Cormega-One love(letter to Nas)

[antfree22]

So under rated. This is a great mc! On that list of top mc's. Respect!!

[hip2thabone]

Now this is how hiphop should sound like!

[BTSdivision]

THE Chorus is to deep.. R.i.p to all the fallen soldiers (One love)

[Heyhey2545]

Crazy sick beat! Greazy!

[theinfamous888]

NY was like an ocean of rap talent from 1986-2001. Cormega, Kool G, Nas, Mobb deep, Gangstarr, AZ, Wu tang, Biggie, 2pac (born in East Harlem), Big L, Jay-z, Jeru the damaja, Big pun, DMX, Camron, Busta Rhymes, Camp Lo, The Fugees, Mase, Junior Maifa, CNN, Fat Joe, DITC (lord finnese, diamond d etc)

Pete rock, Slick rick, LL cool J, Run DMC, Public enemy, Beastie boys, 50 cent,

I know im missing a lot of names but NYC will always be the Kingdom of rap

[fitzsyisbeast]

@theinfamous888 Guru from Gangstarr is from MA, and Primo is from CA, he only went to NY because he wasn't being shown much love in MA.

[HipHopHead187]

@fitzsyisbeast u rite bout Guru, but Primo is originally from houston,tx & then moved 2 brooklyn. read his bio.

-HipHopHead187-

[theinfamous888]

Imagine if cormega,nas,az,mobb deep,biggie,big l and wu tang had a super NY song together back in say 1995 (with RZA producing with Havoc of course). I know it sounds like a pipe dream but a fan can dream.

[bunkie90]

dis shit iss too thugged out

[youlookgoodtoday]

this is some shit i can bump in my car

[RelaxednCaIm]

this is one of mega's best joints to me.

[Frankii3]

come to toronto make a track with my homie fuk nass ill kill him fo u mega anytime

[TheSwali]

dont really give a shit about the drama between mega and nas.. all i care about is that im listening to good HIP HOP

[westbgee]

@TheSwali word yo

[BMOREBLOODGANG]

Corniest cormega all u hip hop queers

[blazin4204ever]

@BMOREBLOODGANG ur a fagget kid:) cormega is illest out htere nowa days

[BMOREBLOODGANG]

@blazin4204ever only faggots make smiley faces u bitch nigga stfu cormega aint bangin no mo..shit been up since April 08 only 87k fuck outta here u smokin 2 much dope..get yo mind right foo

[LEGALHUSTLERECORDS]

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[HipHopHead187]

@LEGALHUSTLERECORDS Is dis Mega fo real? lol

[greendagger87]

@HipHopHead187 yea he wrote this when he was locked up

[azzie916]

@LEGALHUSTLERECORDS This my shit all the way from cali 916

[LyricalWeaver]

Mega.. Mega.. Whatevah

[sidso1o]

Ayo! If you're down with hip hop or ganjah, then peep the vids on my channel & make sure u google "Virginia's 4 Bubblers Mixtape" & download it 4 FREE !!!! Homebaze !

[immrmojorisin]

mega montana obviously owns. in the bit on your lyrics with the question marks, isn't it "for trying to get tough"?

[MrZangetsu468]

mega owns this beat

[realmusicrealtalent1]

this is shit branded 'realmusicrealtalent'

[greenlanded]

Real Talk!!!

[kungfuheadband]

I got this single from a vinyl pool when it was supposed to come out in 96. Flip side...the testament. it was the only way to get it at the time.

[h00may841]

fuckin sicknessss! MEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[daoriginalsupastar]

we can agree that Cormega is highly underated and underappreciated

[moacez]

i know everyone thinks its a diss why would mega diss someone who just tributed to him.lol i know some people are crazy but damn that would be fucked up

[hfhghjhbjhjhhh]

two great rappers showin tribute to one another

[FLYBOY9157]

THE ILLEST TOO DO IT ON THE LOW..

[dshev462]

destroy and rebuild by nas will explain it all....check it out, great track

[dshev462]

all i gotta say is check this track "destroy and rebuild" by nas, you will understand

[Wu2pac]

i hate the faggot nas stans that try to claim cormega isn't a skilled MC just because he dissed Nas.....shits stupid

Im not sure who i prefer out of the two of them, but Cormega and Nas are two of my favourite MCs and two of the best as well. so real hip hop fans should show respect to both of them, Cormega had his reasons for dissing nas

but they're cool now anyway....so its all good :)

[eagletalonpl]

@Wu2pac

[bagguvix666]

seem like serious shit man

[rmassie11]

heard this shit on Clue, forgot which clue

[HipPopIsWACK]

holy shit that was ill

[DTOXuno]

both these nikkuh get down!

[Trillmatic239]

Destroy & Rebuild.

[wittlebo]

I haven`t got a clue what he`s going on about but its a good tune isn`t it! I love the baseline, so simple!

[3i6htyThirdKlxC]

i love both these rappers but nas is the greatest of all time..

[realinsite]

YO I've been trying to find the best of Queensbridge Mixtape FOREVER !!! Anyone know where I can get that sh!t?

[YOYOdaMOOSE]

Born and Raised was rly good

[gambino617]

u couldnt touch a jack unless u had ox or box cutters... real shit

[ProfoundSteez]

Nah dog you need to check out his new album Born and Raised

[OdiseyThe]

cormega's flow is forced. it isnt smooth like eminem or nas or mobb deep

[ShutTheFuckUp0809]

yea thats why he never blew up nationally and only stayed known in NYC. Even now a days he prolly doesnt get much recognition. Hes a dope rapper thou he just lost it after the turn of the century. No good shit has come from him since the late 1990s.

[Jski94]

@ShutTheFuckUp0809 Did you just say Mega hasn't released any good shit since the late 90's? Are you fucking stupid? Go listen to The Realness, The True Meaning, Born and Raised, and Legal Hustle Vol. 1. Cormegas been the illest for years and still is.

[Ali3343]

Sick lyrics

[ahset]

wtf I can't help but notice how the hook sounds like "one mic". Then I did some research, this track was produced in the mid 90's and the album was set to drop in 1996. "stillmatic" and "one mic dropped in 2002?

[ThEstanBy]

@ahset

ummm...i'm pretty sure this song came out in 2005 sooo idk what your talking about

[ahset]

@ThEstanBy it came out before that. mega never released it until he was able to own his own record company. I'm sure it hit the street before it was "release" on mixtapes. Much like jay z released takeover before he dropped it on blueprint.

[RelaxednCaIm]

how is "all i need is one mic" and this sound a like?

[ahset]

one mic, one beat, one stage, one nigga front my face...

one love, one life one mind dreaming, son one day...

maybe it's just me.

[RelaxednCaIm]

nas the message "one life, one love, so there can only be one king"

[ahset]

that was in it was written, after illmatic. Mega immediately responded to nas "one love" when illmatic was dropped.

[RelaxednCaIm]

no, this was made after it was written, cormega was locked up until 95, and didn't start recording this album until after it was written came out, after steve stout removed him from the firm.

[ahset]

Cormega started to record with def jam after he came out of jail and it was written was not finished yet as cormega was even guest in "affirmative action". The recording date could have overlapped but it will never seem that way because def jam never released his album until his contract expired. Mega's one love was a direct response to nas' one mic. He even says so at the beginning. "dear nas, waddup son, it's mega, I got your letter.."

[RelaxednCaIm]

i know it's a response, but saying all i need is one mic one one stage, isn't the same as saying there's one love, one life, one mind dreaming... then i could say cormega bit q-tip for the original hook.

[ahset]

I get what your saying but one mic dropped after they fell off. Nas tells alot of stories on destroy and rebuild but mega came back with "a slick response". Also mega told a sad story on "love in love out." I used to like nas, but I eventually put the pieces together. I mean, he went on like a drama queen saying hip hop is dead and then he drops pop shit like "hero". I dunno man. They're cool now so whatever. People always talk about how good the old shit was. When did he sell his soul?

[RelaxednCaIm]

i don't really believe in souls and all that so idk...

cormega does the same thing as nas in his own way, he claims to hate fake thugs, and his own man lakey the kid says prodigy's a fake and that sticking up for fake niggas makes u fake, but cormega still supports prodigy... so on that note, i don't really take what they all say about each other to heart... i listen to music.  check out "africa must wake up", the old nas is still in there somewhere

[ahset]

I didn't mean he sold his soul literally. But all of a sudden his hip hop stuff had some rock and shit on hip hop is dead. Then he did shit with chris brown? He was clearly raised by the media to promote obama. I mean, all of a sudden his stuff sounded mainstream? He disses fox news right when bush was on his way out so he got alot of air time with that stunt. This is borderline concious rap and im too tired to get into that. All I'm saying, someone bought him out. I'll listen to that song...

[RelaxednCaIm]

actually, fox news dissed him first, when he was going give free concert at virginia tech...

he sounded mainstreem in late 99 as well, and in 2000 with oochie wallie.

[NastyNasRules]

@ahset nas sold out early in his career but since then hes been on the right path,

if u listen to the whole of unititled you wouldnt say he sold his soul,

nas is as lyrical as ever and a beast on the mic, name me a better mc,

[dominickmckesson]

@NastyNasRules rakim raekwon lol thats just alive i like nas those hes in the top 3 for alive rappers my top 10 tho would be pac biggie eazy big l rakim raekwon nas the game andre3000 and dolla if he aint die rip dolla

[Jski94]

@NastyNasRules name an mc better then Nas? Um, Cormega. Mega is ten times the rapper Nas is lyrically. And I love Nas's music.

[iEmGhost]

@NastyNasRules Nas didn't sell out. That's why he doesn't sell.

Selling = Means nothing.

Nas is GOAT

[conradicus360]

@ahset Yo the hooks arnt similar at all. at first you might think but there not.

[MrZangetsu468]

@ahset Kind of like the whole 'God bless the dead' fiasco with Tupac & Stretch. 2 tracks get cut from "Ready to Die" & Pac fell off with BIG and Stretch; 'House of Pain' (feat Tupac) was one of the tracks that got cut. In 97 when 2pac GH comes out we hear 'God Bless the dead' with Pac & Stretch which has nearly the exact same rif as 'Suicidal Thoughts'. Imo that last track after BIG shoots himself on R2D would be 'God bless the dead' which is why Pac says "Rest in Peace to m-f- biggie smalls"

[GAYROBOTS]

@ahset thats because NaS stole his style from Mega

[thisizhegznogz]

i u luv chris brown u love the cock.

[brownsugar976]

one love, one life, one mind dreaming

son one day I'm leaving

one thug showing you love for one reason

for all my niggaz thats locked down and bleeding

[poinone]

i dont get it why is he responding to him on ''one love'' did nas mean to diss him on the song one love or what?

[HipHopHead187]

nah Nas aint dissin him on "One love", its a letter of tribute cuz mega waz locked up at da

time & for those who arent livin here 2day. So

Mega wrote his version of da song "One love" as a letter 2 thank Nas for da tribute. Just read da lyrics i provided along wit da song 2 see wat both meant wit therr songs.

[poinone]

good lookin

[HipHopHead187]

no doubt dunn

[BOTOM4N]

@HipHopHead187

didnt this all start when cormega got booted from "the firm" and nature took his spot..

[earthsaylove]

@HipHopHead187 Dope I grew up in the system much as I don't condone crime style I def relate to letters!

[HipHopHead187]

@earthsaylove word i feel that.

[iEmGhost]

@poinone One Love is a letter Nas wrote sending shout outs to his dudes in jail. He had a verse for Cormega.

[conradicus360]

@poinone LOL no......

[CalvinJR1560]

@poinone nas sent him a letter called one love

[paulisnotdeadprime]

alright i will say why i think cormega is better than nas but don't insult me.

I think he's better 'coz ALL of his albums are dope. the beats are really cool. the only nas good albums are Illmatic (it's a classic i can't deny it) and It was written.

cormega got much better lyrics than nas, he doesn't say he's tony montana or shit. He talks about real shit, life in queensbridge and all that. Nas did that only in Illmatic. After that, he always talks about a mafioso lifestyle.

[jdeebz01]

umm ok so ur telling me that and i respect ur ppion before i get started cormegas my second fav artist but to say it was written and illlmatic only good albuums nas has dropped man thats very wrong nas has more good albums then mega but u see albums vs albums no point since nas has dropped more albums then mega of coz hed win and besides men cormega and nas finished their beef so its all over whose better and i gotta say to true mega dosent have aounce of sell out in him but u put his deepst

[jdeebz01]

songs against nases deepest nas will win but yo i understand ur oppion and respect it mega is the most underated cat in the game more underrated then AZ even

[xoxoluv94]

go queens ^_-

[HipHopHead187]

word is bond!!! corona,Queens rite here!!!!!!

[xoxoluv94]

XD i love the corona iciessss :X

queens is hawt

[liquid12677]

Nas Fuck up a lot of niggz in queens. His all about his self. He thinks he runs queens fuck him! Nore said it best share queens Run dmc , LL cool j . He fuck up queens unity ! I hope that chick get more child suport!

[poinone]

how did he fuck up alot of niggas in queens?

[slicoa]

whdunkly your suck a fag lol, first of all nas has nothing on cormega, cormega fucking shits on him. and if you think nas is better then you must have been shit on too

[keezydadon]

wtf nas is way better than cormega nigga cant ever touch nas lyrically or delivery wise nigga sound like a imitation ass nas.

[casso9]

wtf is wrong wit u?? y r u comparin dem? dis is jus a letter back 2 nas.. n i think its dope, mega's underrated...he sounds different than nas..u're probably one of those kids who cant appreciate music n jus dick ride...geez let mega get his!

[DJLocksTripleRRR]

for a correction on the lyrics in the info... in the 3rd verse where u wrote ?Nostra? ..he said Nostrand which is Nostrand Ave in brooklyn

[HipHopHead187]

yo good lookin out son. yea usually lyrics copied for da net r wrong. I be fixin'em but if i 4got 2 do da corrections.

[Piffen4L]

Mega was way ahead of his time...

[sleezusaves]

yeah mega would murder nas, nas never did time mega did yearssssssssss. not saying it makes you raw to do time but you know whats its like to live in the jungle survival of the fittest motherfucker

[Whiran]

Ain't about street survival, it's a lyrical battle. I think Nas could give a shit about street life now that he has the money to avoid it.

[0194D]

Im pretty sure that survivin the jungle also has a part where you have to avoid the cops, nobody knows whos really done what unless they've been locked up and if you been locked up, you was runnin fast enough or you just aint smart enough to plan a get away. im not saying cormega is slow or dumb im saying there are all types of ways to be taken down in the jungle, and i guess nas wants to say away from all that, and never go back, theres some ppl who have seen so much its to go back.

[SammyLovesLukee]

Hahaa <3 Luke Johnson Doeee [L]. x

[LJ009GREEN]

sammyz kennyzz fit an sheez got sexiestt ass

[SammyLovesLukee]

LJ009GREEN is a stink :)

[SammyLovesLukee]

i Love Luke Xx

[SammyLovesLukee]

92SCOUSE iis Sexiii (L). xxx

[LJ009GREEN]

am 92scouse

[LJ009GREEN]

r weed takes the piss tho u gota admit dat

[zerominus82]

Cormega is ill period, he just has a little speech impediment.

[BlakPanther9]

Cromega is a real nigga, Nas fucked him over, they used to roll together n Nas fucked him over

[whdunkley]

your a real faggot there cool now and nas would murder cormega since he is  a real man

[whitewidow777]

<3 mega....so dope

[suneelj93]

hottest track ever

[whitewidow777]

man fa real this shit is nice as fuck

[92SCOUSE]

u wana get to tuebrook in liverpool u yank muvafukkerz den ule c da real shit

[NJP2oo9]

Your part of the problem why UK hip-hop aint getting the recognition it deserves. Respect NY, the birthplace of hip-hop .. only then will fuckas show UK the respect

[whitewidow777]

wow england motherfuckers always wanna be talkin shit on americans like they're hard..i bet you try to find a way to make your speech sound not so soft and polite cuz ur fake... why dont you go have some tea and crumpets and go lick the queens ass... cheerio mothafucka

[shutthehellupplz]

jahahaha word

[LJ009GREEN]

ya silly cunt fuk u u talk my language if u 4got u greaseball

[whdunkley]

he is clowning

[DblePunch]

Nah, to be real tho, ppl in the UK have bar fights all the time. And i mean serious outbreak fights with knives and stuff, and this is teenagers mostly. but here in america its mostly bang bang pop. but im not picking sides of uk vs ny tho

[whitewidow777]

ya i know theres tons of thugs over there, most of them are those soccer firms though.

[MIKEREZIN]

i doubt that mATE. UK aint that crazy my nigg ur kiddig ur self

[DblePunch]

I'm not from the UK so i wouldnt be bias in what i say, and what i say is factual, just google UK violence rate, and click the 2nd link,

[liquid12677]

You CATs are say who ACD

[liquid12677]

Everybody from QB is nice even that cat ACD

[Shoujoboy51]

All I know is this isn't a Diss so I don't now what everyone is talking about.

I think since then they've patched things up.

[MeloMaloPaulino]

this is cormega's answer to nas's one love in which he gave a shout out to mega " wattup with cormega did you see em are yal together, if so then hold the fort down represent to the fullest... say wattup to herb ice and bullet..."

[Shoujoboy51]

I know.

I have "The Testament" and "illmatic"

[chewypooh2]

cormega succz cormega succz cormega succz nas is better face it cormega alwayz makin halve booty disses

[jmayhse]

the realness "boss of all bosses"

[SexiestBitchHere]

Damn, he's pretty good....

[4Robots]

man nas can't touch this dude/ this is real talk, not that fake ass wisdom wannabe MC shit. Know what time it is.....or don't try to fuckin act like it

[shadowh4ck]

regardless of nas' style.. cormega's will never be on his level lyrically.

..ever

[47trerock]

im sorry i dont wanna sound like a dumass but is he still in jail and what did he do

[HipHopHead187]

In 1994 he got outta jail. He had drug & gun charges. & Now he's has an independent record label called "Legal Hustle records" & in 2007 he dropped album/DVD called "Who am I?"

[infinitiondubs]

Do you the name of the track that is on the 1st song on Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na CD..."Intro...The Chicken Coop" Cormega spits for about 10-15 seconds...?

[DocBombay690]

I think it's got ripped up and stiched up for trying to get tough

[DanJah88]

nas and mega kool now

[JoseCasado162]

Nas >>>>>>>> Mega..

cormega is nice as hell..

but idk why he's trying Nas for..

if Nas is the king of music!

[gatorforlife44]

i agree 100%

[samjones747]

nas was dissing mega about mega getting shot,

mega got shot in 1996 or so

nas was dissing mega about the shooting in 2001

lol do the math why was nas trying to diss mega ??

go what Who am I DVD by cormega

nas just didnt want to be out shined

[HipHopHead187]

lol i have da DVD. lol it waz funny, U seen wen 50 sed that Nas used 2 call him OD cuz he wanted da shorty that mega waz fuckin wit?  Nas waz tight & wouldnt stop callin 50. Mega waz talkin bout how Nas waz hatin & showin mad jelousy & sayin that how can Nas be jelous wen Nas got much more.

[Whiran]

Nas never wanted it with Mega, but he had to respond. If he really cared and came hard I think Nas could have beat Mega in his Stillmatic days.

[lcovati]

nas is a phony!!!

[royakilla34]

real real real real !!!!!!!!!!

[jesusasp21]

man why does he have to diss nas he admits hip hop is dead not like all those fag artist

[Shoujoboy51]

WTF are you talking about ?

Hip-Hop is alive and breathing.

[llDjErMzll]

underground, its zombienized right now holla

[Shoujoboy51]

LMAO.

I like pretty much all hip hop though.

Underground, Mainstream, and anything else.

[LeXaDaMuS]

all of you are crazy the reply was 1 then it was nas its just that nas music got out before cormega. and they both came out in the 90's......................

[milflouse]

this was first because the testament was suppose to be megas first album but got shelved that why he left def jam

[Imaaze2]

this is hot, but this dude cant compare with Nas. Nas is the G.O.A.T

[columbusohio72]

Shouldnt have dissed a legend and maybe he could have gotten some shine.

[eklipzer]

which one came in first though?

fuck nas and then this song or was it the other way around?

This bumps....

[bigno9]

this came after fuck nas

[pdm146]

opposite of that ^

this came before fuck nas

they were tight during the recording of this

[bigno9]

no cause this is on The Testament from 2005 fuck nas was 2001

[lamontC139]

this is after fuck nas,

this song was sort of an apology letter to nas in a way, obviously after the beef.

[HipHopHead187]

No he waz actuallly thankin Nas for shoutin him out on "one love"(nas version) but it could also be an apology. But it waz mostly cuz of "One love". listen 2 both versions. Mega is actually rappin bout wat Nas waz kickin on his version of "One love".

[Whiran]

From this to Fuck Nas, hmmm... >.>

[Chriswilson4124]

One of the great hip hop artist that did not get proper recognition!!

[Jallenpoe]

yea i know that but i was jus wonderin if he was still doin something or he jus chillin on an island that not far shoalin..lol

[HipHopHead187]

ohhh lol

[Jallenpoe]

but its cool man..some dudes aint like you ar yall people that i jus ask a simple question of if an artist is still doin something cause you hear so much bubble gum rap..you never will hear of people like cormega or az or talib kweli

[Jallenpoe]

so this a diss too?

[HipHopHead187]

lol nah he's thankin Nas for mentionin Mega's name on Nas' "One love" song. So its just a response song,not a diss.

[Jallenpoe]

o ok makes sense and good thing they squashed all that thou..jus wasnt makin sense first..but what happen wit az?