The Realness wasn’t Cormega’s debut, but for most listeners in July 2001, it may as well have been. To my ear, few records tackle this challenge as deftly as Cormega’s The Realness. From Public Enemy crystalizing a political awakening in the late 80s to Bad Boy’s pre-millennial party and bullshit, to Lil Wayne destroying and rebuilding the idea of a mainstream rap release, the surest path to hip-hop immortality is to capture the essence of their time and a place, while still making records that resonate once their context is long gone. Whereas contemporary rock acts have the liberty of cosplaying as bands from any number of decades, and dance acts constantly seek to breathe new life into classic sonic signifiers, great Hip Hop almost always speaks to its moment. Son Raw is a beast in the streets like crushed white.Īnyone who wants to drop a classic rap album has to tread the fine line between timeliness and timelessness. Subscribe to the Passion of the Weiss on Patreon so we can continue to fund the realest writing in the music journalism universe.
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