Killa Season

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Killa Season
Killa Season album cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 16, 2006
Recorded2004–2006
Genre Hip hop
Length70:14
Label
Producer
Cam'ron chronology
Purple Haze
(2004)
Killa Season
(2006)
Crime Pays
(2009)
Alternative cover art
Killa Season Cam'ron.png

Killa Season is the fifth studio album by Harlem rapper Cam'ron. The album was released on May 16, 2006, by Diplomat Records, Asylum Records, and Atlantic Records. Cam'ron was also the executive producer of the album. The album received positive reviews but critics found the production and content lesser compared to Purple Haze . Killa Season sold 114,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [5]
RapReviews7/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Stylus Magazine B− [8]

Killa Season garnered a positive reception but music critics were mixed toward Cam's choices in production and lyrical content compared to Purple Haze . Peter Relic of Rolling Stone found criticism in the album's production and soul samples and Cam's insults towards Jay-Z but still found it entertaining with its wordplay, saying that "Killa Season proves Cam'ron can still bring heady verbiage and heat, but it's doubtful Jay-Z is losing much sleep." [7] While also finding the production decent, Brian Sims of HipHopDX praised the album's skits and hooks and Cam's delivery for bringing light to creative imagery, saying that "As an industry veteran, Cam deserves a lot of credit for not using his album to address petty squabbles or provide some pseudo-intellectual autobiography." [3] AllMusic editor David Jeffries said that the album was in need of a rewrite on some tracks but still found it enjoyable with memorable hooks and for showing a vulnerable side in Cam, concluding that "Killa Season would have benefited from trimming and better planning, but those things are extremely rare in the world of Dipset. Taking that into account, the album is exceptional and a good enough excuse for two more years of mouthing off and starting trouble." [2]

Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews praised the album for continuing Purple Haze's formula with tight wordplay and loose soul sample production, despite containing tracks that were Dipset holdovers, concluding that, "Nonetheless Cam fans should be happy with Killa Season, an album which continues his recent trend of solid (if somewhat unspectacular) solo CD's." [6] Jayson Greene of Stylus Magazine found some of Cam's lyrics humorous at times, but found the production and guest artists lacking in variety in terms of go-to names, concluding with "Instead, Killa Season is a retreat, an album to satisfy the converted but one that will keep his mythical status confined to the 12-mile radius of his Manhattan home." [8] Pitchfork writer Ryan Dombal felt the album was a disappointment compared to Purple Haze, finding the production lacking in energy and in need of more humorous songs ("I.B.S.") then aggressive diss tracks ("You Gotta Love It"). Dombal also pointed out that the limited edition of the album contained a DVD that reveals Cam'ron's battle with Jay-Z was all for publicity, concluding that, "If this underwhelming offering is any indication, such blind self-reference has considerably slowed down Cam'ron's once-unstoppable Dipset Movement." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Killa Cam (Intro)" (featuring 40 Cal.) Cameron Giles Pro-V5:01
2."He Tried to Play Me" (featuring Hell Rell)
  • Charlmagne
  • Charles "C Roc" Harrison (co.)
3:43
3."Leave You Alone"Blackout Movement3:24
4."Living a Lie" (featuring Mo Money)Giles Ty Fyffe 4:32
5."We Make Change" (featuring Juelz Santana)
Jonathan Dugger3:10
6."Voicemail (Interlude)"  2:04
7."Wet Wipes"
The Alchemist 3:35
8."Touch It or Not" (also known as "Suck It or Not") (featuring Lil Wayne)Headbangaz Entertainment3:41
9."War" (featuring Hell Rell)
  • Giles
  • Muhammed
NOVA3:51
10."Triple Up" (featuring 40 Cal.)Headbangaz Entertainment4:09
11."I.B.S"Giles The Heatmakerz 3:32
12."Get Ya Gun"GilesBig Tyme3:58
13."White Girls"GilesThe Beat Firm3:48
14."Girls, Cash, Cars"Stay Gettin' Productions3:06
15."Do Ya Thing (Remix)"
  • Chad Hamilton
  • Ryan Press (co.)
2:54
16."Get'em Daddy (Remix)" (featuring Hell Rell, J.R. Writer, & Jim Jones)
I.N.F.O. 4:33
17."Voicemail (Interlude 2)" Sancochito's Ent.1:13
18."Something New" (featuring Hell Rell)
Boola3:18
19."You Gotta Love It" (featuring Max B)I.N.F.O.6:13
20."Love My Life" (featuring Nicole Wray)
Jonathan Dugger4:26
21."Exclusive Track 1"  2:02
22."Exclusive Track 2"  3:04

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits for Killa Season adapted from AllMusic. [9]

Charts

See also

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