Cam’ron recently revealed that he wrote “I Really Mean It” the classic Dipset hit, for Lil Kim.
During the latest episode of his sports talk show, It Is What It Is, Cam said he wrote the song with “Queen B” in mind, but she wasn’t feeling it.
“I did write a song for Lil’ Kim and she didn’t want it, and the lyrics changed, and I ended up keeping it for myself,” Cam shared.
Thankfully for Cam it worked out because the “I Really Mean It” became a hood classic with the production Just Blaze and of the group’s his signature songs.
“It was one of my biggest records, but I wrote ‘I Really Mean It’ for Lil’ Kim. Same format, and she didn’t like it,” the Harlem rapper said. “That’s one of the best things, ’cause that’s one of my close-out songs, to be totally honest with you, and she didn’t want the song. I’m happy she didn’t.”
Cam and Kim’s creative relationship goes back to 1996 when he wrote “Crush On You” featuring Lil Cease. As the the secondKim’s debut album Hard Core and produced by Andreao “Fanatic” Heard, “Crush On You” was Cam’s first ghostwriting credit.
Elsewhere in the episode, Cam also revealed that he was behind 3LW’s biggest hit “No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)”. The song reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2000.
“I wrote for 3 Little Women. The single, I’m in the credits, I wrote that. ‘Promises, promises’? That’s me,” Cam explained. “I penned that joint. We’re real creative, just tap in, man.”