LL Cool J VS. Canibus 2nd Round KO the Ripper Strikes Back

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LL Cool J released the album 'Phenomenon' in 1997. The second single on the album is "4,3,2,1", which features DMX, Method Man, Redman, and Canibus. LL and Canibus clashed during the production of "4,3,2,1" over a reference Canibus made in the song about LL's microphone tattoo. Canibus: "Yo L is that a mic on your arm? Let me borrow that". LL felt the line was disrespectful and responded on the track: "The symbol on my arm is off limits to challengers, you hold the rusty swords I swing the excalibur" and: "Now let's get back to this mic on my arm - if it ever left my side it'd transform into a time bomb. You don't wanna borrow that, you wanna idolize.
And you don't wanna make me mad ***** you wanna socialize". Canibus ultimately agreed to remove his tattoo reference, but a rivalry had been born.

A short time later Canibus released 'Can-I-Bus?' which included the scorching LL Cool J diss "Second Round K.O." LL Cool J responded with an equally charged diss track called "The Ripper Strikes Back".

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LL Cool J VS. Canibus 2nd Round KO the Ripper Strikes Back

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  • "u aint got the ...

    "u aint got the skills to eat a nigga's ass like me" hahah wat a F*g ...

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  • LL lost this one. ...

    LL lost this one. anybody wit sense could tell dat

    By 501money [Affiliate User] 1201882955 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • anyone that thinks ...

    anyone that thinks LL won this battle is one of 3 things. Stupid, Female, or Gay.

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  • LL may have been ...

    LL may have been around since 84, and he still has a career, but this was the 'lyrical' battle that LL lost. (Even LL later admitted to not being on top of his game on this song) But since everyone nowadays judges a "lyrical' battle by irrelivant things like image and money... of course they're going to say LL won. Sad state of hip hop when kids don't even know up from down anymore. LL is still one of the greatest even know he lost this particular 'lyrical' battle.

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  • seems all the true ...

    seems all the true heads like "gangstarr12345" a cunning reference to an equally cunning linguist GANGSTARR know canibus won lyrically, all the pop F*gs like kane west and kkkrakkkernem F*gs are delusioned by Cool Jays Corporate Mainstream status, poor highschool stans

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  • em-theeths

    em-theeths

    By JD5519 [Affiliate User] 1201805475 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • why is canibus ...

    why is canibus always taking S**t , LL Cool J, Eminem, kanye West, and Jin. He needs to stop being a F****t .

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  • ll won dat battle ...

    ll won dat battle no doubt

    By remedave [Affiliate User] 1201780336 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Heh, Canibus went ...

    Heh, Canibus went at Eminem too, He lost to Eminem also.

    By DavEdZerO [Affiliate User] 1201613997 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • canibus killed ll ...

    canibus killed ll cool j. Thr ripper strikes back was dope but not as 2nd round ko

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  • LL took that man ...

    LL took that man out the game before he got started. Why would he even go there LL been in the game over 20yrs so it don't really matter what anybody has to say.

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  • "cause 99% of your ...

    "cause 99% of your fans don't exist" DAMN!

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  • love that song : ...

    love that song : The Ripper Strikes Back

    By norbit145 [Affiliate User] 1201415325 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • F**k ll

    F**k ll

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  • HAHAhaaa! That ...

    HAHAhaaa! That nigga Cannibus got famous off LL! Ask a mafucker on the street if they know who Cannibus is, they say yeah that's that Nigga LL gave an EARLY RETIREMENT PLAN TO!

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  • I think honestly LL ...

    I think honestly LL won cuz he came at canibus harder but i still give canibus props

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  • Canibus won the ...

    Canibus won the battle but LL won the war. the battle was about the lyrical skills. the war was about pop appeal unfortunately. i'm behind Canibus all day.

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  • He got 'em bacC ...

    He got 'em bacC with that "99 % of his fans dont exist" ha

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  • let me speak i dont ...

    let me speak i dont canibus is really good cause he aint get famous but he is sort of known canibus does got skills but overall who still in the and get talk about ll.and kool moe dee is gone one moment wonder lil wayne is the best ya digggggg

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  • Man I never knew LL ...

    Man I never knew LL was that good haha i always thought he was mad whack he has skills. Close battle i think Canibus won though more personal

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  • What are yall ...

    What are yall talkin bout? Lyrical skill doesnt matter in hip hop. It's about how much money you got. You got more money, OBVIOUSLY you're a better emcee.
    Sarcasm.
    What I dont understand is how he dissed LL so hard but came off so weak against Eminem.

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  • CANIBUS WINS!

    CANIBUS WINS!

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  • Canibus definitely ...

    Canibus definitely won the battle and his career isn't over. He is still producing albums, they just aren't advertised much and since apparently lyricism doesn't matter in Hip Hop he isn't very popular anymore.

    Hip-Hop is DEAD.

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  • it's a tie....think ...

    it's a tie....think about that S**t

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  • canibus is tight as ...

    canibus is tight as S**t if you like this S**t youtube search "wax new" and click on the first video that comes up. that cracker can rap his ass off.

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