Legal Hustle is the third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Queensbridge rapper Cormega

Cormega

Cory Mckay , better known as Cormega, is an American emcee best known for his vivid and poignant narratives about inner-city life.- Early life :...

. It was released to a mixed critical reception and was not much of a commercial success. It reached #8 on the Top Independent Albums chart, but none of the album's singles charted. Most of the misplaced criticism was that the album featured too many guest artists, which in turn is stemmed from the confusion regarding the album being mistakenly labeled as solo effort when Cormega intended for it to be released as a compilation.