If Dave East Never Had A Nas Cosign...

[The Ruler 09]

Dave East from what I've heard sounds good, need to hear more, but he can rap, the other young kid on Nas' label good too, Bishop Nehru. Hopefully Nas can help usher in some new artists that can actually rap that will help build the next generation of dope MC's along with others.

 

[FreshAIG]

...it's like people forget he put on/cosigned Mega, Az and Nature.

Mega was on before Nas consigned him. He had a record deal in 1991 and was dropping an album in 1992 but he went to prison

 

[Grizzly]

I listened to him before the Nas cosign

 

[H.S.]

Mega was on before Nas consigned him. He had a record deal in 1991 and was dropping an album in 1992 but he went to prison

Nas put Mega on after he came home from jail. Prior to "Affirmative Action" and "One Love" no one outside of Queensbridge knew who the fukk he was.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Mega was on before Nas consigned him. He had a record deal in 1991 and was dropping an album in 1992 but he went to prison

technically but mega's "real" and modern career started after the nas cosign by his own admission

Cormega Talks Def Jam Days & “Illmatic” Influence

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• DX: For sure. I think it’s kind of cliché to bring up Nas in a Cormega interview. And I hate watching or reading those interviews because you’re Cormega, not Nas. But since we’re talking about Queensbridge influencers, did Nas, aside from the shoutouts on “One Love” and “Represent,” impact your career heavily?
  
  Cormega: Yes, he did. He definitely did. His influence wanted to make people sign me and associate with me. His influence was important, because once I was a part of that Firm situation, it was a big buzz, so I guess that made the stock go up. So he definitely was important. I can’t front on anybody. The It Was Written album was the biggest album I’ve ever been on. It was a multi-platinum album. I can’t front. I’m thankful for that.

DX: We spoke about Queensbridge earlier and as someone in the scene for over two decades to you, which was the biggest album in QB when it was released: Illmatic, The Infamous, The War Report, or something different?

Cormega: It’s kind of difficult to compare anything to Illmatic. Illmatic changed Rap. The Infamous was an incredible, glorious album too, man. I mean all three of those albums were pretty good but Illmatic is just a whole another level. Illmatic did for Hip Hop, what Paid In Full did in the ‘80s with Eric B and Rakim, Illmatic did in the ‘90s.

Cormega Charts His Growth After Industry Blacklisting Following The Firm Split

 

[Da King]

If J Cole never had a Jay Z cosign. If 50 never had a Em cosign. If Game never had a Dre/50 cosign. If Snoop never had a Dre cosign. Etc etc etc.

Except Dave east never going to blow like they did

He's just too basic

 

[FreshAIG]

Nas put Mega on after he came home from jail. Prior to "Affirmative Action" and "One Love" no one outside of Queensbridge knew who the fukk he was.

Well yeah, Nas made his name known outside of his area but he had a record deal before that. Marley Marl had a record deal for Cormega and Lord of the Underground at the same time, and they were suppose to drop albums the same year but Mega got locked

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Except Dave east never going to blow like they did

He's just too basic

why can't you nikkas just grasp the fact that everybody isn't going to blow up?

 

[vaudevillevillain]

If J Cole never had a Jay Z cosign. If 50 never had a Em cosign. If Game never had a Dre/50 cosign. If Snoop never had a Dre cosign. Etc etc etc.

Cole had bars before Jay found out about him, and was already making his own beats
50 already had albums before the Em cosign
Game I kind of agree with, but Snoop. Don't come at Snoop man

 

[Da King]

why can't you nikkas just grasp the fact that everybody isn't going to blow up?

I'm not talking about him going platinum and being some superstar, he won't be more than underground

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

I'm not talking about him going platinum and being some superstar, he won't be more than underground

what exactly is wrong with that?

as long as he tours which he already does and drop quality projects and stay consistent he is going to eat, everybody can't be drake and kendrick.

 

[Da King]

what exactly is wrong with that?

as long as he tours which he already does and drop quality projects and stay consistent he is going to eat, everybody can't be drake and kendrick.

why you keep repeating this point?

There is a middle ground between being a superstar and a mixtape rapper

 

[L. Deezy]

what exactly is wrong with that?

as long as he tours which he already does and drop quality projects and stay consistent he is going to eat, everybody can't be drake and kendrick.

right...

Its like people measure every rapper by if they got every person talking bout them. He has enough ears for him to eat very well so early in his career

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

why you keep repeating this point?

There is a middle ground between being a superstar and a mixtape rapper

what is your definition of a mixtape rapper?

some of these so called mixtape rappers are doing a lot better then the so called star rappers y'all on here.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Nas put Mega on after he came home from jail. Prior to "Affirmative Action" and "One Love" no one outside of Queensbridge knew who the fukk he was.

mega said Nas shouting him on "One Love" made him almost like a mythical folk legend to the industry that noone knew existed outside of QB lol. He said people thought he was a made up person