Canibus discography

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Canibus performing in 2007

This is the discography of Canibus, an American rapper.

Contents

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US US
R&B
Can-I-Bus
  • Released: September 8, 1998
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
22
2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
  • Released: July 18, 2000
  • Label: Universal
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
236
C! True Hollywood Stories
  • Released: November 13, 2001
  • Label: Archives Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
71
Mic Club: The Curriculum
  • Released: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Mic Club
  • Format: CD, digital download
Rip the Jacker
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Babygrande
  • Format: CD, digital download
19434
Mind Control
  • Released: June 21, 2005
  • Label: Tommy Boy
  • Format: CD, digital download
79
Hip-Hop for Sale
  • Released: November 1, 2005
  • Label: Babygrande
  • Format: CD, digital download
For Whom the Beat Tolls
  • Released: June 5, 2007
  • Label: Mic Club
  • Format: CD, digital download
Melatonin Magik
  • Released: February 2, 2010
  • Label: War Lab
  • Format: CD, digital download
91
C of Tranquility
  • Released: October 5, 2010
  • Label: Interdependent Media
  • Format: CD, digital download
70
Lyrical Law
  • Released: June 24, 2011
  • Label: Canibus
  • Format: CD, digital download
Fait Accompli
  • Released: June 10, 2014
  • Label: RBC Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Time Flys, Life Dies... Phoenix Rise
  • Released: May 12, 2015
  • Label: RBC Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
Full Spectrum Dominance
  • Released: June 22, 2018
  • Label: That's Hip Hop Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Full Spectrum Dominance 2
  • Released: September 7, 2018
  • Label: That's Hip Hop Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Full Spectrum Dominance 3
  • Released: January 11, 2019
  • Label: That's Hip Hop Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Full Spectrum Dominance Repolarization
  • Released: March 29, 2019
  • Label: That's Hip Hop Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
Kaiju
  • Released: December 10, 2021
  • Label: Fat Beats Records
  • Format: CD, digital download
One Step Closer to Infinity
  • Released: January 28, 2022
  • Label: Fat Beats Records
  • Format: CD, digital download

Collaboration albums

Collaboration EPs

Compilation albums

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Independent albums

Singles

As lead artist

YearSong US US R&B US Rap CAN Album
1998"Second Round K.O."281339Can-I-Bus
"How Come" (with Youssou N'Dour) Bulworth (soundtrack)
2000"Mic-Nificent"232000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
2003"Spartibus"Rip the Jacker
"Indibisible"
2010"Hip-Hop Black Ops"Melatonin Magik
2011"The Ghost of Hip Hop's Past"Lyrical Law

Selected guest appearances

YearSongArtist(s)Album
1996"Music Makes Me High (Remix)" Lost Boyz, Tha Dogg Pound Music Makes Me High 12"
"Say It Again (Street Mix)" Nneka Say It Again 12"
1997"Uni-4-Orm" Heltah Skeltah, Ras Kass Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)
"Group Home Family"The Lost Boyz, A+ Sprung (soundtrack)
"Beasts from the East" The Lost Boyz, Redman, A+ Love, Peace & Nappiness
"My Crew" The Lost Boyz, A+
"No Doubt (Ghetto Pella)" 702 No Doubt 12"
"Making a Name for Ourselves" Common One Day It'll All Make Sense
"4,3,2,1" LL Cool J, DMX, Method Man, Redman Phenomenon
"Desparados" The Firm The Firm: The Album
1998"Shout Out to the Lost Boyz" (freestyle)U-N-I Vs. All
"Snakes & Ladders"Structure RizeCapital Rize
"Gone Till November (Remix)" Wyclef Jean Gone Till November 12"
"Another One Bites the Dust" (Video Verson)Wyclef Jean, Free Small Soldiers (soundtrack)
"Can't Stop the Shining (Rip Rock Pt. 2)" Pras Ghetto Supastar
"Pure Uncut (Remix)" 8Ball, DMX, McGruffPure, Uncut 12"
"Ice Cream Freestyle" Funkmaster Flex The Mix Tape, Vol. III
"Fantastic 4" DJ Clue?, Big Pun, Cam'ron, Noreaga The Professional
1999"Some Shit" Keith Murray, Deja Vu It's a Beautiful Thing
"Boyz 2 Men" A+, the Lost Boyz Hempstead High
"King Piece in the Chess Game" Slick Rick The Art of Storytelling
"Canibus Remix" Sway & King Tech This or That
"Watch Who You Beef Wid" Whiteboys (soundtrack) / 2000 B.C.
"Hell" Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs
2000"Blak Iz Blak"Mau Maus (Mos Def, Charlie Baltimore, MC Serch, Mums, Cano Grills) Bamboozled (soundtrack)
"Ladies & Willies"Cap.OneThrough the Eyes of a Don
"Bop Your Head" Killah Priest View from Masada
2001"State vs. Kirk Jones" Kirk Jones, Guess Who, Rah Digga, Scarred 4 Life, Superb Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
"Horsemen Talk" Killah Priest, Kurupt, Ras Kass Priesthood
2002"Who Write the Songs" Jeymes Samuel Urban Folk Music: The Prequel
2003"Tibetan Black Magicians" Jedi Mind Tricks Visions of Gandhi
2005"Adversarial Theatre of Justice" Grayskul Deadlivers
"Carnival Survivors" Wyclef Jean, Machel Montano The Xtatik Experience
2006"Innovate"Phoenix Orion, ParanormlThe Beyonders: Time Capsule
"Ambitions" GRITS Redemption
2007"All Clap" Domingo The Most Underrated
"Inner G" Killah Priest, Kurupt, Ras Kass The Offering
"About That Time" Termanology Hood Politics V
2008"Amazing Stories"Big John, Esoteric The Next Step
"One More Bar"Big John, Esoteric
2010"War Porn" Greydon Square The Kardashev Scale
2013"Ordo Ab Chao"Guerrilla AllianceEmpire of Fear
2014"Fractal 9" Fugitive 9 "Carbon Harbingers"

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References

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