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

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".

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: classicrapbattles

Length: 10:30
Rating: 4.75
Views: 290416

Tags: back battles canibus cool coolj dis diss disses germaine knockout ll llcoolj ripper round second strikes the williams

Video Comments

prtorrential101 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

0o0 idk about that i mean look at eminem. wat other rapper in the world went double platinum and diamond without saying the word "nigga" in any of their songs

VictoryIsMine08 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Mike Tyson sounds corny on that track.

chromemaxima (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Biggie ain't shit

warrior66x (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

its not all about big words if thats the case canibus is better than pac. ur defeatin ur own logic.

mrmab19 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

L is a hip hop legend.He will go down in history as one of the greatests emcees ever,even if he never touches a mic again! No knock on Canibus,I like his music,but to to even put him in the same sentence as LL is crazy!

gsxrbuckeye (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I dont mean to start any kind of war here, so no need to call your homies to throw a 9-11 on my ass but, CANIBUS CAN'T HOLD L.L.'S JOCK STRAP.

marvo40two (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 March 9, 1997),he is the greatest rapper who ever lived hands down

Corallis (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

LL may have been ok in the late eighties, but he has never been a lyrical heavyweight in the same league as contemporaries of his like Rakim, G Rap, Kane, KRS-One, Masta Ace etc. compare any of these bar-for-bar with LL and it's clear who is more talented.u r going over your statement that LL 'won' cos he had a better mainstream career as if it makes the point more valid if repeated: the hip-hop COMMUNITY and most ARTISTS think LL lost, therefore he lost. it's like who won between 50 & GZA.

Corallis (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

umm, since 98, Canibus has made 2000BC, Mic Club and peaked with Rip the Jacker (which got 10/10 on RapReviews and is considered an undergroudn classic). last year, he made one of the better albums of 2007 (For Whom The Beat Tolls). he does not need to 'come back', he is still showing he is a first-class spitter.and the collabs r important cos all of those ppl are considered legends - they're not exactly going to be working with Bis for publicity, they do it out of respect for his talent.

melojr92 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

not to be mean but canibusses fans are like the fans of the new york knicks, they jus hope that one year they ll come back and do good but alas evry year nothin happens and his fan club is the same way, devoted, i think u meant praying for him to comebackp.s. and i do think LL suks right now but in the 80s, 90s he held his own and defeated all challengers(MC SHan, KMD,Ice T,MC Hammer, and CANIBUS)