Art of Rhyming, Army Freestyle, Poet Laureate. OMG yo, these songs have lyrics out of this world. Especially Curriculum 101, and Spartibus. Like I said, all these songs I mentioned are very very lyrical and make sense. Depends how you hear his lyrics.
Phresh95 1 year ago 2
@Phresh95 Im Puerto Rican too. Glad there are Ricans out there that can appreciate hip hop like this :)
Labombadog 1 year ago
good now apply your brilliant lyric writting to real fuckin music that doesnt just have you talking shit and playing a track in the background in a constant fuckin loop
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@AveragelifeofKai what do you consider 'good' music?
nikka972 1 year ago
@nikka972 Music that varies and has a fuckin beat and actual fuckin singing
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@AveragelifeofKai singing? wow just stop right there fag..
nikka972 1 year ago
@nikka972 Well what the fuck do you think music is? talking about bullshit with a bunch of fuckin brass trumpets and clicks fuckin playing behind you?
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
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@AveragelifeofKai go look up the word ignorance AFTER puberty hits then you will understand.
nikka972 1 year ago
@AveragelifeofKai Oh eat a dick. Just because you have a narrow viewpoint on what music is doesn't mean the rest of us do.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 lol judging by your comment and favorited and or uploaded videos, you're black...obviously bias.
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@AveragelifeofKai Nope. Whiter then Casper. But thanks for the racist comment, it really gives me some insight on who I'm talking to.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 haha than ur a wannabe?
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 Dude act your race and quit watching Kat Williams and shit lmao
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@AveragelifeofKai First of all, Katt Williams is funny no matter who you are, and he gets PLENTY of whites at his shows. Second of all, I love how you try to paint me as one type of person based off of what, a quick look at my profile? Since you appear to be so interested in my life as to look at my profile, then I should just tell you flat out I am a lover of all types of music, all types of comedy, all types of everything as long as their of quality. I don't just like "black peoples stuff."
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 Black stuff= Mainly black people/mainly appreciated by black people. White stuff= mainly by white people/appreciated by white people...Understandable? I could understand a Bill Cosby favorited here or there but a whole library of black shit?? Where's your inner white man? Don't you listen to fuckin Elvis or fuckin...wow I jst noticed how black music is now a days...maybe i shouldnt blame u there's only black shit to listen to...maybe thats y i only listen to oldies and shit..
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
I would say don't judge a book by it's cover, but you apparently don't like to read anyway (yes, turnabout is fair play). I don't believe there is such a thing as "black people stuff," or "white people stuff," because people clearly cannot be painted into these stereotypes that seem to be stuck in your mind. Third of all, I'm defiantly NOT a "wannabe." I'm my own person and damn proud of it. What you need to do is grow the fuck up and stop overgeneralizing, as It clearly makes u sound ignorant.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
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AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 Ok if you're a lover of all types of music, how come when you jumped on youtube some light went off in your head and you said, "Shit man I should put some Eminem and fuckin Katt Williams on here." Not one smidge of white dude...
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
@bigbaltimore08 Oh and I listen to Smokey robinson, BB king, Sam cook...all that shit. THAT, I consider music...not clicks n clacks n bullshit.
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
There is so much ignorance draped all over each of ur comments that it's quite honestly hard for 1 man 2 fully tolerate, but I will attempt. A brief history lesson for you: Elvis IS "black" music trapped in a white mans body. In the 50's and 60's all the whites (namely teenage female whites) had a dire craving to listen to black mans music, however, the parents of all these teens despised this craving due to their racist nature, so they inherently attempted to ban their children from listening.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
Solution: have a white man (Elvis) come in and literally steal everything that the black men created, including all the songs, mannerisms, and yes, even the dance moves. Next point: I'm sure you didn't know this as not many do (even the hardcore Hip-Hop heads) but more white listen to and buy rap music then blacks. So technically, I'm embracing my "inner white" more then I'm supporting "black stuff." Next point: I honestly have no recollection of putting 2 of my 3 videos on my favorite list.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
Even then though, three videos hardly consists of a library of black stuff, no? The 1 video I intentionally put on there was for a school project where I was required 2 find some stereotypical "gangsta" music. Last point: you and I, through no fault of your own so don't try 2 misconstrue this as an insult, clearly have different opinions on what qualifies as good music. U clearly only care about the instrumentals that go along with the music, whereas I only really care about the lyrical content.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
The "clicks and clacks" and such are only there to add flavor to the particular song. The real meat of the song is what the artist is really saying, what point is he/she trying to make, and how skillfully can they display there vocal talents to the listener.
bigbaltimore08 1 year ago
Oh and btw, I listen to Queen, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, White/Rob Zombie (I recommend for a fellow horror movie fan, although again I must mention that you would have to like the lyrics as the instrumentals wouldn't appear to be your style) Korn, Altar Bridge, and as you can tell, a variety of Hip-Hop music.
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Oreillyisthebest 1 year ago
@Oreillyisthebest ...You just gave me a response...dumbass.
AveragelifeofKai 1 year ago
did that nigga say properly funded corporations carbon-dated his latest creations to extract the information?
did that nigga say Kept files in his garage, on MS-DOS in a fire-proof pod, we thought it as odd?
Genius
dofriesgowiththat 1 year ago
wow...i mean..i use to think eminem was complex..buut canibus spits fucking crazy brutal.
225740amaury 1 year ago
who's the dumbass that hated this?
Phresh95 1 year ago
@Phresh95 hahahahahahaha for real right??
225740amaury 1 year ago
....beastily
Vanesquick 1 year ago
♥ .
MrMLD72MLD 1 year ago
What two bars was he talking about that banned him from the hip hop hall of fame?
Mynameuhhborat 1 year ago
@Mynameuhhborat
Method, where the Gods at?
Redman, where the squad at?
L, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that!
From his verse on 4, 3, 2, 1 with LL Cool J. That bar is what started the beef.
VenVile 1 year ago
@VenVile Oh, i thought it was "You still don't have skills to eat a niggas ass like me". I know i'm not the only one who finds that bar incredibly gay.
Mynameuhhborat 1 year ago
One Of The Best Rappers/Lyricist Ever.
mrfreshness2008 1 year ago
eminem is just so like *WTF??? after hearing this man.
emceejavi 1 year ago
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WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND DISLIKED THIS...
SkyHyghProductions 1 year ago
The best part of this song is 0.00-07.12
laoluhundeyin 1 year ago 14
@laoluhundeyin Yeah, that's about right.
jarbon5 1 year ago
0:03 - 2:11 and 5:46- 7:12 are the best.
iFloRite 1 year ago
To be a true rapper or a true poet, you first need incredible knowlegde, this man had that without a doubt.
iFloRite 1 year ago
science+rap+insight+knowledge= something beyond just a track
JkAllDayHills 1 year ago