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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 One of the greatest alternative hip-hop albums!!! Dec 07, 2008
This album is on par with "Dr. Octagonecologyst" and "Supreme Clientele". Brilliant, passionate, subversive, funky and surreal. What Kool Keith does to scatology and animals, Cam'ron can do to cocaine-trafficking, misogyny and swagger. He makes an art out of being a ghetto hustler and over-the-top fashion icon. It may not be something everyone can listen to, but its what he grew up exposed to and what he can expound upon better than any journalist or satirist. On the song "Take Em To Church" he criticizes childhood friend and fellow Harlem rapper Mase for flip-flopping between pop-rapper and money hungry preist. Even with a thuggish mentality, Cam'ron can't hide his brains and morality.
Cam has one of the greatest flows you will ever hear. Always unimpressed and deadpan, he has a tone, rhyme scheme and wizardy with consonant sounds that makes MF Doom seem boring. Whats stunning is it seems effortless. His psychedelic slang isn't quite as absurd as Ghostface's, but much cooler and modern. Dipset were truly the first punk rock gangstas. They do the unthinkable and make it smooth. From sampling Cyndi Lauper to wearing pink to rhyming everything but the last word of a bar. They know how absurd they appear and feed off it. This album destroys taboo after rap taboo like being hosted by a young white Dipset affiliate and former drug customer as if to solidify their crossover appeal and fashion-forward hip-hop authority.
Cam'ron influenced the individualistic Lil Wayne we know today. But Cam'ron has a menacing air, sense of wit and lyrical skill that Lil Wayne will probably never have. Its really surprising Cam'ron made it on to mainstream radio with such cerebral similes/metaphors and transgressive content. One of my favorite rhymes and images: "We tie dynamite to the rhino tight" His follow-up "Killa Season" doesn't have the stunning writing, beats, energy or overall style of "Purple Haze". But in the realm of hip-hop, this album is as important as the Jimi Hendrix album of the same name is to rock'n'roll. Classic.
Fantastic album from a well respected hiphop artist. Aug 30, 2008
Although he might not have made some of the best decisions in his career, Cam'ron has always been held in high regard in the hip hop community. From his initial releases in Come Home with Me and S.D.E., Camron showed his lyrical abilities, his insightful glimpse into his troubled upbringing, and gritty hood tales over banging beats. With his progression from a local hiphop phenom, to a national star, his level of game has increased. Although he has been at odds with alot of the hip hop elite, namely Jay and Nas, no one can deny the swagger and talent that Cam'ron possess.
Now, as far as this album, this will go down as one of hiphop's greatest CDs. Filled with AMAZING beat selection, and witty lines from Cam'ron and his compatriots "The Diplomats", this cd is fantastic for its bombastic beats and its entertaing rhymes. Although Cam'ron's lines can sometime appear overy simply or even misogynistic, this is still an entertaining CD that will leave you and everyone who listens to it at ease.
A great CD. Please cop today.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 E.Diddy Dec 14, 2007
One or two good tracks, the rest pretty average...has this irretating "Killa" announcement before each song...need to beg Rock-a-fella records for forgiveness and see the light again...
Cam'ron best album May 17, 2007
YO this CD is good as hell its Cam'rons best album, its way better than killa season. This cd showed how much potential dispet had when they were with rocafella. every CD they dropped when they were with the roc was good as hell, now there just average.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Tight album. Jul 08, 2006
This is could be Cam's best effort. I'd have to say that this, Come Home With Me, and Killa Season are his best albums. The production on this album was TIGHT and the lyrics were dope. Purple Haze does not disappoint and this is well worth the money. You will like this especially if you like Dipset or have been following Cam'ron his whole career. Every song on here is either HOT or GOOD and none of the songs are wack. Go pick this one up now!
TOP TRACKS
Intro
More Gangsta Music
Leave Me Alone Part 2
Down and Out
Family Ties
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