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either my search function is broken or there has never been a Cormega thread!

i just bought a bargain-priced double disc containing his first two albums and a bunch of bonus tracks. i've only listened to about half of 'the realness' so far, but it seems really, really good. and the productions are top-notch. and there's no skits.

― Amon (eman), Monday, 20 June 2005 11:15 (twenty years ago)

Classic. One of the few NYC rappers who can actually pick beats and put out good albums. His flow is a little sloppy, perhaps, but he's an underrated rapper who has depth which seperates him from yer average Q.B thug rapper. Makes better albums than his (ex?) arch-nemesis Nas. His voice is an acquired taste, though.

That double cd of his first two albums with extra unreleased songs like that killer "no equivalent" with Tragedy Khadafi is a rather good deal.

Search : "the realness", "true meaning" (his best release, i reckon), "the testament" (his '97 debut for Def Jam that was unreleased until this year), his "legal hustle" compilation (includes two of his best tracks, "a beautiful mind" and the Ghostface featuring "toney/montana"), his old verse on PHD's "set it off" from '91 where he uses the word "illmatic" 3 years before Nas, his "sex, drugs, bitches and money" parts 1 and 2 12" from '92, his fresh-outta-jail verse on the classic 1995 Q.B posse track "on the real", his "fuck Nas and Nature" dis track, a couple of his unreleased tracks like "extreme with 16" and "slow down" with Foxy Brown, his verse on Mobb Deep's "what's ya poison" and the Ayatollah produced b.side "take mine".

Destroy : the old Def Jam track with Carl Thomas where he tried to kick a Hova-ish fast flow. That flow wasn't really working for him.

― Ellis From Die Hard, Monday, 20 June 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Damn this thread died quick. I agree about his voice, he's got kind of a lisp or something. I think I like Nas's voice better, but Cormega's got the better productions.

― Amon (eman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

'62 pick up' is great, but yeah: his flow is so QUIET and restrained; it almost sounds lackadaisical.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)

'thun and kicko' with prodigy!!! more subliminal nas disses

― mucho, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

"rap's a hustle" is real nice. his flow is definitely growing on me.

― Amon (eman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

Revive! I've been listening to the whole 'mega back catalog, and I'm just astounded by what I missed the first time round. His ability to pick beats is probably the best of any NY-style rapper, and he has that melancholy-flow that I just love. Anyone else want to weigh in?

― paulhw (paulhw), Sunday, 8 January 2006 23:29 (twenty years ago)

i also have only the double disk mentioned above, but some of those beats are BAD, and none of them are great. it makes me sad that such a talented rapper should have to make due with such crummy tracks.

― one time gaffled 'em up (one time gaffled 'em up), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:03 (twenty years ago)

haha, i have to amend my initial opinion above as i ended up selling that double cd and before doing so i only ripped a few tracks from it. oh well

― HAKKEBOFFER (eman), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:25 (twenty years ago)

I think The Realness is absolutely awful, beats, rhymes, the whole thing. True Meaning is where its at, Ellis was right about the good songs on Legal Hustle but mostly thats a dog too. The double-disc Realness+truemeaning+bonustracks is worth it for the bonus tracks, and that it's the price of a single CD in most places. Bonus tracks are ace.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 9 January 2006 02:45 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Yeah, True Meaning is by far his best. It's short and sweet, every tracks a winner, no stupid skits

― gaseous (gaseous), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 01:35 (nineteen years ago)

The Realness is just as good as True Meaning.

Both versions of "Fallen Soldiers", "Thun & Kicko", "Unforgiven", "Glory Days", "Raps A Hustle" and "They Forced My Hand" are all top-notch.

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

three on H.N.I.C. (search)

― held tony (held tony), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

in some other thread dk got mad at me for saying i didn't like the realness

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

verbal graffiti is one of the dopest tracks.

― held tony (held tony), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

"Thun and Kicko" is raw as fuck! Dude murdered P.

However, he got embarrassed by Ghostdini on "Tony/Montana" there's just no fucking with that verse

― kid mush, Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:11 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

feeling born and raised, love how mega's sorta impervious to current trends and just puts hot shit out that sounds like it coulda came out anytime in the last 20 years

― k3vin k., Friday, 23 October 2009 21:33 (sixteen years ago)

did this leak

― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 21:41 (sixteen years ago)

oh it came out ... nice

― i got nothin (deej), Friday, 23 October 2009 21:43 (sixteen years ago)

its good but its def not as good as true meaning or realness (which i like now) (its prob better than 'legal hustle') -- him or ayatolah (i def still think true meaning is his best)

Large Pro has the best beat on this imo -- either him or ayatollah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip9IkqTtHX0

― i got nothin (deej), Saturday, 24 October 2009 07:04 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

I think The Realness is absolutely awful, beats, rhymes, the whole thing. True Meaning is where its at, Ellis was right about the good songs on Legal Hustle but mostly thats a dog too. The double-disc Realness+truemeaning+bonustracks is worth it for the bonus tracks, and that it's the price of a single CD in most places. Bonus tracks are ace.
― deej.. (deej..), Sunday, January 8, 2006 8:45 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this has to be one of my most rong posts ever

― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Monday, 1 November 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

ten years pass...

All that gangster shit was missing when I experienced my first tornado just now 😅 lol. Be careful out there
— CORMEGA (@iamcormega) September 1, 2021

― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 23:58 (four years ago)

classic obv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6KTuCCfwk

― a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls (Spottie), Thursday, 2 September 2021 00:02 (four years ago)

true meaning is a really great album

― brimstead, Thursday, 2 September 2021 00:42 (four years ago)

was listening to legal hustle the other day, really good album too

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 2 September 2021 02:13 (four years ago)

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