best cormega album

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:27 pm

I know most people were disappointed by born & raised. The beats are great but mega lost his energy. "Girl" as dope as it is is basically a new twist on "american beauty." About 4 tracks in the album really takes off though.

Anyway overall I can't front like born & raised is better than his early 2000s albums. I'm taking

The testament
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Realness/true meaning
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born & raised

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:34 pm

The True Meaning is my favorite, but if I was going to say what his best is, it's a toss up between The Testament and The Realness. Probably go with The Realness.

But for some reason, The True Meaning is my favorite Mega album.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:38 pm

True Meaning
Realness
Testament

Don't think The Testament is all that to be honest.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:39 pm

Realness. But his first 3 were all pretty fucking good.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:40 pm

true meaning

Rob Banks · Post by **Rob Banks** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:42 pm

The Testament's a little rough around the edges.

I'd have to go with "The Realness". I played that tape heavy circa 2001. And it still receives moderate burn today.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:58 pm

Of course it's The Realness. Some of the best streetraps I've heard delivered with Mega's smooth flow (before it turned lethargic) and probably a top 10 album of the 00's. Classic album with hardhitting bangers, Thun & Kicko, Get Out Of My Way, You Don't Want It, and heartfelt songs where I almost have to pinch myself to avoid weeping, Fallen Soldier, Saga, R U My Nigga.

ManOfSteele1 · Post by **ManOfSteele1** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:31 pm

They all are letdowns with about one or two songs worthy of remembering because of very boring beat selection.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:45 pm

i lost my cormega albums, can a nigga get the realness and the true meaning on pm or something

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:48 pm

Piff Tannen wrote:can a nigga get the realness and the true meaning on pm or something

hilarious when taken out of context of the conversation

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:01 pm

drizzle wrote:
Piff Tannen wrote:can a nigga get the realness and the true meaning on pm or something

hilarious when taken out of context of the conversation

LOL, felt like I was reading an alt.rap group posting. Thread title = The truth behind 2Pac's death and $ymbol1sm on the Makaveli album.

J Dub · Post by **J Dub** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:58 pm

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Of course it's The Realness. Some of the best streetraps I've heard delivered with Mega's smooth flow (before it turned lethargic) and probably a top 10 album of the 00's. Classic album with hardhitting bangers, Thun & Kicko, Get Out Of My Way, You Don't Want It, and heartfelt songs where I almost have to pinch myself to avoid weeping, Fallen Soldier, Saga, R U My Nigga.

Agreed on pretty much all of this.

Also, this is probably as good a place as any to post up the remix to The Saga that came out with the special edition. Fucking amazing:

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ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:38 pm

Verbal Graffiti and Built For This are two of my fav. tracks by him. The True Meaning by far. But his other albums got some bangers too.

aeokq · Post by **aeokq** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:58 pm

Born & Raised on the strength of this cut alone:

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I feel that may be Ayatollah's best beat ever. The a capella leading into that song makes it even better.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:32 pm

Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Of course it's The Realness. Some of the best streetraps I've heard delivered with Mega's smooth flow (before it turned lethargic) and probably a top 10 album of the 00's. Classic album with hardhitting bangers, Thun & Kicko, Get Out Of My Way, You Don't Want It, and heartfelt songs where I almost have to pinch myself to avoid weeping, Fallen Soldier, Saga, R U My Nigga.

thun & kicko is marred by punch ins :(

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:36 pm

ManOfSteele1 wrote:They all are letdowns with about one or two songs worthy of remembering because of very boring beat selection.

mega has some of the best beat selection out there. besides havoc no big time producers were really lookin out for him (maybe there was one ayatolla beat on there too? or is that true meaning)

american beauty for example you might say it's a played out sample but mega produced that himself. that's how it was. then with a little attention he got pete rock on the next one etc.

then with born & raised he put out a better produced album than most rappers 10x more famous than him can. beat selection is his strong point

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:42 pm

The Realness by far.

i really hated Born and Raised, im more of a fan of the "My Brothers Keeper" album he did with Lake.

also the new joint Raw Forever is ok, old joints remixed by a band.

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:39 pm

The True Meaning is probably my fave, but I can't stand idly by and let some of you clowns disrespect Born & Raised. I'm not saying it's better than The Realness or True Meaning, but it sits comfortably beside those. "Make It Clear" is one of Primo's best beats in ages, and "The Other Side" is one of the best songs in Mega's entire catalog.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:26 pm

Funny how no mentions "Who I Am." That album was such a let down. And I agree with ILLatino about "Born & Raised," "The Other Side" is great and "Rapture" is phenomenal. Red Alert's old ass is hilarious on "Mega Fresh X."

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:40 pm

to me mega fresh x was the only wack song on born & raised. yo if born & raised came out 1 or 2 years after true meaning people would love it. it just took so long to come out people got their expectations up.

who i am isn't really a mega album, it has like 3 songs by him. fun fact i was looking through my special edition cd & it says "coming soon dona: my brother's keeper" guess she got pushed to the side when lake came out

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:19 pm

Shit, I was diggin' Dona's verses on that Legal Hustle comp. I wonder what happened to her.

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:15 pm

yeah seems like he bit the bullet when people hated on Dona and let her go..she wasnt all that bad tho...that album had its moments...its also the home to one of Ghost's most technical verses.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:18 pm

One thing about Mega I think I like about him is that he is a smooth yet kinda cold-blooded on the mic. Sincere in what he speaks on. His dealer raps are very believable. I caught up late on the other albums because I took some time to check out Tha Realness more.

:lastweek:

on Legal Hustle for me even though I've heard some of it before. Co-sign on Dona. Whatever happened to her?