Kam- Made in America 1995

[teecee]

I heard most of the west coast shit that came out in the 90s in real time, but this album is one I slept on (except In traffic and Keep the Peace cuz they had videos)…I JUST listened to the entire album and I’m floored…classic west past
Production by some heavy hitters like Battlecat, Warren G, Ea-Ski and CMT, Chris the Glove and Quik, and Kam is great throughout the entire album. 

I could mention some highlights, but the album is full of great songs and deserves to be played front to back.
Anyone feeling this album?

[Okka]

It's a classic. Kam's best album for sure. It actually had an anniversary not too long ago. Did y'all know Quik was originally on "That's My Nigga"?

[dnjp4life]

This is a brilliant album, was only listening to it last week.  It's very listenable from beginning to end and has tons of replay value, helped by the west-coast greats on the production and Kam's performance on the mic. 

Like you say, you can't go wrong when you have Warren G, DJ Quik, EA-Ski, Big Hutch, Battlecat and others giving you beats for your project in 1995.  I think Warren G's production on Keep Tha Peace might be my favourite beat by him.  Trust Nobody is such a classic beat from Battlecat too.

This is one of those not-so-popular g-funk albums that isn't lauded as one of the classics, but that everyone should hear.  It's cool also hearing Solo on the last track almost 20 years before he was chosen to voice Franklin on GTA V.

Kam's been in the studio with Battlecat recently, hopefully we get to hear some of what they're doing.

[killagee]

one of the best westcoast albums

[Sccit]

classic off top

[Duck Duck Doggy]

Kama best album. Was Bumpin this heavy back in high school

[Detox Is A Myth!!!]

I've posted my thoughts about this album before, so I'd just be repeating myself, but the short version is that my problem with this album is its awful track sequencing.  It's begins with a somewhat slow, thoughtful track in "Trust Nobody" when it should have begun with Pull Ya Hoe Card, then That's My Nigga, and THEN maybe Trust Nobody.  Beginning an album with an introspective track is just weird to me.

Then you have the cognitive dissonance of back to back tracks "Who Ridin" and "Keep Tha Peace."  Which is it, Kam?  Those are contradictory messages in back to back songs.  Again, it's just weird to me.  At least space them out a bit.

When listening to the album the whole way through, it sounds like Kam had accumulated a bunch of good songs on their own, but didn't bother to tie them altogether into a cohesive whole.  This album REALLY needed some skits in between songs to act as glue.

[teecee]

It's a classic. Kam's best album for sure. It actually had an anniversary not too long ago. Did y'all know Quik was originally on "That's My Nigga"?

Word?   The Quik verse ever leak?

[teecee]

This is a brilliant album, was only listening to it last week.  It's very listenable from beginning to end and has tons of replay value, helped by the west-coast greats on the production and Kam's performance on the mic. 

Like you say, you can't go wrong when you have Warren G, DJ Quik, EA-Ski, Big Hutch, Battlecat and others giving you beats for your project in 1995.  I think Warren G's production on Keep Tha Peace might be my favourite beat by him.  Trust Nobody is such a classic beat from Battlecat too.

This is one of those not-so-popular g-funk albums that isn't lauded as one of the classics, but that everyone should hear.  It's cool also hearing Solo on the last track almost 20 years before he was chosen to voice Franklin on GTA V.

Kam's been in the studio with Battlecat recently, hopefully we get to hear some of what they're doing.

Agreed…Keep tha Peace is too smooth, definitely a top 5 Warren production, and Trudt Nobody is Battlecat at his best.

[teletomble]

Word?   The Quik verse ever leak?

[teecee]

Nice hearing Quik on this!  Thx for letting me know about this guys

[dnjp4life]

Notice that on this album Kam doubles down on his vocals on a lot of the tracks which gives his voice a more powerful, authoritative presence on the mic.

It’s something 2Pac did quite a lot on his music as well.

[Sccit]

Notice that on this album Kam doubles down on his vocals on a lot of the tracks which gives his voice a more powerful, authoritative presence on the mic.

It’s something 2Pac did quite a lot on his music as well.

the double .. an underutilized effect in hip-hop

[Detox Is A Myth!!!]

This version is better than the retail version, so do you know why they changed it?