Top 10 Canibus Verses of 1997

It was about 10 years ago when Canibus stepped on the scene. In 1997, Canibus spit so many hot bars from mixtapes to other people's album, hip-hop heads couldn't wait for him to drop his own album. He connected with Wyclef and dropped his debut album. Even though, "Can-I- Bus", disappointed some fans, it still was a solid project. Canibus didn't think so and parted ways with Clef and he's never had that same industry buzz since. He's still making albums, spitting hot verses, but none of it has the same energy, hunger, and attention that his verses had in 1997. So here's Street Census' Top 10 Canibus verses of 1997:

10. "Group Home Family - Canibus feat. Mr. Cheeks and Panama P.I. This track was on the "Sprung" Soundtrack, which would have been much hotter if it was just Canibus. But it's a verse with few punchlines.
Hot Line: "My d**k is like planet Earth, everybody's on it"


9. "Uni-4-Orm" - Canibus, Ras Kass, and Heltah Skeltah Apparently, Ras Kass petitioned hard to get Canibus on the track. I think Ras Kass came off better, but Canibus did his thing.
Hot Line: "Look inside the mind of an animal/that'll beat you to death with a bar of soap wrapped in a towel."


8. Canibus Freestyle - Mad Ball & Tab One Mixtape I don't even remember who Mad Ball and Tab one is, but we sure do remember this verse that Canibus spit. He later recycled a few of the lines in the verse in a joint with Common.
Hot Line: "I'm not ready to let any muthf***a eat me/That's why you find little pieces of emcees in my feces weekly"


7. "Boyz 2 Men" - A+ feat. Mr. Cheeks and Canibus I believe this was recorded near the end of 1997, and it's obvious that A+ was trying to bite Canibus' steez. Dang his verse was corny. But Canibus came off as usual.
Hot Line: "Ambushing emcees, jumping out the trees like Vietnamese in fatigues covered with leaves"


6. "4,3,2,1" - LL Cool J feat. Method Man, Redman, Canibus and DMX By the time Canibus did this song, he already killed it on the mixtape scene, which is why LL wanted him for the song. We already know what the outcome was of this collaboration, but Canibus still murdered it, even with a hot verse from Redman.
Hot Line: "Canibus is the type to fight for mics/beating n*ggas to death and beating dead n*ggas to life"


5. "It's Logic (Canibus Freestyle)" - Tony Touch 55 Emcees Mixtape Canibus missed out on Tony Touch's original "50 Emcees" mixtape, but he put it down on this one. It was the highlight of the whole tape... yeah, out of 55 other emcees.
Hot Line: "I ain't scared of none of ya'll, word to Allah/We can go to war with four-fours or swash buckle with swords"


4. "Shout out to Lost Boyz (Canibus Freestyle)" - DJ Clue Lost Boyz Mixtape I believe this was off a promo mixtape promoting the Lost Boyz album, Love Peace and Nappiness. Regardless, Canibus was getting noticed by now.
Hot Line: "If words can kill, a verse of mine would murder a mil/and emcees would be gnashing their teeth burning in hell."


3. "Making a Name For Ourselves" - Common feat. Canibus The legend of Canibus was starting to float around the industry when Common called him to be on this joint. The beat is banging and both Common and Canibus rip it. It's one Common's best songs.
Hot Line: "When the signal was given, emcees get bitten with venom from a poisonous algorithm, liable to kill 'em"


2. "Canibus Freestyle" - DJ Clue Mixtape It was a toss between which verse would be #1, but this performance is definitely one of the best Canibus has ever done.
Hot Line: "You number one? Then I'm negative two/Basically n*gga that means I'm still better than you"


1. "Beasts from the East" - Lost Boyz feat. A+, Redman, and Canibus This track was Canibus coming out party. After he spit that 50 bar verse, everybody was asking, who is this dude? I mean, he even outshined Redman, and that doesn't happen very often.
Hot Line: "I grab mics and push n*ggas to the left/so fast, their hearts end up on the right side of their chests"