Canibus vs Dizaster – KOTD Vendetta – REVIEW
This was a battle that I was really hyped about for so long; Canibus has spit some of the sickest rhymes of the 90s/early 2000s and Dizaster has cemented his reputation as one of the best in battle rap. When KOTD (King of the Dot) announced they were going to battle, I went nuts!
I couldn’t watch online because I didn’t have the money for the Pay-per-View on UStream, and I don’t think I could wait for the official footage to come out (could be out when I leave for America), so off I went to find an unofficial bootlegged version. Someone had actually screen-capped the whole event, that had other battles such as DNA vs Eurgh (HOT!!) and Arsonal vs Illmaculate (I haven’t seen this yet, but heard neither spit their best stuff).
I found Canibus vs Dizaster finally! I had such high expectations of Canibus. He has amazing lyrics. I already knew the danger that Dizaster could do, especially in his battle against DNA.
I was hoping that this battle would be as good, if not better, than the Dizaster vs DNA one.
Canibus started off great! His first 2 rounds had a lot of great content and his wordplay was on point. Dizaster delivered as he always does: Aggressive, in your face, powerful! But in the third round, things went very pear-shaped.
Canibus accepted defeat, because he couldn’t remember his lines…and pulled out his notebook. THAT’S A NO-GO!! In ANY battle, whether it be a B-Boy battle or a Rap Battle, you cannot pull off shit like that! Not only is it very weak but it’s also pathetic and disrespectful to the opponent – and if you get to watch the footage Dizaster said in his last round he felt disrespected…then went to destroy Canibus. Anyone that pulls out a notebook in a battle gets clowned on, and respect is lost.
I don’t know if the pressure got to Canibus but he fucked up! Big time, he fucked up. He could have genuinely been unprepared since it was his first battle in like 15 years or so, but this battle has been made official since like January and in the video he said he only wrote for 3 weeks??
But after the battle, Canibus and Dizaster said their thoughts on stuff – and Canibus said some real cool words about Dizaster. He apologised for not performing up to the standard that everyone was hoping he would, and that takes real guts to do that. Dizaster then said that when he was growing up in Hip Hop, Canibus was his favourite artist for a long while, and for him to step in the ring takes serious balls and the respect is there for taking up the battle and doing his thing.
You could see this battle both sides; you could say it was disappointing because of Canibus’ antics but you could say that it was awesome because Canibus battled! Some people seriously do not know how grateful they are for such battles to happen, and for the footage to be in such high quality! It comes to the point where people don’t appreciate the people/organisation that bring out the footage and just comment on the bad thing that happened in the video – I know this cause it’s happened in my videos too.
I guess I can say I wish Canibus did better, but I’m really happy I got to witness history! So everyone, as much as Canibus did fuck up, you guys probably can’t do any better so shut up and be humble!
ChazB 
Spin this anyway you want, Canibus made a fool of himself, his undesirable reputation takes yet another blow, dude is the biggest douche to ever hold a microphone.
Yep! I can agree to that – him making a fool of himself!
Out of respect to Canibus’ legacy as one of the best rappers of the 90s/2000s… I’ll probably wait to watch this. But pulling out a notebook in the middle of a battle? Daaaamn.
As a longtime fan and supporter of Canibus, I am in a loss for word, his pathetic performance is inexcusable. I cant believe all those lyrics he spit through the years, the boasting about freestyle prowess and all that, eventually culminates into this sad excuse for a performance.
He fell off, harder then any rapper I have ever known. Couldnt even watch the video all the way through. I deleted his fucking albums from my PC, not because they suddenly suck, but because im my eyes canibus is a fucking fraud. His entire persona revolves around complex rhymes and destroying mcs. Guess that was all fake shit. And second round KO was a one time stroke of genius.
Unless he does another proper mc battle, tells everyone he lost on purpose, comes prepared and keeps his bi-polar cracked out mind under control and redeems himself, Im never buying or listening to none of his shit ever again.
PS: his RTJ infinity album has been delayed for fucking years,and continuously keeps being delayed,WTF is up with that shit SRSLY?!! Not that I give a fuck anymore, Im not buying shit from him again anyway..
FUCK you canibitch!!
Canibus didnt win cause he careless, not bcoz he’s whack. He was tearing Diz apart on the 1st round.
This rap biz is full of hypocrits, Bis was cheated with the L vs bis beef. His 1st album and sequeles, but what did he get ? You dont give him his rightful respect but you still want to use him to make money. Y’all go to hell