I like to think that my taste for music is like a child's taste for sweets --widespread! With this in mind, I've decided to reach back--way back--to the music that paved the way for today's hip-hop favourites.Children of the Corn was a hip-hop group formed in the early 1990s consisting of neighborhood friends/Harlem rappers Mase (then known as Murda Mase), Big L, Cam'ron (then known as Killa Cam), McGruff and Bloodshed.
Big L made the group, as he pushed Mase and Cam'ron off the streets and into the studio, as well as Bloodshed, who was Cam'ron's cousin. They released over 30 songs under the name Children of the Corn, as they tried for a record deal. They got paid any way they could, rhyming for local DJs and selling mixtapes out of their trunks.
Although very close to a deal, Mase and Cam'ron left the group to pursue basketball careers and later Mase would sign with P. Diddy to become part of Bad Boy Records. Cam'ron went through college and was ready to get a deal with Big L and Bloodshed, when tragically Bloodshed was killed in a car accident in Harlem at the age of 23. Big L and Cam'ron both went on to sign record deals as solo artists.
In 1999, Big L was murdered at the age of 24 and it became increasingly difficult for the group to become successful. The lyrics in these songs pay homage to the American dream seen through the eyes of Harlem's finest emcee's. Explicit and live, these songs turned myself, and many people like me, onto hip-hop from this era. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Enjoy!
MP3: Children Of The Corn-Ill Flow
MP3: Children Of The Corn-The Corn
