As a 23 year old Brooklyn kid tryna get into the music business y’all are giving me gems thank you 🙏🏾🙏🏾💪🏾

Cormega always drops jewels in his music and interviews. I feel The Realness II is a timeless album. Great interview overall and I'm glad Cormega addressed the 21 Savage comment saying Nas is irrelevant which we all know he is relevant.

I love that this show is sharing the business behind the music. This is much needed and will change the future of the industry by spreading the knowledge to the next generation of artists.

*MEGA MONTANA !!*

New found respect for Mega after this conversation (this can't be considered a standard interview),salute! 🙌🏿💪🏿

Hynaken Is a seasoned interviewer. He lets them finish their train of thought then hits them with questions to further elaborate or to throw a different spin on things. Takes great attention to detail and memory

Personally I always felt "Love in Love out" was him saying to Nas you are my brother but I hate you one day we will be brothers again

It's painful to listen to dude Esso out himself for benefiting from rappers budgets but I'ma sit through it for these Mega gems.

Yes! Cormega! I can't wait to watch this one... Thanks, guys!

It's good to see y'all creating your own lane that's what's up keep doing it big looking forward to shows in the future🔥🏆🎯

The way I'll be sending this episode to my nephews who want to get in the game. MAN LISTEN!!! This is a GOOD episode Hyn & Esco. You need to KNOW how the ppl who control YOUR budget make money. He ain't lying about having a nerd or the BEST nerds on the team. Cormega breaking down the game & how you SURVIVE the game bc the music game is GRIMY!!!

Super dope interview... the reintroduction of Mega over the past few years has been needed by men especially like me

🔥🔥🔥 thanks for the moment

Salute to Cormega and Bagfuel. Excellent episode.

Great Interview 💪🏾💪🏾 Peace to Mega!!!

Great interview

I’m cor-mega, raw-forever, y’all ngs know my Steez im reppin for Queens

Maaaaan this was so DOPE!!!

MEGA always comes correct & drops mad 💎💎💎💎💎... The realness II 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

7:30 to 9:00 is crazy

Great episode 👏 👌 👍 🙌 ❤ king 🤴 cormega realest Mega

ESSO & HYNAKEN GREAT INTERVIEW LEARNING THE MUSIC OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS IS KEY

Ital Kitchen, on Union and Franklin....delicious Caribbean vegan food for sure. Great interview!

Cormega a real one always had been I been lisyening to him since i was a kid and im 37 now L&R

“Dudes done found out how to monetize gossip”💯

Dope Interview

yall know im in here . once again BAGFUEL BABY ....RING RING

Cormega is GREAT! Great interview

Heavy Ps That Mega and Nas collab is stellar.

Great Interview!!!

Great conversation shout out from London

"Its levels to wranglers jeans 👖" 🤣🤣🤣

My guy Mega on here dropping gems 💎!

Cormega is very smart brother salute to mega and bagfuel alot jewels always from mega

@jprezidente from College Park Ga, this was a great interview with Cormega. I learned a lot from this interview. Salute

Mega is a special artist he definitely surpassed a lot of the pioneer artist who paved the way with 8 consistent fire 🔥 albums all truth at that and really lived the life that others make up lol He’s in my top 5. I just can’t understand why he isn’t talked about enough. What a great interview if your not a fan of Cormega something is wrong with you.

LEGENDARY STATUS 🔥🔥🔥

Mega one the most slept on MC's ever

Legend 💎

Good interview 👍 my bad great interview

Classic good look Mega!!👑🤙🏾💎

mega one of the sickest ever

Much respect to Cormega, one of the best to ever do it! PEACE 7

I agree, this podcast is very enlightening and will be around for a while. It's not the typical "get high and drunk" chatting.

Respect to Esso!!

Mec chilling behind the scenes? Do yall thing, hope yall all still wrking together

First here fuckin with bag talk all the way from Montgomery Alabama

Yo mega you changed my mindset today bro

rockin ice wit special efx

You are looking at a pure hip hop .. this man was pure threat when he came out.. I heard him first with PHD.. .. Alhamdulillah may Allah pro this brother

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Thank you brothers for the holy intellect.

Thanks big bro!

Good question from Esso “ how do you collect your publishing on an independent record”

Bro openly talking bout stealing from an artist budget like it's cool

Mega the illest all round . Mega a g .

Cormega Legends the boxing Legend as well

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Yes bro im from Uganda love gg from uk

MEGA is tht dude, REAL brother.

Can y'all bring more content about beatmakers and producers and session musicians? Beatmakers who will never sell 100,000?

34:52 Brother’s Keeper

These 2 are straight to cash questions

Please watch Nas reactions on KZfaq. It’s a lot of young kids , different videos they’re watching and giving great reactions to Nas and his music. They love what his music is about and feels he is the GOAT at story telling in his music. What I noticed I hear a lot of them say is that they were born in the wrong era, they wish the rappers out now would make music like the music that was made in our time! I get such a kick out of watching their reactions because I love the fact that they are realizing the best rappers and MCs was during our time!!!! They also do reactions on other rappers like Eminen, they love him and others. They also are now reacting to our R&B music from back them and some reactions are to songs from the 70’s. They recognize that hiphop back then was based on what was really happening in the streets, in the hood and understand why it was so successful because people could actually relate. They see they creativeness. They seem to really appreciate that! I believe eventually, the future of music will take a turn towards the music we had back then, the style of rap and R&B might head back in that direction!!! Hopeful, just saying! And I love that Nas and Cormega fixed their relationship 😇😇😇 48:52

Mega

Damn only listening to the audio I was wondering at times if he sounds like Consequence or Consequence sounds like Cormega Btw who phone keep going off 😂

nice build

41:50 thank you!

“Podcastes” lol

Avia ! I had those back in 89 the spiders 😂hi top

22:00 Esso can't forward the PO Box to his house?

CORMEGA ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIME JUST NOT PROMOTED RIGHT

I still hear three six mafia songs on the radio. I don't hear nas songs on the radio.

“What’s up with Cormega?/Have you seen him?/Are y’all together?”

Montana 1of the realist to ever do it 🎤 💯💯

Look

Mega 4 eva

anybody here the IPHONE PING sounds, damn turn yo phone off during the interview.

Cormega is spitting true facts. Let's check some boxes as we move along. ✅📦 The music business is set up to go against your interest as a human being. This is why lawyers and contracts are involved for those who, "get out of line." They immediately get put back in their places with certain contractual stipulations 📝. ✅📦 The advances are exactly what they are, advances. Similar to that of student loans, personal loans, business loans, etc. What is loaned to you shall be paid back with sweat equity. ✅📦 The "selling ones soul to the devil" aspect of music is you selling yourself (literally) to the big wigs so-to-speak to be put on. When you sell yourself and sign that contract, your soul is literally theirs. Music comes from the soul, and the devils (Hollywood) want it. ✅📦 When they give you an advance, you have to pay it back through your royalties. This is why many artist love doing shows because they get paid upfront on the backend. However, they still have to report the songs performed to the label which tracks all of that data anyway. Then after you die, and you still haven't fulfilled your contractual obligations to your label? Better believe they will still make money from you. Also, they take out life insurance on all of their artists. That's another bag for them. ✅📦 Publishing: it is the way they make money from you beyond the grave (take DMX for instance). All of whom had their hands in DMX's projects (all of the Ruff Ryders, Swizz Beats, producers,) etc., all get royalty checks which multiplied after X's death (and they will keep getting it until the end of time - including Diddy with Biggie's music). ✅📦 Own your own masters before the masters own you: because if you do not own your masters, you will one day hear your song in full, or remixed on some one else's instrumental or EDM track on a TV commercial or sports game (football, basketball, hockey, whatever). And guess what? You won't get paid for that, because the record company that sold your music license for those commercials are getting the money. Which, in effect, goes toward the advance that they gave you anyway, so either way you won't see a dime. I'm done, own your own shxt, stay frosty.

Expert opinion interview was way better with my bro mega shout out Vernon 40th 41st and 21st facts

Yall need Karl Kani on here

It says a lot that mega came on here over MEO…just saying tha realness 2 out now ya digg

Esso tlks too much .. let mega tlk

Math doesn't like this Interview!

Who sorta wants someone to go against Nas now? lolol We neeeed that. AZ gonna be the one to convince, he's loyal but don't do rap beef lol

Stop cutting off the guests damn

Esso ..let the guests talk & stop tryna finish their sentences

Cormega is too real you can hear it in he's voice i knew long time loads of these rappers are fake as hell

Why are the blax so obsessed with royalties? No one else talks about this stuff

He doesn’t even look 52

production wise realness 2 was a big disappointment

He kinda worry about people money to much esso

The get down is trash 🗑️ in my opinion!

I made you some on IG by sampling your vocals make sure u get that to mega💯frfr