tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672551757871310685.post7436137404624875268..comments2009-06-21T12:21:35.864-07:00trayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495408546806192092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672551757871310685.post-64666423508291911522009-06-21T12:21:35.864-07:002009-06-21T12:21:35.864-07:00&quot;bu what do we do after with these posts when we try to look past what may seem obvious to some?&quot;<br /><br />Do you mean, when others try to look past what may seem obvious to us? I think primarily that I enjoy writing about Cam. To me he has one of the best bodies of work of any rapper this decade, and it&#39;s worthy of appreciation. Secondarily, I think there&#39;s an alarming number of critics who either don&#39;t listen to much rap, do but are so used to writing about rock, where there isn&#39;t such a premium on technical things like actually being able to sing, or have some ideological opposition to criticism that largely deals in formal concerns. I recall Brandon saying a month or two ago that people who defend Eminem for his great flow were profoundly mistaken and crypto-rockists, and while I think his latest album is probably indefensible and don&#39;t much care for his earlier work, I think it&#39;s perfectly acceptable for someone to think the world of Eminem for no other reason than that he was a technically stunning rapper. Back to the posts, I suppose this is naive, but I feel that if some of the people who like Crime Pays were to listen to something like his verse on Sippin On Some Syrup, where his hyper-articulated flow actually mimics and almost rides the little beeps in the beat, they couldn&#39;t help but see the error of their nutty claims that Cam is back.trayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495408546806192092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5672551757871310685.post-58964682894923581742009-06-21T11:34:12.075-07:002009-06-21T11:34:12.075-07:00Personally, when it comes to ad-libs, I prefer the running commentary to just serving as emphasis. Sometimes, it can help you pick up on things you may have missed. That&#39;s just how I feel.<br /><br />On another note, Cam on No I.D. beats like &quot;We Go Hard&quot; is something that should have occurred more often back in the Purple Haze era.<br /><br />What&#39;s your goal with these posts? It&#39;s hard to argue that Cam is anywhere near where he used to be, bu what do we do after with these posts when we try to look past what may seem obvious to some?bding7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06968707799455497982noreply@blogger.com