@@CCEkeke to braindead mainstream fans sure. not to real hiphop heads. ll has a couple of bars but nothing special. nothing to spark up your brain and let you evolve. unless you're a beta simp wanna do everything for women.
@@deathrager2404 Nah son, true hip hop heads kno that LL is a living legend... go to listen his first 3 albums then came here sayn he got "a couple of bars"
That beef was classic. I have made a summary for that beef. No matter what happens in Hip-Hop, LL Cool J and Canibus will keep their legendary status. It doesn't matter if one pulls out a notepad or the other one is becoming an actor. I prefer both over any of todays artists.
His lyrics are timeless. Every rapper at that time rapped about money, women, cars and gold chains. Out of no where there comes this new kid rapping about science, aliens, dimensions, math and other topics with his super lyrical style. He surprised the whole culture in 98. Canibus outshined everybody on features. He outshined Common, Redman, Nas, Lost Boyz, Rakim (2000), Kool G Rap (2002) and LL Cool J. There are only a few people in Hip-Hop that gave/give Canibus his respect, but I will always respect him.
98 one of the best years in hip hop there was a strong movement that year. Jay-Z dropped Hard Knock Life, Big Pun dropped Capital Punishment, Cam'ron dropped Confessions Of Fire, Noreaga dropped his first solo album N.O.R.E. Redman dropped Doc's Da Name 2000 Method Man dropped Judgement Day Dmx dropped his first two albums in one year Its Dark And Hell Is Hot and his second album Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, Lauryn Hill dropped the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, honorable mentions are Fat Joe album Don Cartagena and Onyx dropped Shut Em Down, Dj Clues album the Professional, Busta Rhymes 3rd album Extinction Level Event
+Marcus Lewis Agree with this to the fullest. 1998 was definitely hip hop's last classic year.. It was also the year hip hop officially went mainstream..
Yeah in my opinion thst was the best era of hip hop/ rap. The quality was through the roof. The artists that came out od that period were the besr because the bar was set so high. You can still listen to some of those canibus freestyles today and still be blown away!
But we never would've heard 2nd Round Knockout! That was how 80s rappers came up. Rappin and street fightin' in auditoriums and block party's. Thats just the way it was back then. No hard feelings, but right now, "Mama said knock you out!" That's the 80s
@@peterblumpkin7454 so youre saying Canibus didnt have the better diss track? A beef between emcees is about bars, not record sales, awards, tv shows, or movie roles. And yes, Canibus did put out a number of dope albums after that beef. Casual commercial rap fans might not, but hip hop heads remember Canibus
I took the "let me borrow that" mic line as a respect gesture, too... LL is the only insecure ego-maniac who took it the other way... Method Man called him out for that, too, in an interview, too...
Jamar Speaks canibus response. "99 percent of my fans ain't nothin' But scumbag, scum buckets, blood suckin', cock fuckers, My lyrics too advanced for the average block hustler
@@F0eH4mm3R Personally, I'd rather make complex shit and have a few fans than make simple pop-rap music for bitches. Canibus probably agrees. Money doesn't matter to everyone.
Many artists were threatened by Canibus and wouldn't give him a chance. His lyricism was on another level. Take a track by Canibus and do a search for the lyrics. Have a good read and see how it is constructed. It is some serious wordplay. Very clever indeed
@@tankroter2951 - nah he didn't lose to LL. That was a rookie that threatened an ego maniac so much he took his lines and then beefed. LL is an arrogant jerk! Simple!
***** Devil's Pie by D'Angelo. Personally I think Canibus would've MURDERED the beat. D'Angelo obviously turned it into a hit, but you can definitely hear Canibus going in on it. Apparently DJ Premier produced the beat for Canibus, showed him and he said, "I don't think you get what kind of vibe I want..." or something like that. So the beat went to D'Angelo instead.
***** I know, right? That beat is sick as fuck. Anyone spitting punchlines over that is gonna sound ill. It's a shame, it's like when Eminem turned down the "Phuk You" track on 2000 B.C. It would've been dope to hear Em and Canibus on that track.
man I wish meth and red were still the forefront of hip hop. I miss the unique voices of the 90s and early 2000's. Both Meth and Red had original flow and style like everyone had in the 90s. Now all these new motherfuckers like desiigner sound alike with the same flow and same type of beats. No originality in mainstream hip hop anymore.
Redman is real! Canibus was, is, and always be the nicest emcee. It’s really refreshing to hear a well respected hip hop artist get Canibus’ back. Dope emcee too, live redman’s catalogue.
You silly a** kids kill me with your juvenile, ignorant assertions of what "being relevant" is supposed to be about. LL didn't need (or have) to strive for relevancy at that time (or even now). He's a hip hop legend! He's ALREADY successful! He wasn't some mad rapper trying to get on! NEWSFLASH: a legendary status renders some childish notion of relevancy irrelevant! It's you new jacks who ALWAYS show yourselves to be the ignorant ones on subject matters such as this, as far as knowing who, and what guys like LL are (and what they mean) to the music and culture! Their success doesn't hing on some dumb a** new generation's approval.
The Lob Mob I'm a grown man. I graduated high school in '93. I'm from the the generation that cultivated, grew, and made hip hop into the cultural phenom/art form, that the world came to love and admire. Only to then watch it be inherited by later/dumb generations, that ran it into the ground, and handed it over to corporate america, just to see it get turned into a bad joke. Which is WHY we're inundated with SO MUCH garbage from it these days....SMH
VERY interesting part of the interview. Always remember Red saying he understood Canibus's side of things. Also great to hear his standpoint on the Def Jam shit.
Canibus explained it LL and he thought L was gonna change his verse too L was like nah nobody knows who he was talking about Canibus jumped out the window and dissed L at show then dropped 2nd round KO as his single and LL jumped in that ass
***** I was a Huge Canibus Fan back in the day. Still think his verses from 98 are better than 75% of todays rappers. I also think he made a lot of bad decisions in his career (Wyclef producing him, Wastin a verse to diss LL in that 98 cypher w Mos Def DMX Pun & them, Terrible Beat selections, never properly releasin a HRSMN Project, The Eminem themed C True Hollywood album, The Bizzarre J.Cole diss, The Notepad etc) lol Sadly I think he burnt a lot of bridges & started 2 rub people the wrong way. I saw a Ras Kass interview recently where he said Can-I's management ruined their relationship smh so my guess would be thats why he isnt in the loop anymore. Still a fan regardless but he was a weird dude but also 1 of THEE ILLEST BAR SPITTERS EVER!! Hopefully he gets back on track. Real Recognize Real! #HipHopSince1989 PS- LL was a Straight Ho 4 the Diss on 4321
Canibus and LL beef was classic. Still to this day, I say Canibus won that shit. LL won overall because he had the fame, popularity, and fans. On straight HIP HOP SHIT, Canibus fuckin murdered him!
super under rated and accurate comment........cause there's no way in Hell LL coulda took what Canibus said the wrong way....and i grew up on LL so i aint hating.
@Cameron Love Another reason they say LL took offense was because, the day they recorded the song, Canibus supposedly asked LL if he wouldn't mind if he got a mic tattoo on his arm as well, and apparently Cool J didn't respond too well to that question or thought canibus would be biting his style if he got the same tat.
LL was insecure and needed to find a way to stay relevant with all those new guys on that track. Canibus destroyed L but L won in the end cause he had back up from the industry. Def Jam got involved and Wyclef turned on Canibus. Politic as always.
LL had reason to be paranoid. MFs had been coming at him for no reason since his first album. KMD did slick shit like having a pic of his Jeep running over a red kangol (LL’s trademark at the time). Ice T was saying slick stuff on records. Russell Simmons and Def Jam persuaded him to lay low. L let that slide b4 and he paid a popularity price. Then he said on I Shotya remix that he said next time Ima name names.
@@Hotshotkas2 for no reason? lmao they came at ll because he is trash. they put him in his place. but ll bosses (the industry) got his back so he couldnt lose. thats sad. ll is trash and always has been. dude litterally has a handfull of hiphop songs, the rest is mainstream/songs for women
Can-I-Bus was absolutely incredible through his intro to hip hop. I have and always will be a Canibus fan because of what he did those first few years. Peace
@@ryublueblanka Agreed, but nowadays he admits it was stupid what he did. He's humbled himself quite a bit. You have to remember hip hop is not some soccer game, you are quite literally threatening people's lives left and right. When I used to battle, sometimes I would wonder if I was going to get punched in the mouth. And I loved hip hop, but I didn't really want to fight either.
I remember this beef, and back then I thought it was so unfortunate, I didn’t think Canibus was attacking LL, and to this day I still think Canibus is one of the best lyrical rappers of all time. LL’s ego showed itself, and I felt LL felt threatened by Canibus.
Um ... No. Total opposite buddy, LL has always been a prima donna and had a ego out this world. There is not an insecure bone in his body. He's an Alpha. That's why he went at Canibus like that on some silly shit. It happens.
Amazing how Canibus was blackballed and his first album was still really great. I bought 2000 B.C. at launch here in nz. and never regretted even though I liked the self titled one more. His style and lyrics can't be touched, loved the funk flex freestyle
and he doesnt smoke backwoods anymore. matter fact, no one should still be smokin rough, grimey as backwoods at this point. too many other better options
Redman #1 M.C. of all time, in my opinion. His wordplay, alliteration, punchlines, all that. Eminem #2, but he studied Redman. Not saying he bit off Redman, but you can definitely see Redmans influence, especially in Eminems early shit.
Dmx... Redman...Method Man.... And LL Cool J.. 4..3...2..1 Was historic... The talent bestowed in that music video is legendary... I'm talking some of The Gods Of Rap...
@@brandonmatthews4934 If he's a bum then what does that makes you? He got more money than you. He also when back to school so tell me how is he a bum? Look in the mirror before you call someone a bum.
This was such an unnecessary beef and L.L. should have not been all in his feelings. Like so what if Meth or DMX or Redman had said something similar instead of Canibus? I highly doubt L.L. would have responded the same way.
LL would've responded the same if Red, Meth or X said it. Let's not forget, LL threw shots at Mike Tyson on The Ripper Strikes Back. Mike Tyson was buggin' out of control back then too, ballsy move on LL's part.
LL didn't know Master P was on the song he didn't find out until the video came out and he was pissed because he never met master p or recorded the song with him .It was the labels idea to put him on the song and they did it without LL permission
One of the most refreshing interviews on this channel for awhile. I always check in now and again but these new artists have no brainpower or anything insightful to talk about.
Master P was definitely the turd in a fresh bottle of Snapple when it comes to that song. But No Limit was huge at that time, it was a marketing decision.
+June Amarillo you got to be from the south or something lol Master p was trash on 4321... "They needed his energy"??? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit .
Redman is one of the BEST! When I was listening to crap in 92 he already had a bomb album and didn’t even know it! He was one of the first to really bring it!!!
"Luv U Better" was like YEARS after "4,3,2,1" though, Redman The funny thing is that LL may get heat for taking a perceived slight and blowing it out of proportion, but y'all give Michael Jordan props for being the same way 🤔🤔
Shogun Rua Jay Z didn’t ruin Def Jam, no one was bumping real hip hop by then. Rick Ross and Young Jeezy were killing it, Disturbing the Peace, the South basically took over but don’t say Jay ruined it because taste changed. I love my east coast hip hop especially underground but by 2006 hip hop was dead as a money maker.
@@mistaefromdtn thank you. Hip-hop changed & the south had taken over. Also, big labels were just starting to die out & in order to stay afloat they needed BIG POP acts i.e Rihanna/Ne-Yo. Jay-Z didn't ruin anything. The music landscape changed.
Yeah, That song came out a full 5 years after 4,3,2,1. But I get what he was saying tho, A lot of ppl thought LL lost it in the 90s and the Canibus beef revamped his career and LL pumped out more a bunch of hits til he fell off again
A Top 5 single verse of all time. So incredible the lost boys allowed bis to spit 50 bars and not cut his verse down when red,cheeks and A+ only spit 16
Shout to Redman for keeping the story real & not immediately taking LL's side like most the industry
Kuz real nigga do and say real shyt...salute to red
redman lost stripes when he said ll is a beast. ll is a bitch. fact
@@deathrager2404 But LL was still a legend even back in 1997.
@@CCEkeke to braindead mainstream fans sure. not to real hiphop heads. ll has a couple of bars but nothing special. nothing to spark up your brain and let you evolve. unless you're a beta simp wanna do everything for women.
@@deathrager2404 Nah son, true hip hop heads kno that LL is a living legend... go to listen his first 3 albums then came here sayn he got "a couple of bars"
Method Man said it best, "He took something out of context and he ran with it"
Best quote
LL sound like he was trying flex on Canibus wanting him to bow down and recognize
@@keitrasanders1398 That too !!
“You heard 2 the break a dawn”- Meth
LL can be a sensitive bitch
That beef was classic. I have made a summary for that beef. No matter what happens in Hip-Hop, LL Cool J and Canibus will keep their legendary status. It doesn't matter if one pulls out a notepad or the other one is becoming an actor. I prefer both over any of todays artists.
Canibus has no legendary status dude couldn't pick a beat to save his life
His lyrics are timeless. Every rapper at that time rapped about money, women, cars and gold chains. Out of no where there comes this new kid rapping about science, aliens, dimensions, math and other topics with his super lyrical style. He surprised the whole culture in 98. Canibus outshined everybody on features. He outshined Common, Redman, Nas, Lost Boyz, Rakim (2000), Kool G Rap (2002) and LL Cool J. There are only a few people in Hip-Hop that gave/give Canibus his respect, but I will always respect him.
+Hip-Hop Universe Canibus was literally a lyrical MONSTER from 96-99
"I stand firm, my words burn thru your exterior. They eat away at your interior I'm superior!" Canibus could chew someone in a battle no doubt
+Terrence Breckenridge last time I seen Canibus in a battle he pulled out a notepad
98 one of the best years in hip hop there was a strong movement that year. Jay-Z dropped Hard Knock Life, Big Pun dropped Capital Punishment, Cam'ron dropped Confessions Of Fire, Noreaga dropped his first solo album N.O.R.E. Redman dropped Doc's Da Name 2000 Method Man dropped Judgement Day Dmx dropped his first two albums in one year Its Dark And Hell Is Hot and his second album Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, Lauryn Hill dropped the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, honorable mentions are Fat Joe album Don Cartagena and Onyx dropped Shut Em Down, Dj Clues album the Professional, Busta Rhymes 3rd album Extinction Level Event
+Marcus Lewis Agree with this to the fullest. 1998 was definitely hip hop's last classic year.. It was also the year hip hop officially went mainstream..
For anybody who tried to view the HIP HOP video and saw that it had been blocked, it is now back up.
Can't forget about all the Clue Mixtapes.
Yeah in my opinion thst was the best era of hip hop/ rap. The quality was through the roof. The artists that came out od that period were the besr because the bar was set so high. You can still listen to some of those canibus freestyles today and still be blown away!
das efx
I always thought LL was wrong for takin Canibus' verse as a diss, I took it the same way Red explained it.
Facts me too
Word.
But we never would've heard 2nd Round Knockout! That was how 80s rappers came up. Rappin and street fightin' in auditoriums and block party's. Thats just the way it was back then. No hard feelings, but right now, "Mama said knock you out!" That's the 80s
That shit was genius Mad science shit
Me too.
Canibus has still said some of the best punchlines I've ever heard!
Big l?
COD4LIFE canibus won that battle
I feel like Canibus won the battle wasn't even close
@@CleanSox yeah he had one hell of a career you're right everyone remembered canibus
@@peterblumpkin7454 so youre saying Canibus didnt have the better diss track? A beef between emcees is about bars, not record sales, awards, tv shows, or movie roles. And yes, Canibus did put out a number of dope albums after that beef. Casual commercial rap fans might not, but hip hop heads remember Canibus
I took the "let me borrow that" mic line as a respect gesture, too... LL is the only insecure ego-maniac who took it the other way... Method Man called him out for that, too, in an interview, too...
Naw it's plenty
I lost mad respect for LL because of that. LL inspired me to rhyme back in the day but line for line LL could not ever hang with Canibus.
Cus L was a pussy about that. I dont even fuck w ith him no more cus he used his connects and influence to ruin bis career
What methodman say?
@@718jef what? Ll got mad flow, since the 80s
When he said "99% of your fans wear high heels" it had me dying laughing.
But they were buying his shit
LL's response. 99% of your fans don't exist
Jamar Speaks canibus response. "99 percent of my fans ain't nothin' But scumbag, scum buckets, blood suckin', cock fuckers, My lyrics too advanced for the average block hustler
But you gotta admit, when LL said '99% of your fans dont exist' you was like, ok shit jus got real
@@F0eH4mm3R Personally, I'd rather make complex shit and have a few fans than make simple pop-rap music for bitches. Canibus probably agrees. Money doesn't matter to everyone.
Redman is such a likeable and respectable guy. And a super dope artist.
Many artists were threatened by Canibus and wouldn't give him a chance. His lyricism was on another level. Take a track by Canibus and do a search for the lyrics. Have a good read and see how it is constructed. It is some serious wordplay. Very clever indeed
First he lost To LLKOOLJ then He took L's from eminem....
Nobody said he didnt have word play but he lost the war....
@@tankroter2951 eminem was nowhere near prime Canibus
@@tankroter2951 - nah he didn't lose to LL. That was a rookie that threatened an ego maniac so much he took his lines and then beefed. LL is an arrogant jerk! Simple!
@Brother Dude - that's your opinion. Doesn't make it a fact
Red is arguably the greatest to ever do it. Representing Jersey, Redman is that dude
First Red album I ever heard was Muddy Waters. Classic album. His first four albums were a great run. One of the greatest runs for a solo artist.
Anything Red did in the 90's was Gold
My favorite Red album!!
+diesel101raw hell ya
been my favorite since TIME FOR SOME ACTION
what the fuck are you lookin for,cant a young man make money any more! muddy waters is doooooope
4,3,2,1, is one of the best CLASSIC songs.
Stay outta the dark, coz if I catch you out...
On god
canibus was DOPE JUS NEEDED THE RIGHT PRODUCERS
the right producers wouldn't have been able to save Canibus from his stale ears
He got that on his second album, it was too late though..
He turned down a DJ Premier beat, like what the fuck
***** Devil's Pie by D'Angelo. Personally I think Canibus would've MURDERED the beat. D'Angelo obviously turned it into a hit, but you can definitely hear Canibus going in on it. Apparently DJ Premier produced the beat for Canibus, showed him and he said, "I don't think you get what kind of vibe I want..." or something like that. So the beat went to D'Angelo instead.
***** I know, right? That beat is sick as fuck. Anyone spitting punchlines over that is gonna sound ill. It's a shame, it's like when Eminem turned down the "Phuk You" track on 2000 B.C. It would've been dope to hear Em and Canibus on that track.
man I wish meth and red were still the forefront of hip hop. I miss the unique voices of the 90s and early 2000's. Both Meth and Red had original flow and style like everyone had in the 90s. Now all these new motherfuckers like desiigner sound alike with the same flow and same type of beats. No originality in mainstream hip hop anymore.
Yeah yeah yeah...
modern day RUN DMC
Whateva man was the shit!
+Abby martin hail yeah
JP Kyza louder please!
I'm almost 50 years old and Redman is 1 of the realist and best rappers ever and this video is pure gold.
Redman is real!
Canibus was, is, and always be the nicest emcee. It’s really refreshing to hear a well respected hip hop artist get Canibus’ back.
Dope emcee too, live redman’s catalogue.
I wonder if Redman still has a dollar box in his house lol that's still the best episode of MTV Cribs.
FACT
That shit was all the way real. Remember the tangled up video game controller cords lol
Joetuss lol yup, his cousin sleeping on the floor.
+Joetuss I wrap up the controllers when I am finished playing. The back of my television is like a spider web..
+deezy81 lol what they can't see won't hurt em
LL had to diss *somebody* to stay 'relevant'...
Canibus was just the wrong guy at the wrong time.
I agree
that diss is one of the best I've heard tbh
You silly a** kids kill me with your juvenile, ignorant assertions of what "being relevant" is supposed to be about.
LL didn't need (or have) to strive for relevancy at that time (or even now).
He's a hip hop legend! He's ALREADY successful!
He wasn't some mad rapper trying to get on!
NEWSFLASH: a legendary status renders some childish notion of relevancy irrelevant!
It's you new jacks who ALWAYS show yourselves to be the ignorant ones on subject matters such as this, as far as knowing who, and what guys like LL are (and what they mean) to the music and culture!
Their success doesn't hing on some dumb a** new generation's approval.
+blackadam06 I only have one thing to say: how old are you?
The Lob Mob
I'm a grown man. I graduated high school in '93.
I'm from the the generation that cultivated, grew, and made hip hop into the cultural phenom/art form, that the world came to love and admire.
Only to then watch it be inherited by later/dumb generations, that ran it into the ground, and handed it over to corporate america, just to see it get turned into a bad joke.
Which is WHY we're inundated with SO MUCH garbage from it these days....SMH
When he start singing "Luv u better" I was weak lol
'
he was feeling that shit 😂😂😂😂
Pharrell Produced the fuck outta that Beat.
lol ya he was going for it
ll is a versatile cat
van chi 😂😂😂😂😂😂
VERY interesting part of the interview. Always remember Red saying he understood Canibus's side of things. Also great to hear his standpoint on the Def Jam shit.
Canibus explained it LL and he thought L was gonna change his verse too L was like nah nobody knows who he was talking about Canibus jumped out the window and dissed L at show then dropped 2nd round KO as his single and LL jumped in that ass
MrWARBUCKS24 canibus destroyed ll
Redman is the epitomy of keepin it real and tellin it like it is. I respect him for that, definitely one of the realest in the industry!
"Second Round KO" was a burial song tho. Even if it meant Canibus had to fight the establishment for the rest of his career.
when my mom died i always would listen to redman ,,it helped me get through ,,,,thanks redd
1998 was one of the best years in hip hop history
Pittsburgh Mike #BooSteelers #RavensNation! But You're right a about this era of hip-hop
Pittsburgh Mike 95-98 were the best years
Oh hell yea
@@ItsCleto 92-96 were the best
93 - 96 were the best years. Lots of dope stuff before and after. The underground movement from 1998 to 2004 was fucking amazing as well
Canibus interview would be dope
ya really
wow yeah. that be great. tons of topics to cover. probably the 1st person i downloaded on napster
It is agreed. Make it happen vlad👍🏽
Super Co-Sign that. Would love to see Canibus on Drink Champs too.
***** I was a Huge Canibus Fan back in the day. Still think his verses from 98 are better than 75% of todays rappers. I also think he made a lot of bad decisions in his career (Wyclef producing him, Wastin a verse to diss LL in that 98 cypher w Mos Def DMX Pun & them, Terrible Beat selections, never properly releasin a HRSMN Project, The Eminem themed C True Hollywood album, The Bizzarre J.Cole diss, The Notepad etc) lol Sadly I think he burnt a lot of bridges & started 2 rub people the wrong way. I saw a Ras Kass interview recently where he said Can-I's management ruined their relationship smh so my guess would be thats why he isnt in the loop anymore. Still a fan regardless but he was a weird dude but also 1 of THEE ILLEST BAR SPITTERS EVER!! Hopefully he gets back on track. Real Recognize Real! #HipHopSince1989 PS- LL was a Straight Ho 4 the Diss on 4321
Canibus and LL beef was classic. Still to this day, I say Canibus won that shit. LL won overall because he had the fame, popularity, and fans. On straight HIP HOP SHIT, Canibus fuckin murdered him!
Redrum
Redman is such a legend
My #1 All Time Favorite.
Canibus was my favorite rapper from 97 to 2005... still has some of the craziest verses every heard
Still to this day the 4,3,2,1 beat goes hard.
I still listen to Canibus almost everyday and will always buy any new music he makes, the greatest lyricist ever
Yup. No matter what, Canibus will always be the best. But people are in denial and want to be politically correct.
even if his next album is wack, I'll still buy to respect what he has done. he could never get enough props.
Infinity Ripper he's amazing tho he looks like Drew from everybody hates chris
Infinity Ripper 2000 B.C.> MicClub>RTJ>
Lol
Vlad, you gotta interview DMX and Method Man. Make that shit happen.
Bomb idears!!!!!
DMX is a bad interview, he is always twitching and on the wrong type of high.
Or Keith Murray? Or nah...
***** Go and watch him on the Noreaga drink champs to get an idea of his current condition
yes i 100% fucking agree bro method man and dmx would be epic ....have you seen dmx on nore's podcast drink champs? its on youtube
canibus original verse was just pure fire!! LL heard it and knew he was getting totally outshined so he pulled a bitch move!!
LL was just using Hip Hop like a fiend for what he can getbout of it. Canibus served his time like true pioneer supposed to.
super under rated and accurate comment........cause there's no way in Hell LL coulda took what Canibus said the wrong way....and i grew up on LL so i aint hating.
Factual Statement
True dat. True dat.
@Cameron Love Another reason they say LL took offense was because, the day they recorded the song, Canibus supposedly asked LL if he wouldn't mind if he got a mic tattoo on his arm as well, and apparently Cool J didn't respond too well to that question or thought canibus would be biting his style if he got the same tat.
2:40 - the moment Red remembers "Luv U Better" by LL and decides he's going to sing it
LL was insecure and needed to find a way to stay relevant with all those new guys on that track. Canibus destroyed L but L won in the end cause he had back up from the industry. Def Jam got involved and Wyclef turned on Canibus. Politic as always.
LL had reason to be paranoid. MFs had been coming at him for no reason since his first album. KMD did slick shit like having a pic of his Jeep running over a red kangol (LL’s trademark at the time). Ice T was saying slick stuff on records. Russell Simmons and Def Jam persuaded him to lay low. L let that slide b4 and he paid a popularity price. Then he said on I Shotya remix that he said next time Ima name names.
@@Hotshotkas2 for no reason? lmao they came at ll because he is trash. they put him in his place. but ll bosses (the industry) got his back so he couldnt lose. thats sad. ll is trash and always has been. dude litterally has a handfull of hiphop songs, the rest is mainstream/songs for women
Basically
Can-I-Bus was absolutely incredible through his intro to hip hop. I have and always will be a Canibus fan because of what he did those first few years. Peace
@Nev Reid LL has always been like that. Highly sensitive and petty as well as simple minded. Canibus made him pay for it too
He’s still alive… 😆
@@ryublueblanka Agreed, but nowadays he admits it was stupid what he did. He's humbled himself quite a bit. You have to remember hip hop is not some soccer game, you are quite literally threatening people's lives left and right. When I used to battle, sometimes I would wonder if I was going to get punched in the mouth. And I loved hip hop, but I didn't really want to fight either.
Any interview with Redman will never disappoint🦾 He and NORE deliver the best stories🎧
Red and Meth, those kids in school who were just friends with eeeeverybody XD
P repped the south! He didn't switch his style because he was in the room with New York guys.
Red reminds me of myself because I can tell he doesn't lie. He's too Real to lie.
I love Redman's authenticity. Great dude!!!
Wow, it's rare to hear Jayo Felony shoutouts anywhere.
Jayo was cold
I remember this beef, and back then I thought it was so unfortunate, I didn’t think Canibus was attacking LL, and to this day I still think Canibus is one of the best lyrical rappers of all time. LL’s ego showed itself, and I felt LL felt threatened by Canibus.
😂😂😂 His evil laugh about LL vs Canibus beef has me dying laughing
It reminds me of Crusty the clowns laugh.
+DaBigSun😂😂😂
I can listen to redman for days and not get bored of these stories damn i hope there more interview stories
Could listen to redmans story's all day man. 👌
I feel the same about Nore's interviews
+Frank Smith nore's another one yea.
Big love to Redman for giving us an insight into the real vibes of how LL.Cool.J felt disrespected.
LL is definitely insecure. He has a history of overreacting. I still remember his fight with Jamie Foxx on Any Given Sunday.
Ziggy Doom props to Jamie for admitting that he got his ass kicked.
Um ... No. Total opposite buddy, LL has always been a prima donna and had a ego out this world. There is not an insecure bone in his body. He's an Alpha. That's why he went at Canibus like that on some silly shit. It happens.
@@shill1444 There is inherent insecurity in being a prima donna.
@@pinkcashmeres - possibly. I just don't think that insecure is a word folks ever use to describe LL. Lol
Amazing how Canibus was blackballed and his first album was still really great. I bought 2000 B.C. at launch here in nz. and never regretted even though I liked the self titled one more. His style and lyrics can't be touched, loved the funk flex freestyle
Def Jam went downhill after Russell Simmons sold it.
Word life
lmfao@ Redman's rendition of "luv u better" hahA
Watch Red's expression when Vlad first mentions the beef. I've always loved Redman's perspective on this subject haha 0:17
Redman has alot of passion, you know he has lived a wonderful & glorious life.
Canibus BODIED James Todd Smith !!
lmao this nigga
upload more freestyles
L
"You sound crazy bananas right now fam"
ll cool j voice
Really Didnt
Redman sooooo fuckin dope would be dope to smoke a backwood with the cat
Facts!
he dont smoke with people anymore...he has already said he will supply other homies with tree to roll their own
and he doesnt smoke backwoods anymore. matter fact, no one should still be smokin rough, grimey as backwoods at this point. too many other better options
+Omar Scruggs lol yeah dem backwoodz'll buss yo damn ches' open mane....zig zagz & raw'z all day -- no blunts
I'm definitely stuck in the 90's. These kids will never know how skilled you had to be to roll an Optimo! Lmao
Canibus won that battle
hiphop heads know this is true. unfortunately, LL is far too big for can-i to outshine him
Absolutely!!! Didnt even need to make another diss track. He killed him with only 2 verses
Agreed
But lost the war def jam was behind LL and they bodied canibus career cause they knew he was problem and they did murk him
but lost the WAR.
Red man is always a great interview! He’s super funny lol 😂
Love redmans voice. I still enjoy watching “how high”
Study high take the test high get high scores ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Redman #1 M.C. of all time, in my opinion. His wordplay, alliteration, punchlines, all that. Eminem #2, but he studied Redman. Not saying he bit off Redman, but you can definitely see Redmans influence, especially in Eminems early shit.
Probably the MOST CONSISTENT rapper in history tho.
And then Ross and Kanye as well tho too tbh.
you guys ever heard of rakim and AZ?
Number 1 mc? Oh you're definitely smoking something
He never sounded nothing like red man to me
Dmx... Redman...Method Man.... And LL Cool J..
4..3...2..1
Was historic...
The talent bestowed in that music video is legendary... I'm talking some of The Gods Of Rap...
gods of rap, then you should not include ll. and you should include canibus. ''gods of rap'' lmao
Vladimir please please please interview Canibus as Redman said he was a fu#kin beast
get canibus on the couch.. why hasn't this happened yet? he's your favorite lyricist favorite rapper..
Because he’s a bum
@@brandonmatthews4934 You look soft nigga.
Ronald Honore He’s still a bum nigga
@@brandonmatthews4934 If he's a bum then what does that makes you? He got more money than you. He also when back to school so tell me how is he a bum? Look in the mirror before you call someone a bum.
@@brandonmatthews4934 he's a military veteran actually. Show some respect. Canibus joined the Army after his hip hop time. Served honorably too
Redman is always one of my favorite emcees. Muddy Waters one of the best LPs ever.
Dare is a darkside kicked ass
canibus killed LL with 2nd round ko
Till he said "you may have more cash than me, but you aint got the skills to eat a nigga ass like me" bruh lost me
Shawn Beats Nah, you just playing semantics man
That line meant to lyrically kill someone back in the 90's but because of 2016 it's gay.
dpastrana82 That was exactly my point! Take this W
I accidentally said like instead of kill, it's now edited for those who disagreed with my comment.
"I got a soooddaaaa you can't HAVE none of..I got a soooddaaa you can't have GODDAMN sip.." Only redman fans know where this come from lol.
I got a Soooodaaaa it's only enough for ONE!!!!
+Shawn Black (Chris Hairston) lol
Word up... fake ass Tyrese skit lol
only real fans know what I.K.S.R.A.F.O stands for.
+Courtney Gant I'm knockin somebody right the fuck out!
Red always gives the best interviews
I love Redman’s realness! No sugarcoating! I can see why him & DMX vibed like “cuzzos”❤️
We need more interviews like this.
This was such an unnecessary beef and L.L. should have not been all in his feelings. Like so what if Meth or DMX or Redman had said something similar instead of Canibus? I highly doubt L.L. would have responded the same way.
LL would've responded the same if Red, Meth or X said it. Let's not forget, LL threw shots at Mike Tyson on The Ripper Strikes Back. Mike Tyson was buggin' out of control back then too, ballsy move on LL's part.
@@GMPGMP-jp5ut nah bitch move. He knew Mike wasn't going to see him with the hands. Mike would get locked up. Plus he was already wilding out.
@@GMPGMP-jp5ut And X Would Have Destroyed That Nigga. LL Picked The Safest Artist On That Track
Busta instead of master p woulda made this timeless
Are u out of your mind do you not know what p did for hip hop and for the south. Silence yourself
Nah, Master P was perfect on 4, 3, 2, 1. His verse was dope. Busta Rhymes would've been too predictable.
P’s verse was straight garbage hence why he was omitted from the edited version.
LL didn't know Master P was on the song he didn't find out until the video came out and he was pissed because he never met master p or recorded the song with him .It was the labels idea to put him on the song and they did it without LL permission
It already is a classic, but I agree with you that I'd MUCH rather have Busta on it than Master P.
Imagine if Canibus had Premo, Just Blaze, old Kanye or Alchemist producing his music. And also EP’ing his songs as well.
Bis needed to do more Albums with Stoupe. That was by far his best producer.
My love for Redman after this interview
+25 legacy points added
Redman knew what most of us knew, Canibus wanted to borrow the mic ad a sign of respect and to pay homage to L.L.
LL was in his feelings. It wasn't a diss to LL he had real respect for LL
Canibus didn't loose..
LL Cool J had the machine behind him...
😂😂😂😂😂 he loss if it was basketball it's a 40 point blowout it's a sweep wasn't event close stop it
😂😂😂😂😂 he loss if it was basketball it's a 40 point blowout it's a sweep wasn't event close stop it
i would love to see a slick rick interview
Slick Rick the ruler!
La Di Da Di
For anybody who tried to view the HIP HOP video and saw that it had been blocked, it is now back up.
great ideal slick rick yea he should have bomb storys
how about a MC ren or Tone Loc Interview(vlad makes dat happen A.S.A.p)
fuk Redman is like a 90s-2000s hiphop encyclopedia, i learn alot about the industry and coming up just by listening to em
One of the most refreshing interviews on this channel for awhile. I always check in now and again but these new artists have no brainpower or anything insightful to talk about.
Canibus cooked LL
yea he did
bis, won but " the ripper strikes back" and " where i belong" was hard
#Facts!
Floyd Roberts LL's hat is like a sharks fin
+LeeroyGreen yet eminem says mad gay shit and ppl think hes the goat ... foh
This is hip hop. Part of the culture is learning the hard way, that you don't piss LL Cool J off.
Master p ruined that song for me they should have put Busta rymes in his place.
💯💯💯
Master P was definitely the turd in a fresh bottle of Snapple when it comes to that song. But No Limit was huge at that time, it was a marketing decision.
!!!!!!!!!
+June Amarillo you got to be from the south or something lol Master p was trash on 4321... "They needed his energy"??? Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit .
+June Amarillo ok Internet tough guy!!! Master p was garbage on that record , killed the whole vibe of the song!
Redman is one of the BEST!
When I was listening to crap in 92 he already had a bomb album and didn’t even know it! He was one of the first to really bring it!!!
"Luv U Better" was like YEARS after "4,3,2,1" though, Redman
The funny thing is that LL may get heat for taking a perceived slight and blowing it out of proportion, but y'all give Michael Jordan props for being the same way 🤔🤔
Reggie was high bruh💨
@@WalkingWallet Always is 😁
@Nev Reid says who?
Much respect to djvlad and redman and these interviews keepingReal hip hop in the heart its soul never dies man the soul is eternal
I miss street teams I always thought I would have job in music promotion
90’s best hip hop and r&b, classic music from that era.
I felt that, that CaniBus gave respect. I was confused by LL canceling him. Kind of sad really.
Redman was trying to be nice and politically correct when talking about Jay-Z running (ruining hip hop era of) Def Jam.
Shogun Rua Jay Z didn’t ruin Def Jam, no one was bumping real hip hop by then. Rick Ross and Young Jeezy were killing it, Disturbing the Peace, the South basically took over but don’t say Jay ruined it because taste changed. I love my east coast hip hop especially underground but by 2006 hip hop was dead as a money maker.
@@mistaefromdtn thank you. Hip-hop changed & the south had taken over. Also, big labels were just starting to die out & in order to stay afloat they needed BIG POP acts i.e Rihanna/Ne-Yo. Jay-Z didn't ruin anything. The music landscape changed.
I used to love Def Jam in those days.
Lol didn't "Luv U Better" come out around 2002?
Yeah, That song came out a full 5 years after 4,3,2,1. But I get what he was saying tho, A lot of ppl thought LL lost it in the 90s and the Canibus beef revamped his career and LL pumped out more a bunch of hits til he fell off again
Redman high lol
His timeline was a bit off.
LMAO Red high af! way off
yes sir. I think "All I Have" with JLO brought him huge relevancy again.
Red man is so honorable ! Respect! That’s how most of us felt went Canibus spit his verse but LL did pull a sucker move in Biz! Facts!
Canibus STILL till this day has the best flow, his verse is beasts from the East is INSANE! I listen to that every day!
A Top 5 single verse of all time. So incredible the lost boys allowed bis to spit 50 bars and not cut his verse down when red,cheeks and A+ only spit 16
@@NoSnowFlakes1 exactly!
This is so true. Canibus is a cool dude.
Redman is the realest. I met him in Norfolk Virginia in the late 90s. Very cool cat man
Canibus won the second round but LL won the fight.
the industry won the fight. not ll.
L got shredded by a young cat..second round K.O,100 bars
This man is a legend. A king.
ironically cormega was part of def Jam camp in the 90s but his album was shelved
@Rico Risken The Testament was supposed to be released in 1998
redman look like Lionel richie
1:40 Why can't I find the version anymore. With that verse or am I buggin?
You are definitely buggin because it's easy to find that original version
@@h.m.5724 Where at then?
I think CANIBUS should of let Erick sermon produce his first album hello all of them really
TRAHERN MOORE I thought the same thing!!!!
Couldn't pay what producers were charging back then for his 1st album.
That would’ve been dope! I didn’t know canibus even hung out with Def squad like that.