Purple Haze

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On Purple Haze, the long awaited followup to his platinum selling Roc-A-Fella debut "Come Home With Me", Cam puts it down like only he can. From the mixtape banger "Killa Cam", to the certified street anthems "Get Em Girls" & "Shake", to the radio hits "Hey Lady" & the new single "Lord You Know" feat. Jaheim, "Purple Haze" continues Cam's legend. Featuring all-star production from the Heatmakers, Kanye West & Justin Blaze & appearances from the entire Dip Set Crew - as well as Jaheim, Twista, & G-Unit's Young Buck, Cam'ron delivers his most diverse & creative album to date, while keeping it hot for the streets. .com ---- Cam'ron's records command admiration from a wide spectrum of hip-hoppers: conscious to crunk to gangsta. Cam and his Dipset stick to the same production formula (on "Get Down," for example) that graced his previous monster hit, "Oh Boy": sped-up samples and lots of hooks. Therefore, it seems only natural that he would team up with Kanye West ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/266451/%24%7B0%7D )--another rap duke who's taken this style to the bank--and on "Dip-Set Forever" and "Down and Out" they share sped-up samples together. But if drugs (using, selling, or importing) and sexploits aren't your thing, Purple Haze may come off a bit lyrically linear. Cam'ron also plunders pop-culture samples ranging from the Hill Street Blues TV theme ("Harlem Streets") to Cyndi Lauper ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/69908/%24%7B0%7D )'s "Girls Just Want to Fun" ("Girls"), often to questionable effect. "Adrenaline," however, teams two MCs with the freakiest flows on the planet, Twista ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/34000/%24%7B0%7D ) and Psycho Drama, to produce menacing, low-BPM G-funk at its finest. --Dalton Higgins