Canibus – Merchants of Metaphors

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    More heat off Can’s ‘C of Tranquility’.

    93 thoughts on “Canibus – Merchants of Metaphors

    1. Yeah I ended your career years ago. This is all you got left? Check me out on NCIS Los Angeles $125k an episode homie.

      I’m looking for an assistant.

    2. He’s not for those with low I.Q. that’s for sure. ‘Bis utilizes the entire English Language, not just the words that rhyme easily. Makes reference to things that uneducated people don’t understand. It’s good to hear a MC with a brain. Like I said, he’s not for everyone, but those who understand even half the shit he says understand how swift he is.

    3. It’s good to know Bis is stubborn at least and eventhough nobody cares about his music for a long time he’s still trying.

    4. this type of material simply difine unique talent, cannibis always been official at putting his best in creating lyrical music tthis is definitly another well respected track drop by a real mc is just to sad allot of listener is not up on meaning of cannisbis vocabulary

    5. Canibus-lyrical genius and the supreme wordplay king of rap
      Name an mc with a larger vocabulary
      Like the flow on this track

    6. Yo This track is crazy. This is Hip Hop on another level that we like to promote.
      You guys can pre order the album over at undergroundhiphop.com

    7. Damn this was dope cant wait for the full album! I bet that all the people that are going to hate are all highschool dropouts or little kids….

      1. why, cause you liking this song means you’re somehow smarter than them? this shit is boring, and anyone could use unnecessarily “big” words, and be hailed as ZOMG LYRIKALLY JEANEOUS COZ HE RITES WORDS DIS BIG |———-|. Yawn.

      2. “Twitterado_”…your mom is boring…are u a little kid? A drop out? if not then shut the f**k up and don’t hate. Canibus is the man. Spittin’ real metaphors for mudaf****s who can understand him. Go listen to soulja boy or some bullsh*t…little b*tch

    8. i used to be a big canibus fan ..the old canibus who killed the clue tapes and beast from the east joint ..but now he’s predictable ,always saying the same shit ..this track was boring nothing that had me say oh shit …

      1. same here bruh. i used to buy every mixtape that his name on it back in 98. then his album came out which was cool then his second came out i was like what da bloodclot is this isht. i can prolly listen to it now but back then i bought it and took it right back to the store within 1 hour. smh

    9. ILLESS BIS IS THAT NIGGA!! YA INFIDELS CANT FATHOM, DIE SLOW, BIS IS THE BRUCE WAYNE OF THIS RAP SHIT, ALL YOU HATERS CHOKE ON A AIDS DICK, THANK U BIS

    10. Nice Bis. I hope he gets back to his battle cat ways, and not his conspiracy theory rap. I do like it, ima hip hop head man, but you can do more than ” look out for the man ” rap. 2nd album style. Back when i used to listen to all your DJ clue features. Last album was kinda a winery “im mad at the industry” album. And the features were GOD AWFUL ( not copywrite..he killed it ). Please bis, we need you back. I know you have been through it man, seriously. It aint fair, but give us what we want man, there’s no more battle cats. Even my long time fav Chino is cool with just hanging out with Immortal Tech. Lets go guys!

    11. just commenting to rate it the 5 dis shit deserves. your under 13 if you think dis shit doesnt go hard. imagine what would have happened to dis cat if he got signed to aftermath with some good features, and he would have been a top 5 OVERALL mc instead of just a mc.

    12. He sounds angry on this rack. he needs to go back to the 98 style. this aggressive sound isnt working. i buy good music and down and delete bullshit.this rack is meh compared to his old stuff. i know people have to evolve but us real hiphop heads that used to buy the clue and tony touch mixTAPES expect a little more. this track is cool but not my style.

    13. let me say that the only issue Can had was his production in the past. his lyrics were and never will be his weakness. i had to go back and listen to this and let me change something. this is a petty dope track. the kids of today dont lyrics they want to dance and hear CUTE bubble gum 1 liners i,e Drake

    14. I love when kids online say “If you dont like this then you dont know hip hop hop”

      Blah Blah Blah…… I hate the stuff on the radio just as much as you, but one extreme is just as bad as the other. Bis is just as boring as Soulja Boy, only in a diffrent way. Soulja bores me by spittin like a retard, while Canabis bores me by spitting like a Nerd

      Kool G Rap, Chino XL, Pharoah Monch, guys like that entertain me

      Canabis??……..Snooze Button, wake me up when somebody else is on the Mic

      1. Your the fuckin’ nerd! How is Bis the extreme? He is the only nigga rapping bout what he has rapped about. Thats not an extreme thats an exception.

        Plus just cause dude smarter than you, doesn’t mean he’s a nerd. I should know, I listen to DBlock all day, and I consider everyone you just listed as top notch nerds, so its all relative my dude. Respect the GOD. This dude rapped wit Big L, Big Pun, DmX, Wu tang all the heavy weights respected him.

        Pharoah Monch???? NERD!!!!

      2. LOL, guess I must have hit a nerve huh??

        Spare me the Bullshit, just stating my opinion, its a message board, thats my message, I dont care whether or not you agree with it or not

    15. This song is absolutely amazing, go read the lyrics and listen. You’re stubborn & ignorant if you can’t understand and respect this kind of music. Fuck the greedy system hello human intelligence.

    16. fuck all u pale face motherfuckers! from the bottom of my soul i hate white devils, ooooooh shit i hate you faggots… ive never been a hater but you cock suckers make my skin crawl! you deserve payback for all the shit you did! you got off scott free when you brought hell on earth. white devil bastards

      1. awww…sounds like you and your family are getting raped by the white man…lmao…fuckin little baby..its only the broke ignorant basement mama boy living niggas that still blame the white man for his problems…and your the still the same type of nigga i laugh at…fuckin moron…i love black pussy..

      2. DOG…JOE…CUZ…STFU…I mean really who the fuck are you… goony ass clan… what weapons you use… WHITE MADE…. WHITE DEVIL IS LIFE… ENJOY!!!

    17. Did you hear this…did you see the scene he crafted with precision. Do you not want to see this man’s sketchbook. This is Cinema.

      Please listen to it one more time.

    18. Canibus keeps getting better & continues to connect with great engineers & producers to compliment his out-of-this-world genius.

      His metaphors are post-college graduate level & beyond.

      Peace Ya’ll

    19. Wow…I just read some of the comments on this track, and all I have to say is that some people are just straight hating, and the metaphors in this song are going waaaayyyy over some of your heads.

      For example, I saw a guy on 2dopeboyz website that said “I slurp when I sip my tea…does he even know what he’s talking about anymore? The line says:

      “I slurp when I sip my tea, it was hot…I chomp when I chew my chow, it was not…”

      He’s talking about eating MC’s that aren’t hot…it’s clever but pretty simple actually. Dunno why people didn’t get that. My favorite section is:

      “I meditate slightly awake,
      the moon-rays inter-permeate my physical state
      I gaze into space,
      the light waves race and shift shape,
      colors escape I concentrate on 8 frequency rates”

      This song is dope as hell…like someone else said, the multis and imagery are amazing. The original beat was better, but this version is still dope. C of Tranquility is going to be really dope. I can’t wait.

    20. ok this shit sounds like any other music he has made in the past, so im tryin to figure out why people are so in awww.. his lyrics are sick but how many times he gone rap about the same shit. its either he on some outter space shit or talkin about eatin mc’s

      1. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Bis has really diversified subject matter. Just listen to “Only Slaves D.R.E.A.M.”, “Dead By Design”, “Poet Laureate II”, or “Indibisible” for example.

    21. this is TOO fukin ILL! GOAT GOAT GOAT! Those that know, I ask one thing, why do you even bother trying to explain to these simple minded fools? Canibus is too advanced.

    22. Got to listen to it a couple of times before I really get his songs … lyrics are always on point, dumb it down for a nigga. Lol

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