Cam'Ron "Purple Haze"

Posted on 12.7.2004

Cam’Ron
Album: Purple Haze
Release Date: December 7, 2004
Label: Roc-A-Fella

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—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’s "Girls Just Want to Fun" ("Girls"), often to questionable effect. "Adrenaline," however, teams two MCs with the freakiest flows on the planet, Twista and Psycho Drama, to produce menacing, low-BPM G-funk at its finest.

Featurings:
Juelz Santana,Kanye West, Syleena Johnson, Mano Lisa, Jaheim, Jim Jones, Nicole Wray, Twista, Psycho Drama, Freekey Zekey, R Writer, Juels Santana and Un Kasa.

Producers:
Kanye West, Just Blaze, The Heatmakers, and more..

Track Listings:

1- Intro
2- More Gangsta Music - featuring Juelz Santana
3- Get Down
4- Welcome To Purple Haze (Skit)
5- Killa Cam
6- Leave Me Alone Pt.2
7- Down and Out - featuring Kanye West and Syleena Johnson
8- Harlem Streets
9- Rude Boy (skit)
10- Girls - featuring Mano Lisa
11- I’m a Chicken Head (skit)
12- Soap Opera
13- O.T (skit)
14- Bubble Music
15- More Reasons - featuring Jaheim
16- The Block (skit)
17- The Dope Man - featuring Jim Jones
18- Family Ties - featuring Nicole Wray
19- Adrenaline - featuring Twista and Psycho Drama
20- Hey Lady - featuring Freekey Zekey
21- Shake - featuring JR Writer
22- Get’Em Girls
23- Dip-Set Forever
24- Bonus Track
Take Em to Church - featuring Juels Santana and Un Kasa