Album: Confessions of Fire (Untertainment/ Epic; 1998)
Songwriters: Cameron Giles
R&B Peak Position: #9
"We gonna riiiiiise to the top!"
Originally known as Killa Cam of the Harlem rap crew Children of The Corn before scoring a solo deal through an imprint headed by Notorious BIG's manager Lance "Un" Rivera, Cam'ron's introduction to the masses would come via "Horse & Carriage", a catchy club ditty that paired him with former-groupmate-turned-crossover rap phenomenon Mase and saw him flirting with the more accessible pop-rap flair Bad Boy Records was dominating with at the time.
It's disco-y throb helmed by the always slick Trackmasters production team, the song had Mase pulling out a lovably dumb hook in between Cam'ron's Big Willie boasts ("You might see Cam in designer underwear") and groupie adventures, featuring an (even way back then) lyrical obsession with the oral talents his female fans carried ("If you'll sex in the Lex and your head be the bomb/ I'll get you that shit that Gretzky skate on"). Complete with lessons in "judo" talk ("And 'judo' know?") and "Mr. Me Too" humor, the song is notably fluffier than what he would accomplish on future albums (and it's amazing how young he sounds), but it provided a decent enough premiere, making it into the R&B Top 10 and helping his debut album, Confessions of Fire, reach Gold status.
Best Moment: The all-star remix, which threw Cam, a Diana Ross-channeling Wyclef Jean, Big Punisher, Silkk The Shocker and Charli Baltimore (Aww...remember her?) together over a loop of the "Night Court" theme song (Cats would sample anything back then!).
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