Purple Haze: The Story Behind A Classic
The year is 2004 and Cam’Ron is in the middle of what many would consider his prime. The album ‘Purple Haze’ is widely considered to be a classic but some may not know the crazy journey it took for this album to get released. Behind-the-scenes issues and numerous delays among other things truly prevented this album from being bigger than it ended up being.
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(SMACK DVD VOLUME #5 | Camron - Interview | 2004)
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(SMACK DVD VOLUME #3 | Camron - Freestyle & Interview | 2003)
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(The Diplomats - Rap city freestyle 2)
• The Diplomats - Rap ci...
(Cam'ron - Get 'Em Girls | Down And Out (Live Performance))
• Cam'ron - Get 'Em Girl...
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(Diplomats - Your Way [Instrumental])
• Diplomats - Your Way [...
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Thank you for doing this video. Cam is a legend. He just recently lost his mom, my condolences to him and his family, much respect.
@taysmith9321
Жыл бұрын
Dam fr wtf
@davidmckinney6066
Жыл бұрын
Cam is my favorite rapper because he never changed up his business mind outside rap was strong he owns Waffles houses and real estate a a true Harlem hustler fr. Rest in Peace to his moms to ❤❤!!
@ArioTheBum
Жыл бұрын
@Elijah Miller yea Cam posted on his ig
It’s crazy to me how some people are saying they think the album is trash. I still bump it to this day . One of my favorite albums of all time . Classic in my opinion
@agthaog1986
Жыл бұрын
far from trash, but yeah it was a bit of a letdown in my opinion considering what was expected. regardless he put out soo much n had the streets on lock soo much that the album almost didnt even matter that much. dude was musically lowkey the wheel of the roc...dipset n state prop pretty much... jay n memphis wasnt doing much not really
@space__cowboy
Жыл бұрын
Who says
@klassik059
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t call it trash, but after the classic “Come Home With Me” album, it was definitely underwhelming
@Jehu_Adonai
Жыл бұрын
@@klassik059 Purple Haze was better than Come Home With Me fam
@dtbredhalf5823
Жыл бұрын
@@Jehu_Adonai yes
Being from Chicago this album was big for us at the time! With the adrenaline rush 2 on the album and that a chi town classic
@Zone252lyfe
Жыл бұрын
Facts. This album carried thru a few Summers out here. Still a good album to revisit.
@Money7737
Жыл бұрын
facts i seen cam on 69th western at the liquor store when his sizzurp drink was coming out
First off, R.I.P. Fedricka Giles Unfortunately, I was locked up for Purple Haze. I think I was 14, 15, & by the time I came out I got shipped to D.R. When I got back in early 2005, I was greeted by Purple Haze & Diplomatic Immunity 2, so imagine my surprise. The white/ grey slushy snow, the grey skies, the cold weather, Pelle leathers & North Face parkas. Niggaz still had the State Property flight jackets, throwback basketball & football jerseys, what a time to be alive & young & reckless. Dipset really had shit on lock, specially in Ny, & me being from Washington Heightz just made it special, since Harlem is our neighbors/ brothers.. Fav tracks tho, def “Killa Cam”, “Dopeman”, “Dipset Forever”, “Get’em Girls”, “Bubble Music” & def “More Gangsta Music”
Classic album cover I need to get a vinyl I'm not going to lie it's a beautiful Masterpiece album Killa Cam is a legend
@hottakehylas
Жыл бұрын
I got the latest re-release. Very proud part of the collection
Cam def a legend and one of the most underrated rappers of all time
@user-qx5nk6qg2b
10 ай бұрын
He’s highly rated. Stop it.
This album dropped my sophomore year in high school and I was a cam fanatic! I played it everyday day for 5 years straight and I still do play it shit I played it at work today! To me this is a top 5 hip hop album of all time !
@lennycoco
Жыл бұрын
U graduated 06?
@loclovelifeloclovelife8935
Жыл бұрын
@@lennycoco facto
@lennycoco
Жыл бұрын
@@loclovelifeloclovelife8935 lol dope. I graduated 05. Time line you have took me back , dope shit
@joeblacc8573
Жыл бұрын
C/O 06! We had classics all throughout high school smh. College Dropout, The Carter 1&2 the G-Unit run, Purple Haze. Even that Terror Squad album and Nas Streets Disciple just to name a few
Ahhh yes purple Haze. I was a junior in high school. Loved just about every song on this album except down and out with Kanye. I remember hearing certified gangsters from Jim jones on MTV2 and heard Cam Flow. Ever since then I was like this guy is different. I bough every single one of his albums in a 6 month period from purple haze. One of my top 5 rappers. While everyone was all about south rappers and loud screaming on tracks cam stood out with his laid back flow and word play. Unique and one of kind
@cloutcancun
Жыл бұрын
You didn't like down and out? I would love to hear why that's really interesting.
@FeR-kt1jt
Жыл бұрын
Cam is my top 10 . Interesting you didn’t like Down and Out . The ONLY song I didn’t like is Shake . It’s a classic album nonetheless .
@henrybiggs3113
Жыл бұрын
Down & Out is one of the best songs on this album...💯💯💯
I remember seeing dipset on rap city and cam was freestyling while counting a stack of money.
@FeR-kt1jt
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that’s the My Block freestyle with Dipset “Smack ya CEO . That’s when the Tec is soarin 4 mill from Def Jam and I ain’t sell a record for em 🔥 “
@Juwellz18
Жыл бұрын
Cam was too cool with it
I love Killa Cam and Project Pat! They music so cold and niggas be sleep on em. This Purple Haze album I used to bump Down and Out with Kanye and Syleenna Johnson and day Adrenaline Rush remix with Twista was cold. It was Killa Cam that was my favorite track off This album
@cainmarko659
Жыл бұрын
He got computers puting never forget lol
@FeR-kt1jt
Жыл бұрын
Ya broads a h0e, she chill at the Rucker 😂
Your videos are dope bro
02-04 dipset had the streets on smash fr and I’m from Seattle so we was all the way out here bumpin all that shit
I was salivating for this damn album and they kept pushing it back driving me crazy 😂 I was discouraged thinking it wasn’t coming for a while.
@user-wb7nv9ht1g
Жыл бұрын
I've never salivated for anything relating to another man. I'm not judging you and and it must take strength to admit this. Also discouraged thinking it wasn't coming for a while? Stay proud Aaron and don't let anyone's change you! I'm sure you're an inspiration to many people struggling with their identity
@peabody573
Жыл бұрын
@@user-wb7nv9ht1g this comment is way weirder than whatever he said
@suavoman90
Жыл бұрын
Man what!!! The album pushback drove me crazy especially when he kept giving out dates on Diplomats mixtapes
@MPPharaoh
Жыл бұрын
@@user-wb7nv9ht1g YOU SOUND LIKE A CLOWN 🤡
Dipset is LEGENDARY! 🔥
I think S.D.E is his best album but purple Haze was definitely a banger 🔥🔥
Ayo I argue with my mother, spring, summer, fall, winter time “Get that off the table Cam’ron, it’s dinner time” I got a line downstairs ma, I’m in the grind From ten to nine, you do your business right, let me attend to mine You cooking pork anyway, I ain’t into swine R.I.P Cam'Ron Moms Ms . Giles
@brandonwilson9101
Жыл бұрын
My favorite killa verse
Purple haze was my shit🔥🔥
One of my favorite albums. Definitely a classic Cam said. Not toes or Mc when i say hammer time
My fave Cam album, still remember getting this in 2004 towards the wintertime and I played it all winter long.... Classic album.
I still play this shit til this day. One of my fav albums. I can just play it and ride.
Respect to u bro. U make fire vids. I'm 42 and in da UK. Camron and the dips was killing it here when this dropped. We was up on all the mixtapes shit. I got them sent ova by the box and sell them. Dipset was best sellers 4real. KILLA
You were so right about long time coming. You nailed this video fam. As some who grew up in that era in NYC and kept up with everything dipset did you did a great job bro.
Come home with me was my fave cam album
can we get a ugk ridin dirty vid
@FeR-kt1jt
Жыл бұрын
I moved to Texas in 2014 and my Texas friends made me listen to the album. Diamonds and Wood is so cold! I always say “ I stopped smokin with haters back in 94” randomly 😅 When I first landed , my dad was playing Short TX from their debut album . Me and my brothers looked at eachother like “wtf is this type of shit?!” But now I know…. Country Rap Tunes 👌🏾
I remember being 21 waiting on this Album. I brought it from a mom & pops store along with the source magazine when ja rule finally popped up after getting bodied by FiF. But I remember going on a horrible date with this female from Wagner projects here in Harlem 😂 I remember hurrying up the dinner in Sylvia’s so I could get back uptown & Vibe out to Purple Haze…. Damn these was the days I was copping jars of Haze from around 145th area. Damn go ole days but favorite songs. Killa Cam , get ‘em Daddy Tha intro Harlem streets & family ties. I have a KZread music subscription and I recommend that to anyone who’s a hiphophead because u can find hidden & unreleased tracks. And put albums together how they were intended to be. I have the actual sde Album with the nba logo
🔥 video, another amazing one This is my fav Cam'ron album all tho Come Home With Me occasionally takes that spot for me but I think I got more days where Purple Haze is my no. 1. It's a shame that they didn't credit Brian "All Day" Miller for Down & Out, I got the 10th anniversary CD of the album and they still didn't credit him smh. At least it's fixed now and is credited on streaming, the beat is hot so the man deserves his props. Also I just realized that Cam had an amazing beat selection for this album (Soap Opera, Killa Cam, etc.) My 5 fav from this album rn are: Killa Cam, Soap Opera, Down & Out, Dipset Forever and Bubble Music (I like that guitar). I love all tracks and the vibe they have but a few of my other favs are Get 'Em Girls, Harlem Streets, Get Down and Girls (that's mostly for the vibe)
I was a sophomore in high school 04-05 shit was dope af I wish I could go back
I love this album. One of my favorites of all time. Ghetto Soap opera, Harlem Streets, More Reasons and forever are my favorites. R.I.P Ms. Giles
Yes!!!! Clout, I'm so glad you speaking on this classic!!!! Being in high school during Dipset reign.... THEY WERE THE IMPACT!!! Purple Haze was so big by JUST being pushed back from Nov 2003 to Dec 2004!!! After Diplomats Vol. 5, every fan was waiting on this monster... job well done Killa!!! This album dropped my 1st semester of Freshman year... when I say the whole school kept saying the Killa adlib... KILLA OWNED THAT TIME... BEFORE CARTER WEEZY!!! #dip4life 11:04 I always said this about Long Time Coming (Juelz version) but the snippet on Vol. 5 had me hype for the album!!! 13:11 OMFG I SWEAR DIAMONDS AND PEARLS SHOULD HAVE GOT CLEARED BUT PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO PRINCE!!!
“You want things your way” background music classic🔥 RIP virgie_og 🙏
Super super dope. The sound of my childhood. Give us currensy's video
This album is very important to me and was vital to my younger days, I know it inside and out and I was waiting for u to slip up in the track for track breakdown but you did well bro.. Skitzo himself told me the story about everyone fighting for the get em girls beat and i didnt think u would have that story good shit
Yessir! Cam in my top 10 dope video Dip related content is always gas
Dipset!! This is a classic. Soap Opera is my shit. Get Down is a classic too. There used to be a store here in Houston that sold all the Akademiks/Enyce/Sean John shit and they played nothing but Dipset shit in the store. Get Down reminds me of that spot cause it was playing one day I went shopping.
@holagovito
Жыл бұрын
Oh man. I forgot DIPSET FOREVER!!! That shit is so soulful. That might be my favorite joint on the album.
@FeR-kt1jt
Жыл бұрын
Thousand grams of dope, Smellin like Heinz vinegar Get Down is my shit!!
Great work...loved the video
I bought the CD for myself around Christmas. I remember sipping syrup, playing Purple Haze and playing Mario Sunshine on GameCube. Good times.
Yesss u got fire taste in music homie
Aug 17 2023 and I just listen to this album a week ago
To me this and Come Home With Me are still his best body of work. SDE is also a classic in my opinion. I am glad Killa Season played help Cam make a massive hit again and it’s a decent album but I do believe it’s a huge step down from Purple Haze and the Jay-Z beef also overshadowed that album given You Gotta Love It is one of the last songs on that album. I feel that beef is when Dipset truly began to decline in my opinion especially after the 50 Cent beef. It’s a shame what happened to this album there’s zero skips on this what makes it better it’s a skit on every song which makes it even better.
I promise yo KZread channel is so educational bro I love the content and I see have your own podcAST IF YOU ALREADY DONT THIS JUVEE ALL THE WAY FRM CALI AND IM A BIG CAM AND DIPSET FAN
Great video🔥. Put it as a podcast for expansion
Lord You Know original version with the sam cooke sample "Long Time Coming" didnt make it on the album cuz they couldnt get it cleared
This album most definitely in my top five
MoreGangstaMusic, Down n Out, Harlem Streets (to me it’s Losing Weight pt3),Family Ties, and unpopular opinion: Shake It was a banger 🤷🏾♂️. This dropped my senior year of HS. And I’m from Florida , and we were 10 toes down with the Dips. Powerful movement.
@88ntil
Жыл бұрын
“Bubble music” WENT CRAZY!!! His skits were always top tier
this album is so stylish, the flow, the look. this album mad influential
My boy from Baytown TX was a music head and we went to a lil college in Corsicana TX and he opened my eyes to Killa and Da Dipset. Purple Haze go hard and I'm from TX and I jus listened to this album a couple days ago. Soap Opera is 1 of my favs.
I love all your videos and m a big fan all the way frm south africa.
My favorite record my favorite album Killa Cam I can listen to that song on repeat The Bases Loaded we about to set this off the wall this is a classic I don't care what nobody say if you ever got a new car a good system this is the song that you test cuz your rear-view mirror going to be shaking Yahoo Trump going to be shaking your whole car your system going to be shaking
You did well my bro !
I’m from Shreveport Louisiana I am a big Cam fan I love the whole album
One of my favorite albums
My favorite memory of this album is Cam & the dips did a live show at the Apollo around the time it came out and Opera Steve actually came out to sing his part in "Killa Cam" ..EPIC!!!!!!!!!
Roll that shit, lite that shit, now smoke that shit! Now get ready for the drama bitch!!! Purple haze one of my fav albums ever💪🏽💪🏽 great time’s early 2000s
Cam is a legend hands down..
I’m from Harlem and I live in Harlem now…. This is 🔥🔥
Man when this first came out, I was living in Seattle in the navy I remember waiting for the nex to open just to get this cd
Great job.
Purple Haze is Cam's BEST ALBUM then S.D.E‼️
@madant22
Жыл бұрын
Facts those are my two favorite albums from him and confessions of fire. Those are my favorites.
Intro was soooo🔥🔥🔥🔥 dipset🇺🇸
Respect from Kansas City
Rest on Fredricka Giles. I still have my original copy of purple haze from 2004. Did you know diplomats vol 1 was the first mixtape that came out str8 from the artist. Before 2001 they was only mixtapes that came from a dj. Shout out to Dj Kay Slay for hosting that tape. Also this was the same year he started working on Purple Haze.
@TPphilly86
Жыл бұрын
RIP DRAMA KING
dime after dime cracks me up!
Well 03 was Fifty’s year so they probably did Cam a favor dropping when it did.
@takeover5478
10 ай бұрын
Outkast too, and 04 was Kanye.
@Joka.-
10 ай бұрын
@@takeover5478 Outkast can NEVER be overlooked.
@takeover5478
10 ай бұрын
@@Joka.- I’m saying 03 was Outkast year as well.
@Joka.-
10 ай бұрын
@@takeover5478 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Music selection is fire 😎 that your way instrumental 😮
Im from The Bronx , I remember purple haze flyers and posters going up with different release dates a couple times before the release
🔥🔥
One of his better albums
Let’s gooooooo
Purple Haze one of my favorite albums oat. Dipset Forever & Killa Cam ft. Opera Steve still on repeat brah.
Classic!
It was Dec 04...a few months earlier I went to NYC for the first time and I kick myself to this day because I should have copped a mixtape version of Purple Haze that had Lord You Know on it. This album got pushed back so many times and when it finally came out the day of I got this chick's number after I got a flu shot, smashed a few times after that lol. My favorite cam album, Get Down Killa Cam Down and Out Losing Weight.Girls Soap Opera More Reasons Adrenaline Rush, Shake Take Em to Church and Get Em Girls are my Jams. Ive lost this album and bought it like 8 times
Can is so GOATED. I was 12 when this album dropped! I’ve always been a Cam fam he is a classic
I love the New York broadway feel of “get down” I always play that track lol
I walked in the rain to a place called Circuit city before work,after school to get this album
Bubble music crazy underrated
Great video! Wish his song Yeo Man (Rush rush get the yayo) would have been on Purple Haze too. Would’ve fit perfectly. Probably sample issues too tho. Do you know the song?
This album, killa season, sde, man. I move Cam
Classic
East new york, Brooklyn n the bldg. i was in college when this album dropped and Dipset was shaking shit !!!
This bout everybody fave album from him and he stated in an interview he dont even remember recording it like he does his other albums. Definition of it coming easy but moving fast it left his mind. Not taking anything away from Cam, but I catch Jr Writer flow all over this album which deserves his credit as well. Purple Haze was his best.
I’m only 15 mins in but you left out big part of the purple haze/dipset history not mentioning Luca brazi and the taliban he the main reason cam got out of that epic deal and he introduced cam and jim to the actual purple haze strain!
Bubble music 🔥🔥🔥🔥 8th grade was lit because of this album
Purple Haze is legendary just like Come Home With Me
@acts562
5 ай бұрын
Facts
Cam and Dipset are underappreciated these days. yeah madvillainy is good, GRODT & College Dropout are good but younger people should recognize dipset too!
Not gonna lie this my favorite Cam'ron album.
Yo! What is the name of the track you opened with?...that's hard
What are the 3 Cam tracks on this intro?
What are those couple of songs at the first minute of the video? Thanks in advance
@cloutcancun
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWqaj8uwXanJg7w.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/fG2Au9Cngc_Km5M.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q62Tlq2gh6ynlNo.html
@VentedTree66725
Жыл бұрын
@@cloutcancun Thank you so much!!
@hottakehylas
Жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up is such a goddamn classic considering it wasn't on a proper album
I was in 4th grade going to 5th grade every 1 round me was grown this album is apart of my childhood back when u had posters 🤣Killa cam
Have you done a Max B video?
Does anyone know why the song “Take em to Church” has a slightly different beat on Purple Haze, compared to Diplomatic Immunity 2?
Does anyone know what the first and second song is in the intro.
FYI: Leave Me Alone is the song he wrote to the IZZO beat but Jay-Z dropped it @ the BET Awards so he found a beat that fit them lyrics which is now the song Leave Me Alone.. Check the MDWG interview he speaks on it
I remember the very first single for this album came out called “ Lord You Know “ featuring Jaheim came out and the video for it, it had me hype for the album. But as years went by I understood why it never made it. I love this album but we could of done with out a couple skits
This album should have been a double disc, it needed the original take me to church sample , lord you know and Purple Haze song with Lloyd Banks " put your hand in the air " like Busta show, this would have made it nuttiest - pause- of all time
Flee
It was great when it came out because we had been told it was coming out for so long
I use to take my big brother CD player in elementary, wearing his 4xl OSU jersey & af1s.. BLASTING ‘get it in OHIO’ on REPEAT.. My hood really his 2nd home 🤞🏾💯💯 #161NorthsideKILLAMBUSOHYDRO
Had it dropped in 03 it definitely would have did closer to 500k first week easy. Even tho the rap game got hit was that monster storm 50 cent and g unit. Cam gave the Roc mouth to mouth they needed in a way
You should do plies three album run from 2007-2008