I don’t have much to say about Cam’Ron but it is interesting to see how his diss campaign against Jay-Z is taking Cam down.
If you peep the comments at Nah Right in response to Cam’s latest, you’ll notice he doesn’t really seem to be getting much support. In fact, if you check earlier posts for Cam’Ron few seem to be feeling this diss campaign.
Anybody seeing people rallying behind Cam online? I can’t really stand to spend much more time looking at what people have to say about that fool but I’m curious about how it looks to other folks.
Update: Black Electorate’s Cedric Muhammed thinks Jay-Z may be in danger! He may lose the streets of New York to Cam!! Whether or not you find that idea plausible, Muhammed has a long piece at Street and Industry (where he’s a partner, who knew?) in which he suggests a strategy for Jay-Z’s response. Interesting but Cam seems to be destroying himself more quickly the less Jay-Z responds.
ProHipHop’s prediction? Before this thing is over, Cam will be hustling mixtapes on the streets of Harlem where, apparently, he’s still quite popular.
Cam’ron…where do I begin? I’ve written so much about this ass clown on various hip hop related sites I don’t know what’s left. According to the RIAA, Cam has 3 gold albums (Confessions of Fire, Purple Haze, Diplomatic Immunity) and one platinum album (Come Home with Me). Dude’s been in the game since ’98. He’s watched his boy Ma$e blow up, 50 and G-Unit chokehold the industry and Hova lead the biggest label in the world. He has exactly one mainstream song under his belt in “Oh Boy.” From the outside, that’s not a bad career in hip hop. But I think he feels cheated, under appreciated, bitter about the success of others he came up with. He’s lashing out now for no particular reason other than he’s an established local act who wants the world to pay attention, but it never really does. What’s crazy is that he has a solid fan base that worships him and the Dips–why not strictly cater to them and eat off them for the next 10 years? That’s what Wu-tang slowly realized post Wu-Tang Forever. Now they’re 35 year olds touring year round, putting out independent albums to people who really love them. Cam could have it like that, but then again no one would really pay attention to him. Go get your wet wipes!