Come Home with Me

Come Home With Me is the third studio album by American rapper Cam'ron. Originally scheduled for a March 2002 release under the title Blow, [3] the album was ultimately 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.[4][5]

For the 1941 Danish film, see Come Home with Me (film). For the 2014 Guy Sebastian song, see Come Home with Me (song).
Come Home With Me
Cam'ron stands wearing a black leather coat and large chain while holding his toddler son wearing a red shirt, red hat, and a chain as well. The background is a collage of various images of New York City, such as the famous Cotton Club.
Studio album by
Cam'ron
ReleasedMay 14, 2002
Studio
GenreHip hop
Length69:09
Label
Producer
Cam'ron chronology
S.D.E.
(2000)		 Come Home With Me
(2002)		 Purple Haze
(2004)
Singles from Come Home with Me
  1. "Oh Boy"
    Released: April 2, 2002[1]
  2. "Hey Ma"
    Released: August 6, 2002
  3. "Daydreaming"
    Released: February 4, 2003 [2]

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.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
RapReviews7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Vibe[9]

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."[8]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (featuring Kay Slay)
Ty Fyffe2:44
2."Losing Weight, Pt. 2" (featuring Juelz Santana)
Just Blaze6:06
3."Oh Boy" (featuring Juelz Santana)
Just Blaze3:24
4."Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)" (featuring Daz Dillinger)
Precision3:11
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 Blaze5:09
8."Hey Ma" (featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, Kay Slay & Toya)
  • DR Period
  • Mafia Boy
3:40
9."On Fire Tonight" (featuring Freekey Zekey)
Ty Fyffe5:40
10."Stop Calling" (featuring McGruff & Freekey Zekey)
  • Giles
  • Fyffe
Ty Fyffe6:06
11."I Just Wanna" (featuring Juelz Santana)
  • Ty Fyffe
  • Neek Rusher
4:09
12."Dead or Alive" (featuring Jimmy Jones)
Kanye West4:07
13."The ROC (Just Fire)" (featuring Memphis Bleek & Beanie Sigel)
Just Blaze4:24
14."Boy Boy"
  • Giles
  • Fyffe
  • Green
  • Thomas
  • Ty Fyffe
  • Heat Makers
4:43
15."Tomorrow"
BPM4:20

Sample credits[10]

Charts and certifications

References
  1. "Allmusic - Oh Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. "Cam'ron - Genius". Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. Reid, Shaheem (4 December 2001). "Cam'ron Is Set To Blow With Roc-A-Fella". MTV.com. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  4. "Ludacris Lights Up No. 1 With 'Red Light'". Billboard. 2004-12-15. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  5. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 24, 2014". RIAA. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  6. Birchmeier, Jason. "Come Home with Me - Cam'ron". AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  7. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (May 14, 2002). "Cam'Ron :: Come Home With Me :: Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam". RapReviews. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  8. Caramanica, Jon (June 6, 2002). "Come Home With Me : Review". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  9. Vibe - Google Livres. July 2002. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  10. Come Home with Me (booklet). Diplomat, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam. 2002.
  11. "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  12. "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. May 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  13. "Cam'ron Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  14. "Cam'ron Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  15. "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  16. "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  17. "Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2002". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  18. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  19. "British album certifications – Cam'ron – Come Home With Me". British Phonographic Industry.
  20. "American album certifications – Cam'ron – Come Home With Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
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