RR’s ’09 Disappointing Albums: #1 Cam’ron “Crime Pays”
Where’s Cam’ron > Where’s The Beef.
The hype behind Mr. Giles return to the rap game was crazy. We were starving for the Diplomats founder to feed the streets and the Internets too. I remember seeing him live at the Highline Ballroom and for the first half of the show as he ran through his past arsenal it was Gilesmania. But when he dropped the new material, not so much. No disrespect to in-house producer Skitzo, but next time, Cam might wanna share the ball (no homo) and bring some additional beatmakers in the mix. A lil diversity of sounds never hurt anyone and please no mo’ Soulja Boy sounding slop like “Cookies-N-Apple Juice”. Feed me “Get It In Ohio” or give me death.
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SORRY CAM I gotta agree with YN, this shit was weaker than a paraplegic kid in a coma, and your verse on “Popular Demand” was garbage. Right about now you might want to expand your vocabulary and actually learn how to read and write.
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Your tripping. This cd was the best thing since Purple Haze (IMO, better, but whatever). Point is…better album than BP3.
Yup…I said it
not sure why you would be so disappointed,not as if cam was dropping heat,nor had he dropped anything that made people anticipate the album.
it was disapointing but how amazing that it contained “i hate my job”? and that Cam is the only contemporary rapper adressing the working man and the economy (sorry Jezzy – you dont speak to me).
he gots prop for that!
i liked the album cam is the last of a dying breed… but his albums are never consistent throughout
that was only one persons opinion..it sounds like hate from the heart to me..i admit cam needs to get more producers..but his shit still dope..that album was better than come home with me..it pleased the fans that was down since day one..but for those that just was listening to cam cause everybody in the world was on em..it might not have lived up to ur expectaions..u cant take nothing away from him….a nigga told that once ur at the top the only thing to do is to come down..lol he’s coming down on niggaz back no homo..his music is better than jim jones album..
Hardly the most Disappointing album, but I can see why it’s on the list. Had some good cuts on there. “Get it in Ohio” was classic Cam… and like public school whitey said “I Hate My Job” was real too.
@Belize def not better than Purple Haze.
yo i was waiting to see this on the underrated list…..i’m sorry, cam’ron clearly falls under “you fuck with him or you don’t” category….so if you don’t, then a full album will NEVER sound right to you….if you’re a fan, i’d say this didn’t fully satisfy, but it did deliver on “homicide”, “curve”, “silky”, “where i know you from”….
also from the buzz and multiple “internet” pushes he got for that hot minute, after the album dropped…….no support…
i don’t know, maybe I WAS THE ONLY person who fucked with this shit, but i’m still holding on to that cam can pop back and make good shit……see “popular demand”.
word up @140th and lennox….waaaayyyy better than the jim jones album.
oh yeah, “I HATE MY JOB” was a theme song for the summer on the way to work, lol
DIPPETY DO…..PEPE LE PEW…… NIPSEY NOODLE…..DIPSEY DOODLE….. NON-RHYMIN’ ASS NIGGA!!!! FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!! JUST PACK IT IN NIGGA!!!! R.I.P. DIPSHITS!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!!
I’m a Dipset fan, but i gotta agree. Cam Come Home With Me was like his peak.
~These days Cam’ron rhymes like he’s exhausted, drunk and confused.
Killa the Don but, shit was garbage, Boss of All Bosses 2 was garbage too, Vado is not the truth.
I’m rooting for Juelz in 2010.
SKULL GIZZYYY!!!!
First rakim now cam? Ur a bitch i would love to put my vasque bootz on ur neck f**k a** chump!!!
The only hype was on “Miss Info” site!! I guess since Camron has a new mixtape (which of course she posted), let the “Cam is back!!” hype start again….
this guy YN is buggin. Give us the music and not your biased opinion.
Cam’ron comin hard in 2010. Did you even listen tto boss of all bosses mixtape? Or did you have someone put the bug in your ear that this album was weak? He just put out crime pays for a quick check. He’s building the buzz back with the UN and wit Vado u dumb fuck. We don’t want to hear your old man ass opinion. Niggas over 30 should not run the music business…..nigga
this and asleep in the bread aisle were both dope. YNWTF?
…and why do you care if AITBA did numbers or not? YN = curtis.
@ NR>RR
U ON THAT JIM JONES DIPSET BUMJUICE NIGGA!!!! THAT SHIT GOT U THINKIN’ FUNNY!!!! IT’S A WRAP FOR THESE DIPSHIT HARLEM NIGGAS!!!! SNAP OUT THAT DELUSION FUCKBOY!!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!
@ baby diesel
Dips will never have the nationwide pull they had back in early 00s but Regionally they’re makin moves.And judging by your dumbass comment I bet you never heard any real dipset music you dumbass. That’s just the shit on the surface to get dumbasses like you talkin. Go listen to Diplomats volume 1–5 then come back and we can talk music dumbass.
Take your own advice you bama fuck.
@ NR>RR
MAKIN’ MOVES WHERE FUCKBOY??? U DON’T SEE THESE MONKEY NIGGAS ANYWHERE!!!! BUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! U SILLY FUCK!!!! SNAP OUT THAT FUCKIN’ DELUSIONAL BUBBLE U IN NIGGA!!!! IT’S OVER FOR YA BOYS!!!! U DELUSIONAL FUCK!!!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I’m just happy Killa’s back. Now where is Killa Season 2?
BOTTOM LINE CAM’RON IS ONE OF THE BEST AND PPL GOT THERE OWN OPINION..ME PERSONALLY I ALWAYS ROCKED WITH KILLA SINCE CONFESSIONS OF FIRE…SHOUT OUT TO JON ARTHUR!!
@WAC Diesel
fuck you…. You bitch ass nigga.
Cam hasnt dropped a solid album since Come Home With Me. LMFAOOOOOOOOO @ The loser who said it’s better than BP3, your hate for Jay is blinding your ears, stop it. I expected this album to be heat based on the first 2 song leaks, but Cam struck out AGAIN. Oh and Dip Set was never a big movement.
@ Nyc
“fuck you….You bitch ass nigga”
U SWEATIN’ A NIGGA AT 1:44 AM???? NIGGA GO DRINK SOME OF THAT DIPSET BUMJUICE N TAKE YA DUMBASS TO BED FUCKBOY!!!! I’LL SHIT ON U LATER!!!! FUCKIN’ LAME GROUPIE!!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!
Wow, yo this bumped in my whip for months. Longer than i rocked that Jada. Jada’s album was cool but you could tell he only wanted sales out of it, that thing was way too commercial. Cam don’t give a rats ass about no sales. His joint was bangin. I agree with that wack cookies and apple juice. But I looked at that song as Cam saying “look anyone can make a record like this”. You’re buggin.
@ MacDeez, HAHa, i love Cam, but that was hilarious
Yea this record was half letdown to me. He needs to step his beat game up which would inspire him to rhyme better. On the real though, same thing w Killa Season, half of it is classic. But I was hopin CRIME PAYS was more like ‘Hate My Job’ and “Ohio’ than some other jams.
But his verse on Clipse track is dope.
Best Hip-Hop of the year = Rae, DOOM, Fab, Wayne’s No Ceilings
cam’s shit was a disappointment. best track on there was the grease skit. shit had me in tearz. boss of all bosses was way better.
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i hate my job was a big tune, recession anthem
Thunderkush: I don’t know what’s worse: your opinions, or your blog. Please stop punishing us. Everything is subjective, unless it’s your embarrassing proclamations. Look up the word HUBRIS.
All ima say is ima need yall haters ti stop hatin on Cam, let da nigga make da good music that he makes, i kno Crime Pays was not all that it was ok, but shid it was betta den most of da rappers albums dat came out last year, and u wanna talk bout he cant rap da nigga said, i tell your bitch hurry up we don’t wait for trains, im derek jeter cuz im in between da base my main, cum on now Cam is dat nigga, evry rapper say dumb shit sumtimes even wayne and luda, but on another note boss of all bosses went hard and boss of all bosses 2 finna go harder, so stop sleeping on Cam u lame ass niggas and watchout for vado to.
Face the facts dude is wack..