2002 studio album by Cam'ron
Come Home With Me is the third
studio album by
American rapper
Cam'ron , released on May 14, 2002, by Cam'ron's
Diplomats Records and
Jay-Z 's
Roc-A-Fella Records . There are featured guest appearances from
Jimmy Jones ,
Juelz Santana ,
Freekey Zekey ,
DJ Kay Slay ,
Daz Dillinger , Tiffany,
Jay-Z ,
McGruff ,
Memphis Bleek , and
Beanie Sigel . To date, it is his most commercially successful album; it peaked at #2 on the
Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 226,000 copies, and eventually sold one million copies in the United States, being certified Platinum by the
RIAA .
[3]
[4]
Its two singles were "
Oh Boy " (featuring
Juelz Santana ) and "
Hey Ma " (featuring Juelz Santana,
Freekey Zekey , and
Toya ). "
Oh Boy " held the number one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles for five straight weeks, the number one spot on the
Hot Rap Tracks and peaked at number four on the
Billboard Hot 100 . The second hit was "Hey Ma", which reached number three on the Hot 100 and number eight on the
UK Singles Chart , becoming his biggest hit. "Daydreaming" was a later single released in 2003 but failed to duplicate the success from his earlier singles.
Background
The album was originally scheduled for a March 2002 release under the title Blow ,
[5] Guest appearances on the album are
Jimmy Jones ,
Juelz Santana ,
Freekey Zekey ,
DJ Kay Slay ,
Daz Dillinger , Tiffany,
Jay-Z ,
McGruff ,
Memphis Bleek , and
Beanie Sigel .
Critical reception
AllMusic 's Jason Birchmeier praised Cam's presence throughout the record and Just Blaze supplying him with beats that strengthen him on "Oh Boy" and "The Roc (Just Fire)", concluding that "Overall, Cam'ron couldn't return with a stronger comeback album than this: he's affiliated with one of the industry's most successful labels, graced with a hot producer, and armed with a dynamite single."
[6] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews felt the pairing of Cam with Roc-A-Fella's team of featured artists and producers helped utilize his rap flow to its potential by crafting quality tracks with a "slamming assembly of b-boy beats" despite a few duds in "Live My Life" and the title track, concluding that "For the beats though, and for some of Cam'Ron's best rhymes to date, Come Home With Me will be a summer anthem album for Harlemites and Roc-A-Fella Records ryders alike."
[7]
Jon Caramanica , writing for
Rolling Stone , commended Cam's unique lyrical abilities but felt the stories he delivered about drugs and women were half-hearted and lacked charisma, and only partially worked when the production gave them "the substance and emotional center they otherwise lack."
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Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Intro" (featuring
Kay Slay )
Ty Fyffe 2:44 2. "Losing Weight, Pt. 2" (featuring
Juelz Santana )
Just Blaze 6:06 3. "
Oh Boy " (featuring Juelz Santana) Just Blaze 3:24 4. "Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)" (featuring
Daz Dillinger ) Precision 3:11 5. "Daydreaming" (featuring Tiffany) Ray Watkins LeLan Robinson Mike T 6:29 6. "Come Home with Me" (featuring Juelz Santana &
Jimmy Jones ) 5:01 7. "
Welcome to New York City " (featuring
Jay-Z & Juelz Santana) Just Blaze 5:09 8. "
Hey Ma " (featuring Juelz Santana,
Freekey Zekey , Kay Slay &
Toya ) 3:40 9. "On Fire Tonight" (featuring Freekey Zekey) Ty Fyffe 5:40 10. "Stop Calling" (featuring
McGruff & Freekey Zekey) Ty Fyffe 6:06 11. "I Just Wanna" (featuring Juelz Santana) 4:09 12. "Dead or Alive" (featuring Jimmy Jones)
Kanye West 4:07 13. "The ROC (Just Fire)" (featuring
Memphis Bleek &
Beanie Sigel ) Just Blaze 4:24 14. "Boy Boy" 4:43 15. "Tomorrow" BPM 4:20
Sample credits
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"Intro" contains excerpts from "Oscar" (aka "You Should Get an Oscar"), written by
Norman Harris and
Ron Tyson , and performed by
Blue Magic .
"Oh Boy" contains excerpts from "
I'm Going Down , written by
Norman Whitfield , and performed by
Rose Royce .
"Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)" embodies portions of
"Daydreaming" contains interpolations from the composition "
Day Dreaming " written by
Aretha Franklin .
"Come Home with Me" contains excerpts from the composition "She Is My Lady", written by
George Stanley Clinton .
"Hey Ma" contains excerpts from "
Easy ", written by
Lionel Richie , and performed by
Commodores .
"On Fire Tonight"
"I Just Wanna" contains excerpts from "
Untitled (How Does It Feel) ", written by
D'Angelo and
Raphael Saadiq , and performed by D'Angelo.
"Dead or Alive" contains excerpts from "Lazarus", written and performed by
Buffy Saint-Marie .
"The ROC (Just Fire)" contains excerpts from the composition and sound recording "Warlock" by Tilsley Orchestral.
"Tomorrow" contains interpolations from "Love Me in a Special Way", written by
El DeBarge .
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2002)
Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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59
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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31
US Billboard 200
[17]
66
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard )
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13
Certifications
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