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Dec 6, 2018As much as Championships is filled with nonchalant club/street anthems, it's also about healing. Tempered by both celebration and struggle, Championships shows the duality of Mill's world--one that still reflects on the past, but has made leaps towards his future--and that's perhaps the greatest win of them all.
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The WireJan 25, 2019There’s a brace of humble attempts to get his head round his situation, tracks like “Trauma” and “Oodles O’ Noodles Babies”, brilliantly nuanced performances where Meek wavers on the edge between uncommon restraint and a violent simmer. Jay-Z showing up on “What’s Free” to boast about tax avoidance brings everything back into perspective.
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Dec 5, 2018Meek Mill has definitely earned his place as the people’s champion, and in turn has provided his best album to date.
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Dec 3, 2018[An] urgent, wise and poignant fourth LP.
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Dec 3, 2018The result is an album that dovetails beautifully from party anthems to vulnerable confessionals. The production is tight and cohesive even when songs like ‘Pay You Back’ and ‘Splash Warning’ feel unnecessary. Meek is angry but eloquent.
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Dec 4, 2018Mostly the record commits to what he does best: substantial rap with clear stakes and an uncommon sense of purpose. After a career marked too often by botched opportunities and wasted potential, Meek Mill has finally risen to the moment.
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Dec 6, 2018While the Audemars-Piguet and Rolls-Royce Wraith have not disappeared from the equation and Meek Mill’s affinity for the finer things is still intact, his conscience is the crown jewel of Championships.
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Dec 3, 2018The ultimate result is an inspired release that hearkens back to the Roc-a-Fella days of the mid-Aughts, full of diaristic writing, song-cry beats and ridiculous skills.
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Dec 7, 2018The album has some filler--the mumble rap of Splash Warning and Uptown Vibes’ reggaeton--but mostly it is a cinematic tale of a man freed, though still carrying the burden of representation.
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Dec 3, 2018A perplexingly bloated, often aimless album is both a head-scratcher and a true waste of potential.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 57 out of 76
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Mixed: 10 out of 76
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Negative: 9 out of 76
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Dec 5, 2018
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Jan 4, 2020One of the best rap albums of the decade top to bottom with good collaborations, good flows and excellent lyrics.
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Jul 28, 2019