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Canibus

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Real Name:Germaine Williams
Profile:Jamaica born, NY based US rapper. Made his name on the underground freestyle & battle circuits, guesting on Cassette & CD mixtapes by DJ Clue and Ron G in the mid 90's. First spotted guesting on tracks by The Lost Boyz (the infamous "Beasts From The East" classic last verse), Common and LL Cool J. Gained notable exposure due to a fued between himself & LL Cool J, where it was alledged that Canibus insulted the Queens rapper by asking to "borrow" the mic which is a tatto on LL Cool J's arm. Each rapper recorded numerous diss tracks & subliminal messages during this landmark battle. Many people regard this battle as the beginning of the revival of the rap battle/beef era that lasted for 10 more years. Whilst some wuold say that Canibus won that battle, others would say that LL won the war (due to Canibus's near dissapearance from "Gold-selling artist" to the East Coast underground).

Since the battle Canibus has released several albums (some well received, critically, and others not so much) & joined the army to fight in Iraq. Currently still making music.
URLs:http://www.micclub.net
http://www.canibusworld.com
http://www.canibus-central.com
http://www.ripthejacker.net
Aliases:Germaine Williams, Rip The Jacker
Name Variations: All | Canibus | Canibus The Bugdealer | Cannibus
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Releases:
AIDS Is Gold HIV Is Platinum (12", Promo) Interscope Records  
Buckingham Palace (12") Not On Label  
Canibus Special Limited Edition (Vinyl, EP) Not On Label  
Canibust (12") Not On Label  
I'll Bust 'Em -You Punish 'Em (12") Down Low Records  
Niggas We Roll With (12") Not On Label  
Group Home Family (12") Warner Bros. Records 1997
Another One Bites The Dust ('98 Remixes) (12") Haker Records 1998
Another One Bites The Dust ('98 Remixes) (12", Promo) Haker Records 1998
Another One Bites The Dust ('98 Remixes) (12", Promo) DreamWorks Records 1998
Can-I-Bus (CD) Universal Records 1998
Can-I-Bus (CD) Universal Records 1998
Can-I-Bus (2xLP) Universal Records 1998
Can-I-Bus (CD, Album) Universal Records 1998
Get Retarded (12") Universal Records 1998
How Come (12", Sin) Interscope Records 1998
How Come (12", Promo) Interscope Records 1998
I Honor U / Get Retarded (12") Universal Records 1998
Second Round K.O. (12") Universal Records 1998
Second Round K.O. (CD, Maxi) Universal Records 1998
Second Round K.O. (CD, Maxi) Universal Records 1998
Second Round K.O. (12") Universal Records 1998
2000 B.C. (Before Canibus) (CD, Single, Promo) Universal Records 1999
I Honor U (CD, Maxi) Universal Records 1999
2000 B.C (Before Canibus) (12") Universal Records 2000
2000 B.C. (LP) Universal Records 2000
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) (CD) Universal Records 2000
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) (CD, Album) Universal Records 2000
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) LP Sampler (12") Universal Records 2000
2000 B.C. (Remixes) (12") University 2000
Life Liquid / Die Slowly / Abide By (12") Universal Records 2000
Mic-Nificent / Phuk U (12") Universal Records 2000
Mic-Nificent / Phuk U (12", Promo) Universal Records 2000
Watch Who You Beef Wit (12", Promo) Universal Records 2000
"C" True Hollywood Stories (CD) Archives Music 2001
Rip The Jacker (12") Downlow Records 2001
Mic Club: The Curriculum (CD) Mic Club Music 2002
Indibisible / No Return (12") Babygrande 2003
My Name Is Nobody (CD) Mic Club Music 2003
Rip The Jacker (2xLP) Babygrande 2003
Rip The Jacker (CD) Archives Music 2003
Rip The Jacker (CD) Babygrande 2003
Rip The Jacker (CD) CNR Records International 2003
Spartibus (12") Babygrande 2003
Hip Hop For Sale (CD) Babygrande 2005
It's No Other Than (12") Babygrande 2005
Mind Control (CD) Tommy Boy Music, Gladiator Records 2005
For Whom The Beat Tolls (CD, Album) Mic Club Music 2007
Co-production:
Bulworth The Soundtrack (CD, Comp) How Come Interscope Records 1998
Appears On:
I'll Bust 'Em You Punish 'Em (12") Not On Label  
Pure Uncut (12") Not On Label  
The State Vs. Doo Wop (12") Tho'It Up Real Talk Records  
Music Makes Me High (12") Music Makes Me High (L... Universal Records 1996
Music Makes Me High (12") Music Makes Me High (L... MCA Records 1996
Music Makes Me High (CD, Maxi) Music Makes Me High (L... Universal Records 1996
4, 3, 2, 1 (12") 4, 3, 2, 1 (E-Dub Remi... Def Jam Recordings 1997
Father (CD, Maxi) 4, 3, 2, 1 (E-Dub Remi... Def Jam Recordings 1997
Father (12") 4,3,2,1 (E-Dub Remix 4... Def Jam Recordings 1997
Gone Till November (12", Promo) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1997
Gone Till November (12") Gone Till November (Th... Ruffhouse Records 1997
Gone Till November (CD, Maxi) No Airplay Ruffhouse Records 1997
Gone Till November (CD, Single, Promo) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1997
Gone Till November (CD, Maxi) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1997
Gone Till November (CD, Single) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1997
Gone Till November (12") Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1997
Gone Till November / No Airplay (CD, Maxi) Gone Till November (Th... Ruffhouse Records 1997
Love, Peace & Nappiness (CD) Beasts From The East, ... Universal Records 1997
Love, Peace & Nappiness (CD) Beasts From The East, ... Universal Records 1997
Love, Peace & Nappiness (CD) Beasts From The East, ... Universal Records 1997
Love, Peace & Nappiness / Beasts From The East (12") Beasts From The East (... Universal Records 1997
Love, Peace And Nappiness (LP) Beasts From The East, ... Universal Records 1997
One Day It'll All Make Sense (2xLP) Making A Name For Ours... Relativity 1997
One Day It'll All Make Sense (CD) Making A Name For Ours... Relativity 1997
One Day It'll All Make Sense (CD) Making A Name For Ours... Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) 1997
One Day It'll All Make Sense (CD) Making A Name For Ours... Relativity 1997
Phenomenon (2xLP) 4, 3, 2, 1 Def Jam Recordings 1997
Phenomenon (CD) 4,3,2,1 Def Jam Recordings 1997
Phenomenon (CD, Album) 4,3,2,1 Def Jam Recordings 1997
The Album (CD) Desperados Interscope Records 1997
The Album (CD) Desperados Aftermath Entertainment 1997
The Album (2xLP) Desperados Interscope Records 1997
The Album (2xLP) Desperados Aftermath Entertainment 1997
The Album (2xLP, Promo) Desperados Aftermath Entertainment 1997
The Album (CD, Album) Desperados Aftermath Entertainment 1997
The Album Sampler (2xLP, Promo, Smplr) Desperados Sony Music Entertainment (UK), Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 1997
All Night Long (12", Promo) Making A Name For Ours... Epic 1998
Another One Bites The Dust (CD, Maxi) Another One Bites The ... Dreamworks Records 1998
Capital Rize (CD, Maxi) Snakes & Ladders Universal Music (UK) 1998
Chartmix 3 (2xCD) Gone Till November Sony Music Media (Germany) 1998
Ghetto Supastar (CD) Can't Stop The Shining... Ruffhouse Records 1998
Ghetto Supastar (CD, Album + CD, Maxi) Can't Stop The Shining... Ruffhouse Records 1998
Ghetto Supastar (2xLP, Album) Can't Stop The Shining... Ruffhouse Records 1998
Ghetto Supastar (2xLP, Album) Can't Stop The Shining... Ruffhouse Records 1998
Gone Till November (CD, Maxi) Columbia, Columbia 1998
Gone Till November (The Remix) (CD, Maxi) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1998
Gone Till November (The Remix) (12") Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 1998
Hempstead High (LP, Album) Boyz To Men Universal Records 1998
Sony Street Sampler Volume 2 (Cass) Gone Till' November (T... Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 1998
The Flip Squad Allstar DJs (CD, Album) Seriously MCA Records 1998
The Professional (2xLP) Fantastic 4 Roc-A-Fella Records 1998
The Professional (CD) Fantastic 4 Roc-A-Fella Records 1998
The Professional (Cass) Fantastic 4 Roc-A-Fella Records 1998
The Professional (CD) Fantastic Four Def Jam Recordings 1998
Double Face (DJ Kost & DJ Goldfingers) (2xVinyl, Mixed) 4, 3, 2, 1 Polydor 1999
Feel It (12") Indestructible (Album ... H.O.L.A. 1999
Feel It (12", Promo) Indestructible (Album ... H.O.L.A. 1999
Hempstead High (CD, Album) Boyz To Men Universal Records 1999
Hempstead High (CD, Album) Boyz To Men Universal Records 1999
Internal Affairs (CD) Hell Rawkus 1999
Internal Affairs (2xLP) Hell Rawkus 1999
Internal Affairs (CD) Hell Virgin Music (Canada) 1999
It's A Beautiful Thing (CD) Some S**t Jive 1999
It's A Beautiful Thing (CD) Some Shit Jive 1999
It's A Beautiful Thing (2xLP) Some Shit Jive 1999
Ladies & Willies (12", Promo) Motown 1999
The Art Of Storytelling (CD) King Piece In The Ches... Def Jam Recordings 1999
The Art Of Storytelling (2xLP) King Piece In The Ches... Def Jam Recordings 1999
The Art Of Storytelling (CD) King Piece In The Ches... Def Jam Recordings 1999
The Art Of Storytelling (2xLP, Promo) King Piece In The Ches... Def Jam Recordings 1999
This Or That (CD) Canibus Remix, Canibus... Interscope Records 1999
This Or That (2xLP) Canibus Remix, Canibus... Interscope Records 1999
Blak Iz Blak (12") Motown 2000
The Ecleftic (2 Sides II A Book) (Special 2-Disc Edition) (CD, Album + CD, Ltd, Enh) Gone Till November (Th... Columbia 2000
Through The Eyes Of A Don (2xLP, Promo) Ladies & Willies Motown 2000
View From Masada (CD) Bop Your Head MCA Records 2000
View From Masada (CD, Album, Enh) Bop Your Head MCA Records Ltd. 2000
Da Shock (12") Da Shock (Album Versio... Gemtoy Records 2001
Forgotten World (CD) Da Shock Gemtoy Records 2001
Selections From The Album (Clean Versions) (Vinyl, Smplr) State Vs. Kirk Jones Universal Records 2001
[Black Trash] The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones (CD) State Vs Kirk Jones Universal Records 2001
Entends Mes Images (CD, Album) United Fire Nouvelle Donne Music 2003
Freestyle Frenzy (12") SureShot Entertainments 2003
Freestyle Frenzy (12", TP) SureShot Entertainments 2003
Greatest Hits (2xCD) Gone Till November, Go... Sony Urban Music 2003
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) Gone Till November Sony Urban Music 2003
The Horsemen Project (CD, Album, Promo, Ltd) The Horsemen, Shaky Lo... Think Differently Music, Proverbs Music Inc. 2003
Visions Of Gandhi (CD, Album) Tibetan Black Magicians Babygrande 2003
Visions Of Gandhi (2xLP) Tibetan Black Magicians Babygrande 2003
Were Not In Em / Escape To Victory (12") Escape To Victory (Cle... SureShot Entertainments 2003
Who Write The Songs (CD, Maxi, Promo) Lyndania 2003
I Don't Think So / I Wish U Would (12") I Wish U Would (Clean)... Up Above Records 2004
The Sweetest Thing / Gone Till November (12") Gone Till November (Th... Sony Urban Classics 2004
Who Write The Songs (12") Who Write The Songs (M... Lyndania 2004
Chow Time (CD) I'm Not A Game New Front Line Entertainment 2005
Deadlivers (2xLP) Adverserail Theatre Of... Rhymesayers Entertainment 2005
Deadlivers (CD) Adverserail Theatre Of... Rhymesayers Entertainment 2005
Dee Jay / Black 4 (CD, Comp) Gone Till November Elemedia S.P.A. 2005
Les Chemins De La Dignité (CD) Connexion Les Disques MONT REAL Inc. 2005
Presents Vinnie Paz - The Sound And The Fury (CD) Liberal Arts Babygrande 2006
Alien Warfare Vol. 1 (CD, Album) Barbarians Devious Records 2007
Hood Politics V Mixtape (CD, Mix) About That Time Not On Label 2007
One Day It'll All Make Sense (2xLP, RE) Making A Name For Ours... Relativity 2007
The Offering (CD, Album) Inner G Good Hands Records 2007
Bar Exam 2 (File, MP3) Royal Flush Freestyle Not On Label 2008
Da Cameo King (CD, Mix) About That Time St Records 2008
Original S.I.N. (CD, Album) Handle The Heights Babygrande 2008
The Next Step (CD, Album) Amazing Stories, One M... Magnus Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Drugs (Cass, Mixed) Enemies Of The State Not On Label  
The State Vs. Doo Wop (12") Freestyle Real Talk Records  
Volume #38 (Cass, Mixed) Freestyle, Boyz To Men Tape Kingz  
Wake Up Show Freestyles Vol. 7 (2xLP) Freestyle, Freestyle, ... Not On Label  
Wake Up Show Freestyles Vol. 7 (CD) Freestyle, Freestyle, ... Not On Label  
Wopduizm Pt. One (Cass, Mixed) Beasts From The East Tape Kingz  
#55 - Power Cypha II (Cass, Mixed) Freestyle Tape Kingz 1997
#56 - Hotshit (Cass, Mixed) Desperado, Niggaz We R... Tape Kingz 1997
Dedication (Cass, Mixed) 4, 3, 2, 1 (Remix) Not On Label 1997
Rhyme & Reason (2xLP) Uni-4-Orm Priority Records 1997
Rhyme & Reason (12", Smplr, Promo, Ltd, Cle) Uni-4-Orm Priority Records 1997
Rhyme & Reason (CD, Comp) Uni-4-Orm Priority Records 1997
#57 - Wreckin' Shit (Cass, Mixed, RM) 2nd Round K.O. Dope On Tape 1998
60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume III (CD, Album, Mixed) Freestyle Loud Records 1998
60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume III (2xLP, Mixed) Freestyle Over "Ice Cr... Loud Records 1998
60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume III (CD, Mixed) Freestyle Loud Records 1998
60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume III (CD, Mixed, Comp) Freestyle BMG Music Canada 1998
Bullworth - The Soundtrack (2xLP) How Come Interscope Records 1998
Bulworth - The Soundtrack (CD) How Come Interscope Records 1998
Bulworth The Soundtrack (CD, Comp) How Come Interscope Records 1998
Bulworth The Soundtrack (CD) How Come Interscope Records 1998
Desert Storm "98" (Cass, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo) All Hail Canibus Not On Label 1998
First There Waz The Word... (1st Decade) (Cass, Mixed) Freestyle Live @ XXL D... Quiet Force Tapez 1998
Freestyle Allstars - Volume Eleven (12") Part 2, Part 4 Wild Style Records 1998
Lost (3xCD) How We Roll Suave House 1998
The Mixtape Volume III - 60 Minutes Of Funk: The Final Chapter (CD, Mixed, Comp) Freestyle RCA 1998
Can I Live? (Cass, Mixed) Enemy Of The State Not On Label 1999
Office Space (Soundtrack) (CD) Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee Interscope Records 1999
Whiteboys - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) Watch Who You Beef Wid Edel Records (Germany) 1999
Whiteboys - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2xVinyl, Promo) Watch Who You Beef Wid TVT Records 1999
Alien Food (Cass) I'll Bust Out Not On Label 2000
DJ Kitsune (Cass, Mixed) 100 Bars Direkt Aus Dem Kofferraum 2000
Drop The Beat ...Album Sampler (12", Smplr, Promo) 100 Bars Universal Music (Canada), Knee Deep Records 2000
Juice CD Volume 03 (CD) I'll Buss'em U Punish'em Juice Magazin 2000
Needle Addicts Presents... (Cass, Mixed) How We Roll hiphopnews.de 2000
Sachons Dire Non Coffret (3xCD) "Untitled" Diamond Entertainment, Nocturne 2002
Juice CD Volume 34 (CD) Levitibus Juice Magazin 2003
LateNightTales (CD) Who Write The Songs Azuli Records 2003
LateNightTales (3xLP) Who Write The Songs Azuli Records 2003
Maximum Sentence Vol. 1 - Built On Steel Bars (CD, Comp) Blow U In 1/2 Outrageous Records (3) 2003
Rare Shit, Collabos and Freestyles (CD) Liberal Arts Not on label 2003
Skully - Champion Sounds (CD) Escape To Victory DMC 2003
Strictly Hiphop (CD, Promo) No Return CNR Records 2003
Preemptive Hype Vol. 5.5 (CD, Promo) I Wish I Could HipHopSite.com Recordings 2004
Back 2 Basics (CD, Album, Ltd + DVD) I Wish U Would, Himself Bungalo Records 2005
Tales From The Crates (CD, Ltd, Promo) Genibus 800LB Gorillas 2005
Fête Foraine (File, MP3, Mixed) Get Retarded (Acapella) Vulgar 2006
The Most Underrated (CD, Album) All Clap Latchkey Recordings 2007
Streetsoul: The Compilation (CD, Mixed) Magnificentric Free At Last Music 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Channel Zero / Round & Round Remix (12") Channel Zero Not On Label  
Breakdown Megamix 1 (CDr, Comp, Mixed) 4321 Big Brovaz Entertainment 1999

User Reviews:
DJ_Defcon, Nov 02, 2006

Canibus is- hands down- the greatest rapper I have ever heard. To quote him directly, “9 out of 10 of these rap artists is Garbage”. If that were true, Canibus is the one rapper that certainly isn’t garbage. This guy has an incredible flow to his rhymes, and writes lyrics that still maintain the traditional Hip-Hop style while at the same time are very intelligent. His best tracks are “Get Retarded”, a lyrical masterpiece with quality sampling and beats, and “Niggenometry”, which has a popular appeal but still contains thought-provoking words. Canibus has done freestyles with Eminem and collaboration tracks with Papoose and Wyclef Jean. Canibus is incredibly talented and every one of his tracks is worth listening to.

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