DJ Camper is a 35 year old producer, DJ, rapper & singer/songwriter from Atlantic City, New Jersey notable for being a close collaborator of Big K.R.I.T. & formerly an in-house producer for G.O.O.D. Music at 1 point within the past decade. He has since gotten the chance to collaborate with those from YG & Kehlani to Doja Cat & Doechii, notably producing the 2nd single “Boom Bap” off the latter’s Grammy winning 2nd mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. However, he’s been compiling a debut solo album where a cast of both well-known R&B singers are jumping over his beats to perform on top of them for some time now & he’s ready to proper introduce himself individually.

“Tonight” by Lucky Daye sets the tone of what’s to come telling his lover not to say things she doesn’t want to show him over a smooth instrumental whereas “War” by Ari Lennox & Jeremih teams up for this triumphant R&B duet singing about being ready to fight people for the love these 2 protagonists have for each other. “Oowee” by Jill Scott & Ty$ takes a more atmospheric approach stylistically for an ode to smoking weed leading into “I Need It” by Syd & Tank declaring this to be the soundtrack to making love.

Camper himself shows off his singing abilities on the minimally produced “Love Me” including Stevie Wonder playing the harmonica during the outro telling his partner she either loves him or not just before “Come Over” by WanMor yearns for the woman in mind to pull up at their place since she’s missing out. “16 Summers” by Alex Isley & Rose Gold recalls the time it’s been since either of them discovered their first loves while “Waiting on You” by Tone Stith incorporates some pianos at the start & strings from Angelina Barrett singing to her man that she’ll be there when he returns.

“Speak to Me” by Arin Ray & Terrace Martin instrumentally switches it up to get the clock going on Campilation’s final moments dabbling with jazz music depicting a couple trying to sort out the issues of their relationship while “Back & Forth” marks DJ Camper’s return to the mic featuring Brandy singing about having nowhere left to go now that he had broken up with a woman whom Brandy does a fine job of portraying. “Love You” by Victoria Monét might be the most lyrically repetitive moment here, although the flute behind her soothing vocals make up for it.

There are only a couple tracks where DJ Camper’s actually singing but as I expected, he spends a great deal of this Campilation getting in his R&B bag & it has me wondering if he’ll do a sequel where he gets a bunch of rappers over his production kinda like what he did here. His production doesn’t lose its smoothness top to bottom & the guest list is primarily consistent other than a few occasional moments that don’t do it for me whatsoever. That said: I can’t deny him amassing a whole cast of artists representing the R&B genre whether it’s the veterans, the ones who’re popular at this moment & those who have more to offer in due time.

Score: 3.5/5

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