Cormega - Born & Raised out October 20 on Legal Hustle.
via press release
"What's up with
Cormega, have you seen him? Are y'all together?" The infamous lines that introduced
Cormega to the hip-hop world are exactly what fans have been asking since the lyricist's last solo album, The True Meaning, in 2002. Well, if you're wondering the exact same thing,
Cormega's back with his third solo album,
Born And Raised, to be released October 20, 2009. "This album is the truest look into me not just as an artist, but as a writer and as a person. I came into my own in a lot of ways on this album," expresses
Cormega. "
Born And Raised is the first album where I talk about being a father and the impact my daughter has had on my life. It's also the first time I experimented with live sound without the guidance of a producer and the first time I got to record with producers and artist whose work inspired me to become an emcee.
While
Cormega has released several projects on his Legal Hustle imprint, only two can be considered
Cormega solo albums:
The Realness (2001) and
The True Meaning (2002). His third official solo album,
Born & Raised, features production from
DJ Premier, Large Professor, Easy Mo Bee, Havoc, Buckwild, DR Period, LES, Nottz, Fuzzy Womack, Ayatollah, Khrysis and appearances by
Big Daddy Kane, Parish Smith, Grand Puba, KRS-One,Tragedy, Havoc, Lil Fame, Marley Marl, and Red Alert. His proudest musical moment during the making of
Born And Raised was the recording of "Mega Fresh X" (produced by
Buckwild) with
Big Daddy Kane, Parish Smith, Grand Puba, and
KRS-One introduced by
Red Alert. "These were the emcees I looked up to so I wanted to pay homage to them. I remember the days when I had
Kane's posters on my wall, CDs by
KRS-One and like everybody in New York, I used to record
DJ Red Alert cassettes off the radio, so for me to do a song with
Kane, KRS-One, Puba, and
P.M.D. and then on top of that have
Red Alert on it, is a dream realized."