#Gangsters move in silence series#

2,вЂќ the sequel to the first installment, heard on Dreamchasers, proves that Meek has the chops to write rap fables, while вЂњTraumatizedвЂќ finds him dealing with the murder of his father: вЂњYou ripped my family apart and made my momma cry / So when I see you, nigga, itвЂ™s gonna be a homicideвЂ¦ So IвЂ™m a let this flame hit you / Just to let this pain hit you / And for all them cloudy days IвЂ™m a let this rain hit you.вЂќ The track is impassioned to the point where it starts to resemble some form of emo-street-rap.Дreams and Nightmares is a glossy and ambitious album, but despite being the most important release of MeekвЂ™s career so far - and likely the project that will determine whether he earns a promotion from Maybach foot-soldier status to a spot at RossвЂ™s bawse table - the rapper seems nonplussed. On the aforementioned title track, he works himself up into an frenzy of energized anguish as he sketches his come-up tale over a lavish rolling piano track. His raps are fiery and smart, and his fleet tongue contrasts smartly against his boss Rick RossвЂ™ lumbering brogue. MeekвЂ™s lobotomy-like recollection towards the details of his own album is in stark contrast to the vocal performance he delivers across its 14 tracks. Blige, Kirko Bangz, Wale, Trey Songz and Louie V.) The rest of the Dreams and Nightmares roll call inclues Drake, Mary J. Alongside the hip-hop heft of Rick Ross and a rousing chorus from John Legend, the track features a guest verse from Nas. Buy this design or create your own original Keep Calm. Meek denies this: вЂњNas? Huh, no, not.вЂќ (Weird, then, that a few hours after the interview, MeekвЂ™s song вЂњ Maybach CurtainsвЂќ leaked. Another original poster design created with the Keep Calm-o-matic.

Meek is similarly unforthcoming about the guests who appear on the project. вЂњBoth of them are easy.вЂќ Meek then took a sizable pause before adding: вЂњItвЂ™s more personal on my album.вЂќ Asked to give an example of this new confessional side, he says, вЂњI donвЂ™t remember.вЂќ Another pause: вЂњNo examples.вЂќ вЂњI donвЂ™t know,вЂќ he says in a curt-but-polite manner. Reaching him while in transit from Philly to New York City, we ask Meek how his approach to writing Dreams and NightmaresВ differed from the two Dreamchasers mixtapes that established his gift for layering street-wrought raps over radio-friendly beats in prime M.M.G.

#Gangsters move in silence series#

But in the run-up to the October 30 release date, Meek, 25, seems to be taking his rapped vow of silence as something of a mantra, greeting a series of questions about the make-up of the album with a conversational shrug. As the Philadelphia-based arm of Rick RossвЂ™ expansive Maybach Music Group, sizable things are expected of Meek and his debut.

вЂњGangstas move in silence, nigga / and I donвЂ™t talk a lot,вЂќ spits Meek Mill midway through the title song on his Dreams and Nightmares album.