Cipha Sounds Presents: The 75 Greatest Tunnel Bangers
By Complex Magazine | Jul 13, 2010 | 1:22 pm | Permalink
#11. Cam'ron feat. DMX/Cam'ron "Pull It"/".357"
Producer: Dame Grease /Darrell "Digga" Branch & Lance "Un" Rivera
Year: 1998
Cipha says: Cam and Jimmy used to always be in the Tunnel, before they had a record out, and everybody knew who they were. I know Jim Jones from the Tunnel before he rapped at all, that's why we're close. '.357' had the Magnum P.I. beat and 'Pull It' had one of DMX's first features after 'Get At Me Dog' blew up. You used to play these records back to back. Where else could you hear these in a club? Both songs had no hook. [Cam's manager] Un always used to come to the Tunnel, and you can tell they kinda made these for the Tunnel. If you came to the Tunnel every week, you definitely got influenced into making these kinds of records. Everybody wanted something Flex would play. To get on Hot 97, you gotta get Flex to play it."
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 11:37 AM
If u look close in the video, in some scenes he's wearing a cast. He tries to hide it in his pocket and uses his left hand instead. Always wondered what that was about.
step one July 13th, 2010 at 11:43 AM
download the original version of 'Benjamins' here (aswell as loads of classic 90s radio, mixtapes and freestyles!) http://djstepone.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-about-benjamins-original.html
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:19 PM
ROFL, Ciph LOVES Sheek.
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:28 PM
On another note, I would sometimes have to skip this song in the car if I was on the way to Manhattan from LI on the Northern State / Grand Central Pkwy in the car. It would make me drive fast for no reason.
tony-b July 13th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
anyone else feel like he lifted the hook from the DC Go-Go record with the same theme?
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Awww man, the link to the demo version is finito. Wanted to peep that.
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:55 PM
I'm DYING @ the guy in the wheelchair story. U know a song is crazy when it makes you shoot YOURSELF. I always connect this song w/ the second time I went to Cancun in 2000. They played "Wild Out" in the Baja Beach Club. And of course I'm w/ a bunch of NY cats so we lose our collective minds. Some guy I didn't even know yelled in my ear "FLING THAT SH*T!" I didn't know what he was talking about. He pointed @ my tall ass drink and yelled again "FLING THAT SH*T!" So of course I waited 'til the chorus and just splashed it all over the place and anyone in the vicinity.
david July 13th, 2010 at 01:04 PM
besides the liks yall played some whack music at that club.
JustinTime July 13th, 2010 at 03:55 PM
Yo Dee I got the demo version from when Ciph posted it last year. Shoot me a email. justintime410@vzw.blackberry.net
The Editor July 13th, 2010 at 05:02 PM
The great thing about most of these cuts were that they were album songs, and everybody knew them, crazy