Tag: cormega

November 5, 2023

This is business: they don’t care about your lyrics;
The better you sell, the better future for their children.
Controversy sells, so they support conflict,
Makes more progress, means more profit.
An artist gets killed, they say they’re ‘so sorry,’
Meanwhile, they tell you the date of his next project.
What a life…death made them more profit:
Record companies get paid for your drama.

Cormega, “Industry,” Mega Philosophy, 2014. More wisdom from ‘Mega…

2014, 4080, cormega, east coast, large professor, mega philosophy, music industry, new york, queens, queensbridge
November 3, 2023

Rappers hate each other, not the labels that got rich,
Don’t care about culture, they only want profit.
If your album sell slow, bet you’ll get dropped quick;
Q-Tip warned us: the industry’s toxic.
For reference, check out BDP’s Sex and Violence.

Cormega, “Industry,” Mega Philosophy, 2014

2014, BDP, cormega, east coast, large professor, mega philosophy, music industry, new york, q-tip, queens, queensbridge, sex and violence
June 14, 2022

If rhyme is a crime, my mic is my co-defendant.

Cormega, “Focused Up,” from Large Professor’s Professor @ Large, 2012

2012, cormega, east coast, hip-hop, large professor, professor at large, queens, queensbridge, Rap Quote
May 16, 2022

You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it’s manifested;
If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.

Cormega, “American Beauty,” The Realness, 2001

2001, anorexia, cormega, east coast, queensbridge, Rap Quote, The Realness, wisdom
April 8, 2022

Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma.
Hip-hop never died, it’s just sick of the drama.

Cormega, “Journey,” Born and Raised, 2009

Born and Raised, cormega, east coast, hip-hop, large professor, life, new york, queensbridge, Rap Quote, wisdom