Im Still a Cam fan,
In football they often rate the influence of a coach by the recognizable figures they have directly or indirectly influenced. In Cam'ron case its the Big L tree(RIP 1999). Big L is regarded as some as the best rapper to come out of new york, but it is widely agreed he is the best of Harlem. Think, if you have ever heard a rapper, writer anyone disrespect his albums or legacy. He was responsible for starting a group titled children of the corn which featured Murda Mase("I Wuz Murda, P.Diddy Named Me Pretty, Did It For The Money, Now Can You Get Wit Me"), Killa Cam.
Big L's debut solo album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, was released in March 1995. The album featured guest appearances from a number of artists, notably Kid Capri, Lord Finesse, and then-unknown Cam'ron and Jay-Z. Albiet that Big L's music didnt make it very far down south but think of the legacy he helped forge. Before You say anything I will go through and explain everything.
Mase might be the most confusing rap artist ever, but it is hard to criticize his first album Harlem world soon after he signed to bad boy records. He then proceeded to retire to find god, found god started an a church. Then he felt God was calling him back to music and so made a song call Welcome Back. Mase then apparently heard god incorectly and what God really wanted was Mase to go back to preaching. Then Murda Mase out of nowhere showed back up, and he was gangster now...again. After Fabolous and Kanye took his style, but I guess god told him to sign with GGGGG- Unit. And then left. Thats the story of mase, back to the otherside of the tree.
bad boy mase
Mase after preaching
The first thing you might notice on the Cam'ron side is Lil Wayne. Im not saying that wayne was in dipset or cam'ron taught him anything, but i will compare lil wayne pre dip-set image and post dip-set image but before I can we will start back with cam'ron. Cam'ron by many is known for being the straw that broke roc-a-fella, when roc-a-fella and Cams childhood friend Dame Dash gave him a contract and the title of vice-president. Cam'ron went on to release his best selling songs to date and solidified his status as a top 10 RAPPER. I did not say MC so don't get it twisted. People followed this dude so much he had niggas where pink for no reason, and not one rapper ran after him for rolling in a pink Range Rover.
Dame is a fool for that intro!
Not only did Cam have two certified hits, he put Juelz Santana his protege on them so he can get play on the radio. It is to early to get to the subject of Juelz Santana and his task of rapping, and building one of the most prolific superstars image.
Jim Jones before his musical career started as Cam'rons bud guy. You know the guy in every stars crew who's responsibility as a friend is always make sure their are drugs around, and able to tap on someone to take the fall if the superstar gets in trouble. Years of being the bud guy and taking a couple of beatings for Cam he was crowned the Co-ceo of dipset and helped get the deal with Roc-a-fella as well as becoming a director of music videos. His ultimate moment in mainstream media is his song written by MAX-B but rapped by Jones. Sounds a lot like Mumble mumble, mumble something BALLIN!
At a point Jim Jones clearly wanted autonmy and attention so he started ByrdGang (Dipset but smoke alot more) and then Cam Disapeered (To take care of his mom in florida after she got sick, thats rightgeous). He decided not to tell the media so people started asking and people started making youtube videos. It even went as far as XXL started a monthly where's Cam'ron column. 3:50 is the best part
While disapeering which was bad timing on his part because it made people think 50 cent got rid of him through music beef. Jim jones decided to take the oppurtunity to hang out with G-Unit and in Cam's words wanted to start a fake beef.
"Well, I don’t know his reason, or what he thinks, but one time Jim was in my house, and we was plotting and strategizing on our marketing and promotions. And out of the blue he asks me, “You wanna have a fake beef? Between me and you.” And I was like, “Hell no!” That didn’t even make sense. I was like, “Why would we do that? That would confuse the fans.” And he was like, “Oh okay.” But for me, I took that as, you must wanna go your own route anyway, because why would you even make that suggestion? So when he made that suggestion, it wasn’t like beef or no problems, but I kinda shied away and started letting him do his own thing. Because I felt, why would you even say that if you didn’t wanna go and do your own thing?"XXL.com
Juelz has more success than the average rapper but he also had two features handed to him when he was 19 years old that were HITS! His influence on the modern day rap landscape cant be quantified with songs on his own records. In fact I think his best song is on the Green Lantern tape "Did U miss me." AYE! Now he is more known for turning against cam and complaining about his contract, which cam eventually sold to
Def Jam for 2 million dollars tiring of the headaches.
And while Jim took pains to take his share of the blame for the breakup, both he and Juelz alleged that Cam had been less than fair with Dipset proceeds. And Juelz, who’d been strangely quiet himself since What the Game’s Been Missing!, claimed Cam had essentially frozen his career—blocking him from releasing collaborative material with other artists—through the original Diplomats contract Cam held and only this past summer sold to Def Jam for a reported $2 million. XXL
Ill continue this later. or never
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