Crime Pays

Cam'Ron | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asylum Records
• ASIN: B001W63E0E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,574 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Platinum recording artist and founder of the highly successful crew The Diplomats, Cam'ron releases his 8th album, Crime Pays. After a highly publicized split with former underlings Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Freekey Zeekey, Cam'ron returns with a vengence. Cam'ron's 'I Hate My Job' paints the perfect picture of the frustrated everyman, the struggling every woman.

As soon as the viral video for I Hate My Job leaked, it struck a chord with fans in search of hip-hop they could actually relate to. This is Cam'ron the Realist.  But after being the most elusive rapper on the planet for almost two years, it's ironic justice that Harlem's own Cam - full-length fur coats, diamond flooded, blue Lamborghini Cam - would return to the spotlight with the new theme song for the 2009 state of mind.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a rap CD worth buying, May 13, 2009

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Specialk (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Pays (Audio CD)

This is probably the first rap CD I felt was worthy of me going out and buying in close to a year. One of the best parts about this CD is whats not on it, there are no auto tune choruses, bad ron brownz features, or a crappy beat from the new "hot" producer of the month.

Cam's album is produced in-house and most of the beats on the album are on point. Cam is still crazy with the lyrics and definitely did his thing this time around. This is a great summer time album especially for the whip. I just wish more rappers would stop trying to follow the lastest trend and make their own lane like Cam.

Favorite tracks:
Cookin up
Curve
Get it in Ohio
Spend the night
Get it get it

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where Cam go?, August 12, 2009

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Klomax - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Pays [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

This is a typical graduate stage album for the high profile rapper....
I guess after all the videos concerts trips around the world and gettin Oreily himself flustered, my man Cam turned into a one of those with so much food on his plate he can no longer relate. This is not like my man either. Can someone tell me wheres the real Camron Giles!? We waitin doggie.....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying it even if you are not a Hardcore Cam Fan, May 15, 2009

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azar87 "asaed5" (Cincinnati,Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Pays (Audio CD)

First of all i gotta point out that this record has 23 Tracks!!! not like your other hip hop releases with 13 or 14 tracks that come out nowadays. Even though some songs leaked into the internet there are still a lot of songs which are new, and some older songs have new beats ( i hate my job)
The biggest surprise are "curve" and "spend the night" where Cam's in house producers sample well known house songs.
I already bought my copy
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