Come Home with Me
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{{Infobox album
| name = Come Home with Me
| type = Album
| artist = Cam'ron
| cover = Come Home With MeCam.jpg
| alt = Cam'ron stands wearing a black leather coat and large chain while holding his toddler son wearing a red shirt, red hat, and a chain as well. The background is a collage of various images of New York City, such as the famous Cotton Club.
| released = May 14, 2002
| recorded = 2001–2002
| studio = {{hlist|Manhattan Center Studios|Baseline Studios
(New York, New York)}}
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 69:09
| label = {{hlist|Diplomat|Roc-A-Fella|Island Def Jam}}
| producer = {{hlist|Shawn Carter (exec.)|Damon Dash (exec.)|Kareem "Biggs" Burke (exec.)|Ty Fyffe|Just Blaze|Precision|LeLan Robinson, Mike T, Ray Watkins|Rsonist|DR Period|Mafia Boy|Neek Rusher|Kanye West|BPM}}
| prev_title = S.D.E.
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Purple Haze
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Come Home with Me
| type = studio
| single1 = Oh Boy
| single1date = April 2, 2002{{cite web|title=Today In Hip-Hop: Cam'ron Releases "Oh Boy" Single|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-in-hip-hop-camron-releases-oh-boy-single/|website=XXL|date=April 2, 2013|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
| single2 = Hey Ma
| single2date = August 6, 2002{{cite web|last1=Palmer|first1=Tamara|title=Yo, Rap Takes Over MTV: August 6 in Hip-Hop History|url=https://theboombox.com/august-6-hip-hop-history/|website=The Boombox|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
| single3 = Daydreaming
| single3date = February 4, 2003{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
}}
}}
Come Home with Me is the third studio album by American rapper Cam'ron, released on May 14, 2002, by Cam'ron's Diplomat Records and Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. There are featured guest appearances from Jimmy Jones, Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, DJ Kay Slay, Daz Dillinger, Tiffany, Jay-Z, McGruff, Memphis Bleek, and Beanie Sigel. To date, it is his most commercially successful album; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 226,000 copies, and eventually sold over one million copies in the United States, being certified Platinum by the RIAA.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1423291/ludacris-lights-up-no-1-with-red-light |title=Ludacris Lights Up No. 1 With 'Red Light' |magazine=Billboard |date=2004-12-15 |access-date=2014-05-24}}{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 24, 2014 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=2014-05-24}}
Its two singles were "Oh Boy" (featuring Juelz Santana) and "Hey Ma" (featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey, and Toya). "Oh Boy" held the number one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles for five straight weeks, the number one spot on the Hot Rap Tracks and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The second hit was "Hey Ma", which reached number three on the Hot 100 and number eight on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his biggest hit. "Daydreaming" was a later single released in 2003 but failed to duplicate the success from his earlier singles.
Background
The album was originally scheduled for a March 2002 release under the title Blow. The majority of the album was recorded while Cam'ron was still signed to Epic Records.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/hfna22/camron-is-set-to-blow-with-roc-a-fella|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309045210/https://www.mtv.com/news/hfna22/camron-is-set-to-blow-with-roc-a-fella|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2023|title=Cam'ron Is Set To Blow With Roc-A-Fella|work=MTV.com|date=4 December 2001 |access-date= June 17, 2023|last1=Reid |first1=Shaheem}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Birchmeier |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/come-home-with-me-mw0000659823 |title=Come Home with Me - Cam'ron |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=November 28, 2011}}
|rev2 = RapReviews
|rev3 = Rolling Stone
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |first=Jon |last=Caramanica |author-link=Jon Caramanica |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/189519/come_home_with_me |title=Come Home With Me : Review |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Wenner Media |date=July 4, 2002 |issue=899–900 |pages=108, 110 |access-date=November 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212224348/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/189519/come_home_with_me |archive-date=December 12, 2008 }}
|rev4 = Vibe
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Callahan-Bever |first=Noah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSUEAAAAMBAJ&q=revolutions&pg=PA136 |title=Revolutions: Cam'ron – Come Home With Me |magazine=Vibe |date=July 2002 |page=135 |access-date=2014-05-24 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
}}
AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier praised Cam's presence throughout the record and Just Blaze supplying him with beats that strengthen him on "Oh Boy" and "The Roc (Just Fire)", concluding that "Overall, Cam'ron couldn't return with a stronger comeback album than this: he's affiliated with one of the industry's most successful labels, graced with a hot producer, and armed with a dynamite single." Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews felt the pairing of Cam with Roc-A-Fella's team of featured artists and producers helped utilize his rap flow to its potential by crafting quality tracks with a "slamming assembly of b-boy beats" despite a few duds in "Live My Life" and the title track, concluding that "For the beats though, and for some of Cam'Ron's best rhymes to date, Come Home with Me will be a summer anthem album for Harlemites and Roc-A-Fella Records ryders alike." Jon Caramanica, writing for Rolling Stone, commended Cam's unique lyrical abilities but felt the stories he delivered about drugs and women were half-hearted and lacked charisma, and only partially worked when the production gave them "the substance and emotional center they otherwise lack."
Track listing
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = featuring Kay Slay
| writer1 = {{hlist|Cameron Giles|Tyrone Fyffe|Norman Harris|Ron Tyson}}
| extra1 = Ty Fyffe
| length1 = 2:44
| title2 = Losing Weight, Pt. 2
| note2 = featuring Juelz Santana
| writer2 = {{hlist|Giles|Justin Smith|LaRon James}}
| extra2 = Just Blaze
| length2 = 6:06
| title3 = Oh Boy
| note3 = featuring Juelz Santana
| writer3 = {{hlist|Giles|Smith|James|Norman Whitfield}}
| extra3 = Just Blaze
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)
| note4 = featuring Daz Dillinger
| writer4 = {{hlist|Giles|Larry Gates|Delmar Arnaud|Tupac Shakur|Lawrence Parker|Bryan Chandler|Alan Lomax|Eric Burdon|Rodney Lemay}}
| extra4 = Precision
| length4 = 3:11
| title5 = Daydreaming
| note5 = featuring Tiffany
| writer5 = {{hlist|Giles|LeLan Robinson|Ray Watkins|Aretha Franklin}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Ray Watkins|LeLan Robinson|Mike T}}
| length5 = 6:29
| title6 = Come Home with Me
| note6 = featuring Juelz Santana & Jimmy Jones
| writer6 = {{hlist|Giles|Fyffe|Gregory Green|Sean Thomas|James|Joseph Jones|George Stanley Clinton}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Ty Fyffe|Heat Makers}}
| length6 = 5:01
| title7 = Welcome to New York City
| note7 = featuring Jay-Z & Juelz Santana
| writer7 = {{hlist|Giles|Shawn Carter|Smith}}
| extra7 = Just Blaze
| length7 = 5:09
| title8 = Hey Ma
| note8 = featuring Juelz Santana, Freekey Zekey & Toya
| writer8 = {{hlist|Giles|Darryl Pittman|James|Lionel Richie}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|DR Period|Mafia Boy}}
| length8 = 3:40
| title9 = On Fire Tonight
| note9 = featuring Freekey Zekey
| writer9 = {{hlist|Giles|Fyffe|James Mtume|Barbara Acklin|Eugene Record}}
| extra9 = Ty Fyffe
| length9 = 5:40
| title10 = Stop Calling
| note10 = featuring McGruff & Freekey Zekey
| writer10 = {{hlist|Giles|Fyffe}}
| extra10 = Ty Fyffe
| length10 = 6:06
| title11 = I Just Wanna
| note11 = featuring Juelz Santana
| writer11 = {{hlist|Giles|Fyffe|Dashawn Hamilton|James|D'Angelo|Raphael Saadiq}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Ty Fyffe|Neek Rusher}}
| length11 = 4:09
| title12 = Dead or Alive
| note12 = featuring Jimmy Jones
| writer12 = {{hlist|Giles|Kanye West|Jones|Buffy Sainte-Marie}}
| extra12 = Kanye West
| length12 = 4:07
| title13 = The ROC (Just Fire)
| note13 = featuring Memphis Bleek & Beanie Sigel
| writer13 = {{hlist|Giles|Smith|Malik Cox|Dwight Grant}}
| extra13 = Just Blaze
| length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Boy Boy
| note14 =
| writer14 = {{hlist|Giles|Fyffe|Green|Thomas}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Ty Fyffe|Heat Makers}}
| length14 = 4:43
| title15 = Tomorrow
| note15 =
| writer15 = {{hlist|Giles|M. DuVert|Eric Roberson|Eldra DeBarge}}
| extra15 = BPM
| length15 = 4:20
}}
Sample credits{{cite AV media notes|title= Come Home with Me |year= 2002 |type= booklet |publisher= Diplomat, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam}}
- "Intro" contains excerpts from "Oscar" (aka "You Should Get an Oscar"), written by Norman Harris and Ron Tyson, and performed by Blue Magic.
- "Oh Boy" contains excerpts from "I'm Going Down, written by Norman Whitfield, and performed by Rose Royce.
- "Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)" embodies portions of
- "Ambitionz az a Ridah", written by Delmar Arnaud and Tupac Shakur.
- Sound of da Police, written by Lawrence Parker, Bryan Chandler, Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon, and Rodney Lemay.
- "Daydreaming" contains interpolations from the composition "Day Dreaming" written by Aretha Franklin.
- "Come Home with Me" contains excerpts from the composition "She Is My Lady", written by George Stanley Clinton.
- "Hey Ma" contains excerpts from "Easy", written by Lionel Richie, and performed by Commodores.
- "On Fire Tonight"
- Contains interpolations of "Have You Seen Her", written by Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record.
- Contains samples from "You, Me and He", written by James Mtume, and performed by Mtume.
- "I Just Wanna" contains excerpts from "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", written by D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq, and performed by D'Angelo.
- "Dead or Alive" contains excerpts from "Lazarus", written and performed by Buffy Saint-Marie.
- "The ROC (Just Fire)" contains excerpts from the composition and sound recording "Warlock" by Tilsley Orchestral.
- "Tomorrow" contains interpolations from "Love Me in a Special Way", written by El DeBarge.
Charts and certifications
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2002)
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| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_053002_ALBUMS.html|title=Albums : Top 100|website=Jam!|date=May 30, 2002|access-date=April 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213005002/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_053002_ALBUMS.html|archive-date=December 13, 2004}}
|align="center"|45 |
| Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|url= http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|title=R&B : Top 50|website=Jam!|date=May 30, 2002|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601191008/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|archive-date=June 1, 2002}}
|style="text-align:center;"|8 |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Cam'ron|date=2014-05-20|refname=Billboard 200|access-date=2014-05-20}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Cam'ron|access-date=May 20, 2014}} |
=Year-end charts=
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=Certifications=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|type=album|artist=Cam'ron|title=Come Home With Me|relyear=2002|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|id=10945-3381-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Cam'ron|title=Come Home With Me|relyear=2002|relmonth=5|certyear=2002|certmonth=12}}
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