This is Michael Mixerr. I will review the album Ken Kaniff - The Ken Kaniff Show.
The Ken Kaniff Show album released by Detroit rapper Aristotle who now lives in California. The Ken Kaniff Show album was released online digitally as a digital album online in 2002 on Ken Kaniff’s old website via Cock&Ass Records. The album was intended to be a digital album on the internet only hence why few physical copies are available. However the album's site is no longer in operation and little has been heard from Aristotle since. But not to worry as you can listen to the album on DatPiff and Spotify.
He also put up this whole album for free in 2002 on his Ken Kaniff website, but however the tracklist was altered. Instead of the original 14 tracks that were on the digital version, some tracks were renamed and altered with. There are 2 versions of this album. One edition has 14 track and the other edition has 21 tracks including a hidden bonus track.
Aristotle alternates between his “Ken Kaniff voice“ and regular rapping style of his on the album. The album can be considered as both sadistic and humourous art the same time. His debut album features diss tracks against Eminem and contains controversial songs. The homosexual persona of Ken Kaniff is the creation of underground Detroit rapper Aristotle and Eminem. Ken Kaniff has a visibly obvious love/hate relationship with Eminem.
The album from his website back in 2002 received over 100,000 digital downloads in album sales. Overall the album received 200,000 streams from 2002 to 2006. The album received over 10,000 digital downloads in album sales in the second half of 2002. Today the album has received over 300,000 streams on Spotify.
The beginning of The Ken Kaniff Show album begins with the Ken Kaniff (Skit) from The Slim Shady LP album by Eminem released in 1999. The funniest skit off any of Eminem’s albums! Ken Kaniff (voiced by Aristotle) calls Eminem in order to have gay sex with him. Homosexual antics ensue. His reaction is hysterical at the end.
At the beginning of the skit is when Ken Kaniff makes a collect call to Eminem from Connecticut, US. (To give Eminem a piece of his mind and ass of course.) A collect call is a call where any person who gets called is actually the one who gets charged for the phone call. Basically Ken Kaniff is calling Emimen and having him pay for the collect call from Connecticut.
In the middle of the skit is when Eminem believes Cage was trying to fuck with him. Eminem is thinking this was a prank call likely performed by the rapper Cage. Cage was a rapper Eminem dissed at the end of Role Model.
At the very end of the skit is where Aristotle can be heard laughing thus breaking character for a moment. However it could be implied that it was either both Eminem or Ken Kaniff that were laughing. Eminem can be heard snickering thus breaking character for a moment at the very end of this skit.
Read their phone conversation transcript from the lyrics.:
[Ken Kaniff] I'm gonna call this motherfucker. Oh fuck yeah. Give him a piece of my mind.
A piece of my ass.
[Operator] Thank you for waiting. Hello. May I help you?
[Ken Kaniff] Oh thank you. I need to make a collect call
[Operator] What number?
[Ken Kaniff] Oh the number is 6-2 (redacted of course).
[Operator] At the tone, please say your name.
[Ken Kaniff] Kenneth Kaniff, from Connecticut. Automated piece of shit.
[Eminem] Yo.
[Ken Kaniff] Hey there, cock boy.
[Eminem] Who is this?
[Ken Kaniff] This is Ken Kaniff.
[Eminem] Who?
[Ken Kaniff] Ken Kaniff from Connecticut. You little bitch.
[Eminem] From Connecticut? I don't know nobody in Connecticut.
[Ken Kaniff] Yeah. You wanna get a hotel room with me?
[Eminem] A hotel room?
[Ken Kaniff] Yeah. You want me to lick your ass, Eminem?
[Eminem] Yo who is this? Cage?
[Ken Kaniff] You want me to fucking melt in your mouth and not in your hand?
Melt in your ass, you little cock boy.
[Eminem] Shut up you little bitch.
[Ken Kaniff] Oh, you think I'm lying huh...
[Eminem] Hahahahahaha!
In Buy U A Beer, Ken Kaniff wants to buy some underaged women a beer. Preferably high schools is whom he wants to target. In Buy U A Beer, Ken attempts to perform acts of downright pedophilia in order to buy the women, he wants, a beer.
He is still in high school and he will be lucky to even pass. Ken is real good at most subjects but sucks horribly at math. Ken is 21 and has been in high school for 6 years. The only thing he learned is how to buy beer.
At the beginning is where Ken spits game to ninth-grade hoes by writing love letters and notes with X’s and O’s. For instance, this one girl who sat next to me at a desk. He knew she liked him because she wouldn’t let him cheat off her test. She was kind of cute too, but her tits weren’t developed. By the time she’s sixteen, Ken knowns her breasts will swell up.
They exchanged numbers. So Ken called on her phone. Her mother picked up and Ken said “Is Jennifer home?”
She was screaming and yelling “Now how old are you?”. Ken responded “Old enough to buy your daughter a cold case of brew.”
His attempts at buying underaged women beer are witty. Read the lines to these lyrics.:
When you’re standing in line, buying a three musketeers
I’m right behind you trying to buy you a beer
Ken Kaniff performs acts of outright pedophilia. Read these lyrics for instance.:
Ken Kaniff, I like my pussy young and fresh
I’m off soft warm women with them B-cup breasts
So that means Ken rubs little girls breasts. When they get home, their panties disappear. Throughout the rest of the entirety of this track, Ken talks about how he likes his girls young. His attempts of grabbing and groping underaged women’s breasts is considered an act of pedophilia.
Ken Kaniff takes a journey on to Mexico in the track Vato. Ken is across the border in Mexico. People think that he is Hispanic or of Spanish origin. He is being called Vato as he is mistakably considered to be Hispanic.
Ken is located 20 miles south of the US-Mexico border with no cash, nothing but a dollar and a quarter ($1.25 USD). He spent his last $20 dollars on the slut at the bar. She's sitting shotgun, waiting for Ken in the car. Now there's one thing left before he leave the country of Mexico. He needs a bag of rubbers so this chick can fuck him.
So he’s looking for a rubber when I see this dude. This dude says back behind the counter. The man says, “Me no hablo inglés”, which means “I don’t speak English”. What the fuck? "I just need a bag of condoms yo, I'll give you a buck" Since the man does not understand him, Ken is going to have to use body language and not in the way that you are thinking of. If you can't communicate you end up alone.
Later on, Ken Kaniff proceeds to whip his dick over the counter. However the tables turn on Ken. His dick was bigger than Ken’s. Ken Kaniff got steady played by a Vato (the man over the counter). At the end of the track is where Ken Kaniff takes it up the ass and returns to the US.
Without You is both an Eminem parody and Eminem diss track all at the same time. Ken Kaniff is Aristotle’s alter ego that he uses to diss Eminem. Ken Kaniff goes in on Eminem both figuratively and literally all throughout the track. Ken tells the listener(s) about how he wants to have sex with Eminem & Dr. Dre while making homosexual remarks aimed at both of them.
At the beginning of Without You, Ken Kaniff gets his ass licked by Eminem since he is a cockboy. Eminem is obsessed with faggots with rumors of him being a homophobic person possibly. However that is false as Eminem openly denied being homophobic.
Aristotle takes jabs at Aftermath Entertainment and Shady Records. Aristotle is making fun of Eminem. Dr. Dre gets called out for being gay.
Babysitter is about a bizarre look on the dangers of babysitting altogether. Ken Kaniff receives a called from a desperate father in search of a babysitter for his youthful daughter. The father is unaware that Ken Kaniff is to mentally unstable as he is not deemed fit to babysit anyone's children.
Kreep With Me has a West Coast rap sound similar to the production by Dr. Dre. In fact, the production is so crystal clear that it sounds similar to a Dr. Dre production. Its a fast food fiasco as Ken is extremely hungry. Things don’t go as planned at a fast food restaurant. So Ken goes crazy.
If You Play Your Cards Right was a bonus track for The Ken Kaniff Show album. The track does not appear on the track listing for the tracks to this album. If You Play Your Cards Right is a hidden track not many Ken Kaniff fans know about.
Here is the full story behind the Eminem Vs. Aristotle dispute.:
Aristotle was the voice for Ken Kaniff on Ken Kaniff (Skit) on the The Slim Shady LP in 1999. This dispute occurred after lending his voice to Ken Kaniff (Skit) on the The Slim Shady LP. The two were friends in Detroit prior to 1999. They had a good friendship and relationship.
Eminem and Aristotle were invited to perform on a radio called the Wake Up Show in 1999 alongside Defari of Dilated Peoples in Oakland, California. Eminem had wanted Aristotle to not diss Defari on the Wake Up Show in 1999. Aristotle sided with Defari by not dissing him. Eminem was pissed so much at Aristotle for dissing Defari on that radio show.
After Aristotle ruined any chance of acceptance by dissing Defari on the Wake Up Show in 1999, Aristotle and Eminem had a dispute which led to the break-up of their working relationship. However the Wake Up Show incident in 1999 was not the only thing that led to their dispute.
Aristotle lent his voice for Ken Kaniff used on the Ken Kaniff (Skit) on the The Slim Shady LP in 1999. Contrary to popular belief the voice was NOT done by Eminem, but was done by underground rapper Aristotle from Detroit. After lending his voice to that skit, Eminem used this skit without his permission on his 1999 album called The Slim Shady LP. Aristotle was not pleased.
This led Eminem and Aristotle to have a dispute. Aristotle severed ties with Eminem due to the Defari incident and due to issues of ownership over the Ken Kaniff persona. The relationship between Eminem and Aristotle had now been cut. Ties were severed. Eminem went on to do the Ken Kaniff skits himself afterwards after 1999. Starting with the The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, all Eminem skits using the Ken Kaniff persona have always been performed by Eminem and not Aristotle. Which is why Aristotle did not perform on The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000 contrary to popular belief.
In 2000, Aristotle decided to reinvent himself as “The Real Ken Kaniff”. He then released the KEN KANIFF FROM CONNECTICUT.. THE ALBUM! SINGLE SAMPLER… . KEN KANIFF FROM CONNECTICUT.. THE ALBUM would eventually become The Ken Kaniff Show album in 2002.
In 2002, Aristotle released The Ken Kaniff Show album online to the internet through his own website. The Ken Kaniff Show is a diss album aimed at Eminem because he stole his “Ken Kaniff” character by using him on his other albums. Which is why the album features diss tracks against Eminem.
It’s sad that Aristotle did not make it big. Him and Eminem could have made more funny Ken Kaniff skits if Aristotle had not ruined his chance of acceptance by dissing Defari on the Wake Up Show in 1999. Comedy rap albums such this masterpiece are pure gold! It’s Ken Kaniff at his best right here. Ken Kaniff should have made more albums than he has.
*KEN KANIFF is a registered trademark on file with the STATE OF CALIFORNIA COPYRIGHT BOARD.
*This was his debut album besides KEN KANIFF FROM CONNECTICUT.
*Aristotle would release an EP later that year called Don’t Tell Daddy with the now famous comedian Ali G.
*Sometime in 2000 is when Aristotle relocated from Detroit to California and had started producing for San Francisco/Bay Area rappers. He still lives in the San Francisco/Bay Area to this day.
I rate this album, The Ken Kaniff Show, 5/5*****!!
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