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Okay Rip you made your point, I can't out-rap you
You said you was the illest, I would never doubt that too Canibus – Bis vs. Rip

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Canibus knows very well that he cannot compete with Rip The Jacker, especially on a lyrical level. He’s doing his best to explain his side in a calm manner, unlike Rip, who is spazzing out.

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You wanna face me Bis? Kick a rhyme! Canibus – Bis vs. Rip

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Rip The Jacker is so angered that he calls out Canibus to battle him!
Canibus declines, but Rip being the aggressive ego he is, spits some battle bars at him in an effort to get ‘Bis to battle.

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Germaine, you fucking water brain
Don't you understand, fuck the mainstream
You should just call out names
The industry's all about game I shit on 'em all the same Canibus – Bis vs. Rip

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The mainstream rappers & record labels just play games, in turn, Rip plays games with them by calling them out. To Rip, it’s nothing but a piece of cake, he can handle them all.

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sargon

5 years

he said the industry is all about gain no game

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Yo, you fucking hate me, you fucking lock me in the basement
And you still want me to protect you, it doesn't make sense Canibus – Bis vs. Rip

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Rip The Jacker is one of Canibus’s alter egos, Rip is the aggressive, angry & hyper-lyrical side of ‘Bis. Canibus does his best to keep Rip bottled up because Rip is usually the one who engages in & handles the beef (LL Cool J, Eminem, etc). But Canibus also recognizes that he needs Rip, he is the one who protects Canibus & writes his most lyrical bars.

This presents a kind of love/hate relationship with his alter ego. On one hand, Rip gets Canibus into beefs, on the other hand, he protects him. It sets up the concept & dialogue perfectly for the rest of the song.

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A thousand bars later, I ain't heard nothing from Pap Canibus – Cptn Cold Crush

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His song Poet Laureate Infinity consists of a little over 1000 bars, but it is no ordinary 1000 bar song. It’s a concept invented by Canibus, involving the mixing of different vocal layers (5 layers in total) with a corresponding rhyme scheme to create alternate phrasing, ideas, and overall subject matter.

The concept & idea is very similar to Hundred Thousand Billion Poems.

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This video and the description attached provide the only explanation of this beef I could find:

The conflict started after Canibus joined the army in 2002. Canibus recorded dozens of verses before he took a break from Hip-Hop.
He had a freestyle called “Say It Ain’t So”. Canibus gave it to “Drama King” Kay Slay to publish it. But Kay Slay remixed it to a collaboration.
Papoose had the opportunity to be on the same freestyle as Canibus. But Canibus never agreed to this. Kay Slay mixed the freestyle record into a full song. It created the illusion of Papoose and Canibus battling each other or at least going head to head fairly. But this was not the case.

Kay Slay chopped Canibus' verses into little pieces and added Papooses verses into the song. Papoose recorded much longer non-freestyle verses for this song. He had all the time in the world to write a verse that seemed more sophisticated than Canibus' verse. On collaborations Canibus is know to put his best into the song, but in a freestyle he is not going all out. Papoose used this opportunity to make it seem like he is the better rapper than Canibus.
Canibus was in the army and couldn’t respond. He couldn’t even decline to release this collaboration. It seemed like a plot against him, a plot to discredit Canibus. Canibus at that time was seen as the greatest lyricist on the planet (and he still is). Outshining him on a track would be a career boost.

The released song was renamed to “Back To Back/Back 2 Back”. It sounded like Papoose was dissing him on the same song.
Canibus already experienced a scenario where another rapper dissed him on the same track (LL Cool J in 4, 3, 2, 1).

This video and the description attached provide the only explanation of this beef I could find:

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The conflict started after Canibus joined the army in 2002. Canibus recorded dozens of verses before he took a break from Hip-Hop.
He had a freestyle called "Say It Ain't So". Canibus gave it to "Drama King" Kay Slay to publish it. But Kay Slay remixed it to a collaboration. 
Papoose had the opportunity to be on the same freestyle as Canibus. But Canibus never agreed to this. Kay Slay mixed the freestyle record into a full song. It created the illusion of Papoose and Canibus battling each other or at least going head to head fairly. But this was not the case.

Kay Slay chopped Canibus' verses into little pieces and added Papooses verses into the song. Papoose recorded much longer non-freestyle verses for this song. He had all the time in the world to write a verse that seemed more sophisticated than Canibus' verse. On collaborations Canibus is know to put his best into the song, but in a freestyle he is not going all out. Papoose used this opportunity to make it seem like he is the better rapper than Canibus.
Canibus was in the army and couldn't respond. He couldn't even decline to release this collaboration. It seemed like a plot against him, a plot to discredit Canibus. Canibus at that time was seen as the greatest lyricist on the planet (and he still is). Outshining him on a track would be a career boost.

The released song was renamed to "Back To Back/Back 2 Back". It sounded like Papoose was dissing him on the same song. 
Canibus already experienced a scenario where another rapper dissed him on the same track (LL Cool J in 4, 3, 2, 1).

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gnuccaplease

7 years

is he not cool with Papoose?

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Trey simmons

8 years

Pap means papoose

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Yo I started tha' starters & fathered tha' fathers who fathered/
I slaughtered tha' slaughters & slaughtered the slaughters who slaughtered/ The Diplomats (Ft. J.R. Writer & Juelz Santana) – Get Use to This

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This may be the best rap line ever, if not, it’s gotta be top 5.

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When Com. Sense said Borrow a Dollar, economy was strong Reks – Mr. Nobody

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A reference to Common’s ‘92 debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?

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This is where the Broad St. bullyin' stops
My bars of gold bullyin' yours are not Canibus – Who Ownz You? (Beanie Sigel Diss)

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Reference to Beanie Sigel’s album The Broad Street Bully. Beanie claims to be a bully, how do you deal with a bully? you have a bigger/stronger person bully him, that person is Canibus.

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10 years

gold BULLION!!! as in gold bars

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Who Ownz You? (Beanie Sigel Diss) Canibus – Who Ownz You? (Beanie Sigel Diss)

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The Beanie Sigel beef started when Canibus was dissed on one of Beanie’s tracks, in turn provoking Canibus to release the ‘Who Ownz You’ reply. The track was called “Put Yo Hands Up” and was mainly a diss to Jadakiss but in the song Beanie said the line “I rock ya bells like L, I ain’t Canibus Nigga.” which sparked this song.

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More lines to your forehead than Brian McKnight Canibus – Microphone Meticulousness

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That’s a lot of lines.

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