There needs to be a new category in rap, call it misogynistic rap and elect Cam'ron as the arbiter of who gets to categorize themselves in that slot. Labels help to define what something is to the outside world. Slap a sticker on Cam'ron's Killa Season and it'll help soothe any raw feelings a person might have about his lyrical content.

Example one, and the only one necessary: "Touch it or Not" or as it's known in its unedited form "Suck it or Not." It's not only the best song on the album, it's got classic lines like, "I'm in love with the twat, missionary, backshots, pop it off, rock it off, I'll tell you right now if my cock is soft. I want head before and after, top it off. On your knees so you how to topple - lick, suck, deep throat. Stop, cough. Hop on, hop off, lollipop on, I know it's white, but here come the hot sauce." If you understand lyrics like that, you'll feel right at home with the rest of the album... I honestly find that hilarious. more..

There needs to be a new category in rap, call it misogynistic rap and elect Cam'ron as the arbiter of who gets to categorize themselves in that slot. Labels help to define what something is to the outside world. Slap a sticker on Cam'ron's Killa Season and it'll help soothe any raw feelings a person might have about his lyrical content.

Example one, and the only one necessary: "Touch it or Not" or as it's known in its unedited form "Suck it or Not." It's not only the best song on the album, it's got classic lines like, "I'm in love with the twat, missionary, backshots, pop it off, rock it off, I'll tell you right now if my cock is soft. I want head before and after, top it off. On your knees so you how to topple - lick, suck, deep throat. Stop, cough. Hop on, hop off, lollipop on, I know it's white, but here come the hot sauce." If you understand lyrics like that, you'll feel right at home with the rest of the album.

I honestly find that hilarious.

Cam's last album Purple Haze was lost in the fog of Jay and Dame's split. The album was held back for months and was finally released, just to get the thing on the shelf. Killa Season should have represented his move to make up for the loss taken on that album - marketing and attention wise.

In the weeks heading into the album's release, it seemed Cam decided he'd get attention for it by taking shots at Jay. Bringing up old nonsense that everyone knew and already filed away in the 'whatever' part of the brain. Not to mention that Cam said in multiple interviews that he had nothing to say about Jay and Dame's split, he was too busy getting money, minding his own.

After the gun smoke settled in DC he had visions of a Roc-A-Fella diamond being flashed before the shots and decided it was Jay who set him up. That's the only reason you could see for the retro-diss; it was his shot at the guy who supposedly setup the shooting.

But he miscalculated how people would respond, not only to the song, but the press conference which followed that took all the toughness out of the boasts and threats. Since when do gangsters hold public gatherings to announce who they have beef with and why?

Like the mush to the Purple Haze album, the press conference took some steam out of his promo push heading into Killa Season. It kinda landed on shelves with a shrug.

His first week numbers withstood the shrugs though. Probably because no matter what you feel about his problems with Jay, Cam'ron managed to put together an album that has more than a handful of ride worthy music.

There are a lot of NYC rappers who babble incessantly about their guns and knives, how they get money, will shoot your mother, body cousins and nephews, chop off legs and arms, these are real tough guys [that's a joke.] There are few who make sense of it all. Or I should say, few who make you believe the gunplay has any credibility. Even if they did a bid or shot a few people, or got shot, it has no level of realism to it.

Even with Cam's mistaken press conference, at least Dipset comes across as a bunch of criminals, ex-cons, and nice guys hanging with the wrong crowd [Juelz] that all the dumb talk sits somewhere in the land of reality. Not to say they're the scariest guys on the block, or untouchable, just that what they say rings true. That's all you can ask from any rapper. The old saying: keep it real.

So when riding to a Cam'ron track like "White Girls" or "Leave You Alone" or "Triple Up" you don't feel like half an asshole listening to kiddie/non-rapper fantasy music. Cam'ron ain't your number one lyricist, but he perfected that back and forth, back it up flow, topped it off with his love of money, and (yes) the disrespect for women and you've got his winning combination.

For the rap purists on the block, know that one of the best lyricists to pick up a mic Rakim says he listens to Dipset. Not that it matters to me, but it might to you.

Every song isn't listenable, "He Tried to Play Me", and the skits are meaningless, but there are enough solid tracks that if not purchase worthy, is at least worth a burned disc or an Ipod slot.

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