
I am actually starting to get a little disappointed at this point of the album. The beat reminds me of the old Diplomatic albums. This is a song about getting females to…. So far its 3 out of 4 where Killa gets his protégé. This seems like it’s more of a Cam album with Vado as a feature on every song. This beat actually compliments Vado more than any other song thus far. I think Killa Cam stole the show, and honestly I’m scared he will through out the whole album.Īgain I think Cam’ron got Vado, although during the last verse Cam said “He reminds me of me in 04”. With this being the first song I ever listened to with Vado, I honestly wasn’t that impressed. Is Vado the real deal, or will Killa star on this project? Let’s find out! Let’s see how he and Cam do on a full length album. Why? I couldn’t tell you, but even without that type of praise behind him Vado still has a solid buzz. I know him and Cam decided it wouldn’t be in Vado’s best interest to do the XXL Freshman Cover. I wouldn’t know who Vado was if we were stuck in an elevator together. I know he has a nice buzz, especially in New York, but I have never really listened to him. Not because I don’t like his music, but more because I have never really gotten into it. Speaking of Vado, I can’t say I am much of a fan. He has gone from running with Mase, to dropping classic albums, then to running with a legendary movement, to creating his own movement, and now he has the intentions to make his new protégé Vado a force to be reckoned with on this new album. Even since before his Rocafella days, Killa has been known as one of the dopest Emcess out of New York.

Besides a handful of cuts from others, production is handled by the skilled Araab Muzik, who twists ‘70s horror soundtrack loops and bombastic opera samples into tracks that demand attention.Cam’ron is easily one of my favorite rappers of all time. Protégé Vado sounds close in delivery to Cam’s usual partner, Jim Jones, and offers a similar thug base, supporting his mentor with rhymes that are less obtuse and more street.


“Speakin in Tungs” is a strange electro stunner that sounds like Cam called producer Diplo to cut an answer track to Timbaland’s great “Indian Flute,” and when Dipset’s strangest lyricist opens “They Don’t Like You” with the great “Baby girl, don’t let them bleach your dome/You should be sittin’ in somethin’ peach and chrome,” you’ve got one of the best bedroom numbers in the whole Dipset universe. That’s really saying something, since this collection of mixtape tracks and new numbers was originally promised as the inaugural release of Killa Cam’s post- Diplomats crew, the U.N., but last man standing Vado is a true asset and this final product still hits hard. For returning Cam’ron and Diplomats fans who don’t mind a little bumpy with their ride, Gunz n' Butta is the casual collaboration album done right.
