▁Response " ▁and ▁" Re alm atic ". ▁ ▁C orm ega ' s ▁follow - up ▁album , ▁The ▁True ▁Mean ing ▁won ▁the ▁Source ▁Magazine ▁' s ▁pr estig ious ▁Under ground ▁Album ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁Award . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁followed ▁up ▁with ▁Leg al ▁H ust le ▁( a ▁compilation ▁album ▁show c asing ▁his ▁label ' s ▁artists ) ▁and ▁other ▁tal ented ▁hip - h op ▁ly ric ists ▁such ▁as ▁Ghost face ▁K illa h , ▁Lar ge ▁Professor , ▁A Z , ▁Kur upt , ▁Jay o ▁Fel ony , ▁and ▁several ▁others . ▁This ▁album ▁is ▁considered ▁by ▁some ▁as ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁project ▁than ▁an ▁actual ▁solo ▁album ; ▁non eth eless , ▁it ▁was ▁well ▁received . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁release ▁The ▁Testament ▁on ▁his ▁own ▁label , ▁which ▁saw ▁good ▁reviews ▁and ▁sales ▁and ▁featured ▁the ▁original ▁b anned ▁version ▁of ▁" D ead ▁Man ▁Walk ing " ▁as ▁a ▁hidden ▁track . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁C orm ega ▁posted ▁a ▁statement ▁on ▁his ▁website ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁Nas ▁had ▁spoken ▁and ▁ended ▁their ▁fe ud . ▁On ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁at ▁the ▁N ok ia ▁Theatre ▁Times ▁Square , ▁C orm ega ▁appeared ▁on ▁stage ▁at ▁a ▁Nas ▁concert ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁perform ▁with ▁Nas ▁( and ▁Fox y ▁Brown ▁as