Can-I-Bus is the debut album from Canibus released on September 8, 1998 through Universal Records. The album release was highly anticipated due to the hype surrounding tracks like “Beast from the East” and the lead single and LL Cool J diss track, “Second Round K.O.”. However, the album was critically panned and considered a flop due a poor selection of beats which were considered too soft for the hardcore battle and punchline littered lyrics. Despite not living up to the original hype, the album went gold and is one of Canibus' most varied albums to date. As well as containing a number of battle/punchline tracks (i.e. “Buckingham Palace”, “Patriots”, “Let’s Ride” and “Get Retarded”), the album also contains concept tracks (i.e. “I Honor U”), political/conspiracy songs (“Channel Zero” and “How Come”) and social commentary (i.e. “What’s Going On” and “Hype-Nitis”) that will satisfy the Rippers and general rap listeners alike.