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1.) Introduction: With a spoof on the autobiographical channel E!, with a melodramatic music to back up the host, who explains Canibus's three personalities: well-mannered Germaine Williams, lyrical monster Canibus, and the malevolent alter ego Rip The Jacker. Although useless, it introduces it well, fit for the concept of the album. 2.) Stan Lives!: Strangely, another skit follows up after the introduction, which features Canibus, Pakman, and Louie Lombard in a car where they spot Stan driving over a bridge. Canibus goes out to save him, despite later missing the flight on a show worth $60,000. This leads perfectly to the next song. 3.) U Didn't Care: Featuring a fitting production similar to Dr. Dre's style of extensive use of instruments and four-looped melody, Canibus proceeds the track by taking on the persona of Stan, mimicking his whiny voice and rapping as him to Eminem once again. However, this time, it is full of venomous hate and more sinister, making fun of Eminem's rap style and Em himself. Canibus's raspy voice helped add on to Stan's new personality, talking about how Eminem did not care about him, and his new life hanging with Canibus, who "introduces people to his lyrical equal". Although Bis kept it simple as compared to his intricate verbiage released in his other albums, he hit hard with many powerful lines at Em, mainly at the last verse: "Clef stepped to him and told him he should step to you That you was ghost writin for L, but that wasn't true You was lookin at him the same way I'm lookin at you Why can't we be friends Em', I don't want nothin from you You see there's a little bit of Stan in all of us Tell me where you think all of these record sales sparred from Talkin 'bout Britney and Christina Aguilera Nsync too, have you ever looked in a mirror? Your hair ain't really blonde, and ya eyes ain't blue So never diss me, cuz when you diss me your dissin you!" 4.) The Rip-Off: With a production that imitated the exotic, Egyptian-styled instrumentals (with a very catchy melody though) used by many commercial rappers especially recently, Canibus continues his mockery by ripping the sellouts with very clever punchlines at times. as he does limit his vocabulary and at some lines did not rip it, though digressing from topic to topic, first talking about the result of messing with Canibus, which he compares to as "playing Russian Roulette with a musket, and got busted at your own nugget", and then of Rip The Jacker breaking through US customs as a janitor and flying to Dublin. However, there were a handful of sick lines reminiscent to his other blazing tracks, and hearing him ripping apart commercial rappers at their own game, with the played-out instrumentals and their own extent of words, made this song enjoyable not just as a joke at sellouts, but a decent to track to listen without recognizing it as a satire. 5.) C - T.H.S. (Title Track): Now I know that Bis was imitating whack sellouts when they are attempting to storytell in their rhymes, following their same pattern and mimicking their incredibly awful lyrics. There is neither the rugged tone of Bis's usual approach when on the mic, nor any metaphorical rhyme schemes. The lyrics are so bland, that it's so blatantly obvious that Canibus is only pulling on their strings and showing the commercial rap artists just how bad they sound like. However, even if the joke is revealed, the track is so bad and so well imitated, that it is hard to hear through it, which was the main reason why it did not receive a high rating, despite the on-point emulation from Bis. 6.) A Different Vibe In L.A.: Featuring a piano-looped beat and a girl singing an R&B-like hook very catchily on the chorus, Bis decides to take his launch of attacks on West-Coast rappers, imitating their bling-bling weak lyrics, swytching topics verse to verse with average rhymes each time. However, after you understand that it is a joke, it does get tedious to listen to with the perfectly-mimicked terrible lines. 7.) I Gotta Story 2 Tell: Utilizing a hard-hitting beat with a sample of a female from the oldies singing, "Listen to me everything...I got a story to tell...well..WELL". From then, Bis jumps in to dismantle Jay-Z, although some would disagree and say it is dissing all commericial rappers. Despite references from Beanie Seagel to Jadakiss, I think Canibus focuses this topic strictly on Jay and ripping him for all he's worth, with clear indications for this being a Jigga diss track, involving Jay-Z's incidences with biting (yes, it's true, he has been caught for quite some time stealing lines from 2Pac, Biggie, and Nas and used them for his tracks), "Come on I wouldnt bite you I look at you like my dentist/ I thought you was number one recommended, why you offended? Hip hop aint ya property, you aint the only tenant/ If I win the lottery you cant tell me how to spend it", and criticizing his work and his henchmen", "You got something to say, dont put ya Henchmen in it/ Them little monkey faced artist that you sign fa pennies. I refuse to serve them like Dennies/ You know they rhymes is petty/ Dont tell me that ya school of hard knocks turn preppy!" Canibus went further in depth as he closed perfectly with formidable lines: "I went out and bought ya album 2 times, I aint hatin' Next thing I know you talkin Jamaican like you a native But you really violatin', you dont know what you sayin' Canibus aint in the game so you know he aint playin I had nothing before and I have nothing now F*ckin' with a n*gga with nothing only brings you down!" Though not as high of the level of talent that Canibus possesses, this track is still pleasant to listen to and one of the highlights on the album. 8.) Stan N Can: This is basically a useless skit of Canibus and Stan in a limosine, and though it, Canibus actually shows himself as a generous guy, introducing Stan to the "good life" and providing him fresh clothes and a chain for their photo shoot and letting him go on tour with him. Nonethless, this is very tedious and unneeded, depicting just how useless skits are in a commericial rap artist's album. 9.) Hate U 2: Featuring a catchy video-game driven beat that reminds me of the game Pacman, which I think is where it is sampled from, this track directed towards Eminem and commercial rappers also includes a sing-along, juvenile-sounding chorus, which in my opinion pokes fun at Eminem's catchy, nursery rhyme-like hooks fit for his singles and several of his tracks. Bis delivers a direct diss to his arch-enemy with an OK verse. This is followed up by his new hype man Pakman, who although has an infectious flow, is relatively a weak emcee with a limited set of vocabulary and whack metaphors, which is also the case for 50 Cent. Despite the sing-along hook and the alluring game-like beat, as well as certain lines thrown into Canibus's overall average verse, the track itself did not pull through. I don't think Pakman should have been in that song either for the terrible rhymes he displayed; matter of fact, I'm surprised Bis would even put such an emcee as Pakman on his album. But then again, this could be part of the parody, with Canibus making fun of rappers that feature whacker emcees just because they were either friends, to make themselves look better, etc. 10.) Stop Smokin' f/ C-4: Although a tad bit funny as Bis takes on the style of triple-cadence rappers with their type of beat and flow, this is so lyrically weak and so well imitated that it is hard to bear it. To top it off, he added a guest that was supposed to represent whack materialistic female emcees, which was successful, as it was so terrible, you can't help but press Skip. Oh yeah, C-4's whack performance made the track worse. Now I know this is strill just a work of satire, but sometimes, the satire can go too far and turn into these kinda of songs, a joke that goes unfunny because of how terrible this one really is. 11.) Lemmie Hear Sumthin' Else f/ Pak-Man: This is my second favorite track off of this album, and there are perfect reasons to led to this. Bis finally does not take on personalities of any rappers; instead, he and PakMan both diss them head-on, challenging them to rap about something else other than their redundant commericialized subject matter. The beat was a headbanger with a melodic tune and hard-hitting snare, and you can automatically catch on the chorus once Bis and Pak take turns telling the sellouts, "Lemme hear sumthin' else". PakMan delivers an OK performance with a storytelling about a sellout rapper he meets, who ends up biting his lines in the end after Pak stopped to tell him to switch up his rhymes a bit, and overall he did a tolerable verse. However, when it got down to Canibus, he ripped it even with the limited vocabulary he was trying to portray, with nice metaphors and a GREAT flow: "With ill cannibalistic, animal instincts Instant lyrical fitness, could you handle the distance? You don't have enough wisdom The man who gives quicksand resistance Sinks the quickest, it's simple physics Spit quick, like 6B tip-tronic stick-shift B*tch is equipped with a nitrous-oxide flipswitch... Me and the Killer P, and P-A-C Get crazy with G-A-T's I'm a B-E-A-S-T, you don't wanna race me I do Mach 1 over a A-F-B No if's, A-N-D's, or B-U-T's A hundred bars ain't SH*T for a true emcee" 12.) Hott Tonight: With this track, Canibus laucnhes his attack on fake thuggish rappers that pretend to have a soft heart for that "one gurl", which of course, is non-existent and utilized for gaining money purposes. The beat sounded a bit weird with the old-styled singing vocals in the background and the weird uplifting melody as well as a female laying down vocals during the hook and other places like many commericial rappers tend to put, but Bis's impersonation on false love for a chick was incredibly funny. He did not rap with a rugged approach, but rather more like a whisper to pretend to reveal a sensitive side. With average verses full of one-syllable rhymes and weak metaphors, humor is just about the only essential key to listening to this joint. 13.) Gotta Get That Doe! f/ PakMan: With a beat, melody, and hook replicated from the rhythm and tone of the Marcarena (I think that's how you spell it), Bis and Pak-Man drop verses on getting currency no matter what, even if they are not going to sell out, dissing commericial rappers once again...well, at least Canibus does. Pak-Man was terrible as usual, with no sense of creativity and flowing at the same rhythm as the melody was really irritating to bear to listen to. 14.) R U Lyrically Fit? f/ Louie Lombard: This track is backed up by a very stirring violin-looped beat, as well as Louie Lombard, who I think is supposed to replicate the whackness of Bizarre, as both have a disturbing low voice, except Lombard's vocals sound distorted and with more than one person rapping at once. Also, both do not rap on-point and at times, talk during the beat iunstead of rapping. The biggest point to finding that this was aimed at Bizzy was the subject matter: digressing, meaningless, grotesque, and loss of common sense. Though he imitated well, Louie's verse was unlistenable. Canibus drops an average verse with some good lines, but the flow was a bit too slow and off-putting. 15.) Ya Teef Iz Yellow f/ Pak-Man: Yes, I know, it's a mockery, but once you hear the ridiculous finger-snappings and mouthing music from , it is plain stupid, intended to diss Ludacris for his mouth beats and freestyles in his past albums circa 2000 and below. I mean, sure it will bring you laughs every time you hear its absurdity over and over, but once Bis and Pakman take turns rhyming about people with yellow teeth for a whole song's worth...it's just basically retarded. I did not like it, but maybe you'll enjoy it for its hilarity. 16.) Luv U 2 f/ Pak-Man: Just think of this as Hate U 2 reversed. Bis and Pak-Man's flow remained the same, only this time they are a lot calmer and dealing with showering people with kindness, rapping along the same beat and similar chorus as Hate U 2. However, this time, it is a lot more repetitive and the lyrics are not as confrontational, making it worse. 17.) Box Cutta Blade Runna: This track is obviously my favorite, for it being the most lyrical and having an intense fast-paced beat, and no, it's not the kind for triple-cadence rappers. Bis raps non-stop with no pause, breaks, or hooks with dope lines consisting of good metaphors and wordplay. I have no idea what type of emcee this was intended to effect, since he did not seem to poke fun at anyone. 18.) Draft Me f/ C-4: I absolutely HATED this song. Canibus's verse was not bad, but everything else just falls apart from there. The rock-driven beat, C-4's Optimus and Self Pitty dropping verses, and the Stan impersonation by Bis...all terrible. Also, it kind of offended me in some way when Bis called middle-easterns "monkeys"...no, no, I'm not Middle Eastern, I'm ASIAN (haha, I think you got that by now), but I just felt he did not need go as far as calling them that, but I can understand his passion stirred up during the 9/11 incidence and could cause him to express his feelings of hatred towards them, though I don't know if 9/11 happened before or after this album dropped. Either way, I detested this song. 19.) One Of My Favorites: This is basically the closing outro, the REAL closing outro, with the original false host for the intro of C! True Hollywood Stories quoting some rhymes of Canibus. It may be useless, but hearing this white guy saying the "n" word and motherf*cker in such a bland way was hilarious. Worth a listen or two. 20.) C - T.H.S. (Outro): This is useless, once again, with a piano-looped beat and nothing else throughout the track, showing just how useless skits and outros are in the albums of non-creative commercial rappers. 21.) [Untitled Track]: On this last song, you will find Bis performing in a live show, spitting the same lyrics as read by the host during the skit One Of My Favorites. Once again, this is rendered futile, since it is picked out of a live show that he did, protraying the filler material contained in a sellout's CD once again, although the lyrics were not bad and his jagged roar in his throat was recovered, which was missing in many songs to illsustrate his mock replications. Final Thoughts: My biggest advice is, don't get the album if you absolutely do not get the joke or if you find satires unfunny. Though Bis mastered imitation and mocked the commericial rappers harshly, they are sometimes so well emulated that it is hard to take the time to actually listen to them. But it's your choice if you are willing to appreciate Bis's view and impersonations, I just displayed my thoughts. |
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