Cam’ron has left many rap fans surprised by saying that a certain Midwest city “may have the best lyricists.”
In an episode of It Is What It Is that aired on Friday (July 19) the Dipset icon revealed a left-field pick when asked about rap cities by co-host Ma$e and special guest Maurice Clarett.
AD LOADING...
He said: “I lived in Chicago and they may have the best lyricists. Them and Louisiana. I’m talking about as far as lyricists. We really take [it] for granted. New York used to call people ‘country’ in the ’80s and early ’90s. Even thinking about Lil Wayne. If you get on a record with Lil Wayne you gotta be careful. Lil Wayne will go crazy. If you go on a record with Eminem, you gotta be careful. These n-ggas are really lyricists …
He continued by mentioning a number of Chi-town legends, including Twista and Yung Buk, both of whom Cam teamed up with on 2004’s “Adrenaline Rush 2,” before concluding: “I think Chicago artists are really, really underrated as far as rap is concerned.”
AD LOADING...
Check out the clip below, which begins at about the 41:50 mark.
Cam has given props to plenty of rappers, but he received his fair share of flowers back in January when he unleashed a ferocious freestyle on the web show.
Killa kicked off 2024 and Season 3 of It Is What It Is with a braggadocios freestyle over D’Angelo’s smooth “Cruisin” beat.
AD LOADING...
Throughout the three-minute freestyle, Cam name-dropped the likes of JAY-Z, Method Man,Mobb Deep, Ma$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.
“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 fiends 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?”
AD LOADING...
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.
