Sixshot: Hello Cam. How are you doing this evening?
Cam'ron: Cool.

Sixshot: I wanted to talk to you a little bit about what’s going on and what your album is doing, and I have a couple of questions for yah.
Cam'ron: Cool, You know the album first of all is coming out tomorrow November 23^rd “Diplomatic Immunity Volume 2”, and then my album “Purple Haze” comes our December 7^th.

Sixshot: December 7^th?
Cam'ron: Yes.

Sixshot: One of the things I want to know, is okay December 7^th? What happened? Why has it been pushed back for so long? We have a couple users that would like to know.
Cam'ron: Definitely, at the end of the day there is a transaction in the business department, LA coming, and when LA came I had to renegotiate my deal., and the was probably a 4-5 month process. So, after everybody got here LA fired a few more people, so you know you got people working your records and that’s just like, you know you can’t really throw a project that you worked so hard on, out there with out the right staff and behind it and people not fully onboard so that’s the only reason it took a minute, it’s been done for a while. But everybody needs to be on the same page.

Sixshot: Y eah, that’s the truth right there. Who produced this album?
Cam'ron: I have different producers, of course I executive produced it. But you know I got some production from a lot of new people, in house producers, Skitzo of course Heat makers worked on a lot of my others stuff. Kanye did a couple joints on there, but I messed with a lot of new guys who are hungry. DJ Nasty out in Orlando he did a couple of tracks on the album.

Sixshot: I am looking forward to it. What’s your favorite track on this album?
Cam'ron: My favorite track, I would say would be Ghetto Soap Opera.

Sixshot: Ghetto Soap Opera?
Cam'ron: Yeah, it’s based on a true story me and my son’s mother, just about you know, her not liking my job and what I am doing, but you know they reaping the benefits.

Sixshot: You know we are Sixshot.com hip hop magazine and community so I do have some question from our users and what not. They definitely what to ask you some questions, I went through and kind of filtered out what we could ask you and what not.

Pretty much, what tracks on this album alone have the most meaning to you lyrically?
Cam'ron: Lyrically….Um, I would say Harlem Streets and Adrenaline Rush. Harlem Streets I really broke down went in and did a lot of lyrics that was crazy about Harlem, and it came out all crazy and then with Adrenalin Rush you know I am on that song with two people from Chicago, one Twista and another guy name Buck. And I think you know besides New York, Chicago got the best lyricist cause there’s a lot of people, if you walk around on the street in Chicago there’s the best people that aren’t even signed. Them dudes are….Like I lived out there for two years there nice, there great.

Sixshot: They’re out there killing it huh?
Cam'ron: Crazy, It’s like they just starting to get a little cross between Kanye and Twista but they have been rockin’ for a long time and plus like the best artist are not even signed. Just getting on a track with anybody from Chicago I always bring my “A” Game.

Sixshot: Who else do you have featured on your album?
Cam'ron: Kanye, Twista, Selena Johnson, and all the Diplomats of course, that’s basically it right there.

Sixshot: What do you think makes this album different from the other previous work that you have done?
Cam'ron: It’s me, I am always excited to do music but I always step up and of course I have to rap about what’s going on. Like you may hear and I got ten thousand stories so therefore I may tell you something that I didn’t tell you last album that I wanted to tell you this album. And it may have happened to me when I was eighteen, but I may have told you a story last album that happened to me when I was nineteen, but it’s just so much stuff that I have been through. That people can relate to today so at the end of the day what separates the albums it’s just my creativity, my persona, but of course my story telling is always a major key because people can visualize what I am saying. That’s the major key to me, if you could listen and picture what I am talking about; it’s like a lyrical book.

Sixshot: What’s the difference between “Dipset” and “The Bird Gang?”
Cam'ron: It’s all the same thing, and Bird Gang is our nick name.

Sixshot: Why are you always wearing pink?
Cam'ron: Nah, like what happened was; I don’t even wear pink anymore because it’s a simple fact that everybody started wearing it. When I was wearing it I was doing it to be different. You know.

Sixshot: So you were rockin’ if first huh?
Cam'ron: Exactly, I was doing it just to be different and it was like, people started doing it so I stopped wearing it because that isn’t making me different. That’s like when Don King started wearing his hair up; if you go outside and everybody got hair cuts like Don King. What’s going to separate Don King? You feel me?

Sixshot: That’s real.
Cam'ron: So, that’s why I started wearing it. But it wasn’t necessarily anything to start a fashion trend or anything like that. That’s just me being from Harlem being fresh, and saying I am taking it to another level, if everybody’s going right, I’m a go left. And then I go left and everybody goes left and now I have to make a U-Turn.

Sixshot: Ha, Ha, Ha, I like that. That’s tight. Okay, what does I keep Computers Putin’ mean?
Cam'ron: Chuckles…..Nah, that was like if you look at the slimily of the rhyme. I just took the last ending of every word. I said, “I keep the boosters boostin, I get computers putin, ya’ll get shot at call me I do the shootin.” So, in others words I was just saying anything that, like even if I am on the computer, I get the computer jumpin.  You know what I am saying, “I get the boosters boostin, I get computers putin, ya’ll get shot at, call me I do the shootin.”

Sixshot: What are the creative differences between the Diplomats and Roca Fella?
Cam'ron: Roca Fella is Dame Dash is thing; The Diplomats is Cam’ron and Jim Jones’ Thing. Pardon me Jay Z, Dame Dash and Big’s. We just have our own entity, Dame made it possible for me to set a venue just to display all the artist and the talent I have. But at the end of the day Roca Fella has all they artist, and I have a bunch of artist assigned to me, my Label. So, it’s just able and I don’t just have a deal at Roca Fella, I have a deal, me and Juelz are signed to Roca Fella  but I have three other artist Jim Jones, J.R Writer and Hell Rell which are signed with Koch. So, I have two different distribution camps. That’s the difference.

Sixshot: What do you think about hip hop now it this day and age?
Cam'ron: I mean, it’s a beautiful thing. At the end of the day I just like the fact that right now everybody loves hip hop. And not only just the music, it’s the fact that it creates so many jobs for people, people have a place to work. There are hundreds and thousands of jobs just for hip hop. Not only that but it leads into several other different businesses you like, I got several others things that I got poppin’ just because of music that I may make more money off of. And I am makin’ music and the music lead to that. Hip Hop is in full motion and it’s a beautiful look.

Sixshot: Where do you think hip hop will be in the next ten years?
Cam'ron: At the end of the day, nothing is guaranteed but, that’s what they asked us ten years ago, ten years ago you was like yo it’s going to be crazier than it is now. And they was absolutely right. So at the end of the day, as long as people stay creative and keep it moving it will be much crazier then when they ask this question again.

Sixshot: What do you think is essential for and Emcee today, in order to make it out there in the game?
Cam'ron: Honestly, there is different stuff for different folks in different places.

Sometimes it doesn’t have to be lyrical for people to like songs. Sometimes it may be an alright lyrical song with a crazy hook. And the artist is going out there a million sold. You feel me off one joint so that’s all. Right now realistically if you are a lyricist make  sure that lyric and that song is tight; so you make good songs and then get crazy on the album lyrically. You feel me, because at the end of the day you could get crazy on the single but all of America doesn’t’ understand what you are talking about. So therefore, I think when your doing a song make sure you speak clearly, your hooks are catchy and therefore people can relate to you. Then get crazy lyrical on the album so they will be like. If they was second guessing you because of the single and then they pick that album up. It’s like “Oh, I’m buggin shortie’, Money was nice”.

Sixshot: What is going on with all the beef between Mase and Eminem between you and Jim Jones?
Cam'ron: Nah never did…I never had any beef with Eminem I don’t even know why people are asking me that. People ask me that. You’re not the first person to ask me that. People asked me like what’s going on with you and Eminem; I never even had beef with son. You know what I am sayin’ I like son’s stuff. So that’s out of the question. I don’t know what that’s about. And the thing with Mase, I never had no beef with Mase. Mase got on the radio and was lying, and I had to check him and I did a little song just saying stop lying you’re a reverend. You know what I am saying. But I always wish him the best of luck too. I always hope he does well also. I don’t wish anybody bad. But just when you say my name I got to get at you. That’s all that every happened with Mase, but I still wish him the best of luck. And I still don’t have a problem with him.

Sixshot: We want to know if the Diplomats are going on tour soon.
Cam'ron: We are working on something for the end of January thru February but I don’t want to say until it’s confirmed.

Sixshot: What do you think about Jay-Z becoming president of Def Jam?
Cam'ron: I don’t really have to much to comment on that till that goes thru. I don’t comment on hearsay until it happens and then I can comment. I think its’ a good business move on L.A Reids part. It’s smart.

Sixshot: Do you ever use the internet yourself; do you have a website or anything like that?
Cam'ron: I have a mix tape website, KillaCam.com mix tapes.

Sixshot: I really appreciate the positive interview.
Cam'ron: It’s all good, thanks for talking with me.

Sixshot: Can we get a shout out from you?
Cam'ron: No Problem, “Hey yo check this out this Killa Cam and this is Sixshot.com holla’ at yo boy, Dipset All Day!”

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