Everyone needs to know this: This is Cam’ron on BET’s Rap City, sometime in 2005, spitting over The Game’s “Dreams” track, which was produced by Kanye West. It is the most “I’m in the zone! I can hear Jimi!” performance in the history of recorded sound. That’s not particularly surprising when you consider the fact that, in the middle part of the last decade, Cam’ron was that zone’s landlord. From 2001, when the first Diplomats mixtape dropped, through his full-lengths, Come Home With Me and Purple Haze, Cam’ron was matched possibly only by Ghostface in rap’s lyrical supremacy sweepstakes. Where Ghost was 500-hour energy-drink amped and crying for the babies, Cam couldn’t care less. Everything seemed effortless for him. They were both spitting what, at times, felt like free-associative poetry about New York City, but they were doing it in totally different ways. He basically sums up his “I’m the best, who cares” attitude within the first 30 seconds of the Rap City clip: “I don’t even like to rhyme, love, but love this life of mine.” Despite all the great records Cam put out over that 5-year-and-change stretch, this might be my favorite artifact from that time. To the best of my knowledge and Googling, this performance, in full, only exists on RUclips. You can find snippets of it on Best Of Cam’ron mixes, but not the full-length version. The lyrics were eventually repurposed for a song called “It’s Nothin’” on Dipset The Movement Moves On, but that track, with all due respect to Hell Rell, pales in comparison to what you see above. My favorite thing about this performance is how it looks like someone woke Cam from an incredibly nice dream about Pelicans he was having in the back of an Escalade and told him, “Killa, your country needs you.” Sleepy-eyed, no doubt a side effect from some powerful glaucoma medication, Cam proceeds to absolutely repossess this song from The Game. .22 to my head, this may be favorite Kanye West beat, outside of “Gone” or “School Spirit” or “Two Words” … OK it’s up there. But despite the fact that Kanye made it and it officially belonged to Game, I will always and forever consider this a Cam track. Cam rhymes about his sweat socks, the short life span of his jewelry, his Dipset crew member Juelz Santana’s style of conflict resolution, the variety to be found in his drug inventory, Betty and Wilma, Dora the Explorer, the veneer of his cabinets and winds down by declaring himself the brand new Entenmann’s. You might feel like this doesn’t qualify as a freestyle since Cam clearly isn’t coming off the dome. In this case I’d say you’re being pedantic and let you know that your shuffle-board game is about to start at the Covered Bridge Retirement Community Rec Center. You also might note, for better or worse, that Cam never breaks for a chorus or offers up a lyrical hook. Listen closer. Watch this over and over again. Everything Cam’ron says is a hook. Yahtzee. Yacht time I refuse to let RUclips bury this comment because it’s a decade old. The young generation needs to read this. Shame on you RUclips for burying/deleting this comment. It’s my only claim to internet fame.
Man you said it all my guy..this was well analyzed..Cam always been slept on but what happened at the Verzuz i feel took the little flowers he had a way. Cam would have been better doing a one on one verzuz
Man you said it all my guy..this was well analyzed..Cam always been slept on but what happened at the Verzuz i feel took the little flowers we had a way. Cam would have been better doing a one on one verzuz
“Ya chicks is Betty and Wilma I make they bedrock, get em girl my half black and Italian wifey, the rocks came in all colors brother my Italian ICEE”🔥🔥🔥
"Cause of Cake mix, 10 homes, 8 whips// But the 8 whips I'm bout to trade for a space ship// Call me Nasa man, insides plasma fam// I got a warrant, I'm in orbit come after Cam" Nobody has ever rapped like this since Cam.
@@njinhere lifelong Dipset fan and though it’s never been publicly confirmed…I do believe that JR wrote some of Cam’s most outlandish bars during that era. There’s just no way.
"Glare at the gems, Yes stare at them friend, Take a good look coz I swear I won't wear them again. These a one time wear, earrings a one time pair, One time for One-Time damn, look how One-Time stare..." My God 🔥🔥🔥
Jim Jones got clowned for rapping his mixtape verses so I doubt it ...a lot of ppl in these comments must not be Cam'ron fans because this wasn't a freestyle this was a full blown song he went up there and rapped on the basement passing it off as freestyle bars smfh
@@Arick_88 its nothin ft Juelz Santana...off the funk flex album ..he made a remix with the same exact verse with hell rell and put it on killa season I think or one of them other dipset mixtapes
"The weed produce a foul odor dial sober papi called drought over Old 28 old school top mine the block fine yatzeet yacht time" Even in 2021 this still is 🔥🔥💯
Glare at the gems, Yes stare at them friend, Take a good look coz I swear I won't wear them again. These a one time wear, earrings a one time pair, One time for One-Time damn, look how One-Time stare..."....ghahhhhhhh dayumm my ears still buzzin 🥶🥶🥶🥶
"Come to the crib, I live in Hallie Berry hood, flow is marvelous, Cam is cherry wood, this is gemstar in other words very good, speaking of good, I'm good with the semi, blowin' wood with the Henny, in the hood like a Hemi, homie" 🔥💯
“Come to the crib, I live in Halle Berry Hood, Floor is marble, Cabinets Cherry wood, dishes is gemstar in other words very good… speakin of good, I’m good with the semi, blowin wood with the Henny, in the hood like a Hemi homie”
Call me NASA man, Inside plasma fam, I got warrants? -I'm in orbit; come after Cam Those were throwaway bars still tougher than most mainstream rappers' hardest.
Thing about Camrons bars is they are so damn unique. He’s one of the only rappers to make his own flow game lane that no one else knows how to get up in it.
Omg Killa Cam spit flames and incinerated the track! That flow was straight CRACK!!! Cam forever!!! He’s definitely one of the best rap artists EVER!! His flows go over Soooo many people’s heads it’s absurd!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Cause of cake mix, 10 homes 8 whips, but the 8 whips I’m bout to trade for a spaceship Call me NASA man, inside plasma fam, I gotta warrant? I’m in orbit come after Cam” 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Camron’s arrogance is unmatched.
👍🏽👍🏽💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Second to none
Naw bro that goes to slick Rick. He was calling people peasants and crumbs back in the 80’s. He even rapped about on la di da di 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jomarcoliverman4971 not even close to Cam'ron - Slick Rick's master trait was storytelling
@@eightpercentdiscipleSlick ran so that Cam could walk.
The father of swag rap.
Facts
Yup
This was a good take 7 years ago and it’s a even better take now
lmao yes...I was just about to say somethin about that..Too bad when cam/dipset was hot..they werent gettin the kinda recognition they deserved
B D uhh come home with me went platinum I’m not sure what u mean by not getting recognition
The way he switches rhyme structures is crazy
Top5doa
One of the greatest rappers of all times. Straight effortless. Make this sht look easy. It’s nothing. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
😂
@@oneschancehater
@@ronbrennan-yh8ki Agreed
2009
💯💯💯👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
"I don't even like to rhyme Love, but love this life of mine"
Everyone needs to know this: This is Cam’ron on BET’s Rap City, sometime in 2005, spitting over The Game’s “Dreams” track, which was produced by Kanye West. It is the most “I’m in the zone! I can hear Jimi!” performance in the history of recorded sound. That’s not particularly surprising when you consider the fact that, in the middle part of the last decade, Cam’ron was that zone’s landlord.
From 2001, when the first Diplomats mixtape dropped, through his full-lengths, Come Home With Me and Purple Haze, Cam’ron was matched possibly only by Ghostface in rap’s lyrical supremacy sweepstakes.
Where Ghost was 500-hour energy-drink amped and crying for the babies, Cam couldn’t care less. Everything seemed effortless for him. They were both spitting what, at times, felt like free-associative poetry about New York City, but they were doing it in totally different ways. He basically sums up his “I’m the best, who cares” attitude within the first 30 seconds of the Rap City clip: “I don’t even like to rhyme, love, but love this life of mine.”
Despite all the great records Cam put out over that 5-year-and-change stretch, this might be my favorite artifact from that time. To the best of my knowledge and Googling, this performance, in full, only exists on RUclips. You can find snippets of it on Best Of Cam’ron mixes, but not the full-length version. The lyrics were eventually repurposed for a song called “It’s Nothin’” on Dipset The Movement Moves On, but that track, with all due respect to Hell Rell, pales in comparison to what you see above.
My favorite thing about this performance is how it looks like someone woke Cam from an incredibly nice dream about Pelicans he was having in the back of an Escalade and told him, “Killa, your country needs you.”
Sleepy-eyed, no doubt a side effect from some powerful glaucoma medication, Cam proceeds to absolutely repossess this song from The Game. .22 to my head, this may be favorite Kanye West beat, outside of “Gone” or “School Spirit” or “Two Words” … OK it’s up there. But despite the fact that Kanye made it and it officially belonged to Game, I will always and forever consider this a Cam track.
Cam rhymes about his sweat socks, the short life span of his jewelry, his Dipset crew member Juelz Santana’s style of conflict resolution, the variety to be found in his drug inventory, Betty and Wilma, Dora the Explorer, the veneer of his cabinets and winds down by declaring himself the brand new Entenmann’s.
You might feel like this doesn’t qualify as a freestyle since Cam clearly isn’t coming off the dome. In this case I’d say you’re being pedantic and let you know that your shuffle-board game is about to start at the Covered Bridge Retirement Community Rec Center.
You also might note, for better or worse, that Cam never breaks for a chorus or offers up a lyrical hook. Listen closer. Watch this over and over again. Everything Cam’ron says is a hook. Yahtzee. Yacht time
I refuse to let RUclips bury this comment because it’s a decade old. The young generation needs to read this. Shame on you RUclips for burying/deleting this comment. It’s my only claim to internet fame.
Thanks for this
Man you said it all my guy..this was well analyzed..Cam always been slept on but what happened at the Verzuz i feel took the little flowers he had a way.
Cam would have been better doing a one on one verzuz
Man you said it all my guy..this was well analyzed..Cam always been slept on but what happened at the Verzuz i feel took the little flowers we had a way.
Cam would have been better doing a one on one verzuz
@@zedazeda9450good point. You’re right. Need that Cam singles versuz
bought my dudes watches, that's how we pass time......daymmm
Nasty bar!!!🥶
Too cold
I love how drug talk is censored but murder is fine xD
Good old BET lmao
😂😂😂😂
Lmao
Blame BET 😂😂🖤
They had to let him since he’s killa Cam
“Ya chicks is Betty and Wilma I make they bedrock, get em girl my half black and Italian wifey, the rocks came in all colors brother my Italian ICEE”🔥🔥🔥
Daaaaammmmmmmmmmmm
"Cause of Cake mix, 10 homes, 8 whips// But the 8 whips I'm bout to trade for a space ship// Call me Nasa man, insides plasma fam// I got a warrant, I'm in orbit come after Cam" Nobody has ever rapped like this since Cam.
Honestly we may never get another cam
🎯🎯🎯🎯
JR Writer.. this is his flow
@@njinhere lifelong Dipset fan and though it’s never been publicly confirmed…I do believe that JR wrote some of Cam’s most outlandish bars during that era. There’s just no way.
@@ShrimplessScampi bro I listened to JR enough to know he was writing for cam.. JR perfected the flow and style at one time
He was the KING of the BASEMENT everytime he was so COLD
Best comment
"Glare at the gems,
Yes stare at them friend,
Take a good look coz I swear I won't wear them again.
These a one time wear, earrings a one time pair,
One time for One-Time damn, look how One-Time stare..."
My God 🔥🔥🔥
Best bar on my life
King Joffrey Joe killa the don Harlem’s godfather after bumpy Johnson
Been repeating this bar since 9th grade
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Place in Baltimore…
Fuego!
"The blam blamma with Santana, leave Cam alone. Fore this man jam ya and scram with ya damn camera phone"
I was scrolling waiting for somebody to say this specific part 🔥🔥🔥 KILLA !!
@@ThatBoyKorro on god me rn
Holy fuck
that's some eminem type shit
@@kayshawn. no it ain’t
Yo Cam actually went the fuck in on this. This was the Era.
cam laid this beat to rest, havent heard anyone on it since
Not even Game himself 😅
@@ace-paidinfull5240 You're Absolutely Correct 💯
@@kennyfields253 💯
Real shit
Not even lil Wayne 😅
Bar for Bar, Cam is the King of Rap City.
Killa is that dude but goat of rapcity is cassidy...look at all of cassidy freestyles then come back and tell me what you think homie
Manny Mwebu Easily , camron is still one of the greatest and slept on artists of all time , that don’t get enough dues.
Facts 🔥
Its between Luda and killa
Cam, juelz and cassidy. Alll produced multiple classic basement freestyles.
It's like this beat was made for Cam.
Man that’s totally true. He sounds way better than Game on this beat and Game killed that song
One of the best ryhmes I heard in the booth. EVER!!!!!
facts
aye low key He did body this like GOAT status its between that and ruclips.net/video/XaSCNHDX548/видео.html
Definitely he should have done this during versus
Ever.
That's sad.
This era of music is the best!!!!
Bought my dudes watches that’s how we pass time.. classic cam verse
He's a genius - his style and flow is so unique, that anyone trying to bite it would be obvious. Too fucking good. Made it look like nothing.
Imagine he kept going for 20 minutes, I’ll watch this shit on my break every time I work
The block fine Yahtzee Yacht time. Hard😤
I personally think he's a top 20 rapper of all-time.
top 10 favorite rapper yes, in my top 25 all time
Top 30
Number 1
Top 5
He in the top ten of old school New York Rappers Bee.
The second xbox line killed everything i heard in 2019 new music🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
This man killa is the GOAT
YEAH HE IS
All these years later and this shit still crazy
Bruh, I can’t get enough of this hard shit. Bananas.
@@lemondishonor7736 you saw him last night ?
Super crazy
That's what I'm saying!!!!
I feel like it’s even better now somehow
cam put the nail in the coffin with this one, solidified as the all time greatest basement freestyle, the end of an era.
Never gets old🔥. This should've been done at the Versus
Jim Jones got clowned for rapping his mixtape verses so I doubt it ...a lot of ppl in these comments must not be Cam'ron fans because this wasn't a freestyle this was a full blown song he went up there and rapped on the basement passing it off as freestyle bars smfh
@@jaahnnnwhat song?
@@Arick_88 its nothin ft Juelz Santana...off the funk flex album ..he made a remix with the same exact verse with hell rell and put it on killa season I think or one of them other dipset mixtapes
Cam is and will always be a legend .
Had to slap my desk for this one. Cam obliterated this freestyle!
Facts
I don’t even like to rhyme love but love this life of mine 🙏🏽
"The weed produce a foul odor dial sober papi called drought over Old 28 old school top mine the block fine yatzeet yacht time"
Even in 2021 this still is 🔥🔥💯
He said “Thou sober “ … even better actually
Got warrant, I'm in orbit, come after cam
This gotta be one of the best freestyles I ever heard...so many bars to repeat
"I hate when I hear the same freestyle rhymes I heard on a song"
Classical
"You got a warrant im outta orbit come after cam" Killa is top tiee
one of the illest freestyle ever on RAPCITY
2019 and it’s still better than anything right now. 🔥🔥🔥 killa
Facts take it to 2020 💪
@@a1dayone348 2020
2023
Cam would've shine bigger in this era. Those old head were just slow 😂
Fax
*Naw, Cam Is Definitely Top #25 Of All Time, He Just Kept Getting Into Shi With Bigger Dudes At The Time So It Stopped Him From Progressing.*
Been saying this for the last 25 years!!
He was huge then where were you
Wow. A freestyle that didn’t contain a ton of censors. This freestyle was literally clean that’s a true lyricist.
Glare at the gems,
Yes stare at them friend,
Take a good look coz I swear I won't wear them again.
These a one time wear, earrings a one time pair,
One time for One-Time damn, look how One-Time stare..."....ghahhhhhhh dayumm my ears still buzzin 🥶🥶🥶🥶
El lackdelow la.
“You gotta adore it I explore it just like Dora take a order gift wrap it... Bora Bora”
Sick
Juelz Santana and Cameron are the reason why my swag is the Way it is today
Nigga swag on 1000
The Best Rap City freestyle 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🦅
Got a knot in there the size of an X box that's why Cam my dude
Smooth flawless flow.
If Tigger was hosting he would’ve been goin crazy
Tigger would’ve jumped on the mic
Cam snapped 🤧🔥
PAPI CALLED DROUGHT OVER🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
"In a hood like a Hemi" haha shit dope
I was in high school when this dropped and it still has me. Cam made me want to bar up back in the day because of this.
"Space in Baltimore. Place the order, replace the quarter, y'all, the fiends are chasing waterfalls." DAMN 🔥
Gun in his mouth, call that the chat line/
Bought my dudes watches, that’s how we pass time
🔥
I'm not really a dip-set fan/ they spit/ but this is a fucking classic
nothing beats his verse on the roc with beanie and bleek... cam slept on hes top 5 all time for creativity... hes one of a kind
One of the best freestyles ever. Cam is a GENIUS!!!!!!
hard to believe Cam doesn't even care about rap like that. His bars still harder than alot of rappers who care too much.
"Come to the crib, I live in Hallie Berry hood, flow is marvelous, Cam is cherry wood, this is gemstar in other words very good, speaking of good, I'm good with the semi, blowin' wood with the Henny, in the hood like a Hemi, homie" 🔥💯
“Come to the crib, I live in Halle Berry Hood, Floor is marble, Cabinets Cherry wood, dishes is gemstar in other words very good… speakin of good, I’m good with the semi, blowin wood with the Henny, in the hood like a Hemi homie”
Call me NASA man,
Inside plasma fam,
I got warrants?
-I'm in orbit; come after Cam
Those were throwaway bars still tougher than most mainstream rappers' hardest.
cause of cake mix
10 homes, 8 whips
but the 8 whips im bout to trade for a spaceship #bars
+Jayson Badgett baaaarrrs
blew my mind had me like dammmmmmmmmm!!
Thing about Camrons bars is they are so damn unique. He’s one of the only rappers to make his own flow game lane that no one else knows how to get up in it.
BIG facts 🤘🤘💯
Greatest Freestyle on Rap City..... Period.
This my mfn g right here came gave us that swag can’t nobody touch Harlem world was and always is on the map kuz of killa
took over two tenements with cookies and cakes, the brand new Entenmann's 🔥🔥🔥
Cam is the mainstream version of MF Doom lol
Papi called.. drought over 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Place the order, replace the quarter, yall, the feins are chasing waterfalls. KILLA CAMS HARDEST BARS!
🔥🔥🔥
Cam caused a whole wave back then. In LA people in my high school were dressing like Cam
Cam and Method Man Had the Best Freestyles On The Basement Frfr❗️❗️❗️
Oldschool I topped mine. Copped mine. Tha block fine? Yahtzee! Yacht time! 😎👉🏾💯
in the hood like a Hemi homie
You gotta adore, I gotta explore it just like Dora, place your order gift wrap it, bora bora
Dude bars so playa
The Xbox line hit different in 2023 if you the X 😱
Crazy👌🏾👌🏾
that was a smart as freestyle man......one of my favorites
Cake mix
10 homes
8 whips
But the 8 whips I'm bout to trade for a spaceship.......fuck off....Camron smashed it
Exactly! That was a HOT BAR 🔥🔥🔥
Damn. ... cam always been killing it..
Killa killed it
If people only knew how 🔥🔥🔥 this was at that time 💯💪🏽❤️
Still 🔥🔥🔥
That DIPS word play is legendary tho... Yup...
Cam had his lane and perfected it. Camron stayed in my whip bumping all through Watts and South Central LA👊🏾
greatest rapper of all time
Omg Killa Cam spit flames and incinerated the track! That flow was straight CRACK!!! Cam forever!!! He’s definitely one of the best rap artists EVER!! His flows go over Soooo many people’s heads it’s absurd!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cam killed this 💯 One time for one time,damn look how one time stare 🔥
I miss these days
YOU GOT TO ADORE IT I EXPLORE IT JUST LIKE DORA, SAVE THE ORDER GIFT WRAP IT BORA BORA...FIRE!!!
THE FREESTYLE IS LIKE A DANCE HALL JAM TO MY EARS SMOOTH
Cam styled out on the other basement freestyle but this one he lyrically and flow wise really killed this beat
For me personally Cam top 5 dead or alive
cam really said blow wood w the henny in the hood like a hemi shit went over my head
"giftwrap it- Bora Bora."
Cam'ron -2000s
Papi Called Drought Over 💦
DAT MIC WAZ SMOKIN 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
💨💨💨😂😂💨
Cam sounds even better 20 years after his supposed prime
Cause Nigga had that swag over dope beat we been bumbarred with trash music !
“I got a warrant? I’m in orbit come after Cam” 😁😁 🔥
🗣 *KILLA !*
💥💥💥TUFF
2022, cam rapped on flex it made me come back to this 🔥🔥🔥
“Cause of cake mix, 10 homes 8 whips, but the 8 whips I’m bout to trade for a spaceship
Call me NASA man, inside plasma fam, I gotta warrant? I’m in orbit come after Cam” 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
This is really hardest hip hop verse ever. Cam said if I got a warrant you got come arrest me in outer space! Where they do dat at? Lol!
@Tupac Skakur is my Goat bro I'm just now getting what he was meaning.. that was hard
Nigga got the hardest flow eeeeever
I remember watching this on Rap City back in the day. 16 years on and it’s still etched on my brain
he wasnt even trying and he killed it haha
Funny to say he wasn’t even trying. Bruh that’s how he rhyme 😂. Not like he be gettin amped, that’s how he do what he do anyway
Top swag Israelite king cam