Cam'ron disgraces entire industry with new album
Harlem native shows his lack of skills, pitiful ability over well-produced tracks
Brandon Coffey
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Music Review
"Purple haze" is a form of marijuana that has luscious stems with purple seeds inside. Purple Haze is also the title of the new album from Roc-A-Fella recording artist Cam'ron Giles (aka Killa Cam).
Killa Cam was once one of the "seeds" in the Children of the Corn click that also featured Mase before he gave his life to the Lord and became a pastor, as well as the late Big L.
In the Children of the Corn days, Cam was one of the most unique rhyme-spitters with his humorous metaphors and his insatiable ability to create music from television theme songs.
After a bidding war and some coaxing from the legendary Notorious B.I.G for the much-sought-after Cam'ron, he signed with up-and-coming producer Lance "UN" Riviera on Untertainment Records.
Cam'ron's debut album, Confessions of Fire , achieve gold status and was the best lyrically-flexible album he would have. On Confessions of Fire , Cam's versatility shined brightly as he painted incredible pictures of despair and youthful exuberance.
Cam's Roc-A-Fella debut, Come Home With Me , would be his greatest commercial success, selling nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide.
With all this said, you would have to wonder how he has become such a terrible artist with some of the worst rap lines your ears will ever be able to handle.
On Purple Haze, he has no remorse for the malicious and vicious ways he throws out some of worst lines in the history of hip-hop. While the album is not lacking in production quality, lyrically, the album sinks faster than a Ray Allen jump shot.
Purple Haze features songs that are 2-3 years old. Titles like "Get 'em Girls" were in heavy rotation in Dixon Hall before the renovation started.
Cam also resorts to dissing Mase on "Take 'em to Church," asking why he left Harlem to become a pastor. Cam's in-house production team, The Diplomats, even get in on the act. The youngest member, Juelz Santana, had this to say about Mase: "Welcome this. Welcome that. He wasn't welcome in the first place. How we welcome him back?" Too bad for this album, that's about the only good line on it.
If you are supposed to be the head honcho of your crew, aren't you supposed to be the best rapper in that crew?
Purple Haze shows that a barrage of cockiness now overshadows Cam's past talents. He thinks he has reached the level where he can say insanely wack rhymes and get away with it.
On the track "Get 'em Girls," he shouts: "I rock mostly doshy; went from rocking tocky; you'll say holy moly". For all the Killa Cam fans out there, e-mail this guy and tell him that he is an over-the-top garbage rapper with impeccable production.
Cam'ron is so wack that he may ultimately be in the "Hall of Fame for Wack Rappers" like Mike Jones, Mr. Serv-On and Bizarre from D-12.
Music is about individuality, but not at the expense of being stupid. Cam is the rapper who said: "Fruity tooty, Louie woey, it's that jump, stomp, breathe, hootie-hoo." It is not fair to the average listener that Cam gets to chuck up all this vomit on the mic.
Here's a tip for being a leader: Study Jadakiss, Ludacris, T.I, Eminem and 50 cent. Observe how they maintain their rhyme caliber, realistically.
Cam'ron has been one of the worst rappers for the last two years. He is more garbage than the stuff Roc used to toss out. On a scale of 1-10, the production on the album is an 8. Unfortunately, the lyrics are a negative-8,000.