Lyrical Law is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Canibus, released on June 24, 2011 over iTunes. Physical copies were shipped independently from his website, CanibusCatalogue.com, starting July 5, 2011. Buyers of the album had a choice of the LP in a sleeve, jewel case CD, or as an Deluxe LP package. The Deluxe Package included an autographed CD in jewel case and two bonus discs. The first bonus disc features artists from Spitboss on completely new material or remixes of Melatonin Magik as was intended for the original Lyrical Law album. The third and final disc is titled Lyrical Warfare and it was recorded in 1993 by The Heralds of Extreme Metaphors (T.H.E.M.) with Webb between Atlanta and Washington, DC.
Professional ratings| Review scores |
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| Source | Rating |
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| RapReviews | 7/10[1] |
Just after CanibusCatalogue.com was up and running, fans were able to pre-order the Lyrical Law LP and could also read a letter from Canibus and view the track listing for the album as well. This track listing featured "Lullaby of Champions" (which was pulled because of the beat sample rights not being approved), "HRSHU Attack", and "U R a Pig" (which were pulled due to squashing the beef with Royce da 5'9"), and were going to be on the physical copies of Lyrical Law. Instead, Canibus replaced these tracks with "Rip vs. Poet Laureate", and "Fight with the Champ".
Track listing
Disc 1[2]| # | Track Name | Featured Artists |
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| 1 | Lyrical Noir | |
| 2 | The Art of Yo | Born Sun, K-Rino |
| 3 | Fight With The Champ | Classic Pak |
| 4 | The Emerald Cypher | Born Sun, K-Rino, Killah Priest |
| 5 | The Golden Cypher | Ras Kass, K-Solo |
| 6 | The Cypher of Agartha | Copywrite, Planet Asia |
| 7 | Cypher of Steel | K-Rino, Skarlit Rose |
| 8 | Cypher of Five Mics | Chino XL |
| 9 | Cypher of Sun Rocks | Born Sun, Heltah Skeltah |
| 10 | The Ghost of Hip Hop's Past | |
| 11 | Cypher with Self | |
| 12 | Rip vs. Poet Laureate | |
Disc 2[3]| # | Track Name | Featured Artists |
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| 1 | Money | Classic Pak |
| 2 | Brainwash (Reversal Remix) | |
| 3 | Emergency Broadcast | Mark Deez |
| 4 | Dead by Design (Remix) | |
| 5 | We Go Hard | Classic Pak |
| 6 | Gold And Bronze (Remix) | The 7 D |
| 7 | The Spitboss Cypher | Mark Deez, Passion, Presto, Damo, Legendary |
| 8 | Melatonin Magik (Remix) | |
| 9 | Dread Alert Part II | Passion, SHI 360, Damo, Lms |
| 10 | The Emerald Cypher (Extended) | Killah Priest, Flawless the MC, Born Sun, K-Rino |
| 11 | Dragon Of Judah (Remix) | Flawless the MC, Lms |
| 12 | Summertime Heat | Classic Pak |
| 13 | Where's The Love | Classic Pak |
| 14 | The Golden Cypher (Extended) | Ras Kass, K-Solo, Pilot Rai |
| 15 | Who You Know | Classic Pak |
| 16 | Cypher of Five Mics (Extended) | Chino XL, Flawless the MC |
| 17 | Ripperland (Remix) | |
Disc 3 (MP3 Online Version): T.H.E.M.[4]| # | Track Name | Featured Artists |
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| 1 | Introduction To The Group Home | |
| 2 | Distortion | T.H.E.M. |
| 3 | Vocab | T.H.E.M. |
| 4 | No Doubt | T.H.E.M. |
| 5 | Literate Lyricists | T.H.E.M. |
| 6 | Cypher Dialect Pt 1 | T.H.E.M. |
| 7 | Cypher Dialect Pt 2 | T.H.E.M. |
| 8 | 5 Lines | T.H.E.M. |
| 9 | Lyrical Warfare | T.H.E.M. |
| 10 | Real Muthphukaz | T.H.E.M. |
Disc 3 (Version with Lyrical Law physical copy): T.H.E.M.| # | Track Name | Featured Artists |
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| 1 | Introduction To The Group Home | |
| 2 | New York Never Sleeps | T.H.E.M. |
| 3 | Distortion | T.H.E.M. |
| 4 | Vocab | T.H.E.M. |
| 5 | No Doubt | T.H.E.M. |
| 6 | F*$k A Yard | T.H.E.M. |
| 7 | Sprite Commercial | T.H.E.M. |
| 8 | Literate Lyricists | T.H.E.M. |
| 9 | Cypher Dialect Pt 1 | T.H.E.M. |
| 10 | Cypher Dialect Pt 2 | T.H.E.M. |
| 11 | Shout!!! | T.H.E.M. |
| 12 | 5 Lines | T.H.E.M. |
| 13 | Lyrical Warfare | T.H.E.M. |
| 14 | Real Muthphukaz | T.H.E.M. |
| 15 | Spit A Verse | T.H.E.M. |
| 16 | Mad Drama | T.H.E.M. |
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