Canibus had a feud with LL Cool J over a verse that Canibus displayed on LL's own track titled 4 ' 3 ' 2 ' 1 off of his LP, Phenomenon.

In an interview conducted in 2005, Williams ' former promoter, Pak-Man, who worked on over half of the album with the rapper, spoke on the record, with his explanation leaning toward the album being intended as satire: " At that time Canibus was in the studio recording a lot of songs and mean a lot, but he didn't want to make the fans wait no more so he did C True Hollywood Stories and he wanted to have fun wit, so thats what we did we had fun wit ".

Upon release, Rip the Jacker received rave reviews from the majority of critics, who noted that Williams ' largely scientific lyrics and distinctive, rough delivery was finally matched by equally fine production, as Canibus had a history of working with badly selected producers.

Critics highlighted various aspects of Rip the Jackers originality, both in terms of beats and lyrics ; Stoupe had employed a large number of samples from often obscure compositions, while Canibus himself undertook a variety of topics from various perspectives.

Of note was the inclusion of " Poet Laureate II ", a song exceeding seven minutes in length and lacking a chorus, with several changes of beat throughout ; the track was frequently singled out as one of the strongest in Canibus ' career and the album as a whole convinced listeners and the industry alike that the rapper had not lost his potential.

The production on Hip-Hop for Sale was handled in part by Virginia-based producer Nottz, with several relatively unknown producers handling the remaining tracks after Nottz had cut ties with Canibus due to the appearance of The Vitruvian Man. The day of Hip-Hop for Sales release, Mic Club Master Volume One, a separate mixtape, appeared in stores, many of the songs receiving more praise than those present on the full-length album.

In August 2007, Canibus made an announcement on his Myspace page that he had cut ties with his business partner Louis Lombard: " To my friends, family and fans, Just wanted everybody to know I no longer do business with Louis Lombard, III & Mic Club Music.

A fake Twitter account posing to be Canibus began posting inflammatory comments towards Royce da 5 ' 9 " and the Shady Records camp in early 2011, inciting verbal rebuttals from Royce, believing that the account had been him.

Royce's fulmination continued, even after it had been announced that the account was fake by Canibus himself.

Royce responded simply by saying that Canibus had " fallen off " and could no longer rap well.

Canibus initially stumbled during the first two rounds, and controversially resorted to pulling out a notepad to read his bars during the third round, after admitting defeat and wishing to recite what he said were 30 pages of rhymes that he had failed to memorize.

During the time Eminem and Mr. Porter started recording Recovery the rest of D12 were featured on a diss song towards Eminem with rapper Canibus, who had already had a feud with Eminem off his new record Melatonin Magik which was called " Air Strike ( Pop Killer )".

" Later on in the same month ripthejacker. net reported that Canibus had " been quite busy along with Killah Priest and Ras Kass.

It was later reported that the group had reformed, with business-related assistance from M-Eighty, A & R and executive producer of Canibus ' Melatonin Magik.

In December 1997, Canibus first publicly discussed a verbal confrontation with LL Cool J in an interview with Tourè for the Village Voice.

Though much bitterness between Canibus and Wyclef Jean remained for a period of time, the two artists finally settled their differences at the end of 2004 ; they have since worked together on two remixes of the Machel Montano song " Carnival Survivors ".

The following month, after numerous delays, Canibus ' seventh solo album, Hip-Hop for Sale, was released, but was panned by critics, who dismissed it as yet another failed attempt to gain mainstream recognition.

A pair of mixtapes, titled Nothing to Prove and Nothing to Lose, were slated for release in March 2007, but were eventually scrapped ; instead, Canibus decided to use the best material from each mixtape to create a new full-length album entitled For Whom the Beat Tolls.

Originally intended to be a Melatonin Magik remix album, as more and more guests were invited to feature, Canibus decided to also record new material for the album, and it quickly evolved into an official solo album.

Canibus completed his first rap battle for King of the Dot on June 9th 2012.

In 2002, Canibus signed up for the United States Army.

In 1997, the Fugees all began solo projects: Hill started work on her critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ; Jean began producing for a number of artists ( including Canibus, Destiny's Child and Carlos Santana ) and recorded his debut album The Carnival ; Pras, with Mýa and Ol ' Dirty Bastard, recorded the single " Ghetto Supastar " for the soundtrack to the Warren Beatty / Halle Berry film Bulworth.

In December 2001, he appeared in The Source magazine in an ad for the rapper Canibus, in which Anders doubles as Eminem.

His work also includes production for heavyweight rappers such as ( alphabetic order ) Apathy, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B, Canibus, D. I. T. C., Fat Joe, Game, Ill Bill, Jay-Z, Joell Ortiz, Kanye West, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, M. O. P., Mos Def, Nas, Rakim, Royce da 5 ' 9 ", Snoop Dogg, The LOX, The Notorious B. I. G., Vinnie Paz, Xzibit, rock band Limp Bizkit, and pop / R & B singer Christina Aguilera, among many others.

Budden has also been in the spotlight for his numerous controversies with other rappers including Lil B, Grafh, Jay-Z, Game, Prodigy, Canibus, Maino, G-Unit, Saigon, J-Hood, Busta Rhymes, Sky Highh, Ransom, MoeRoc and several members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

He also produced tracks for artists such as 50 Cent, Lil ' Kim, the Notorious B. I. G., Canibus, Mad Skillz, Estelle, Lil ' Vicious, Mona Lisa, Slick Rick and Rakim as well as groups such as The Future Sound and Original Flavor, both of which were signed to East West Records and Atlantic Records respectively, both groups having been signed by Clark who was a director of A & R at Atlantic at the time.

Let me borrow that ," referring to the microphone tattoo on LL Cool J's arm which LL Cool J accused Canibus of insulting him, went hard on him, and when the final cut of the song came out it featured LL Cool J's verse after Canibus, mocking an unspecified person believed to be Canibus.

Also in September during an interview Canibus sparked rumors that other members would be joining the group such as Crooked I, Pak Man, Kool G Rap, Royce Da 5 ' 9 ", Keith Murray, Journalist, Common, Rakim, Vinnie Paz ( from Jedi Mind Tricks ), Pace Won and Young Zee ( from the Outsidaz ), and Lonnie B and Danja Mowf ( from the Supafriendz ), as of yet it has still not been confirmed whether they will actually be included in the group.

Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind was given the task of producing the entire record, equipped solely with Canibus ' pre-recorded vocals.

When the record was originally announced in March, there was only one confirmed track – the third installment in Canibus ' " Poet Laureate " series, " Poet Laureate Infinity ".

Following the release of " For Whom the Beat Tolls ", Canibus went on a sporadic tour in the U. S. to promote the record.

Most explanations since the album's release seem to lean towards the latter ; when Canibus ' new official website, MicClub. net, appeared online towards the end of 2002, the summary of C True Hollywood Stories in the " Merchandise " section called it " an introspective look into the ultimate fan " Stan's " take on the current state of hip hop ".

After the critical failure of C True Hollywood Stories, Canibus was subject to criticism and ridicule from the rap industry until the release of Mic Club: The Curriculum, his fourth full-length album, towards the end of 2002.

A collection of previously recorded material ( with only three of the songs being unreleased ) produced entirely by Mark Sparks, the album failed to chart and is rarely considered an official Canibus release by the rapper's fans.

In January 2007, it was announced that Canibus would release new material in 2007 exclusively on his own imprint, Mic Club Music, in a joint venture with Legion Entertainment and distributed via his former major label, Universal Music Group.

This caused Canibus to release snippets from a track in which he has lines directed toward Royce.

Insulted, Canibus decided to release two audio snippets.

He also rapped on the song " Schizo Jam ", on Don Byron's 1998 release, " Nu Blaxploitation " ( Blue Note / Capitol ) and worked with Canibus on the first track on the Office Space soundtrack ( 1999 ).

The album was released on Mic Club Music, Canibus ' own label, but failed to chart, selling relatively few copies.

Canibus was once on the label but has now left.

Following Rip the Jacker and Canibus ' subsequent discharge from the army, an album entitled Mind Control ( 2005 ) was released to negative reviews.