Amazon.co.uk Review
With its combination of charmless posturing and slick production, Cam'ron's
Come Home with Me perfectly sums up the rap mainstream in 2002. The invitation in the title is both sexual and geographical. Cam'ron has two favourite topics: using, then discarding, women; and the continuing delinquency (despite its supposed regeneration) in his Harlem neighbourhood. He seems unduly proud of both. When it stays up-tempo, this album sounds very good indeed--just rough enough around the edges to bite, and stuffed with well-chosen and entertainingly melodramatic samples, leaning towards adult-oriented rock. The title track, "Oh Boy", "Live My Life" and "Dead or Alive" all have this artfully raw quality, with backings reminiscent of
RZA's work around the time of the second Wu-Tang
LP. The most prominent of eight--count 'em--guest artists, Jay-Z features to fine effect on "Welcome to New York City"; but his appearance also shows up his host's limitations. Cam'ron shares Jay-Z's belligerence but lacks his magnetism.
Come Home with Me features great individual tracks. Taken as a whole, however, Cam'ron's relentless and unvaried tone of aggro can wear the listener down. -
David Bennum
CD Description
This is the third album from the Harlem rapper. Cam'ron recorded an LP for Epic which was never released, and made another one after he parted company with the label. 'Come Home With Me' is effectively a compilation of the best tracks fromeach of these unreleased albums.