One of New York's many voices of the streets, Cormega's jail stint and on/off professional relationship with Nas stunted his 90s but in the 00s he went independent, came out swinging and is still swinging to this day.

TIMESTAMPS:
Weekly Music Roundup - (3:19)
Ben:

• Arca - XXXXX
• Editors - Surface, Echo & Sound
• Kasabian - ACT III

Charlie:

• H31R (JWords & Maassai) - AIR FLOW
• JONES - Come Up For Air
• Treasure Bloom - LOVESICK
• Goya Gumbani - Bean Pie
• K.Zia - HOMEFREEQUENCIES - ACT I
• The Midnight Hour (Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad) - The Midnight Hour: Lost Tapes JID028
• Cordae & Anderson .Paak - Heavy Is The Crown
• Shocka - CONSCIOUS GRIME 2

Topic Intro/Ben's Research House - (14:04)

The Realness - (21:32)

The True Meaning - (33:47)

The Testament - (42:41)

Born and Raised - (50:23)

Mega Philosophy - (54:06)

The Realness II - (56:20)

Lighter Note - (1:03:32)

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