Locked in cages, have ’em fighting over cookiesĪnd lunch trays, just happy them days ain’t never killed ’em On the fourteenth track, Meek rapped about his rise, in a sequence that is among the best of his career: His subsequent mixtape, Dreamchasers 2, was excellent. It looked like the kid who rapped on Berks Street was going to have mainstream success for a long time. “Tupac Back,” on Self Made Vol 1, was a hit. In 2011, he signed with Maybach Music Group. Then, he decided to go in a different direction. Because of a seven-month jail stint, Meek’s album failed to come out. (He had a good relationship with the legendary DJ Drama.) His music was similar but different - already animated, but staccato where he’d later let his voice run wild. It’s as synonymous with Meek’s career as the Philadelphia Eagles coming out to “Dreams And Nightmares.”Īround 2009, Meek found a home at T.I.’s Grand Hustle Records imprint. Legal trouble would continue for him, both due to mistakes and system overreach. My blood was on the ceiling, on the floor,” Meek would later tell writer Ben Detrick of Billboard. “I had a concussion, braids ripped out, stitches. When he was 18, Robert Rahmeek Williams, the youngest of two children, was arrested, then beaten profusely, by two Philadelphia police officers for having an illegal firearm. To see him dancing like that was to see the company he keeps now and how foolish he looked while hanging with the ruling class. Meek wasn’t supposed to be that guy who danced for his white friends he was the lieutenant on one of the most successful Black labels to come out in years. The aforementioned video of Meek Mill bunny hopping around for his rich white friend would have been troubling in a vacuum, but it was even worse seeing how far we’d come from Meek riding around Philadelphia on dirt bikes in the video to “Ima Boss,” the exceptional “Lord Knows” soundtracking a training montage in Creed, or “Dreams And Nightmares (Intro),” which crossed over without compromising an inch of its intensity. He’s a bear: “No love, cry when only babies die/ And when I go, that casket better cost a hundred thou’.” Meek is simple but effective: “They say they gon’ rob me, see me never do shit/ ‘Cause they know that’s the reason they gon’ end up on a news clip.” Ross’ verse – still one of my favorites from that era – is a classic in his canon of middlebrow luxury rap. “Ima Boss,” from the MMG compilation album Self Made Vol 1, was a Jahlil Beats staple – all sirens, no musicality – but it was also a showcase for how excessively successful Ross had become versus how rich Meek was trying to become. What was undoubtedly true, though, was how good they sounded together. Whoever decided this needs a raise.To call Ross a liar in his music was reductive. The irony of the lyrics and moment is practically oozing. So, I had to grind like that to shine like this. The opening lyrics to the track are I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this. With the good vibes flowing and plenty of celebratory drinks, Arizona blasted Meek Mill’s Dreams and Nightmares, a known hype song for the city of Philadelphia. Whew.īut, when the team went back to the locker room to celebrate, they turned the proverbial and literal bass up a notch.ĭbacks turning up to "Dreams and Nightmares" IN Philly □ On Tuesday, Arizona went full Baker Mayfield and planted a Diamondbacks flag on the field of Citizens Bank Park. After such a huge win, the levels of trolling have escalated to top-tier levels. After being down two games in the NLCS, the Snakes are very much alive and rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies. The Arizona Diamondbacks don’t care about the narratives.
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