The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity

Thanks to Cam’ron Giles and his Dip Set crew, Harlem gains a major foothold in the East Coast battle of the boroughs sparked by Jay-Z and Nas. Layering raw rhymes over street beats that frequently incorporate speeded-up and dragged-out R&B samples (courtesy of the Heatmakerz), Diplomatic Immunity extends the massive heat generated by Killa Cam’s platinum Come Home With Me. Some tracks on this double CD should have been relegated to the "filler" pile (the perfunctory "Hey Ma" remix, for example) but the songs that work spit fire. Diplomatic Immunity is laden with imagery of uptown drug-game drama (the Bone Thugs-inspired "The First") and downtown terrorist destruction ("I Love You")--painting post-9/11 New York in appropriately somber colors--but love of home and family is the top-level vibe. Harlem should be proud. --Rebecca Levine Amazon.com

Thoughts on Diplomatic Immunity

I still question why the critics were so harsh on this 2 disc album. Make no mistake that the Diplomats won't change your life with inspiring, rejuvenating raps. Cam'Ron, Juelz, and the Capo Jim Jones are fully submerged in what makes hip-hop disgusting for certain individuals; guns, sex, drugs, and everything that falls inbetween. there's no remorse or repent anywhere on this album.
But at the end of the day i don't think that was Diplomatic Immunity's intention. This album is embracing the "bad" aspects of rap...but it sounds hella good while doing so. The 3 rappers (Zeekey doesn't rap but has really funny skits) flow plausibly and are backed by some hard, soul-sampled beats from Kanye, Just Blaze, and, the real stars of the show, the Heatmakerz. Its overall sound is incredibly consistent and highly concentrated. The critics might have burned it on the stake, but in my humble opinion, Diplomatic Immunity is completely worthy of my 4 stars. go out and cop it. December 28, 2007

Great CD

The first group album form dipset, and there best. this cd is fire and its full of classics from juelz santana and cam'ron. i recomend this cd to any santana fan or killa cam fan May 17, 2007

Stop Snitchin Stop Lyin

The kat 3 reviews below me is a fake. Period. That dude is not from Bed-Stuy. Talkin bout "i'm from bedstuy! Yeah! I keep it gangsta!" Okay mr. gangster, if you live in one of the worst projects in America, then why the hell are you on the internet? Internet don't go to the projects, dumb*ss! Quit being such a fake*ss "Mr. Amazon.com Gangster" and go get a hobby. The guy 2 reviews below me is right. There are too many haters writing bad reviews about this group even though they haven't heard the album, they have just heard the singles and they didn't like those so they assume the rest of the album is bad. They are wrong. Besides, who cares about the Diplomats image? The bottom line is - how good is this album? People who have heard the album will tell you it's pretty damn good. Not every song on here is great, but all the beats are crazy-hot,and the really hot songs make up for the ok ones. The really hot songs on here are Real N*ggas, Dipset Anthem, I Really Mean It, I Love You, and Built This City. Like I said, the beats and samples are the best thing about this album. I want to go back to the days where people would come on here to talk about the actual songs on the actual album. Forget about images and "I'm from BedStuy" fakes and all that garbage. People look at reviews to find out if the album is worth buying, which this one is. There are a lot of songs on here for a cheap price. It's pretty damn good. Period. April 18, 2006

Dip Set's First Album (3.5 Stars)

Usually double albums are a hit or a miss depending on who you are. Usually they have about a total of 24 to about 30 or so tracks. The bad thing is that most of those tracks are fillers and many fans say that they should have found a way to condense it on to 1 CD, (But sometimes record companies force many artists to produce a double album in their contract.) But don't get me wrong, because many double albums are a sucess (2pac's "All Eyez On Me"; Notorious B.I.G.'s "Life After Death"; Nas' "Streets Deciple"; Jay-Z's "Blueprint 2"- just to name a few popular to get an example of what I'm talking about)

Now the Diplomats' double album could have been one of those CD's that could have be condensed. Not saying the CD is bad, but it has a lot of songs that should not be on here or some that were on a few mixtapes I recall seeing in 2002.

Some good songs that many people will think that are somewhat or above average could be "Ground Zero" "Dipset Anthem (Gangsta Music)" "I Really Mean It" "My Love" and a few others.

A few songs that could have not been on here could have been songs like "Purple Haze" (Which also appeared on the DJ Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Vol. 1, which was distributed in stores), "Hey Ma (Remix)" which could have been a B-Side to something from Cam'ron's "Come Home With Me" CD. "The First" that borrows Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony's "First Of the Month" in the hook Cam says "Ay yo, ay yo, yayo, yayo, its the first of the month" borrowing the tune to the orginal song. It also could have done without the interludes.

Well as I mentioned earlier that record companies require to make a double album, well they have it out of the way. Just plenty of B-Sides and interludes to help stretch the album for its length. If you like Cam'ron or Julez Santana, both artists appear the most on the album, this is one you cannot pass up. March 14, 2006

Damn it's alot of haterz in here

The album is nice and if you originally purchased it when it came out it was $8.99 not bad for over 20 songs. Great productions (Heatmakerz are fire) and it gives you a preview of whats to come. You really can't say nothing bad about the album but a hater can say something bad about anything and for the most part alot of these cats havent even heard the whole album. Bottom line if you like the diplomats you'll like this album January 26, 2006

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