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Canibus

Person · male · United States · Kingston · born 1974 · recording since 1998

Jamaican-American rapper and actor

East Coast hip-hop hardcore hip-hop

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Also known as Germaine Williams · 卡尼布斯

Debut: 1998
Recording span: 28 years
Release groups: 46
Timeline events: 35
Wiki language versions: 19

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Timeline

35 events▣ Album 33◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1970s
1. 9 December 1974 · Birth
  Born 1974-12-09
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 1998 · Debut release
  Debut release: How Come
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 8 June 1998 · Album
  Album: Can‐I‐Bus
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 18 July 2000 · Album
  Album: 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 13 November 2001 · Album
  Album: C True Hollywood Stories
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 19 November 2002 · Album
  Album: MiClub: The Curriculum
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2003 · Album
  Album: Best of Canibus
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2003 · Album
  Album: My Name Is Nobody
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 22 July 2003 · Album
  Album: Rip the Jacker
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2005 · Album
  Album: Top of the Biz
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
8. 21 June 2005 · Album
  Album: Mind Control
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 22 November 2005 · Album
  Album: Hip-Hop for $ale
  Album
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10. 22 November 2005 · Album
  Album: Mic Club: Mixtape Master, Volume 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 12 June 2007 · Album
  Album: For Whom the Beat Tolls
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 9 February 2010 · Album
  Album: Melatonin Magik
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1 October 2010 · Album
  Album: C of Tranquility
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2011 · Album
  Album: Lyrical Law
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 3 March 2012 · Album
  Album: Rip the Jacker: Evidence of Infinity 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 25 August 2013 · Album
  Album: The Architect Presents: Flight Rtj2 (Deluxe Edition)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 10 October 2013 · Album
  Album: Musiquarium, Vol. 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 10 October 2013 · Album
  Album: Musiquarium, Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 10 June 2014 · Album
  Album: Fait Accompli (Deluxe Edition)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 17 June 2014 · Album
  Album: The Masterpiece Collection
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 12 May 2015 · Album
  Album: Time Flys, Life Dies... Phoenix Rise
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 22 June 2018 · Album
  Album: Full Spectrum Dominance
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 7 September 2018 · Album
  Album: Full Spectrum Dominance 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
13. 11 January 2019 · Album
  Album: Full Spectrum Dominance 3
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
14. 5 April 2019 · Album
  Album: Full Spectrum Dominance Repolarization
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 3 July 2021 · Album
  Album: MICROPHONE LAND
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 10 December 2021 · Album
  Album: Kaiju
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 28 January 2022 · Album
  Album: One Step Closer to Infinity
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 4 March 2022 · Album
  Album: The Almighty Era V.1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 24 February 2023 · Album
  Album: Self Licking Ice Cream Cone
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 31 January 2025 · Album
  Album: The Almighty Era V2 The Final Chapter
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 10 April 2026 · Album
  Album: Necksnapper LP
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,102 words · 11 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368968038

Biography

Germaine Williams (born December 9, 1974), better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-American rapper. First having gained recognition for his freestyling abilities, he signed with Universal Records to release his debut studio album, Can-I-Bus (1998). He has since released 13 solo studio albums, and several collaborative projects with other rappers as a member of the Four Horsemen, Refugee Camp All-Stars, Sharpshooterz, Cloak N Dagga, the Undergods and one-half of T.H.E.M.
About.com placed him at number 32 on their list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)", while in 2012 The Source placed him number 44 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.

Early life

Williams was born on December 9, 1974, in Kingston, Jamaica. He is of Jamaican descent. His father, Basil Williams, was a Jamaican and West Indian cricketer. The family moved frequently, living in The Bronx; Newark, New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Miami; Buffalo; and London due to his mother's career requiring constant relocation. Canibus stated that he was an introverted child growing up.
After completing high school in 1992, he spent a year working for AT&T Corporation and another year as a data analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice. He studied computer science at DeKalb College in Atlanta.

Debut album (1997–1998)

Canibus' debut album Can-I-Bus was released on September 8, 1998. The song "Second Round K.O.Second Round K.O.24 March 1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Second Round K.O. (LP version)4:042Second Round K.O. (clean)4:043Second Round K.O. (instrumental)3:554How We Roll (main)4:205How We Roll (clean)4:18", produced by Wyclef Jean, was a success, with the video featuring Wyclef and a cameo appearance by boxer Mike Tyson. This song formed part of Canibus' famous beef with LL Cool J.
The album contained a lot of socially-conscious material, such as corruption within the U.S. government, AIDS, and violence in modern America.
Canibus had a feud with LL Cool J over a verse that Canibus gave on LL's track "4,3,2,1" from his album Phenomenon. The track featured Canibus, Method Man, Redman, and DMX. Canibus's verse began with the line "Yo LL, is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that," referring to the microphone tattoo on LL Cool J's arm which LL Cool J interpreted as Canibus insulting him. When the final cut of the song came out it featured LL Cool J's verse after Canibus', mocking an unspecified person believed to be Canibus.

Feud with Eminem (1998-2003)

In 2003, a bootleg album known as Straight from the Lab was released, containing several unreleased tracks by rapper Eminem. Among the contents of the album was a diss track called "Can-I-Bitch", which is a word play on Canibus' debut album Can-I-Bus. The track targets mainly Canibus and partially the Pet Shop Boys. The feud stemmed from Canibus and Wyclef confronting Eminem and asking him if he had ghost-written the track "The Ripper Strikes Back" by LL Cool J. Eminem denied that he wrote the track. After he was confronted, Eminem said Canibus was "rude" to him. After plans of Eminem being included on the track "Phuck U", from his album 2000 B.C. were shelved, Canibus continued to diss him on the tracks "U Didn't Care" in 2000, and "Dr. C. Phd" in 2002, and over a year later, the track "Can-I-Bitch" leaked.

For Whom the Beat Tolls (2007)

When the record was originally announced in March, there was only one confirmed track – the third installment in Canibus' "Poet Laureate" series, "Poet Laureate Infinity". The track has 1,000 bars, in the form of five 200 bar verses, and is layered in such a way that "when you mix it and spread it throughout five channels, [you have the ability] to mix the track differently every time".

Melatonin Magik (2010)

In December 2009, it was announced that Canibus was in the process of releasing his 9th studio album Melatonin MagikMelatonin Magik9 February 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Melatonin Magik (intro)2:132Melatonin Magik4:593Kriminal Kindness3:044Hip-Hop Black Ops3:355The Dragon of Judah3:176Post Traumatic Warlab Stress5:527Air Strike (Pop Killer)5:288Fraternity of the Impoverished4:279Dead by Design4:5310Only Slaves D.R.E.A.M.4:1811Ripperland3:5012Stomp on Ya Brain3:3413Beat Butcher Get ’em4:4214Do It Live!4:2915Sharpshootaz Blazin’ Caps5:3316Gold & Bronze Magik5:32.

C of Tranquility (2010)

C of Tranquility was released on October 5, 2010. Producers include DJ Premier, Jake One, Scram Jones, Tha Bizness and J-Zone.

Canibus vs Dizaster (2012)

Canibus completed his first rap battle for King of the Dot on June 9, 2012. Canibus participated in the first two rounds before pulling out a notepad to read his bars during the third round, after admitting defeat and wishing to recite what he said were "30 pages of rhymes" that he had failed to memorize. The battle was part of King of the Dot's Fresh Coast division in L.A.
A fake open letter, attributed to Canibus appeared on Tumblr, though it was later debunked by his manager. Canibus later released an official statement on his Facebook page. About the battle itself, Canibus commented that "Sometimes people need laughter and entertainment at the expense of others embarrassment but hip hop means so much to me I don't care."

Army service

In 2002, Canibus signed up for the United States Army. In a 2005 interview, Canibus stated "I enlisted because I wanted to get away from the music... I wanted to do something that gave me a separate definition from what I had done all through my teens and twenties. I was 28 when I enlisted." In 2004, he was caught smoking cannabis and was subsequently discharged.

Albums

Solo

Can-I-Bus (1998)
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) (2000)
C! True Hollywood Stories (2001)
Mic Club: The Curriculum (2002)
Rip the Jacker (2003) (produced by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind)
Mind Control (2005)
Hip-Hop for Sale (2005)
For Whom the Beat Tolls (2007)
Melatonin Magik (2010)
C of Tranquility (2010)
Lyrical Law (2011)
Fait Accompli (2014)
Time Flys, Life Dies... Phoenix Rise (2015) (produced by Bronze Nazareth)
Kaiju (2021) (produced by Body Bag Ben)
One Step Closer to Infinity (2022)
Collaborations

The Horsemen Project (2003) (with Killah Priest, Kurupt & Ras Kass, as The Four Horsemen)
Def Con Zero (2005) (with Phoenix Orion, as Cloak N Dagga)
In Gods We Trust – Crush Microphones to Dust (2011) (with Keith Murray, as The Undergods)
Scars n Stripes (2010) (with Matt Maddox;)
Lyrical Warfare (2011) (with Webb, as T.H.E.M.; recorded from 1993 to 1995)
The 2nd Coming (2013) (with Bronze Nazareth, Cappadonna, M-Eighty, Nino Grave & Planet Asia, as Almighty)
The Last Ride (2021) (with Killah Priest, Kurupt & Ras Kass, as HRSMN)
Microphone Land (2021) (with Jaximus)
Self Licking Ice Cream Cone (2023) (with Johnny Slash)
Play No Games (2023) (with Ras Kass & Shane Dollar)
Necksnapper LP (2026) (with Chino XL)

EPs

Canibus & Keith Murray Are The Undergods (2009) (with Keith Murray, as The Undergods)
Historic EP (2014) (with Killah Priest, Kurupt & Ras Kass, as HRSMN)
Full Spectrum Dominance (2018)
Full Spectrum Dominance 2 (2018)
Matrix Theory I (2018) (with Marty McKay)
Full Spectrum Dominance 3 (2019)
Matrix Theory II (2019) (with Marty McKay)
Full Spectrum Dominance: Repolarization (2019)
Matrix Theory III (2019) (with Marty McKay)
Matrix Theory IV (2020) (with Marty McKay)
Matrix Theory V (2021) (with Marty McKay)
C (2022) (with Pete Rock)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	19	79.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	46	93.7th
Studio albums	33	98.4th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	28	62th
Genres	5	88.3th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (46 release groups · 33 studio albums)

Albums · 33

Can‐I‐Bus
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 52:13
1Intro1:08
2Patriots3:03
3Get Retarded4:07
4Niggonometry3:12
5Second Round K.O.4:37
6What’s Going On3:51
7I Honor U4:34
8Hype‐Nitis3:47
9How We Roll3:44
10Channel Zero4:29
11Let’s Ride4:00
12Buckingham Palace3:36
13Rip Rock3:54
14How Come4:11
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 50:11
1C-Quel4:15
22000 B.C.3:45
3Watch Who U Beef Wit4:51
4Die Slow4:05
5Mic-Nificient3:24
6Life Liquid4:27
7Phuk U4:09
8Doomsday News3:54
9Lost @ "C"5:10
10I'll Bust 'Em4:24
11Aside By
12100 Bars5:06
13Chaos2:41
C True Hollywood Stories
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:04:56
1Introduction1:32
2Stan Lives1:28
3U Didn't Care4:31
4The Rip Off4:26
5"C" T.H.S. (Title Track)4:05
6A Different Vibe in L.A.3:52
7I Gotta Story to 2 Tell2:26
8Stan 'n Can1:59
9Hate U 23:35
10Stop Smokin'3:13
11Lemmie Hear Sumthin Else3:53
12Hott Tonight4:40
13Gotta Get That Doe!4:10
14R U Lyrically Fit?3:19
15"Ya Teef Iz Yellow"1:31
16Luv U 24:02
17Box Cutta' Blade Runna2:39
18Draft Me!4:35
19One of My Favorites1:43
20"C" T.H. S (outro)1:56
21[unknown]1:21
MiClub: The Curriculum
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 54:41
1Mic Club Intro1:12
2Poet Laureate4:58
3Master Thesis3:48
4Behind Enemy Rhymes4:06
5Allied Meta-Forces5:34
6Cenoir Studies 025:02
7"C" Section3:20
8Drama A/T5:52
9DR C PhD3:16
10Bis Vs. Rip6:08
11Liberal Arts4:26
12Curriculum 1014:44
13Mic Club Outro2:15
Best of Canibus
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:50
12000 B.C.3:37
2AIDS is Gold HIV is Platinum4:34
3100 Bars4:58
4Beasts From the East5:33
5Gone Till November4:04
6DJ Keep Playing3:46
7Escape to Victory4:24
8Ice Cream Freestyle1:05
9Master Thesis3:48
10Slay Da Track4:17
112nd Round Knock Out4:37
12Buckingham Palace3:41
13I'll Buss 'em U Punish 'em4:07
14Reebok Freestyle0:52
15Thirty Three Three's2:36
16LL Cool J Phone Conversation Part 15:27
17LL Cool J Phone Conversation Part 26:49
18douleurs communes (Common Pains)4:35
My Name Is Nobody
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:58
1Intro / My Name Is Nobody4:46
2Stupid Producers3:51
3The Dungeon5:40
4U Know Who2:50
5Broke Ass5:16
6Get Off Ya Knees4:13
7Who Stopped Ya?2:45
8My Home Atlanta5:39
9Rip Is Alive2:08
10Outro0:50
Rip the Jacker
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:01
1Intro0:33
2Genabis4:12
3Levitibus4:01
4M-Sea-Cresy3:50
5No Return4:54
6Spartibus4:01
7Indisible3:59
8Showtime at the Gallow4:41
9Psych Evaluation3:52
10Cemantics3:40
11Poet Laureate II7:18
Top of the Biz
2005 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 35:40
1Breathe Freestyle2:30
2Haters Anthem (Omni3 remix)3:50
3Back with Heat4:07
4Group Home Family (Omni blend)2:34
5Give it More3:25
6I'll Punish You1:06
7Chaos (Omni blend)1:42
8Dear Academy3:17
9I Wish You Would4:00
10Get Retarded (Omni blend)1:53
11Hip Hop (What ya Want)3:19
12Guerilla Monsoon Freestyle2:42
13Black is Black1:15
Mind Control
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
133 3's
2Canibus Man
3Atlanta
4Gybaotic
5In the Rain
6Mind Control
7Last Laugh
8Not 4 Play
9Stupid Producers
10Talk the Talk
11Nobody
Hip-Hop for $ale
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1It’s No Other Than
2Back Wit’ Heat
3Benny Riley
4Show ’em How
5Dear Academy
6I Gotcha
7So Into You
8Da’ Pacelift
9Hip-Hop Body Rock
10Take "Dat
11Punch Lines
Mic Club: Mixtape Master, Volume 1
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:10:15
1Intro1:06
2Shogun3:31
3Vitruvian CanMan2:07
4Kill The Conjecture1:13
5Say It Ain't So2:40
6U Don't Cee3:04
7Collecting Taxes2:24
8Get Off YaKneez4:13
9Baggin' Up Da Poundz3:15
10Yeng Meng3:16
11Horsemen Talk4:48
12Da Paycut2:02
13Give It More3:17
14The Mic Disease2:04
15Allied Metaforces5:33
16Mic Club Mascot1:37
17Gone In 60 Seconds0:55
18Box Cutta' Blade Runna'2:36
19Understand Me (interlude)3:10
20Tha Dungeon5:40
21Rip Iz Alive2:08
22Bis vs. Rip (Original Version)5:33
23Interlude0:16
24Blakmilc Want Freedom1:33
25Live Dublin Freestyle1:20
26Accapella0:54
For Whom the Beat Tolls
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:09:35
1For Whom the Beat Tolls2:10
2Harbinger of Light3:21
3Poet Laureate Infinity v00311:05
4Liquid Wordz4:21
5Father Author, Poor Pauper3:25
6Dreamzzzzz4:53
7Magnum Innominandum2:59
8Layered Prayers2:31
9The Fusion Centre2:24
10702-386-53974:03
11The Goetia3:06
12Secrets Amongst Cosmonauts4:27
13One Ought Not to Think2:20
14Javelin Fangz4:12
15There Has He Been2:45
16Poet Laureate Infinity v00411:33
Melatonin Magik
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:09:46
1Melatonin Magik (intro)2:13
2Melatonin Magik4:59
3Kriminal Kindness3:04
4Hip-Hop Black Ops3:35
5The Dragon of Judah3:17
6Post Traumatic Warlab Stress5:52
7Air Strike (Pop Killer)5:28
8Fraternity of the Impoverished4:27
9Dead by Design4:53
10Only Slaves D.R.E.A.M.4:18
11Ripperland3:50
12Stomp on Ya Brain3:34
13Beat Butcher Get ’em4:42
14Do It Live!4:29
15Sharpshootaz Blazin’ Caps5:33
16Gold & Bronze Magik5:32
C of Tranquility
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks
1Cptn Cold Crush
2Salute
3C Scrolls
4Merchant of Metaphors
5Lunar Deluge
6Golden Terra of Rap
7Title 17 USMC
8Free Words
9The Messenger’s Message
10Cingularity Point
11Pine Comb Poem
12Good Equals Evil
13Worthlessness Purpose
14Right Now
15Golden Terra of Rap (iM remix)
Lyrical Law
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 2:27:49
Disc 116 tracks · 1:12:33
1Lyrical Law Intro1:14
2Lyrical Noir4:51
3The Art Of Yo6:23
4Fight With The Champ2:22
5The Emerald Cypher6:44
6The Golden Cypher3:34
7The Cypher Of Agartha3:43
8Cypher Of Steel3:44
9Cypher Of Five Mics4:19
10The Cypher Of Bread & Butter2:41
11Bis & Sun Ruck & Rock4:54
12The Ghost Of Hip Hop's Past5:16
13Cypher With Self6:02
14Rip Vs Poet Laureate11:48
15Untitled (Hidden Bonus Track)2:00
16The Lullaby Of Champions (Acapella) (Hidden Bonus Track)2:58
Disc 217 tracks · 1:15:16
1Money2:52
2Brainwash Reversal Remix3:32
3Emergency Broadcast3:38
4Dead By Design Remix4:27
5We Go Hard2:47
6Gold & Bronze Remix4:14
7The Spitboss Cypher6:40
8Melatonin Magik Remix3:41
9Dread Alert Part II9:05
10The Emerald Cypher (Extended Version)7:47
11Dragon Of Judah Remix5:11
12Summertime Heat2:55
13Where's The Love3:25
14The Golden Cypher (Extended Version)4:11
15Who You Know3:12
16Cypher Of Five Mics (Extended Version)5:45
17Ripperland Remix1:54
Rip the Jacker: Evidence of Infinity 3
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 58:09
1Rtjfk (intro)4:30
2Right, Little Time Left5:22
3God’s Calling (interlude)0:17
4Metal Gear Metaphors4:18
5Time Travelers3:19
6Manchurian Mixer6:50
7SuperLuminal Travel4:56
8Brilliant Android4:04
9Dr. Manhattan in Action4:52
10Dance, Octopus Dance2:41
11Bar War Rap2:04
12Hypermixer 20123:49
131974v2 II1:43
14Follow the Pied Piper3:12
15Lonely at the Top2:58
16Outro3:14
The Architect Presents: Flight Rtj2 (Deluxe Edition)
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 57:14
1The Hip Hop Grail2:34
2Exopolitical Lyrical Notes1:32
3Mob5:34
42012 A.D. Architect Original7:38
5Broken Thoughts2:55
6Clear & Present Danger Solo Version1:32
7First Deployment3:31
8Dreamz5:16
9Stomp on Ya Brain Remix1:59
10Secrets3:44
11Usmc Tile 13 (New Layer)2:45
12Zombies4:29
13The House of Slaughter2:46
14Tetragrammaton Gods Extended Version4:46
15Master My Poems1:24
16Head Wit No Screws in It1:36
17Microphone Meteor Strike1:55
18I Know You Feeling It1:18
Musiquarium, Vol. 2
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:35:40
1Innerstate Love Song5:02
2Indicted4:51
3Gotta Be Real3:34
4Musiquarium Radio Part IV3:59
5Fresher3:00
61 Devized by Won4:20
7Boom!!!2:47
8The World Is a Flame5:10
9Lyrical Noir (Alt intro)4:52
10The Rapture5:08
11Cypher of Sun Rocks4:55
12Sons of America2:48
13Spitboss Cypher5:49
14Musiquarium Radio Part V4:12
15Emerald Cypher7:47
16M.O.A.N.4:34
17Pushing Weight5:03
18You Dont Know Me3:49
19Swordsmiths3:14
20American Dream5:05
21After the Club3:16
22[untitled]2:25
Musiquarium, Vol. 1
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:33:21
1Musiquarium Radio (Intro)4:10
2Think Back2:37
3This Shit Right Here5:14
4Remarkable Timing4:14
5Show Em What Crazy Is4:26
6Treacherous Abbott3:36
7Brainwash Reversal6:24
8Musiquarium Radio, Pt. 24:32
9Dead by Design4:56
10Never Let You Go3:46
11Pedestal4:42
12Floating4:58
13Soul Pie3:13
14Low Key3:18
15Musiquarium Radio, Pt. 35:26
16Cypher With Self6:02
17The Road Warriors4:56
18Crisis Music5:01
19Drugs Is Drugs (Arch Remix)3:55
20Wings2:50
21Recognize5:05
Fait Accompli (Deluxe Edition)
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:19:08
1Star Spangled Banger (Intro)3:42
2Fait Accompli5:09
3Yellow Line1:30
4Pay Me In Gold3:44
5This Ain't the Movies5:23
6The Primary Axiom5:37
7Orange Line2:33
8Dyson's Fear of Spheres6:27
9The Principle of Equivalence4:59
10The Rude Boy Oscars4:17
11Sinflation6:00
12Red Line1:38
13The Last Christians9:21
14God$Les$ America5:34
15Historic7:14
16The Future3:37
17Star Spangled Banger (Outro)2:23
The Masterpiece Collection
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:53
1The Rip Off4:24
2It’s No Other Than4:05
3Liberal Arts4:26
4Spartibus4:00
5Allied Meta‐Forces5:34
6Back Wit’ Heat3:55
7Handle the Heights4:57
8No Return4:54
9Master Thesis3:48
10Showtime at the Gallow4:41
11Horsemen Talk4:50
12Poet Laureate II7:19
Time Flys, Life Dies... Phoenix Rise
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:14:34
1Time Flies, Life Dies... (intro)1:53
2Mikey Destruction, Devastating Tito & DJ Slice5:20
3Canibus Autobiography, Pt. 018:31
4Interlude Uno1:06
5Bronze Horses3:40
6The Kings Sent for Me (Samurydas remix)4:25
7Battle Buddies 4 Life3:56
8Concourse P3:51
9Interlude Dos2:42
10This Is Rome6:06
11Matte Blk Rapana3:28
12Mr. Montana… Thank You4:16
13Give Me Not Control4:13
14Igloo Music4:46
15Seismoluminesence4:21
16Formula Won3:55
17Phoenix Rise... (outro)8:05
Full Spectrum Dominance
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 23:56
1This Is Not a Dream1:02
2Black Lithium3:44
3The Odds3:19
4Even the Odds3:23
5Authentic Level of Greatness3:55
6Ghetto People Song4:17
7Anagram Phoenix3:02
8The Awakening1:14
Full Spectrum Dominance 2
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 24:58
1The Origin1:17
2Nationwide Ruckus3:05
3Curb Your Ego2:12
4Matter of Time3:58
5Canibus /\\ Cambatta7:24
6Available Nowhere2:52
7It’s Going Down2:20
8Full Spectrum Dominance 2 TBC1:50
Full Spectrum Dominance 3
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 19:52
1Zoom Out0:44
2What We Ask For3:51
3Blind by Design2:42
4Pen Game4:05
5Hallelujah2:35
6Make Up4:03
7Take the Chip1:52
Full Spectrum Dominance Repolarization
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:49
1Repolarization0:53
2Nationwide Ruckus3:58
3The Odds3:34
4Matter Of Time3:55
5Authentic Level Of Greatness3:55
6Black Lithium3:44
7Canibus ^ Cambatta6:46
8Hallelujah3:41
9Mind Free2:38
10Testing Complete0:45
MICROPHONE LAND
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 50:46
1Intro2:58
2Hip Hop Red Carpet3:04
3This Good for This Long3:25
4Death by Beretta4:22
5Gimme Mine3:13
6Microphone Rippers5:54
7Tha Cypher3:23
8Drunk Mexicans4:55
9My First Time2:55
10Shit Talkers3:11
11Cadence4:39
1296 Bars4:13
13Show Me Something4:08
14Outro0:26
Kaiju
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:12
1Curmudgeon4:11
2Entameta [Remix]5:00
3Hydra4:46
4Live Action Role Play3:59
5Travis Scott Concert3:49
6Animal Husbandry3:46
7Covid Santa4:27
8Kaiju Karaoke4:23
9The Long Road3:58
10Verzuz7:45
11Chase [Bonus]3:45
12Desperados Pt 2 [Bonus]3:23
One Step Closer to Infinity
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:22
1Ipictorial Wallet5:26
2Mass Malthusian Delusions3:46
3Jason & Brandon Mashias4:13
4BMC (BLK MRKT CRTFD) Eyes3:58
5Astaxanthian Man3:53
6Meta Burger4:04
7One Step Closer to Infinity4:09
8Lord Cyborg4:10
9Master Builders5:52
10Illfinity 1012:51
The Almighty Era V.1
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 34 tracks · 2:36:03
1CPTN Cold Crush3:43
2Only Slaves D.R.E.A.M4:17
3Start Over2:23
4Undergods Roll3:51
5Impossible6:06
6Primary Axiom5:38
7F.A.M4:07
8Igloo Music4:45
9Golden Terra of Rap3:25
10The Guilty Will Pay3:09
11Ripperland3:49
12Inner G4:26
13God$Les$ America5:35
14Concourse P3:50
15American Dream (Remix)5:02
16Matte BLK Rappana3:27
17The Last Christians9:21
18Melatonin Magik4:59
19Salute3:59
20Show Em' What Crazy Is4:24
21Mashout3:54
22Sharpshootah Sunsets6:34
23Pay Me In Gold3:43
24Handle the Heights4:55
25Audiobiography8:31
26Post Traumatic Warlab Stress5:52
27Merchant of Metaphors3:23
28High Price Shots5:30
29No Brainer3:47
30This Shit Right Here5:12
31The Dragon of Judah3:18
32Pine Cone Poem3:13
33Stomp On Ya Brain3:34
34Seismoluminesence4:21
Self Licking Ice Cream Cone
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:15
1SLICC (Intro)2:05
2Slack Jaw Fascists3:58
3Every Right Thinking American3:24
4The Demi-Side3:57
5Weedabuk4:39
6Part 25:08
7He, Who Cut Down the Hemp Tree3:18
84 Characters2:49
9Press - PussyPanic Button6:12
10Loyalty (Ex Rap Villain, The BLK Dylan)5:45
The Almighty Era V2 The Final Chapter
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:36:17
1Curmudgeon4:11
2Believer4:20
3We Just Spit Bars4:23
4Lord Cyborg4:11
5Shot Gunz in Hell3:47
6Princibly This3:55
7I.C.F4:02
8Desperados Pt. 23:21
9He Who Cut Down the Hemp Tree3:18
10One Step Closer to Infinity4:10
11Part 25:10
12Enta Meta (Remix)5:00
13Abu La-Haab5:05
14Mass Malthusian Delusions3:47
15Hydra4:45
16Morticians5:05
17Every Right Thinking American3:23
18Loyalty5:45
19Apocalips Now5:23
20Master Builders5:53
21The Poets Palaquin3:27
22The Demi Side3:56
Necksnapper LP
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:38
1Necksnapper4:41
2We Just Spit Bars4:22
3ICF4:03
4Abu La-Haab5:14
5Always There3:04
6Champions Pt. 2 (extended mix)6:03
7Godz Wrath4:42
8Basquiat Pt. 22:43
9Celebration3:12
10Cypher of 5 Mics4:19
11Bulletproof Metals4:05
12Sick Mind4:10

Single · 4

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1998	How ComeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:30 1How Come4:07 2How Come (instrumental)4:11 3How Come (a cappella)4:12	1998
1998	Second Round K.O.Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 20:41 1Second Round K.O. (LP version)4:04 2Second Round K.O. (clean)4:04 3Second Round K.O. (instrumental)3:55 4How We Roll (main)4:20 5How We Roll (clean)4:18	24 March 1998
2019	Matrix Theory IIISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 20:34 1Indigo Breeze4:38 2Left Brain Prisoners5:13 3Political Correctness5:23 4Multiscreen Madness5:20	11 June 2019
2020	Matrix Theory IVSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 19:31 1Killing Me Softly5:04 2A Cure for Wellness - Remix5:16 3Divide and Conquer4:25 4Hive Mind4:46	20 January 2020

EP · 6

EP release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2003	The Brainstream EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks 1Intro The Brainstream 2Got Bitches 3Horsemen Enforcements f/ The Horsemen 4Here 4 Free 5Microphone Meticulousness 6I Can U Can't 7U Didn't Care (Remix) 8How Many Emcees 9Falster Ego (Bis vs. Rip) 10Outro	2003
2009	Canibus & Keith Murray are The UndergodsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 26:44 11293:51 2Show Em What Crazy Is4:26 3No Brainer3:49 4Gotta Be Real4:02 5Stop Frontin3:35 6Rise of the Machines3:50 7Show N' Prove3:11	29 September 2009
2018	Matrix Theory ISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 16:50 1The Warning (intro)1:29 2The Matrix4:15 3Agent Smith6:48 4Drugs Make the World Go Round4:18	10 December 2018
2019	Matrix Theory IISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 4 tracks · 19:28 1Selling Lies4:27 2Silent Shadows4:54 3Trapped in the Darkness5:44 4Spirit Possession4:23	4 March 2019
2021	Matrix Theory VSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 23:37 1Rat Race4:15 2Fear5:36 3Political Correctness4:45 4The Awakening4:34 5Wrath4:27	30 July 2021
2022	CSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 26:49 1Princibly This3:56 2Princibly This (instrumental)3:55 3Poet's Palaquin3:27 4Poet's Palaquin (instrumental)3:27 5Concourse P (remix)5:15 6Princibly This (acapella)3:37 7Poet’s Palaquin (acapella)3:12	29 April 2022

Other · 2

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Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2003	The Lost Freestyle FilesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:07:27 1Rip the Jacker (LL Cool J Diss)5:00 2Clue Freestyle2:44 3Freestyle2:17 4Last Laugh5:34 5Tony Touch Freestyle1:49 6Clue Freestyle3:19 7Freestyle2:55 8MP3.com Freestyle2:02 9Monday Night Mixtape Freestyle6:41 10Wake Up Show Freestyle4:05 11Hot 97 Freestyle31:01		18 July 2003
	2005	The Vitruvian ManSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:32 1Lean Back Freestyle2:10 2Breathe Freestyle2:30 3Real Hip Hop Freestyle1:20 4Your Saviour Freestyle2:13 5Back With Heat4:08 6It's No Other Than4:42 7The Type That3:38 8What You Lookin' For3:26 9Hip Hop3:19 10Industry Lifestyle3:18 11They Don't Know4:14 12Tyrique4:51 13Let Me Love You3:55 14Full Battle Rattle3:48		2005

Album · 1

Album release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2004	Lost LyricsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 35 tracks · 1:18:38 1Intro0:23 2100 Bars4:59 3Ice Cream Freestyle1:06 4Thug-A-Nomics Freestyle0:51 5M.I.B. Freestyle0:45 6Jamanji Freestyle1:12 7Buckingham Place5:01 8On-Star Freestyle1:44 950 Bars Per Minute Freestyle3:26 10Phuk U2:20 11Get Retarded3:21 12Rap City Freestyle2:19 13Firm Verse1:12 14Live Freestyle2:32 15DJ Rukiz Talks About II Battle0:36 16Original 43211:56 172nd Round K.O.4:05 18Rip Da Jacker4:15 19Get Up Freestyle1:38 20Gone Till November1:31 21Slang Scarfaces Freestyle2:42 226 Hundred and 66 Freestyle1:43 23No Airplay0:52 24Bite Da Dust Freestyle0:32 25How We Roll3:50 26Artifacts Freestyle1:56 27Heat Wave Hot 97 Freestyle3:20 28Who Shot Ya Freestyle1:08 29Who Shot Ya Freestyle1:30 30Biggie Freestyle1:49 31Part 2: Freestyle1:09 32My Click Freestyle (Tony Touch)2:06 33Nigganometry2:49 34How Come2:19 35Live Freestyle Dissin LL5:41	Remix	2004

Stats & PK

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Canibus metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	19	79.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	46	93.7th
Studio albums	33	98.4th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	28	62th
Genres	5	88.3th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To
The Mau-Maus(band)	—	present
Almighty(band)	—	present
The Undergods(band)	—	present
Refugee Camp Allstars(band)	—	present
T.H.E.M.(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canibus_at_Amager_Bio_4.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f09f9d0-a88a-41a0-8cd8-a6dbcff2c50d
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f09f9d0-a88a-41a0-8cd8-a6dbcff2c50d
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734481
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734481
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus

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