Sunday, January 19, 2014

01.10

The Realness (Cormega, 2001)

Ooh, this is the worst album I've heard in a long time.  There are one and a half riffs on I Used to Love HER, already one of the more obnoxious songs out there, but it doesn't add anything to it, it just says the same thing using different words.  The minute of Stillmatic Nas devotes to Mega crushes the one plus tracks on here shooting back.  But I mean that's not the important part, the main thing is it's just such stale and generic crime rap, where much of the time you can pin down exactly what's being ripped off.  Fallen Soldier is the only cut that seems remotely personal, and I don't want to sound like a dick, but we've all heard that shit before, and it's not like it's particularly touching or anything in this iteration.  When Tupac or Nas does it you actually feel their losses.  Cormega's a competent rapper but an incredibly uncreative writer.

Choice cuts: Thun & Kicko, Unforgiven, Rap's A Hustle

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