This would normally be a serious asset God Forgives has as much sonic breadth as any other rap album of this year, believe it or not but since Meek is already so close to Ross, this just makes it seem like the former is linked inextricably to the latter. Dreams closest peer from a production standpoint is probably Rosss God Forgives, I Dont, making as much room for blissed-out piano loops and orchestral flourishes as expected street-rap rattle. Meek himself doesnt show many weaknesses here, and neither do many of the guest MCs (Drake, Nas, Ross, among others). And while he isnt as versatile as that other guy who dropped his major-label premiere recently, Meek rarely stays in one place long enough to bore or fall victim to redundancy. Through both his honest-to-goodness riveting narratives (Traumatized hypothesizes a conversation with Meeks fathers killer) and even his many half-baked metaphors (I go deep up in that pussy / Jerry Rice), Meek is exhilarating more often than not, using his high-energy flow to plow him through both the jackhammering tracks (In God We Trust, the second half of “Dreams and Nightmares”) and the pop- and R&B-leaning moments (∺men, Maybach Curtains). Much of that has to do with his presentation. Ascensions like these are presented on seemingly every major-label rap debut, but while Meek isnt strong enough lyrically to totally override such familiarity, hes also got the talent to prevent himself from becoming too mired in any tropes. Just as the title would have you believe, Meek Mills Dreams and Nightmares follows the 25-year-old from the nightmarish hard-knocks of his native Philadelphia to the many luxuries of his current post as the most dependable member of Rick Rosss Maybach Music clique.
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