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Canibus ~ Can-I-Bus
Long a staple of the New York mix-tape scene, Canibus saw his impending debut get hyped for months. Maybe, though, there was too much buzz, and maybe it became more of a distraction than a confidence builder because, unfortunately, on Can-I-Bus, the silver-tongued (and sometimes -faced) MC is plagued not by a lack of rhymes--after all, "[Canibus] without lyrics is like a porn flick without sex," as he boasts on "Buckingham Palace"--but by utterly somnolent production. Though Wyclef Jean succeeds with the pulsing "Second Round K.O." and the Eno-meets-dub "Buckingham Palace," most of the beats are lackluster, hardly befitting Canibus's verbal blaze. With a producer like DJ Premier (of Gang Starr) or even Laze E. Laze (M.O.P.), Canibus would have a track worthy of his penetrating flow. --Jon Caramanica
...Can-I-Bus is more than just a cold stare and a big mouth. Canibus cuts his lyrics of fury with everything from financial advice to aspiring rappers ... to seriously weird science. -- SpinEven though he's a newcomer, he's taken it upon himself to offer advice and career guidance to fellow hip-hoppers. But Can-I-Bus still feels like the work of a promising, but not fully developed, talent. -- Entertainment WeeklyRapping smoothly over everything from Marvin Gaye to Burt Bacharach, the Wyclef Jean protege is consistently engaging. -- USA Today[Canibus'] brittle delivery grabs attention, but his venom--mostly against other rappers--soon wears thin, and his rhymes often seem wordy and shapeless, which is partially the fault of producer Wyclef Jean. -- People[Canibus'] refreshingly concise and mentally alert record shows [he] is on a mission: he's taken hip-hop to boot camp, sharpened it up and sent it back into the world leaner, fitter and hungrier.... -- New Musical Express