Top 10 Greatest (East) #21

Cormega

He's not 10 to me, but he's dope

Maybe one day, he still has not made that one bonafied classic album to me yet.

Cormega's in my top 15.

i agree hes dope as hell but outside the top 10

Neither quite easily

Top 10 quite easily - three classic albums - better than nas - nuff said.

Nas is a TRILLION times better than Cormega. He's a legend and widely considered a GOAT. Cormega not so much.

Nas is Tom Brady, Cormega is Matt Cassell.

Cormega is Satchel Paige, Nas is Warren Spahn.

Slang Editorial wrote:

i agree hes dope as hell but outside the top 10

Ditto...

I just got into his work like a week ago, though. I may not be the best judge for this one...

Cormega wouldn't make my Top 50 on the East Coast, maybe 100 if he's lucky.

Nas is so far superior to this clown it's ridiculous. Mega bit the hand that fed him. If it weren't for Nas, he wouldn't have gotten the little commercial shine he did get.

Nas beats him in EVERY catagory. Lyricism, Catalog, Impact, Influence, Sales. It's not even close.

Nas is WIDELY considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, and Cormega isn't even a blip on the radar screen.

Dude ain't fuckin with Nas, anybody who thinks so is simply not a Nas fan. Point blank, period.

And before y'all go saying "Oh, you're just not a Mega fan" well I'd say that Powell, Esco, and Slang are Mega fans and they'd tell you that Nas is the better MC.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you're a Nas fan...

Kopasetick wrote:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you're a Nas fan...

Lol.......and Nas has lost his touch over the years.

Kopasetick wrote:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you're a Nas fan...

I don't think it's the fact that he's a Nas fan that makes him so extreme. He's really not a Mega fan at all. A lot of people who are fans of both would admit that the gap is closer than KJ thinks.

"Cormega wouldn't make my Top 50 on the East Coast, maybe 100 if he's lucky."

Come on, KJ. Cormega is easily top 50 on the East and you know it. That said, top 10 for me

Not in my top 10, but I love him and another classic to go along with his UNDISPUTABLE classic the realness and classic to some the true meaning and he make wiggle in at #10.

Realness is not a undisputable classic, it's a good album no doubt but come on. If KJ is a fanboy of Nas than you are a fanboy Mega. Biiiiiiiiitch!

Yes, indisputable classic.

Tha Realness is an indisputable classic. To my recollection Mega pushed huge numbers for that album when it dropped because it was so widely heralded and recognized.

Huge numbers?? What it went triple plat? Let's not over hype the thing and SRP I know you know betta your just trying to get under peoples skin. Steve does not know any betta but I expect betta from you.

I believe he sold in the 150-200K range for a CD with no promotion back in the early part of this decade on an independent label. To me that was pretty huge for me. He sold enough to be able to start his own label, buy the masters for Testament from def jam.

His second CD was also called Underground Album of the Year by The Source at the time.

I mean you and KJ already have it in your mind about Mega, so it's whatever, but the reality of the situation is slightly different than how you see it.

Not in my top 10, but he's close.

SRP I really like Mega and of course I can't prove it and won't try too but The Realness got Most Slept On album of the year for The Source also. I bought the Realness on my own whelm when I saw it in the store so I am down with Mega trust me. And thsoe are good numbers for a independent album.

I don't doubt Realness got most slept on. But True Meaning is the one that got album of the year.

You can't make a case for K-Rino being a top rapper, but then flip and say Cormega doesn't have the credentials to compete with a nas.

I've seen no pro reviews giving The Realness 5 stars, the most I've seen it get was 4, which is what I give it as well.

The Realness is a good album, but it can't hang with Illmatic or even Doe or Die for that matter.

KJ Styles wrote:

I've seen no pro reviews giving The Realness 5 stars

Sure you have. You just saw Southern Rap Pro give it a 5...lol

But really, what is a pro reviewer anyway? I don't trust any critic.

Alan wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

I've seen no pro reviews giving The Realness 5 stars

Sure you have. You just saw Southern Rap Pro give it a 5...lol

But really, what is a pro reviewer anyway? I don't trust any critic.

I was just making a point that The Realness is not an UNDISPUTED classic.

Albums like Illmatic, Paid In Full, Ready To Die, Criminal Minded, 36 Chambers, Aquemini, Mama Said Knock You Out, Straight Outta Compton, and the like are undisputed classics. The Realness isn't in that class.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

I don't doubt Realness got most slept on. But True Meaning is the one that got album of the year.

You can't make a case for K-Rino being a top rapper, but then flip and say Cormega doesn't have the credentials to compete with a nas.

Where did I say Mega can't compete with Nas? You are doing a little to much grouping together with that statement. I agree with KJ that Nas catalog overall is betta than Mega's but I disagree with him that Nas is so far ahead of Mega lyrically. Matter of fact I think Mega is the street lyricists Nas always wanted to be but since he did not really live that life he can't talk it like Mega does.

KRob86 wrote:

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

I don't doubt Realness got most slept on. But True Meaning is the one that got album of the year.

You can't make a case for K-Rino being a top rapper, but then flip and say Cormega doesn't have the credentials to compete with a nas.

Where did I say Mega can't compete with Nas? You are doing a little to much grouping together with that statement. I agree with KJ that Nas catalog overall is betta than Mega's but I disagree with him that Nas is so far ahead of Mega lyrically. Matter of fact I think Mega is the street lyricists Nas always wanted to be but since he did not really live that life he can't talk it like Mega does.

Your statements leading up to this gave the impression that you were siding with KJ and that you felt that way. Also, my point is that if we can consider K-Rino as having classics and he has nowhere near the recognition of Cormega, then it is not beyond the scope to say that Cormega has classics as well -even if both get slept on my major media outlets and fans.

But I understand that Rino has no universal classics he has regional classics i'm sure and personal classics for some of us but none universal.