Daaamn homie... you used be the maaaan homie...

I was one of those die hard Canibus fans who thought he would be hip hop's savior from the shiny suit era. I was wrong. The trajectory of Canibus' career stands as one of my most disappointing memories in hip hop. So much potential wasted. You can blame Wyclef, you can blame LL, you can blame the industry, the label, whomever you want... but as it stands, let's just face it, the music never lived up to the hype he built for himself. I've expounded upon this in a previous post before so I'll end it at that.

So now he is about to release his 10th album (!) on October 5th. Ever since "2000 BC", I've kind of half-heartedly been keeping my ears open to what he's been doing since. The harder-dying fans will swear that albums like "Mic Club" and "Rip the Jacker" are classics... but nothing has really sparked my interest since his second album. But then I stumbled upon this album sampler for the upcoming "C of Tranquility" and my interest has once again been renewed. Bis spitting over beats by Primo, DR Period, Scram Jones, Jake One, Domingo, and more?? These are the producers he should've linked up with years ago. Check it out... maybe there is life in Rip the Jacker's career yet.

Canibus Snippets (v2) from Interdependent Media on Vimeo.