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Cam'ron's sixth album finds the rapper supported by flimsy production that saps him of his vitality.
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Cam'ron
Crime Pays
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AMG Review of Crime Pays
David Jeffries
All Music GuideThe low sales of 2006's Killa Season took the Dipset member off his album every-two-years-schedule with this follow-up landing in 2009. Even if Cam'ron's delivery -- sort of a rigid mumble -- and his lyrics -- strange and nasty as he wants to be -- all suggest he just doesn't give a damn, Crime Pays seems like a definite reaction to the dwindling numbers right down to the modest gear the rapper sports on the cover. This is a back to basics effort with no superstar Lil Wayne guest shot, and plenty of mixtape flavored production mostly from the hands of Skitzo or araabMUZIK. Best example that the Killa's back on the streets is the "Get It in Ohio," a lumbering behemoth of a single where Cam grinds in the land of "Blue pills and Grey Goose" and takes full advantage of a state hit hard by the 2009 recession. Topical rhymes also fill the great "My Job," a piano-driven, uptempo number that would love to kick down the cubicle walls, but there are bills to pay and no one else is hiring. "Cookin Up" offers the wonderfully Cam "Sledgehammers/Smash his melon/I'm the black Gallagher" while "Who" is his usual clever swagger with ""Who is Mr. Right?/Make sisters fight." There are a couple tracks that would make R. Kelly and maybe even Luther Campbell blush, and there are too many skits, although "Grease" is a drop dead hilarious example of how this Diplomat handles a lover's quarrel. "Cookies -N- Apple Juice" covers the same ground but with an infectious, ridiculous hook. Add it all up and Crime Pays is just what the fans want, without any sense the man is pandering.
Cam'ron: Crime Pays (Review)
Review - Cam'ron - Crime Pays
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One of my friends once said that Cam'ron would probably be "Top 5 Dead or Alive" material if he weren't so damn self-absorbed. Cam'ron's undeniably a master of wordplay, which makes it all the more painful to listen to him squandering his talent on braggadocio after braggadocio, coke anthem after coke anthem. And after his three year hiatus, instigated by the need to take care of his mother after
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Cam’ron Live @ BB King’s (Video)
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Up top is “Down N Out,” and under the cut are “Get ‘Em Girls,” “I Really Mean It” and “Get It In Ohio.”KILLA!
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Review - Cam'ron - Crime Pays
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One of my friends once said that Cam'ron would probably be "Top 5 Dead or Alive" material if he weren't so damn self-absorbed. Cam'ron's undeniably a master of wordplay, which makes it all the more painful to listen to him squandering his talent on braggadocio after braggadocio, coke anthem after coke anthem. And after his three year hiatus, instigated by the need to take care of his mother after
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Cam'ron On Retirement from Rap
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Cam almost retired during his lil' "Where's Waldo?" period? Damn, that's terrible. I'm not really surprised, the Dips did fuck the man over (or did he fuck them over?). I'm just glad he didn't really follow through with it. Now, I just hope he goes out and makes a follow up better than Crime Pays (more on that later, hopefully).Cam'ron On Retirement from RapMTV Showsaddthis_pub = 'WallySean';
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Cam'ron: Crime Pays (Review)
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Cam'ron's sixth album finds the rapper supported by flimsy production that saps him of his vitality.
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Video - Cam'ron - "I Hate My Job"
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This is interesting to say the least. This is the first single from Cam'ron's upcoming Crime Pays album. I really don't know what to say about this other than watch the video. Cubicle Cam!
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