The True Meaning [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews
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In an era of celebrity rappers and prefabricated beef, Cory McKay speaks much needed truth. Picking up where his long-awaited debut The Realness left off, 'Mega's latest set of rhymes address the type of reality most MCs only pretend to live and don't necessarily even understand. Songs like "Live Ya Life" and "Soul Food" deal with the specifics of street life, while "Verbal Graffiti" and "Take These Jewels" focus on Cormega's evolution as an artist and a man. For those who like public drama, the appearance of Illmatic and Stillmatic producer Large Professor on "The Come Up" adds validation to "Love in Love Out," 'Mega's quiet yet firm rebuttal to the heated name-calling of Nas's "Destroy and Rebuild." Listen to The True Meaning and you'll be able to grasp how Cormega's street credibility has enabled him to sell 100,000 records without any major radio airplay or having a video in heavy rotation. Outrunning the clichés, Cormega's a genuine thug poet, and The True Meaning is an album worth owning. --Rebecca Levine

The True Meaning,Cormega,Landspeed,East Coast Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop

The True Meaning [Explicit Lyrics]

Tracks:

A Dance By Any Other Name
Dasher, Prancer, Donner & Blitzen
Surprise! The Slippery Sled Went Down
In The Water There Are Islands, In The Land There Are Lakes
My Workday In May
Dub Interlude #1 (Boodley)
Tag
Headphonland: The Gangster Chapter
My Funny Friend Scott
Trudging Through The Freshly Cut Grass
Peeking Around The Corner
Purple Blather (High End Remix)
Shalom
? (It's A Joke; It's Supposed To Be Funny)

Customer Reviews:

What pop should sound like..........2001-08-25

...plenty of melody, heaped on top of some great drumming and best of all: no singing! Well, OK a little singing, but its either buried in the background under My Bloody Valentine-style guitars (on "Trudging Through The Freshly Cut Grass") or harmonizing with the organ in a sort of round (on "Shalom"). None of that verse-chrorus-verse ... here! There are a few failed experiments here, but thats what skip buttons are for. Its still one of the most overlooked albums in the past few years.

great buy.......2000-07-21

Great cd. I've never heard of the dylan band, or adam pierce but when I heard this album on a web radio station i had to get it and have not regreted it.

listen to this cd.......2000-01-09

MR. PIERCE AS A SOLO ARTIST IS UNMATCHED IN CREATIVE ENDEAVOR AND RAW EXPRESSION. THE SOUNDS YOU COULD BE HEARING ON THIS CD ARE ALL LIVE TAKES RECORDED WITH MIC'S. THIS CD GIVES MORE MEANING TO THE MINAMALISTS CLAIM OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC'S LAZY PRODUCTION. THIS RECORD IS THE BEST NON-ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC ALBUM I'VE EVER HEARD. HE CHOOSES HIS TONES AND SOUNDS WITH MORE TASTE THAN IV'E HEARD IN YEARS. SMOOTH MELODIC BASS LINES, AND THE UNBELIEVABLE PERCUSSION IV'E COME TO EXPECT FROM ADAM ARE REASONS ENOUGH TO OWN THIS PIECE OF BUTTER. MUSIC LOVERS OF EVERY KIND; BRIAN WILSON TO KEVIN SHIELDS ARE INVITED. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO WATCH THE PARADE.

Landmark album of experimental music.......1999-09-27

This album is amazing. Adam Pierce assembles each song, fairly minimally, yet still builds them up into glorious melodies that haunt you after you listen to them. It is an album to listen to all the way through, although each track holds it's own. There's not much more I can say about it, it's beautiful.

Decently massaging and excessively thought reducant.......1999-03-18

I listen to alot of this new electronic expression and I'm beginning to think that we are doomed to stagnate with simple melodies and either simple or slightly complex drum beats.

Literary void as far as lyrics are concerned.

Anti-Social
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Anti-Social
Garcia
Manufacturer: Detonator
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002VEWSS
Release Date: 2004-09-21

Tracks:

COME GET IT
I RUN THIS feat. DJ INFAMOUS
PRIDE
A DOUBLE L ATTACK feat. DA ALL
STARVING ARTISTRY
DARKEST DAYS feat. ADRIANNE
ANTI-SOCIAL feat. DYNAS
NONE OF DEM
MIAMI LIFE
LET'S GET IT POPPIN
NO WAY TO STOP US
ACOUSTIC SOUL feat. STREET ACOUSTICS
LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT feat. HECKLER

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Cormega - The True Meaning
A lyrical gem
Ooops! Cormega did it again
TO MANY PEOPLE TAKING A NAP ON THIS DUDE!!!!!!!
ill poetic

The True Meaning
Cormega
Manufacturer: Landscape Germany
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music
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The Realness
Legal Hustle
The Testament
Doe or Die
Hustler/Rapper

ASIN: B000066RMS
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

Verbal Graffiti
Live Ya Life
Ain't Gone Change
The True Meaning
A Thin Line
The Legacy
Love In Love Out
The Come Up feat. Large Professor
Built For This
Soul Food
Take These Jewels
Endangered Species
Therapy
Therapy

Amazon.com

In an era of celebrity rappers and prefabricated beef, Cory McKay speaks much needed truth. Picking up where his long-awaited debut The Realness left off, 'Mega's latest set of rhymes address the type of reality most MCs only pretend to live and don't necessarily even understand. Songs like "Live Ya Life" and "Soul Food" deal with the specifics of street life, while "Verbal Graffiti" and "Take These Jewels" focus on Cormega's evolution as an artist and a man. For those who like public drama, the appearance of Illmatic and Stillmatic producer Large Professor on "The Come Up" adds validation to "Love in Love Out," 'Mega's quiet yet firm rebuttal to the heated name-calling of Nas's "Destroy and Rebuild." Listen to The True Meaning and you'll be able to grasp how Cormega's street credibility has enabled him to sell 100,000 records without any major radio airplay or having a video in heavy rotation. Outrunning the clichés, Cormega's a genuine thug poet, and The True Meaning is an album worth owning. --Rebecca Levine

Customer Reviews:

Cormega - The True Meaning.......2007-02-26

Cormega's (A.K.A. Corey Mckay) sophomore independent album was "The True Meaning" (2002) an impressive fourteen track release. Queensbridge's Cormega opens the album up with "Introspective", a cut where Mega rhymes about himself. Next up is "Verbal Graffiti", Mega let's the raw lines rain backed by some basic production. One of my early favorites's is the somber "Live Ya Life" an outstanding track, Mega shines on this joint telling life tales backed by some premium production. "Aint Gonna Change" is a short freestyle where Mega reflects on incarceration, overcoming, and relates to being an emotional chameleon similar to Donny Hathaway, while ending the joint by calling himself "Queensbridge most respected Rapper". Mega then delivers another first class cut with title track "The True Meaning". Cormega then rhymes about a snitch on "A Thin Line", while remembering various queensbridge people and years past on "The Legacy". Cormega then explains his relationship/falling out with Nas on "Love In, Love Out", another quality track which was made in response to Nas "Destroy & Rebuild". I was happy to see that Nas/Cormega formally killed their beef recently as they are both MC's I like. Mega collaborates with Large Professer on "The Come Up" backed by some smooth production. "Soul Food" is a track about a women who's in a relationship with two men. Cormega then kicks knowledge on the Hi-Tek produced "Take These Jewels", the "Jewels" being his advice to those in the game. The J.Love produced "Endangered Species", is another highlight track on this release which Mega kills. Cormega closes this album off strong with "Therapy" lacing the track with some more introspective lyrics. "The True Meaning" is a substantial & memorable release from a slept on MC.

A lyrical gem.......2006-08-23

Cormega is one of hip hop's most underrated lyricists, definitely one of the best out there and never receiving his due respect. Like other Queensbridge rappers like Nas, AZ, Prodigy, and Noreaga, Cormega is a true street poet and almost as good as any of the aforementioned. What I really admire about Cormega is that although he is as intelligent and lyrical as any, he always keeps his lyrics at a street level that you can feel, unlike others who sometimes are too lyrical for their own good. Mega has been used and abused by the major labels, so 7 years into his career, he released only his second album, 2002's "The True Meaning" independently. This album is one of the best lyrical albums of the last 5 years, he puts so much feeling into every verse and always speaks the truth. The production here is also good, he maintains a nostalgic tone musically with lots of instrumentation and vocal sampling. The album is very short, almost like an EP, he keeps the songs very short, saying his message and ending the song, and I like that. I highly recommend "The True Meaning" for all fans of real lyrical hip hop.

"Verbal Graffiti" begins the album, a raw, simple track musically and Mega tears the bars apart. "Live Ya Life" is a very heartfelt track, Mega gives advice to people in hard times and the chorus is very good. Cormega recites a capella on "Ain't Gone Change". The title track is another raw streets track, he speaks of experiences and what he knows, very well produced too. "A Thin Line" has an awesome beat, great guitar, it feels hard. He verbally murders someone who "snitched" to the DA in trial, it's great to listen to. He shouts out lost friends and his childhood in "The Legacy" and paints a short Queensbridge hip hop history. "Love In Love Out" is the response to Nas's diss on "Destroy and Rebuild" from "Stillmatic". It has great production, and he responds to it well. He doesn't try to shoot Nas down, he really explains how the beef happened and almost reaches out to his friend, saying he will continue to support, not really wanting the beef. It's easy to almost support Mega with this track, it's great to listen to. My favorite track might be the Large Professor collaboration "The Come Up", an awesome song lyrically and musically. "Soul Food" has grimy production and verses to match. "Take These Jewels" is another very heartfelt track, an excellent one, and "Endangered Species" is also very strong.

"The True Meaning" is incredibly consistent, a really great album. I think it is embarrassingly underrated, this album is at least as good as "Stillmatic" and yet very few people know about it. I highly recommend it to fans of this type of grimy, lyrical rap, because it really shines.

Ooops! Cormega did it again.......2006-01-09

This album, The True Meaning is as good as The Realness.His beats are fresher,and the lyrics are still hot.Also won the Best Independent Album of the year.Cormega,Stay Real Never Change

TO MANY PEOPLE TAKING A NAP ON THIS DUDE!!!!!!!.......2005-12-19

CORMEGA RAW FOR EVER!!!!!!!!COP DISS SH*T

ill poetic.......2005-07-31

Mega' made a flawless album. His rhymes are very much needed in the hip hop world. His songs are made straight from the heart & soul of a young man in a dangerous environment. Dope listen all the way through!

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Seven

Manufacturer: Erick Pagan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAE6IU
Release Date: 2001-01-02

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Christmas: The True Meaning

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005JG48
Release Date: 1998-12-02

Tracks:

Angels From the Realms
It's So Good To Have You Home
Mary Wrapped a Present
Mary's Little Boy Child
Footsteps
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Glory To God in the Highest
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Silent Night

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Little Italian Girl
Bree Noble & Jerry Allen
Manufacturer: Gevania Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0001RZFFC
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Don't Cry For Me Italy (Overture)
Can You See The Stars
Just Around The Corner
Yesterday Flies
Ave Maria
Don't Think I Don't Love You
We'll Be Okay
Break Free
Follow My Rainbow
Don't Cry For Me Italy (Duet)
TearDrops In The Wind
My Special Love
Rosas Enchanted Evening
More Than Love
Where Would I Be
I Believe In You
Don't Cry For Me Italy

Album Description

This CD can be described as crossover / classical and some pop, which tells about a true story that I've witnessed with my family. The events in this story are sprititual, and have a true meaning to every word written and sung.

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True Meaning of Christmas
Reno & Smiley
Manufacturer: King
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B00001O32N
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

True Meaning of Christmas
Jingle Bells
Blue Christmas
Frosty the Snowman
Christmas Doll
Christmas Reunion
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
Joy to the World
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Silent Night

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True Meaning (Of Love)
Jomanda
Manufacturer: Big Beat / Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DPV7
Release Date: 1992-02-27

The First Leon: Uncovering the True Meaning of Christmas

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The First Leon: Uncovering the True Meaning of Christmas
Dennis & Nan Allen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000TR2I2W

Product Description

A Children's Christmas Musical. In this charming new musical you will see the Christmas story through the eyes of Leon. You see, Leon is...special. Ever since he discovered that his name spelled backwards is Noel, he's felt called to tell the world the true meaning of Christmas. But when he tries out for every role in the annual pageant, he finds that he's the only one who doesn't get a part. Rejected. Now Leon understands better than anyone how Mary and Joseph must have felt when they heard the words, "No room" that night in Bethlehem. Without really trying to, however, Leon does uncove the true meaning of Christmas when he identifies the real Star of Bethlehem. The First Leon is a dramatic 35 minute musical, created by Dennis & Nan Allen, which allows you to keep your production simple or take it over the top.