Cam'ron is severely underrated

seems people are starting to give him his flowers now cuz of his show and cool idea to rap on said show.. his prime was def 2001-2004 truly short lived legendary run. he always had the bars after that era but the beat choices slipped up big time. before that era he was good but not great imo (ie. his banned from tv verse).

I never listened to cam'ron or dipset like that...s**t i never even heard the children of the corn s**t. the only albums i got of is come home with me and i think purple haze on cd somewhere. his show with mase is cool though. there was a thread on that not too long ago

purple haze been back in heavy rotation. (i only play the real soulful sample songs where cam does the really goofy flows though) i could narrow it down to a ten song classic and add purple haze song and 1st of the month and a few others from the dipset 2xcd and make it a classic

the dipset 2xcd was a huge release to me in 2003. obsessed was an understatement. i loved partying to that album and on the rap side studied the s**t out of it in hopes to one day make some soulful, fun, fly ish like most of teh stuff they did.

killa been n is dope ion care wha any1 says - dope track is a dope track - plus he aint gonna sound like nas doesnt have that insight he aint gonna sound like jay cuz he aint live like jay but wha he does is give us his thoughts attitude style flashiness sure hes had his fumbles thru out his career but who hasnt ... top 10 to come out of NY

My thought's exactly, Cam'ron is a one of a kind rapper, no replica nor imitations. Completely in his own lane. Cause no one is making song's like oh boy, Dipset Anthem, he tried to play me, or Get'em daddy. Gotta give Cam'ron his props for originality.

It’s guess it’s fair to say Cam was on Fab and Jadakiss’ level, although I feel Jada is by far the nicer emcee. That was proven live on Verzus.

Cam had everybody’s little bro walking around wearing pink or purple outfits and rocking giant goofy matching NY fitteds.

Cam’s best moments were either on mixtapes or live on Hot 97.

Dipset took certain styles from the south and brought that to Harlem.

None of it felt authentic and the music aged terribly.

That’s why they got their sht rocked so bad by the LOX.

I always preferred Big L and Herb McGruff.

Camron had a lot of corny bars and I hated most of Dipset’s beats.

The beats sounded thin and those played out, sped up soul samples just kept coming. They got by on swag, not quality music.

If we doing our top 5 out of NYC then this my take

1. Wu-Tang Clan (Whole Group cause plenty of members are all stars)
2. KRS-One (Godfather of Hip-Hop)
3. Sean Price (Jesus Piece Superstar is a favorite of mine)
4. Big L (Absolute Hardcore Shaolin Master on da mic)
5. Necro (Most Brutal MC on the mic no doubt.)

Honorable Mention: Notorious B.I.G (Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore)