Cam’ron says the current Cash Money/No Limit Verzuz at ComplexCon was a serious hip-hop second, however most of the viewers did not absolutely grasp the cultural and historic significance of what they had been witnessing.
During an episode of Talk With Fleethe Harlem rapper praised the present however stated that many attendees, particularly youthful followers, appeared unaware of the deep-rooted New Orleans historical past behind the matchup.
“I thought it was real good, man,” Cam stated. “The only problem I had with the Verzuz was the location. Even though it was ComplexCon, it was a great weekend, and it was a lot of people there; a lot of people didn’t realize what was actually happening. People didn’t even really know the magnitude of what was going on with that Verzuz.”
Cam’ron defined that for followers born in the early Nineties or later, the rivalry between No Limit Records and Cash Money Records wasn’t one thing they lived by way of.
“You may have heard a song or two or three or four,” he stated. “But you didn’t understand exactly that you had Magnolia Projects against Caliope Projects. That’s what that was.”
The Dipset icon dove deeper into the historical past, recalling how Birdman and his brother Slim initially approached Master P about making Cash Money part of No Limit, a deal that by no means occurred because of tensions in the streets of New Orleans.
“Master P turned it down because there was a big street war going on between Caliope and Magnolia,” Cam stated. “Then Cash Money went and got their own distribution deal and made hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Cam’ron added that whereas ComplexCon was packed, the setting did not match the gravity of what the battle represented: “If it couldn’t be in New Orleans, because something might’ve popped off, at least put it in Texas […] People there would’ve really understood it.”
As for the music, Cam stated the spotlight got here when issues obtained private between Master P and Birdman on stage. He additionally mirrored on appearances by key artists from each camps who weren’t current who may’ve made the night time much more iconic.
“If Lil Wayne came out, oh man,” he stated. “And if Mystikal and C-Murder weren’t in jail, this might’ve been a three-and-a-half-hour Verzuz […] Lil Wayne, Mystikal, and C-Murder would’ve taken it over the top.”
Cam has in depth historical past with each crews, and credit each of them for early co-signs. Among different collaborations, he and Jim Jones as soon as joined Master P on a model of P’s signature track “Bout It Bout It,” and Cam and Lil Wayne’s 2006 duet “Suck It or Not” is to at the present time a spotlight of Cam’s dwell reveals.