“All I know is murder, when it come to me!” Here, his voice is strident over threatening piano stabs and haunting synthesizers. Then, cued by the recognisable “M-M-M-M-Maybach Music” drop, the Philadelphia rapper flips a switch, fuming about everything from his work ethic to committing homicides. “I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this / So I had to grind like that, to shine like this.” At this moment, the “that” isn’t important, Mill wants to celebrate where he is now: “I did it without an album / I did s*** with Mariah.” It’s a formulaic approach at times to say the least (all the way down to the Ashanti Floyd and Kane Beatz produced “ Lay Up”, featuring Trey Songz, Wale, and Ross), but it’s not necessarily a bad thing some of us were just expecting more this time around.Meek Mill eases into his debut album, Dreams and Nightmares. Ross and Meek flaunt over “ Believe It”, which has the same sonic formula of “Black Magic” and “Tupac Back”, while even the collaborations with Nas and John Legend (“ Maybach Curtains”) sound like somewhat recycled versions of the illustrious beats that MMG’s used in the past. Unfortunately, the rest of the album suffers from the same topics we’ve heard from Meek in the past. The producer-rapper tandem of Cardiak and Meek is revived on “ Polo & Shell Tops”, as well as his connection with Tone the Beat Bully on the hard-hitting title track (“ Dreams and Nightmares”). 2” has him resuming the murderous street narrative from his acclaimed Dreamchasers mixtape. “ Traumatized” has him reminiscing over the pain his mother went through, and making a vow to kill the man who murdered his father, while “ Tony Story Pt. If you’re a fan of Meek’s aggressive take on music, then you know exactly what to expect everything from Meek is presented from a hood angle, but he surprisingly has a couple of fresh takes dropped throughout the playlist.
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