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Released within months of Jim Jones' On My Way to Church, the second volume of the Diplomats' Diplomatic Immunity, and another flurry of mixtapes, Cam'ron's fourth album ("Previously written in 2001," as announced in the intro) is evenly divided between strong and weak tracks. This lack of quality control will both provide ammo for Diplomat haters and frustrate Diplomat supporters, even if there's a durable 45-minute album in here somewhere. The backing track of "Girls," a feather-light translation of Cyndi Lauper's "Just Wanna Have Fun," belongs on a teen pop record -- it's such a folly that it makes you wonder if somebody dared Cam'ron to release it. "Harlem Streets" fares only a little better, with the theme from "Hill Street Blues" used to distracting and detracting effect -- perhaps the cues should've taken from Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's "Ill Street Blues" instead. On the other side, a pair of soul-steeped productions from Kanye West ("Down and Out," built on William Bell's "Strung Out") and the West-inspired Pop & Versatile ("Soap Opera," using Smokey Robinson's "Merry-Go-Round") help prop the album back up, and Heatmakerz's rallying "More Gangsta Music" features some of Juelz Santana's infectious youthful energy. Though it has been two years since Cam'ron's last solo album, there's so much Diplomat-affiliated material stuffing the racks that even the most devoted followers must be on the verge of overdosing on the crew's bewildering, nonsensical rhymes. "Cause I feed you well/Every sneaker, hell/You eat Louis, sh*t Gucci, breathe Chanel/Karl Lagerfeld, acting like Gargamel" wins the prize on this release. Inconsistencies and gratuitous running time be damned, a lot of rap fans will be happy just to have another Cam'ron album to devour. Fellow Diplomats JR Writer, Jim Jones, and Freeky Zekey make appearances, along with Twista and Jaheim.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Cam'ron, MainArtist - D. Rodriguez, ComposerLyricist - Skitzo, Producer - Mike T., Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
D. Richard, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - G. Green, ComposerLyricist - L. James, ComposerLyricist - B. Dixon, ComposerLyricist - S. Thomas, ComposerLyricist - M. Collins, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Heatmakerz, Producer - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Juelz Santana, FeaturedArtist - P. Henton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - I. Hunter, ComposerLyricist - C. Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - M. Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Hamilton, Producer - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Heatmakerz, Producer - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Opera Steve, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Goldsmith, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - L. Mollings, ComposerLyricist - V. Mollings, ComposerLyricist - Nasty Beat Makers, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Syleena Johnson, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - F. Briggs, ComposerLyricist - Brian Miller, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Mike Post, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - T. Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - Ty-Tracks, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Irving, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Robert Hazard, ComposerLyricist - Milwaukee Buck, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mona Lisa, FeaturedArtist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Henri Charlemagne, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Latrice Carter, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
R. Williams, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - V. Babbs, ComposerLyricist - F. Visosky, ComposerLyricist - Pop & Versatile, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Javonda "MS" Blunt, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - J. Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - D. Hinds, ComposerLyricist - M. Miller, ComposerLyricist - Stay Getting Productions, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jaheim, FeaturedArtist - Carlisle Young, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Butler, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Hamilton, Producer - Ryan Press, Producer, Co-Producer - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Shane "Boog" Giddiens, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, Producer, MainArtist - Jim Jones, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Peters, Additional Vocals, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
M. Jones, ComposerLyricist - R. Middlebrooks, ComposerLyricist - M. Pierce, ComposerLyricist - L. Bonner, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Noland, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - W. MORRISON, ComposerLyricist - G. Webster, ComposerLyricist - JOE JONES, ComposerLyricist - Bang, Producer - Eric Butler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Jim Jones, FeaturedArtist - Deongelo Holmes, ComposerLyricist - Norman Bruce Napier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Nicole Wray, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - D. Rodriguez, ComposerLyricist - Skitzo, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Twista, FeaturedArtist - Eric Butler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - The Legendary Traxster, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Psycho Drama, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
R. TROUTMAN, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Larry Troutman, ComposerLyricist - Cam'ron, MainArtist - F. Visosky, ComposerLyricist - Freekey Zeekey, FeaturedArtist - Ezekiel Jiles, ComposerLyricist - V. Babb, ComposerLyricist - Eric "IBO" Butler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pop & Versatile, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - E. Hinson, ComposerLyricist - R. Brito, ComposerLyricist - Cam'ron, MainArtist - JR Writer, FeaturedArtist - Self Services, Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cam'ron, MainArtist
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Gorman, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Eric Butler, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Brian Miller, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cameron Giles, ComposerLyricist - L. James, ComposerLyricist - Carlisle Young, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Cam'ron, MainArtist - Juelz Santana, FeaturedArtist - A. WILDER, ComposerLyricist - Un Kasa, FeaturedArtist - Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson, Producer - Mike T., Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Released within months of Jim Jones' On My Way to Church, the second volume of the Diplomats' Diplomatic Immunity, and another flurry of mixtapes, Cam'ron's fourth album ("Previously written in 2001," as announced in the intro) is evenly divided between strong and weak tracks. This lack of quality control will both provide ammo for Diplomat haters and frustrate Diplomat supporters, even if there's a durable 45-minute album in here somewhere. The backing track of "Girls," a feather-light translation of Cyndi Lauper's "Just Wanna Have Fun," belongs on a teen pop record -- it's such a folly that it makes you wonder if somebody dared Cam'ron to release it. "Harlem Streets" fares only a little better, with the theme from "Hill Street Blues" used to distracting and detracting effect -- perhaps the cues should've taken from Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's "Ill Street Blues" instead. On the other side, a pair of soul-steeped productions from Kanye West ("Down and Out," built on William Bell's "Strung Out") and the West-inspired Pop & Versatile ("Soap Opera," using Smokey Robinson's "Merry-Go-Round") help prop the album back up, and Heatmakerz's rallying "More Gangsta Music" features some of Juelz Santana's infectious youthful energy. Though it has been two years since Cam'ron's last solo album, there's so much Diplomat-affiliated material stuffing the racks that even the most devoted followers must be on the verge of overdosing on the crew's bewildering, nonsensical rhymes. "Cause I feed you well/Every sneaker, hell/You eat Louis, sh*t Gucci, breathe Chanel/Karl Lagerfeld, acting like Gargamel" wins the prize on this release. Inconsistencies and gratuitous running time be damned, a lot of rap fans will be happy just to have another Cam'ron album to devour. Fellow Diplomats JR Writer, Jim Jones, and Freeky Zekey make appearances, along with Twista and Jaheim.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:48
- Main artists: Cam'Ron
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Roc-A-Fella
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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