by praising the track "My Job" for bringing Cam out of his comfort zone to deliver a serious subject matter. Nathan Slavik of DJBooth found the album a bit lengthy with unnecessary skits and dull tracks but found Cam's lyrical content and choice in party tracks still on-point, saying that "while Crime Pays is far from a perfect album, it is more than enough to serve as a notice to hip-hop: Cam’ron’s back, and he is not to be slept on." Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine was also critical of the needless skits and anonymous brag tracks that border on misogyny but found the production on the same footing with Cam's idiosyncratic wordplay, saying that "forgetting the excess filler, he’s [also] put out a pretty solid album." Ian Cohen from Pitchfork was mixed about the album, finding Cam's usually humorous lyrics and confident flow wasted with production that's more appropriate for a mixtape. He also pointed out that Cam's material was similar to Kool Keith based on the skits, concluding that "In their minds, Cam's done nothing worth really mentioning since 2005, and Crime Pays often makes you wonder if they've got a point." Jordan Sargent of PopMatters criticized the album for lacking the retro-soul beats of Purple Haze that had energy and instead contains lackluster synth production with lyrics that border on self-parody, saying that, "On Crime Pays he swings too far in the opposite direction, coming back with an album that is unadventurous and uninteresting." Track listing Samples "Silky (No Homo)" contains a sample from "Groove Me" by King Floyd "Curve" contains a sample from "For You" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Spend the Night" contains a sample from "Escape" by Kay Cee "My Job" contains a sample from "Just A Little Misunderstanding" by The Contours "Where I Know You From" contains a sample from "Get Ya Mind Right" by Young Jeezy Personnel Credits for Crime Pays adapted from AllMusic. Cam'ron – Executive Producer Gregory Davidson – Art Direction, Design, Art Manager Chonita Floyd – Marketing Lady Lodi – Vocals I.N.F.O. - Producer Nova – Producer Mike Nyte – Mixing Phantom – Mastering Chris Rascoe – Promotions Coordinator Rod Rhaspy – Vocals Skitzo – Producer, Engineer Sky-Lyn – Vocals Shareif Ziyadat – Photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts See also List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2009 List of number-one rap albums of 2009 (U.S.) References 2009