Cam'ron has kept himself out of the limelight for the past two years. He feuded with 50 Cent over airwaves in Feb. 2007 then released an online video warning his fans and 50 to prepare themselves for a "hot summer."

Despite the statement, the music industry and fans have been curious about his whereabouts. Jim Jones publicly acknowledged that the relationship between Dipset and Cam'ron, its founder, is in tumult. Jones strengthened his mainstream solo presence and established himself as Dipset's frontrunner. All Cam'ron offered were occasional tracks, a mixtape and DVD-trailer.

Once he popped back into the rap scene he explained that he took his mother, who suffered three simultaneous strokes, to a Florida specialist and looked after her for about a year. Capitalizing off of the hype for his comeback, he released his sixth studio album "Crime Pays" on May 12 through Diplomat/Asylum Records.

He shamelessly flaunts his wealth and success based off of drug dealing on "Crime Pays (Intro)." Oozing with confidence he raps, "I should teach this class. Maybe I'll reach they ass. Tell them they don't need to have degrees in math. Know your credit, debit plus receipts for cash."

He mocks students who aspire to get legal jobs when he says, "Jeff said a lifeguard, Bobby said a firefighter. Jeff gon' have a Porsche, and Bobby said he'll have a Spyder."

He raps from the perspective of a typical 9-to-5 worker on "My Job." Over upbeat piano keys and a distinct snare he complains, "I hate my boss, dude think he know it all, and I know I know it all, but I follow protocol." He delivers his trademark two bars: repeating a phrase twice with two different meanings.

Over menacing, rapid piano keys and intimidating gun shots, Cam'ron details his narcotics business on "Cookin' Up." He remorselessly tells a female drug trafficker, "You the flyest one in ya crew, them bitches is wack. Started to smile, I knew that this s**t was a wrap. Her friends was right though, she gon' be pitchin' some crack."

Cam paints a vivid picture of his New York drug enterprise on "Where I Know You From." He describes, "Crack in 4B, Coke in 5A, Dope in 8F. The hoes in 9J. What can I say, you know how I play. We hustle all night, until the sky's gray."

Over a morose and reflective beat, Cam shows no regret for his illegal exploits on "Get It Get It." He boasts, "Four jets, Corvettes, and I ain't done a tour yet, 'cause I'm movin' bricks."

Cam'ron naturally captures the life of a drug dealer with keen insight and intriguing detail, but is not nearly as poignant when he emptily insults women. On "Curve" he gruesomely tells a woman to "get a helmet, you about to get rammed on."

On "Bottom of the P***y" he gets disgustingly explicit when he raps, "Baby girl drenched the bed, sprinkled the system, right on my expensive spread."

At times, Cam delivers lukewarm lines. On "Never Ever" he says, "I never stopped eatin',no, this game is like a buffet." The beat is obnoxiously loud and an off-tune female yell is irritatingly played out in the background.

Cam'ron seldomly changes his flow or experiments with different deliveries. The subject matter of "Crime Pays" is narrow: the lifestyle of a drug dealer, material wealth and sex. He does not get introspective and does not comment on his strained affiliation with other Dipset members, the condition of his grandmother or anything personal. Crime pays, but a narrow mind doesn't.