Mega murdered this. Nas was nice too. Nas was laid back and smooth and was painting pictures but Mega was straight spitting darts. I wish they would work today.
You can tell that Nas was bent at the time。He learned from his past mistakes。Plus he was not freestyling。He stepped back and let Cormega shine。Mega is talented and I love all of his work。But Nas is Nas。Nas has the complete package。
nas was jealous of mega and got mentally thrown off when he ran out of writtens. mega's intelligence is unmatched, though i bet he was just trying to shine...not knowing he would OUTSHINE
Axel Minani nas learned from mega and mega helped him get better... thats why nas gif mega the most props on that cd... and that time mega was in.jail thats why they didnt make a song on illmatic
Cormega is well underrated and will forever be one of the Illest MCs. However his whole flow is raw where as Nas is smooth and glides over the tracks and his delivery is on point.
Alec Waniak I know bro I'm really trying to figure out how he never blew. No one knows him down in dallas but whenever I show someone his music their blown away. I'm guessing his problems with nas had something to do with it
Nas never hated on Mega. It was the company that both of them kept that fed them bullshit. Same with Prodigy. A lot of so called riffs could've been solved by eliminating certain people in their circles and actually hashing shit out face to face.
the term freestyle was meant to reference the context of the raps, freestyle just meant "not a song". Bars or verses that are taken out a song and rapped on to another beat/BPM, losses its initial context of being part of a song, making it more a showcase of their random lyrics and style, hence the term. In the 90s until the 2000s rappers did "freestyles" during press runs for their albums and most of them used verses from their upcoming projects.
Mega never stumbled one time.smh the game over look how ready he was.Nas had the fire 🔥 too I got a long list for Queens.south side/ NC Curtflow_Dollaz
Cormega was already a legend in QB before Nas came out. Nas is a master lyricist but he is still mostly a studio rapper. Just check out that other freestyle with Nas and Akinele and you be the judge.
I rapped every Nas verse cause it ended up on an album...megas shit was off the top without question cause you never heard it again...Nas mad talented no question, but Mega heart stronger
that's not true, check out cormega "62 pick ups" you just dont know all the Mega verses because they aren't as iconic as the verses Nas spit from The Message that every hip hop head knows
At this very moment I just realized they incorporated the storyline from Nas-The Message & put the character Black in the movie Belly then played out the scenario through the barbershop scene🤦🏿♂️
Cormega never blew up cause he was strickly stay in the hood keep it real never make sell out songs for a few bucks. One of the reasons he will be illmortalized as one of the illest ever. On a side note never trust a rapper worth over 20 million.
haha.for real.i made a stupid joke to jay-z to get close enough for him to think i was a clown(not that smart enough).he laughed at his homies then as i got close enough to get his attention i asked him what have you really done? and i mean songs not that stupid radio shit that girls buy .not hood cats or regular folkz buy.he had nothing to say.he couldn't even look at me.he left the room real quick.he knew exactly what i was talking about....not the clothing line,the vodka,the music company... non of that shit he knew i didnt think he was a good enough of a rapper like mega or big.or even krazie bone.or vintage tech.hell there is are a lot of rappers in new york better than him.and he's like the richest one.lil kim was better than him back in her day.thats what i love about rap.if its the truth people know.I LOVE MEGA.INSPEKTAH DECK.GZA.....notice how you never hear about those ones.and i never seen GZA with a chain on.he's bout them rhyme skills.that shit speaks for itself.
not the biggest jay fan but dude had madd classics in the 90's... blueprint was a classic too...he's up there with the greats, don't let 'show me what you got' confuse you
Money doesn't make the world go round.its just paper.it doesn't make u a better person.in fact most rich people end up with horrible lives.treachery, lies,deceit, hate or disregard towards the common man,boastful while not having real knowledge.too much temptation.
Gregory Ashley For real man like if every song ruining Foxey Brown verse was replaced by a dope Cormega verse the Firm's album could potentially be the GOAT
James Walton foxy kills shit listen to both unreleased firm la familias....shes dope...but I see what yall r sayin still about just the dudes in the limeup
Cormega is one of my favourite mcs. This wasn't his best work, he comes across alot more poetic on his tracks, go listen to the saga remix, endangered species, fallen soldiers and definetely"I want it back" one of the best testaments to hip hop culture. But he compared himself to al Pacino 3 times in this freestyle.
damn what happened to hip hop man......nas flow is incredible and mega is just dope off the head and written got rhymes for days...firm was never what it could have and should have been....that sadat x beat is ill to rhyme to.
Mega killed it!!! But Nas is a true artist n poet... N can't be touched ... Hes not the illest for raw freestyle he wack actually but pen to paper he the 🐐
@@Discipleofyeshuahamaschiach Nas way better than mega 😂 you have to go Album for album and verse for verse. Nas helped Cormega get the Def Jam deal so he never hated on Mega. Mega can’t make a radio song that’s why he got dropped
Mega murdered this. Nas was nice too. Nas was laid back and smooth and was painting pictures but Mega was straight spitting darts. I wish they would work today.
Franklin Biggett nas was spitting verses from IT WAS WRITTEN
Nas went so in
He spits the verse from the message
But mega is dead💀
2022 the realness 2 your wish came true 🔥
Carmega was like Nas dark rhyme Twin 💯💯
You could tell it just flows through mega effortlessly… dude just doesn’t stop
the firm is the illest collab ever AZ/NAS/MEGA
what about nature?? he's dope too
How Dare You Leave Out Foxy
@@terencewilsonspromdress2006 factzzzz
@@terencewilsonspromdress2006 ikr?
FACTS 💯
Love how Mega mentioned Faith Newman. She's the one that got Nas signed to his first deal.
Mega is pure lyricism Nas is pure written
cormegas a lot deeper than nas in a way. he makes you feel like he does
fuck outta here man... cormega is dope as hell but he aint deeper than nas
What fuckin beat is that
Sean Jean keni burke risin to the top
If you know you know
Mega/loungin like a falcon on a mountain top in Egypt .... Damn smh total beast mode
nas and cormega sound good together i just wish these two would of had a better business situation back then according
cormega was black balled cuz he didn't want to sign to steve stoute, that's the reason the firm flopped no cormega
Facts
Fucking did him dirty
The album went platinum it’s was Steve Stoute playing sides he only wanted nas to shine
Facts
2nd intro sad at X stages n lights
You can tell that Nas was bent at the time。He learned from his past mistakes。Plus he was not freestyling。He stepped back and let Cormega shine。Mega is talented and I love all of his work。But Nas is Nas。Nas has the complete package。
no megas like one of nas idols he was probably high not drunk
nas was jealous of mega and got mentally thrown off when he ran out of writtens. mega's intelligence is unmatched, though i bet he was just trying to shine...not knowing he would OUTSHINE
+harry snuts jealous how at 16 he was writing illmatic what was cormega doing
Axel Minani nas learned from mega and mega helped him get better... thats why nas gif mega the most props on that cd... and that time mega was in.jail thats why they didnt make a song on illmatic
nah man mega over nas lyrically , and mega is about what he Spitz nas was jealous cuz mega was a better real version of him. nas is nice though
Thats freestyle thats 30% written and 70% off the top just high level lyrics!
Nah, most of Nas's verses ended up on It was Written: Message & Take it Blood & Nas is Coming.
yea, Cormega's stuff is from Montana Diary and 62 Pick Up
Flip the numbers around actually lol
Mega is the only person i can think of that bodies everyone hes on a song with. Nas, P, anyone
I mostly agree with that except the one track he did with pun, rhyme for rhyme. That track is just way too short
Naw is the greatest ever of all time 80s 90s 2000s 2010s 4 decades + god bless you this Jordan from Minnesota Northside
Cormega is well underrated and will forever be one of the Illest MCs. However his whole flow is raw where as Nas is smooth and glides over the tracks and his delivery is on point.
R.I.P. PRODIGY
The real hip hop era the 1990's & 1980's 👌🏿💯
Loungin..like a falcon on a mountain top in Egypt 🏅 smooth
That Sadat X cut sounds crispy in 2022 👍
I will forever remember this like it was yesterday mega blacked out and nas got busy to.
CORMEGA ALWAYS BEEN NICE
this got the vibes roaring at the house
Someone tell me why mega never blew up? He's one of the best ever to me but people now a days haven't even heard of him.
Alec Waniak I know bro I'm really trying to figure out how he never blew. No one knows him down in dallas but whenever I show someone his music their blown away. I'm guessing his problems with nas had something to do with it
+Jacob Aaron he got locked up n when he came back he was kicked out the firm. affirmitive action he was with the furm
+Jacob Aaron he had beef with nas
Ben O'Neill For real? people were on nas's dick that much that they ignored an artist as great as mega. His music is poetry
Ppl used to say Mega was way better than Nas but Mega didn't blow up
Mega killed him....
you can tell mega was too gorey for the industry...and dont get me wrong, nas my fav rapper but sometimes mega's jus too iLL
word
pistol pete especially on that love is love
you already know
Mega was too much for Nas. Nas knew he wasn't built like his lyrics. Mega lived his. Nas never lived his rhymes.
@MrColeman83 tell me more
Nas never hated on Mega. It was the company that both of them kept that fed them bullshit. Same with Prodigy. A lot of so called riffs could've been solved by eliminating certain people in their circles and actually hashing shit out face to face.
the term freestyle was meant to reference the context of the raps, freestyle just meant "not a song". Bars or verses that are taken out a song and rapped on to another beat/BPM, losses its initial context of being part of a song, making it more a showcase of their random lyrics and style, hence the term. In the 90s until the 2000s rappers did "freestyles" during press runs for their albums and most of them used verses from their upcoming projects.
boohoo
Mega been the realer illa guy..his legacy is solidified..His name is etched on the pyramid walls 4ever
Can't tell Nas fans that though lol.
ive been listening to nas since this time
Never heard Nas spit this zooted, dude was off that purple haze for sure
It's like silent murder , i hit blunts hard like ray mercer !! 🔥🔥🔥
nasty beat
If you listen to this and say you didn't like it, you're lying
2022 November 18 still bumpin strong
Yo this $h!t is hard as hell!!!! OMG this beautiful man.
Dang, Cormega WAS freestyling after the first few verses!
History was made
Classic NYC
Ahmad Wallace’s Nas
nas escorbar grab the mic and flex the bar.damn
Mega never stumbled one time.smh the game over look how ready he was.Nas had the fire 🔥 too I got a long list for Queens.south side/ NC Curtflow_Dollaz
Nas Timeless Classic 🔥💣👊🔝🎙
Nas did a collaboration of verses from “it was written” with some freestyling
Uuuhhhh missssss these times lml such a mental escape right now
Whats the beat at 5:40 ??
The Roots - Clones
Cormega was already a legend in QB before Nas came out. Nas is a master lyricist but he is still mostly a studio rapper. Just check out that other freestyle with Nas and Akinele and you be the judge.
I rapped every Nas verse cause it ended up on an album...megas shit was off the top without question cause you never heard it again...Nas mad talented no question, but Mega heart stronger
that's not true, check out cormega "62 pick ups" you just dont know all the Mega verses because they aren't as iconic as the verses Nas spit from The Message that every hip hop head knows
had the baby....
f^2
Ish sounded nice when the Roots Clones beat blended in
Mega SPAZZIN though
My guy mega!
Time capsule
MEGA MONTANA is Str8 Fire!!!!!! Search for his other freestyles. Hes just too raw!!!!!!!!!
queen's finest...
Mega bodied all this.
At this very moment I just realized they incorporated the storyline from Nas-The Message & put the character Black in the movie Belly then played out the scenario through the barbershop scene🤦🏿♂️
Cormega must really like Al Pacino I guess. Lol.
mafiaso rap era.....purple tape etc g rap and others
LMAO, he done said al pacino name bout 4 times 😂
every time i hear him say his name i laugh cause of this comment shit hilarious fr 🤣
damn, i love itttttttttttt, real rap right hereeeeeeeee
Escobar and Montana
Cormega never blew up cause he was strickly stay in the hood keep it real never make sell out songs for a few bucks. One of the reasons he will be illmortalized as one of the illest ever. On a side note never trust a rapper worth over 20 million.
haha.for real.i made a stupid joke to jay-z to get close enough for him to think i was a clown(not that smart enough).he laughed at his homies then as i got close enough to get his attention i asked him what have you really done? and i mean songs not that stupid radio shit that girls buy .not hood cats or regular folkz buy.he had nothing to say.he couldn't even look at me.he left the room real quick.he knew exactly what i was talking about....not the clothing line,the vodka,the music company... non of that shit he knew i didnt think he was a good enough of a rapper like mega or big.or even krazie bone.or vintage tech.hell there is are a lot of rappers in new york better than him.and he's like the richest one.lil kim was better than him back in her day.thats what i love about rap.if its the truth people know.I LOVE MEGA.INSPEKTAH DECK.GZA.....notice how you never hear about those ones.and i never seen GZA with a chain on.he's bout them rhyme skills.that shit speaks for itself.
not the biggest jay fan but dude had madd classics in the 90's... blueprint was a classic too...he's up there with the greats, don't let 'show me what you got' confuse you
at the end of the day, money is what makes the world go around... don't let ppl who never blew up lie to you
Money doesn't make the world go round.its just paper.it doesn't make u a better person.in fact most rich people end up with horrible lives.treachery, lies,deceit, hate or disregard towards the common man,boastful while not having real knowledge.too much temptation.
Drug overdose. Suicide. Lots of bad stuff comes with having power
this is the message
thats the heart of queensbridge right there. them and mobb deep.
Till the toke at a Few in the Queenz..
City at the Phillie, feel at this VIP.
imagine the original firm stayed together. AZ. ESCO and MEGA with foxy they would have been way more commercially successful
Mega is the realist!!!!!!
There were struggles in some but the smoothest parts are undeniable🔥
Full circle Friday
Nas🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn first time i heard this It was so ROYAL TO KNOW YOU WAS FROM QUEENS...... VERNON SHIT!!!!!
i heard portions of "On the Real", "The Message", & "Silent Murder"
ICONS. EBONICS. EST TRI STATE.. CLASSIC.. JERSEY TO N.Y.
mega was wylin' out making threats on air to anyone dissing the firm,lol.
Nasty Nas was just wayyyyy too much !!! dude was from the future !!!
@clapa01 u killed it wit this.. thought id never find this again
Here after Drink Champs Cormega interview. He says he was in the Firm but he sure does act like it here.
Imagine how much better the firm would've been if Nature replaced Foxy Brown instead of 'Mega
Never thought about that Line-up..that would have been siiiick...
Gregory Ashley For real man like if every song ruining Foxey Brown verse was replaced by a dope Cormega verse the Firm's album could potentially be the GOAT
James Walton foxy kills shit listen to both unreleased firm la familias....shes dope...but I see what yall r sayin still about just the dudes in the limeup
yeah but just listen to "affirmative action" fam, it got all them on it, az, cor, foxy, and nas. please reply.
OceanSkate401 sure thats classic off it was written... how bout who shot ya remix foxxxxy kills shit
On prodigy’s book he said a few times that everyone knew cormega was the best rapper in the neighborhood
2:29--3:28 Megafire!!!
Yes!
dat word play by Mega
Still in Rotations in 2024🔥🥷🔥
Cormega is one of my favourite mcs. This wasn't his best work, he comes across alot more poetic on his tracks, go listen to the saga remix, endangered species, fallen soldiers and definetely"I want it back" one of the best testaments to hip hop culture. But he compared himself to al Pacino 3 times in this freestyle.
Dope
Whew Mega set that shit off!
It's so real if I dont see you I'm splashing ya peep - mega
With SOOOO MUCH BEEF in da STREETS, COPS SURPRISED I AINT DEAD YET!!!- MEGA
damn what happened to hip hop man......nas flow is incredible and mega is just dope off the head and written got rhymes for days...firm was never what it could have and should have been....that sadat x beat is ill to rhyme to.
you know My stelo I'm like al pacino
dougie fresh - keep rising to the top
P said that Cormega was the illest rapper to ever come out of the Q and Nas was jealous of him so he kicked him out of The Firm.
Very cool!
great
Megas montana diaries verse lit my stereo in the whip on fire
🙏🏾👑Rap Royalty 👑🙏🏾
damn...what a classic
Mega killed it!!! But Nas is a true artist n poet... N can't be touched ... Hes not the illest for raw freestyle he wack actually but pen to paper he the 🐐
Nas can't see Mega
@@Discipleofyeshuahamaschiach Nas way better than mega 😂 you have to go Album for album and verse for verse. Nas helped Cormega get the Def Jam deal so he never hated on Mega. Mega can’t make a radio song that’s why he got dropped
I love how Nas just recycled all of this and Mega just left this is a freestyle
They don't make em like these guys anymore.
Cormega went the fuck in
What's the second beat??
sadat x - stages a lights instro
Manny Ramos Sadat X - Stages and Lights
Manny Ramos Sadat X - Stages and Lights
none of nas' rhymes were freestyle, they just repeats from his previous tracks
O Yup. All written
O HE SPIT THE MESSAGE TRACK SMH 🤦🏽♂️
To be fair most of Mega's were written as well taken from songs like Montanan Dairies or the Mega Funk freestyle.
Clout Lord it use to though
FREESTYLING IS NOT USING YOUR WRITTEN SHIT.
Cory got there best here
Cormega nice as Fuck but nas aint a freestyle rapper he the type to put pen to paper an go in on a nigga thats y he the goat (beside Tupac)!