“Go ‘head stupid n****s go f*** wit’ them chicks/I’m the third little piggy, Imma f*** wit’ them bricks” ~ Cam’ron [“Da ROC,” Come Home with Me]
I am admittedly a fan of substance and style. Every year or so I get excited about an emcee who is WAAAAAAY more style than substance. I spent two months, years ago, trying to digest as much Lil B as I could take. I am forever a fan of Juicy J. And my enjoyment of Gucci Mane is documented. Nevertheless, perhaps my guiltiest pleasure has been Dipset’s Cam’ron.
Cam’ron is not a great emcee. And he never has been. However, for a good time he was an OUTSTANDING rapper. Straight up, homie rarely makes sense. And I don’t mean in the Ghostface Killah way. I mean in the “dude really just said some complete bullsh#t” way. Nevertheless, few have been able to balance charisma and humor like Cameron Giles. And for a brief period from 2003 through 2006, Cam’ron and his Dipset crew could do little wrong. The Roc was crumbling. Wu-Tang was fading. And sure, G-Unit was still huge, but its 2 biggest stars, besides 50, were from Compton and Nashville. Meanwhile, the South was taking over. New York was in DIRE need of a crew to rally around. And Cam’ron was the leader of said crew.
Those days have since passed, mainly because too many of this group members incorporated his peculiar rap style…and internal feuding. However in his prime, I was a fan of Cam and his wacky lines. My favorite track was “Dead Motherf*ckas.” I believe it was originally going to make the Purple Haze album but due to extensive delays and bootlegging, it didn’t make the final cut. A real shame because it was a GREAT Cam’ron song. Enjoy the video below and some of my fave lines from the track:
“We’re all wearing links as I prepare a drink
Glare and think how I got the whole New York wearing pink
Girls, they stare and wink, As I flare the mink…”
I never was cool with that pink mess. Yeah, you may catch me with a button up with some pink in it. However, the whole wearing pink Nikes with pink laces and rocking a pink T….nah, cuz.
“Seen Paid in Full?, now I’m in the Blockbuster
Now I’m paid in full/still on the block, buster”
Bars like this make Cam who he is. Yeah, homie just rhymed words…with the same words, but cuz gets his DOUBLE double entendre on. Also, Paid in Full is friggin classic.
“I tell a b***h, straight up ‘get in the car’
I’m the sh** in the car; I’ll do like Alfred tho, sh** in your car
Pop a squat in the drop, take a drop in the drop
And while you’re droppin the top, I’m unlocking your locks….DAAAAAMN”
Yeah…I’m still do not understand Cam’s fascination with dropping a deuce in somebody’s car. The last lines make me believe this act is a diversion for a potential robbery but duuuude, how you gonna crap in my car???
“And the same brother that you knew,
Came thru in the Range same color as Yoo-Hoo/
Now you know..that’s the same color as doo-doo/
I’m the sh**!/Call me Pepe Le Pew Pew”
SECOND excrement reference in the same post!!
Yeah, the last bar is my favorite Cam line ever. I just want to imagine him saying these lines in the booth while some sound engineer and label rep are looking/listening on. No way did that engineer keep a straight face. No way did the producer not look over at the engineer and murmur “What the hell?? Why is he always talking about taking a dump??” In fact, I bet the label rep listened to this track and said “….no way is this track making the album. Pepe Le Pew??”
[Kanye Shrug]
KILLA!
~W. Mack
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