Teenager listens to Mobb Deep for the first time

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I listened to this earlier. I'm surprised he doesn't know about Cam. Is Dipset really that far back?


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Shyt I barely knew who they were until I got older. For reference, I wasnt even 10 when Diplomatic Immunity dropped plus I'm from the South. Besides their hits played on 106 & Park:yeshrug:
Bruh is 20 or 21 I think which means he was at most 3 when Dipset was poppin.

Funny thing is I just got into their music three or four years ago. I was listening to random songs when "Who I Am" came on and it unlocked a lost memory. Can't remember when, I'd guess late middle school or early high school, I used to fuk with that song heavy but forgot all about it.
 

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I listened to this earlier. I'm surprised he doesn't know about Cam. Is Dipset really that far back?
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:ld: kind of?

I mean the thing with Cam and Dipset IMO (:hubie:) is that they aren't as old as Wu, Mobb, Big, Jay, etc, but after the run from Diplomatic Immunity/Come Home With Me up through Purple Haze and Ballin'....they were all quiet for a long time. Most of the 2010's saw no significant or impactful drop from the camp, and I think it was easy for younger heads looking into older music to overlook them a little bit.

Cam was never quite as a household name. To make a pro wrestling analogy, he was the dude that always held the Intercontinental strap but he never got the World championship. We know he's a legend, but he's just easier for the young cats today to end up overlooking.
 

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He about to get into his Cam'ron bag.



Cam gonna be one of his favorite rappers, I know it. Cam has the blend of dope lyricism but is also funny with the fukkery, and has a lot of style. He's not just a bar you to death rapper, and I think this kid likes it when he's not getting barred to death.
 
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