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And in the peaks and valleys of their careers, you began to seeyourceiling, your floor.
Their art memorialized your lore.
Hes outlining the precariousness of the climb.
Its a tricky balance, one that trips rappers up late in their careers.
But these arent the issues that have held recent Cam releases back.
There are brilliant songs on every project Golden Friends,off the 2013 mixtapeGhetto Heaven Vol.
Each song imparts a bit of wizened advice or a diabolical taunt or a memory of a lost friend.
Each verse is a hail of dazzling internal rhymes.
The batting average is astounding.
A-Trak is a good foil for a project like this.
Brevity keeps the mood of the album and the quality of the songs consistent.
Theres barely room for filler.
You could argue thatU Wasnt Theremight even be too short.
Weve heard three of its nine songs in some form over the past eight years.
(In 2014, the bonus cut Dipshits was a tantalizing teaser.
How many versions of this album exist?)
He said dont disrespect him.
He just copped ten acres.
I said, You right, we only get neighborhoods, compounds.
We had dreams, and we made em come true.
