1.5/5
Even when he’s mouthing off at other emcees, Cam’ron’s inner poet is only mildly radical. Squeezed between subpar tracks and sloppy skits on brand-new album Crime Pays, ‘Get It in Ohio’ features the Dipset don rapping at sloth speed about all things criminal and vaguely cryptic, behind an amateur hook that serenades a batch of narcotics bought in Ohio (which he rhymes with a mispronounced ‘gyro’). Then Cam cuts to the rest of his 23-piece with a BB-gun beat rattling in the background every time. It’s been three years and four public beefs since Cam has won time on the airwaves (‘Oh Boy,’ ‘Hey Ma’). Seems baby’s teeth need more time to grow, ’cause not much has changed for rap’s resident sourpuss.