It can be agreed that Canibus knows a thing or two about beef. Take two versions of this song "Watch Who You Beef Wit", from 1999, when Canibus was still in his prime on Universal Records:
This one is the album version, from Canibus's 2000 B.C.. Not bad. This is the most recent version, with lyrics reworked to a beat that is obviously inspired by Dr. Dre's 1999 album, 2001. The dark keys is reminiscent of "The Watcher". The whole vibe of this song is menacing, and takes itself a little too seriously, when compared to the original.
Now this is the original and if you ask me, it's a bonafied classic. You'll find this one on the soundtrack to 1999's White Boys. The liner notes say that it was produced by Canibus himself. If you go to the comments section on YouTube, past the part where I say, "This is the best version of this song. The album version doesn't have shit on this gangsta ass beat.", you'll see see some dumbass complaining about this version being too upbeat. True, this version is noticeably more upbeat. But in my opinion, it does the song much greater justice. It sounds like a leftover track from Dr. Dre's 1993 sessions for The Chronic. "Somethin' I can sit back and roll a fat-ass chronic blunt to." This version, is also very nicely decorated. I love the beeper noises at the beginning before the organs come in, and the crazy echoing screaming sample at the end always has me chuckling a little bit.
In the mythology of hip-hop, Canibus has earned his place in the pantheon. He's never had much commercial success. But he will always have the respect of the true hip-hop heads. Like Van Gogh, he was misunderstood during his time on Earth
But years later, there will be a revival of appreciation for his work.
Me vs. You
Watch out about trying to be like Canibus in some beef; you might end up saying some gay shit like "... you ain't got the skills to eat a nigga's ass like me."
ReplyDeleteYo. By the way, what happened with that DeftJams bitch? I told you that whole scene was whack. Someone riding G-Eazy's whack ass is easily fucking retarded.
::sigh:: I don't know WTF the dude's problem was. I was talking to him about his blog and chillwave music in general. Everything seemed fine till he cuts me off in mid-convo and he's like "dude you need to chill out." He wouldn't explain it any further than that. Maybe I was too loud for him, or dominating the convo too much. Whatever the case, he remained very vague. Anything I tried to say about music or anything from that point he's like "chill out dude." I was like "Okay" and just walked away from the situation.
ReplyDeleteSo I go and start dancing with some girls. Next thing I know I see this dude walking side by side with security pointing at me. "That's him! Kick him out!" I was puzzled, shurgging like "What did I do?" Even the bouncer looked at him when I asked why, cause I wasn't bothering anyone. Dan hesitated, and said "We...had a complaint." Complete horseshit. It was all gravy 5 minutes ago, and he just told me to chill out in the middle of a conversation. The only one bitching and complaining was him.
So I get escorted to the exit, the bar closes my tab, and I'm just standing outside... fucking dumbfounded. This dude didn't even give me proper justification for kicking me out. I had a lot of respect for the dude. I've been running into him at various events around town, and we've been very friendly. I just wanted an explanation. And if he didn't have a good one, I understand that everyone has their fiery asshole moments, so I would give him a chance to make amends.
So I looked up his number on FB, and called him till he picked up. He finally picked up and he's like "Dude I'm sorry. I'm going to have to explain it to you later." I'm like "ok well let me back in then. And he's like "NO! BYE!" and hung up. I sent him a series of text messages after that to try to give a chance to pull himself together and make things right. But he didn't respond. I'll show them to you later.
Maybe he was mad I was getting too much attention. Maybe I was dancing with some hoes he was jocked out on. I don't know what his fucking problem was. We got a lot of mutual friends, I don't know the side of the story he's telling them, but whatever the case, it doesn't matter. The nice guy demeanor is just a front. And his true colors are gonna emerge again. He's just a pretentious prick with a blog and an expensive camera. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm moving on now, and bout to promote this blog 'ritchere, which will be 20x better than his shit.
And for the millionth time Ryan, Eazy does his thing man. He's no Rakim, but he's talented. If he doesn't make Billboard Top Ten, he can fall back on his beatmaking and produce for somebody that will.