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. The critically acclaimed Dreamchasers mixtape series, his beef with Drake & who could forget where he was sentenced to 6 years in prison by a corrupt judge only to be released 5 months later?Championships was seen as his most mature body of work yet despite being a tad bit bloated, fulfilling his contractual obligations for Maybach & Atlantic Records with Expensive Painto divisive reception. Coming off Heathenism & Who Decides War?, the next phase of his career is being teased via an Indie Pack only a couple days succeeding what would’ve been the 45th birthday of BJWジュニアヘビー級王座, 3-time CZW World Tag Team Champion, JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion & ROH World Tag Team Champion Trent Acid.

“Save Yourself” open with a bland instrumental talking about the fact that everybody can’t be saved because all of us weren’t meant to make it whereas “How Far We Came” works in some decent sampling feeling prideful of his successes. “Free Smoke” speaks of people talking shit behind his back wanting to see him dead & “4th of July in Philly” featuring Fridayy finishes with both of them cooking up a mediocre Independent’s Day anthem.

Before I get to my closing thoughts regarding Indie Pack, lemme just say that I’m very happy for Meek Mill getting off a major label & becoming fully independent. However, he hasn’t had a consistent body of work since Championships & this EP unfortunately continues towards the same trajectory as Expensive Pain. Clearly there’s a lot less pressure on him now that he doesn’t have to worry about appeasing record executives anymore, but his production choices are getting worse.

Score: 2/5

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