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Artist Canibus
Release 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
Year 2000
Label Universal # 012 159 054-2
Format Album
Country Jamaica
Language English
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Canibus, 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus); cite each song by its SongID

2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)

2000 · Album · Universal # 012 159 054-2 · Jamaica
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Violence Metaphor, Vet, VC, Guerrilla Warfare.
Annotation
Canibus, born Germaine Williamson 9 December 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica, his career was based in New York, part of the East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop scene, finding minor success and known for freestyle and battle raps. This album contained three references to Vietnam. The song "The C-Quel" (Universal Music # 012 159 054-2) described one of these rap battles, using Vietnam as a metaphor for being a jungle guerilla, taking on MCs on a verbal battle: "I'll battle you with a gun to my neck, ambushin' emcees, jumpin' out the trees like Vietnamese in fatigues covered with leaves" . The song "Horsementality" continued the theme: "and my lyrics be the atomic rockets, cosmic vomic - spittin', hittin' at y'all Vietnam vets" , as did the song "100 Bars" , presenting an image of guerilla warfare as a metaphor: "duckin' down low like we in 'Nam fightin' the Viet Cong, screamin' 'incoming' when I see a bomb" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collection
Songs from this release appear in this curated collection.
The songs
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2000 · Album · Universal # 012 159 054-2 · Kingston, Jamaica · 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)

Canibus, born Germaine Williamson 9 December 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica, his career was based in New York, part of the East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop scene, finding minor success and known for freestyle and battle raps.

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2000 · Album · Universal # 012 159 054-2 · Kingston, Jamaica · 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)

Canibus, born Germaine Williamson 9 December 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica, his career was based in New York, part of the East Coast Hip Hop / Hardcore Hip Hop scene, finding minor success and known for freestyle and battle raps.