Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper & songwriter Meek Mill preluding his 6th album with his 8th EP. Starting out in the battle rap circuit before T.I. briefly signed him to Grand Hustle Records. Once he left, Rick Ross brought him over to Maybach Music Group & we’ve seen a handful of ups & downs in his career over the past decade from the critically acclaimed Dreamchasers mixtape series to his beef with Drake. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison by a corrupt judge, only to be released 5 months later & preluding Championships with Legends of the Summer.
“Millidelphia” begins by triumphantly rapping about over an explosive trap instrumental from Swizz Beatz whereas the next song “Dangerous” featuring Jeremih & PnB Rock wastes some acoustics for cliché pop rap lyricism. The penultimate track “1am” is an energetic club banger with a bouncy instrumental from Jahlil Beats & the closer “Stay Woke” is arguably Meek’s best song I’ve heard in a long time talking about the justice system.
There’s no doubt my mind that Championships has the potential of being Meek Mill’s most mature musical statement & this 4-pack he drops off in preparation for it seems to be heading toward that route. The production’s a little 50/50 & I’m hoping that he’ll get that figured out with in the coming months but in regards to Meek’s own performances, he’s a lot more passionate than he was on Wins & Losses the previous summer.
Score: 3/5
Legends Will Never Die 