Canibus is one of the dopest lyricists in Hip Hop to ever pick up a pen.
He's got mad quotables and an interesting imagination that plays out in his rhymes.
Fvcking Poet Laureate II is amazing to me.
Rip The Jacker is just a disgusting representation of lyricism from beginning to end.
"You didn't goto college obviously I can tell by your ungodly unintelligible terminology" - Canibus
"A wise man sees failure as progress a fool divorces the knowledge and misses the logic and loses his soul in the process, obsessed with nonsense with a charicature that has no content" - Canibus
You can't front on Canibus' ability as a lyricist this dude says some things that are dope as fvck and at times worded so well they blow my mind.
Does he have wack songs ? Subpar production ? OR weak projects ? Yes, a chunk of his discography has those issues but he also has a ton of dope projects or songs that stand alone so well they can at least be respected.
And yes Canibus CAN and DOES OD on talking about how dope he is, it's apart of his entire make up as an artist, dude has to have over 50 tracks all in all talking about how nice he is (actually had a fellow Canibus fan try to deny this sh1t once that didn't fly at all).
His other albums are good to great with some terrible ones I won't even mention.
Can-I-Bus ? Dope !
C of Tranquility ? Dope !
For Whom The Beat Tolls ? Dope !
Melatonin Magik ? Dope !
Lyrical Law ? Dope !
2000 B.C. ? Dope !
Rip The jacker ? Dope !
Mic Club ? Dope !
All dope projects with some excellent lyricism.
Of course it can't all be dope, and he does have tracks that are terrible but
his great stuff? It's some truly great stuff.
Canibus alongside Jay-Z,Nas and other rappers has influenced me a ton and I respect his great pen a great deal, dude is potent as fvck when he gets down to it.