Cam’ron kicked off 2024 and Season 3 of It Is What It Is with a braggadocios freestyle over D’Angelo’s smooth “Cruisin” beat.
Over 25 years into his decorated career, Killa is still sharpening his sword and flexing his lyrical prowess; but these days he’s doing it in an expensive suit, which he claims is worth eight times your mortgage.
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Throughout the three-minute freestyle, Cam name-drops the likes of JAY-Z, Method Man,Mobb Deep, Ma$e, Donald Trump, LeBron James and more.
“I did a lot of things to stay away from poverty/Rolled Mobb Deep, causing Havoc, made me a Prodigy/RIP Bandana P and my father Gene,” he raps.
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“From Andre hustler shit I used to borrow jeans, then Wu-Tang made that song all they call the ‘C.R.E.A.M.’/Thanks Method Man that hook made my Beretta dance/And no I never left no prints I had them leather hands.”
Cam continued: “Way before Moderna I gave feins their medicine… We had the winters while Jay gave us the summers/Bron still in high school dunking and hitting jumpers kept Mav and Rich with ’em, Leon Rose like why you dump us?”
Tobe Nwigwe dubbed the freestyle “masterful,” while Twista, Jazze Pha, Kareem “Biggs” Burke, Don C, D. Nice, Wayno, Affion Crockett and more showed love in the comment section.
The clip even inspired producer Conductor Williams to seek out Cam’s attention in hopes of manifesting a collaboration with the Dipset rapper in the future.
This is far from the first time Cam’ron has blessed fans with a freestyle while on the It Is What It Is set.
After hearing J. Cole name-drop him on Lil Yachty’s “The Secret Recipe,” Cam sprung into action to get some bars off over the same beat in October.
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“Hell up in Harlem, but listen, I gave Harlem hell/ So I’m dressed like Nas in ’94, ain’t hard to tell,” he raps in an outfit paying homage to Nas’ “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” video.
