Cam’ron Reveals Why Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana’s Album Wasn’t Released

Cam’ron has shared his belief as to why Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana‘s collaborative album never saw the light of day.

On Tuesday (Feb. 11), during a segment on his Talk With Flee show, Cam revealed the reasoning, from his perspective, as to why Weezy and Santana’s I Can’t Feel My Face project was ultimately shelved.

According to the Harlem native, Lil Wayne’s failure to turn in his fourth solo studio album to Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records’ parent company, on time caused constraints to any potential rollout of the mixtape.

“Lil Wayne wasn’t the super superstar,” Cam said of Weezy’s stature in the rap game at that time. “He was a star, but remember Lil Wayne emerged into a superstar after Tha Carter [albums] and ‘A Milli’ and all that sh*t. So [Wayne] didn’t put out his first [Tha Carter] album yet.”

The Diplomats founder then explained that if I Can’t Feel My Face were to still be released in spite of Wayne’s album delay, Juelz and Cam’ron’s profits from the project would be greatly diminished, leaving them with literal pennies on the dollar.

“So Juelz and Lil Wayne had a project. Def Jam is under Universal, which Lil Wayne was signed to. So when they wanted to put this project out, Universal told Def Jam, ‘Well Lil Wayne still didn’t give us his album yet so if y’all wanna put this project out, we’re taking 95% and Def Jam, y’all could take 5%.’”

Cam continued, adding, “We had a joint venture deal with Def Jam so if that project came out that means that Def Jam would get 2.5 percent of the album and me and Juelz would get 2.5 percent of the album. And they said, ‘Cam, we love you and all that – but we’re not doing that. We can’t do that.’”

While the It Is What It Is host said that Universal Records considered revisiting a potential release of I Can’t Feel My Face after the release of Wayne’s owed solo album, the album’s release continued to stall for years before eventually being taken off the table.

Furthermore, Cam’ron’s recollection of the timeline of events surrounding I Can’t Feel My Face may be off, as Lil Wayne’s first installment in Tha Carter album series was released in 2004, whereas Wayne and Juelz’s collaboration project was first teased in 2005.

Also, being that Wayne’s fifth studio album, Tha Carter II, was released in December 2005, Cam could possibly be referring to Wayne’s sixth solo album, Tha Carter III, which wasn’t released until June 2008.

Juelz himself would also attribute the lack of an official release for I Can’t Feel My Face to industry red tape, pointing to the lack of major collaborative albums between superstars at the time.

“Me and Wayne, just like normal, we did a bunch of records together,” Juelz explained. “A project worth got leaked. About 20 records did get leaked out there, which is the I Can’t Feel My Face you see.

“Politics wise, we didn’t get to put the album out on a major label because there was too much politics at the time, and you had Def Jam, Universal, Cash Money and Diplomats, you know what I’m saying?”

See Cam’ron speaking about Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana’s I Can’t Feel My Face project below.