TRUE MEANING- CORMEGA
Introspective
Nice beat produced by Emile…..its short and sweet…he comes at you hard…good flow ..rapping were he comes from…..introducing what hes goin to rapp about during this cd….a good way to start off this album…shoot outs to biggie …and indirectly disses jay-z and nas for battling over the king of NEW YORK….
“Before rap my name was ringing in the projects
We took the block and props of every gram cooked
The rap game a change gon' come like Sam Cook
And Big didn't give the crown up and this means
his unwilling departure still makes him king”
Cor-mega, will forever still born in Bedstuy, never ran never will
My life is very real a tribeam couldn't measure my skill
or +True Meaning+ who wanna bring it, I'm right here...
I give this intro a…………………8.6
Verbal GraFFti
Another short track , no hook but still a good track to listen to, Again cormega always flow good….The melody sound good…its original for a rapp album……it’s produced by Hangmen 3.……this track is about what he brings to the game….. …and why the industry wanted to keep him out..
“They try to condemn me
Sprewell of rap, they even try to suspend me
Yet a thug nigga rise
People are snakes, and justice is blind
My jury is my gun at my side”
“If you want it
I don't give a fuck, nigga
Rapper slash Drug dealer
Slash I bust my gun, nigga
Slash your face with a rug, nigga
What's the meaning (echoes 9x)”
I give this track a……………………8.8
Live Ya Life
A nice beat by J Waxx………… this track is like a 2pac “keep ya head up”……his talkin to a women who’s live threw so many probles like drug addiction, and her kids are hardheaded……but its not a negative track………its very positive… the chorus goes……like……..
Chorus: (Singing)
This Life, Oh this life
I promise to keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on strugglin'
I'm gonn do it right
So there won't have to be no troubles in my life
“He said his friends ain't there for him
He wished he'd listened when you said they don't care for him
Every night, before you sleep you say a pray for him
You even blame yourself cause you couldn't pay bail for him”
Very good song……10
The True Meaning
Produced by…D.R.Period……..it has a sample of a girl singing..
“Out there, (out there, out there)
In the street you know, (in the street you know)
I'm strugglin', (strugglin')
Trying to survive…”
Rapping about the ghetto and what it like to live in a troubled way……it a really deep track…. One of the deepest track on this cd……
“Yo son I reminisce this ghetto life and shed a tear
For my niggas who walkin' up heaven stairs
I met men in penitentiaries
Who bent down so long they barely missed the street”
I give this track a…………………10
A thin line
Produced by Buckwild…………he talkin to a fake ass nigga who snitched on his friend………to save his own ass………and just sayin how could someone pick the cops over the street…….and they he lost all is respect in the streets……and compares him to the most famous snitch “ SAMMY the BuLL~SHIT“….I can relate to this track cause I’ve had someone snitch on me before……….and you feel like you’ve been betrayed…..
“Only a fake nigga would respect you
You went against the cause and signed papers
The signatures yours thats that bullshit pardon me
?Sammy the bullshit? take the stand betraying the fam”
This is dedicated to all the fake ass bastards out there……..10
The Legacy
This track is produced by Alchemist…………he jus shoot out all his homie from queens……no hook….jus rhymes for like 3 mins………doesn’t fall off topic……it’s dedicated to all his dogs… Cormega is a real nigga…and didn’t forget who he came up with………
No need for anymore explaining……………8.6
Love in Love out
This is a track towards nAs…produced by J. LOve……and he brings out the sensitive part of Mega……he was loyal to Nas , and Nas betrayed him……..…good rhyming,and flow……this is one of my Favorite hooks…
“Love in, Love out
Nowaways is no honor, only drama
Your friend today can be your enemy tomorrow
Never show weakness, tell 'em no secrets
What's deep is, I had love for you
But due to situations, I can't fuck with you
Trust is a luxury I can't afford
Betrayal's something that I can't ignore”
Deserves a…………………………10
The Come uP
It is produced by Large ProFessor..and Large is featured on this track, he is the only artist to be featured on this cd……….this song has no hook jus one verse from each rapper…..the title of the track says is all…
“I'm consumed with, the essence of the street
I'm destined to be, on a level I've yet to see
Son I had 'em so comfortable they slept on me
Like the draft did McGrady, this rap shit is crazy”
Good song……………8.7
Built For This
Another J Waxx production…….no hook again jus another 3 mins of prue rhyming………Cormega is Built for this rap shit……………
”write rhymes with killer instinct, yet to find a nigga iller then me
Some smile at my face, yet they still against me”
“M - for the man
E - executioner
G - get money
A - all my niggas movin up
I'M BUILT FOR THIS”
“Mega live it I'm ghetto, my shit is chromed out
Give me a pen and watch a nigga zone out
I can't believe the shit I spit is from my own mouth”
Crazy track……………9.5
Soul FooD
Again no hook………..just rhyming………….3 verses…….this is a storytelling track……about his girl and when he meat her for the first time and some of the problems he has with her….it’s a good track….fast pace good flow.……
“You telling me this is something you don't wanna hear
But you the type of woman that I don't wanna share, you rare
Imma always be here, if you need me, call me
never think I don't care (echoes: don't care 6x)”
…………….8.4
Take these Jewels
This track is produced by Hi-Tek,,,………it’s a track about Keeping your friends close, enemies closer………….
“Dudes smile in my face with there conspiring ways
Betrayal put Christ in the grave”
This track is real………………………….9.2
Endanered Species
J.LoVe production…….this track is about people that wanna get at Mega…….his just telling em’bring it…I got guns…….
“I'm like a soldier, your life is over
Im'a strike like a cobra and smile like the joker”
He’s really pissed off in this track…………8.7
Therapy
Nice beat by….Hot Day……………………………no hook………so you jus……….
“(*scratching*)Just...Just...Just...Just....Just listen to the man on the mic”…
“I ain't really feelin' niggaz rhymes these days
I coincide each phrase to write so deep my line's engraved
Like a gemstar inside a plate
I'm tryin to live cuz I'mma die one day
If Crime don't pay
My currency's defined off the rhymes I say”
..good flow and a good way to finish off the album……………9
This is a classic album form Cormega………it’s in my Top 10 Favorite records of all time……….Cormega one of the only rappers….to write 100% of his albums………pure independent……….not even 2pac,Dre..lol, Dmx…..any of the top Mainstream artist write 100% of their album so I got to give Mega props……..
I rate this Album a………………………9.2/10
COMING SOON………………’ThE ReaLneSS’ album review
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