Catching up with Cam and Getting to Know Da Byrd Lady

Killa Cam’s not running with the same “set” these days but he’s back to dropping hot tracks for all of the hip hop collective to enjoy. His latest album “Crime Pays” dropped not to long ago matter of fact so you know that Cam is on his grind these days. The whole Dipset thing is unfortunate and I’m not going to front like I know the whole story, because I don’t, but the bottom line is that the fragmentation of Dipset is very ill fated for Dipset fans. My understanding of the story is that Jim said something that made Cam question his integrity and Juelz was on some of that “Sizzurp” stuff that many people in the South enjoy in copious amounts (or so I’m told). The combination of Juelz’s Sizzurp infatuation and Jone’s strange moves seemed to have pushed the Diplomats apart and Cam is where he’s at and Jim and Juelz are where they at. That is my understanding of the story. Below I have a couple of interviews with Cam himself discussing the issues just in case you want the full story from the man involved.

 I still haven’t copped “Crime Pays” (brother is broke) but once I get this job I have lined up, I’m going to dedicate a fraction of my paycheck to purchase the album from Target. The songs I’ve heard so far are “Cookies and Apple Juice”, “I Hate My Job”, “I Used to Get It in Ohio”, “Let’s Talk About It” featuring Jadakiss and “Silky (no homo)”. All of the songs go hard. Cam’ron’s flow is very clean and composed. He has a noticeable amount of poise on the songs I’ve heard that I don’t know I’ve heard from him before. I’m definitely looking forward to spinning this in the system ASAP.

 

Speaking of songs from Cam I’ve heard, one of my favorites is “Cookies and Apple Juice” with one of Cam’s new artist, Da Byrd Lady. Apparently, Da Byrd Lady is another Harlem native and she can flow very well. It looks like her and Nicki Minaj are the new face of females in hip hop which isn’t such a bad thing. I mean, when you get past their obvious play on sex appeal, they both can rap well. Her verse in “C&AJ” was good and I’m looking forward to hearing her in the future. Go cop that “Crime Pays”fam.

Harlem World stand up (cause I'm kinda from Harlem but that's another story)! There is nothing like NYC hip hop. Peep the Byrd Lady interview, "Silky", and "Let's Talk About it"