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March 29, 2012
The 18 Best Rapper Movies
Since the days of Wild Style and Krush Groove, rappers have put their music on hold and delved into the film world. A bunch of these efforts were pretty bad—remember Ice-T in Leprechaun in the Hood—while others were so bad they were good. Cam crying in Killa Season or KRS fleeing the sce ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Sound Of The City's March Madness Begins With An Uptown Faceoff Between Diddy (4) And Dipset (13)
The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which we determine the quintessential New York musician—launches this morning with a series of polls. Up first: Harlem's quintessential hip-hop cadre, Dipset, takes on the genre's megamogul, Diddy. Check out the argu ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Watch A Cam'ron Question Cause Three Contestants To Get Lost On Jeopardy!
Thanks to Voice pal Mr. Eddie Huang , we came across the above clip of some Jeopardy! contestants who have apparently never seen the video for "Killa Cam." When supplied with the answer "Rapper Cam'ron had a pink one of these alliterative super-SUV's, but sold it as it got too much attention," the ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Cam'ron and Vado Engage In Some Study-Hall Slumming On "Gunz N' Butta"
Here's what's on the table with Gunz N' Butta, the new mixtape from Cam'ron and Vado: Cam'ron, six years removed from his last best shot at stardom, smirking and plucking the lowest hanging lyrical fruit available. His latest protégé, a scrawny, slightly bummy-looking dude with an unfortuna ... More >>
Music
December 1, 2010
AraabMuzik, MPC Hero
The demonic dance-floor bombast of hip-hop producer Abraham Orellana
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November 29, 2010
Live: Dipset Stage An Egalitarian Reunion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom
Ay! All photos by Jesse SerwerThe Diplomats Hammerstein Ballroom Friday, November 27 Better Than: Byrd Gang, Skull Gang, Purple City, U.N., Dipset West It seems a little silly, really, this Dipset revival. When times grew lean for the Cam'ron-led crew a few years back, the support staff--f ... More >>
Music
November 24, 2010
Dipset Reunites, and Vado Ascends
Harlem's finest are back, but Cam'ron's new protégé might steal the spotlight
Blogs
November 10, 2010
On Odd Future, Rape and Murder, And Why We Sometimes Like the Things That Repel Us
Odd Future and Mos Def in New York, circa two days ago. Photo by Brook Bobbins.By now you've heard about Odd Future, the polarizing Los Angeles rap collective that got a lot of New York-based critics and labels pretty excited the other night in the basement of Webster Hall. And if you've list ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
T.I. Played a Secret Show Last Night at Capitale with Cam'ron, Swizz Beatz, B.o.B., Mary J. Blige, and Keri Hilson
Axe MusicWell, it wasn't that secret: here is a clip of Tip talking about the show, out in the Hamptons. But the location was closely guarded, more or less, revealed late yesterday by Axe, the fragrance company at whose promotional behest this concert was staged. Unlike Kayne's super late nig ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2010
Cam'ron Betrays the Working Man on New Mixtape Boss of All Bosses 2.5
So much for 2009's "My Job," Cam'ron's non sequitur but nevertheless moving declaration of solidarity with the proletariat--"The way we look at it," the rapper says on his newest mixtape, Boss of All Bosses 2.5, "the working man's a sucker if you ain't making six digits or better." Further to ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Ranking XXL's Freshman Class at the Highline Ballroom Last Night
In what has become an annual tradition, the minds over at XXL magazine recently unveiled the elite class of fresh-faced rappers they dub the Freshman 10. Mostly products of Internet buzz and/or critically acclaimed mixtapes, the Freshman class issue has risen from a gimmicky excuse to put non ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Co-Sign: Das Racist's Shut Up Dude Mixtape
Things to love here: "You Oughta Know"'s Terror Squad-checking, blissfully incoherent take on the Cam'ron track of the same name; the slurry Tribe homage "Who's That Brown"; all the self-deprecating, happily schizophrenic jokes on "Shorty Said"; the bit on "Ek Shaneesh" that goes "I am a pick ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Let's Not Even Pretend That The Cover Of Das Racist's Shut Up, Dude Isn't Of Interest To Us
So there you have it. Way less nudity than I might have feared, it's true. (And, as Zach points out, perhaps an inadvertent Jawbreaker reference.) Here also is a brief, also nudity-free promo clip for the long awaited Das Racist mixtape, which Sean Fennessey discusses at length for us in this ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Where Cam'ron Meets Viral Video: The Epic Beard Man-Sampling "Amber Lamps"
Cameron Giles is no stranger to viral videos, of course: his poolside, boxer-shorts monologue at the height of the Cam'ron-50 Cent beef was the hilarious and much-watched first salvo in a war that leaned almost exclusively--to the major detriment of actual rapping--on the YouTube medium. So leave ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Clipse on Fallon: "Popular Demand," Featuring Black Thought
So if you're keeping track, there was yesterday's impromptu "Grindin'" remix in a Late Night rehearsal closet, the official-yet-web-only "Grindin'" in-studio (Jimmy calls it an "oldie but a goodie"), and now the official, broadcast version of the Clipse doing "Popular Demand" on Late Night With Ji ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
The Decade in Bill O'Reilly vs. Rap
There's so much to talk about here, it's amazing Mediaite was able to fit this mini-feature onto only eight pages. The infamous O'Reilly "Little Jeezy" wars are well represented, as is the immortal "You mad! You mad!" Cam'ron/Dame showdown. Great aughts sub-theme, by the way, this show and it ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Week in Review: Like a Sexy Swedish Chick in a Natural Mineral Sauna
Yup, this photo was taken in 2009, by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week Chuck Schumer became a bike-riding, Williamsburg Pool Party-saving hipster man of the people, we roamed far and wide over his most precious borough, from an Obama Fried Chicken in Brownsville to the very likely defunct N8 to the ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
Cam'ron Will Not Be Reconciling with 50 Cent at the Show 50 Cent Isn't Playing in Queens: "We Can Meet in Benihana's If You Wanna Be Serious"
Lost in the theoretically bullet-riddled hysteria about the block party 50 Cent is throwing in Queens on August 30th--at which the artist was going to play, and then he wasn't, and then even the mayor got involved, all because of a remarkably alarmist and poorly-sourced NYP article--was the rumor ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
There Is A New Cam'ron Mixtape
And this is not the cover of that mixtape. We'd tell you more but Vado is on literally every song and Vado makes us long for the days of 40 Cal and Purple City. You know you're having a bad 2009 when Yung LA is rapping better than you are. Cam: take less days off! Actual cover, tracklist, do ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
Tonight! Cam'ron, Marc Ribot, and Explosions in the Sky
In the event you're hoping for a love connection at Harlem megastar Cam'ron's show tonight, know that the guy's idea of foreplay is "Get in the car, and don't touch nothin'/Either we lovin' or I'll see you tomorrow." He's at B.B. King's. Marc Ribot is best known for the shambling licks he contrib ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Crime Pays Doesn't, Unless Your Name Happens to Be Eminem
Preliminary speculation says that Eminem's wildly uneven, mostly critically loathed, and excessively accented Relapse will sell somewhere in the vicinity of half a million copies between now and next Tuesday, smashing the sales of every other record released so far in 2009. Meanwhile, Cam'ron's Crim ... More >>
Music
May 13, 2009
Cam'ron, the Prodigal Killa
A return as hyped as Brett Favre's, and about as successful
Blogs
May 12, 2009
This Week's Voice: Summer Arts Guide, Bjork and Dirty Projectors, Dan Graham's Whitney Retro, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, Cam'ron, Lit Seen, Summer Hours, and More
In this week's Village Voice, we unveil our 2009 Summer Arts Guide: Stacey Anderson on the constantly curious and enduringly romantic Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, Jed Lipinski on author Lawrence Osborne's delightfully vulgar Bangkok Days, Aaron Hillis in conversation with Surveillance director Jennif ... More >>
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May 11, 2009
Cam'ron Shoots Video for "Cookies & Apple Juice," And Uh, NSFW
To the already searing image of Cam'ron screening his own sex tape in a bar full of horrified actors attempting to remain in character in 2002's Paid in Full, let us now add the spectacle of Cam'ron, face fuzzy with alcohol, groping some nearly naked woman in a hot tub while promising "Pre-ejacula ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Is It Too Early To Do A Swine Flu Song Post?
Probably. But since swine flu officially murdered Cinco De Mayo, the soddenly drunken, potentially bandito-inspired holiday we all now can't celebrate, we have nothing better to do. Plus, the Streets just released a whole zombie flick/song about this deadly plague--see above. So why not? Mike Skin ... More >>
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May 4, 2009
You Won't See Cam'ron Coming Like the Swine Flu, Times Two
Proof that Cam'ron's Crime Pays, despite a May 12 release date, basically remains a work in progress: "Let's Talk About It," a late Jadakiss-featuring addition to the record that name-checks swine flu, threatens his own producers for leaking other tracks off Crime Pays, and generally remedies a ce ... More >>
Music
April 15, 2009
The Diss-Track Family Tree
Who to insult, how, and why
Blogs
April 15, 2009
"They Put on Wigs, They Buy Dildos, They Put It in They Mouth"
"That's stuff we would have done in middle school. When you're dealing with degenerates on this level, it's something you have to deal with. Did we think it was a threat to Khaled's mother? Of course not. That's what these dudes do: They put on wigs, they buy dildos, they put it in they mouth, they ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Week in Review: Boom! Woah, What Was That? You Transcend.
In the week we got ourselves a whole new look, we celebrated by staring David Lynch and Kate Moss directly in their awesome, newly expansive faces. This was a bookish week at SOTC: Brian Evenson soundtracked his novel, Last Days, Jonathan Lethem reintroduced L.J. Davis and his walls of mucus in P ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Spend the Night with Cam'ron, Maybe Bake Cookies or Something
This song marked pretty much the exact moment when we threw up our hands in the Asylum offices and realized that Cam'ron was making an emo record that just happened to be called Crime Pays. [via Rap Radar]
Blogs
March 9, 2009
Cam'ron Now Everywhere, All the Time
Remember when you couldn't find Cam'ron? Not so much these days--he might well come to your apartment right now if you promised to buy Crime Pays when it comes out in May. Dunno why we're complaining: this is him doing "I Really Mean It" and "Suck It or Not" at Saturday's Jadakiss/Fabolous show at ... More >>
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February 23, 2009
Cam'ron's Got A New Song: "Cookin' Up"
Arguably not at all safe for work. Well, it didn't take long for Cam'ron to start acting completely evil again, did it? "They bitin' like Tyson, worse than that, Dracula/ Your moms buy heron, with no hands I'm smacking her"--jeez, that's not nice at all. Supposedly off Crime Pays, where I'm sure i ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
On Cam'ron's "I Hate My Job"
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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October 17, 2008
Best Fall from Local Rap Grace: The Diplomats
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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August 28, 2008
Cam'ron Surfaces, Sort Of
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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November 14, 2007
Cam'ron's New Mixtape: Pretty Great
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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November 8, 2007
Status Ain't Hood Podcast 12
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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November 5, 2007
Cam'ron's Best Song in Years
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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September 18, 2007
The Death of Rap City
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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May 7, 2007
Cam'ron and Jim Jones: Not Friends Anymore
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
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February 13, 2007
50 Cent vs. Cam'ron: Internet Beef
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
Music
December 26, 2006
Dipset's Parole Model
The Harlem crew's president and cred-enhancer is once again free to fly high
Blogs
October 9, 2006
A For-the-Ladies Slow-Jam Report Card
The Harlem crew's president and cred-enhancer is once again free to fly high
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June 5, 2006
Status Ain't Hood Does Summer Jam
The Harlem crew's president and cred-enhancer is once again free to fly high
Blogs
December 28, 2005
Pitchfork's Year-End List Vs. Haters
The Harlem crew's president and cred-enhancer is once again free to fly high
NYC Life
December 27, 2005
Sneaker Envy
Girls' kicks shop answers boys' prayers
Music
January 11, 2005
Intricacy And Economy
Hip-hop pied piper sustains multisyllables for long runs, cuts bravado with melancholy
Music
October 19, 1999
Booger High
Five Hit Singles Linked by No Concept Whatsoever!
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July 6, 1999
Of Mics and Men in Harlem
The Tragedy and Legacy of Big L
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