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It’s something that Meek was born to do, and the two work off each other like Shaq and Kobe in their primes (Yes, Ross is obviously Shaq). “Believe It,” featuring label boss Ross, is vintage MMG head-splitting trap music. On “Traumatized,” the better of the two street tales on the album, he viciously swears to kill his father’s murderer, and vividly recounts growing up in the hood with just his mother. One of Meek’s strengths has always been his storytelling. The album sits at a solid 14 tracks, but it feels a lot shorter, considering that many of the songs are carbon copies of one another. The album then plays out expectedly, with mixed results - there are the dreams, laced with money, women and alcohol, and there are nightmares, filled with drugs, guns and the hood. “Hold up wait a minute / Y’all thought I was finished?” Meek yells to the listener, almost offended, and then goes on to absolutely demolish the track, barking out lyrics with bombastic energy. It begins with a calm, piano-laden beat, with Meek lazily rhyming about his journey to stardom … and then bam! The real beat comes in. The title track starts off the album perfectly. Dreams and Nightmares is more of a polished mixtape than an actual album, filled with the same gritty street tales, booming trap beats, three Ross guest spots and head-scratchingly stupid lines. The record’s main flaw is summed up in the title - the album has dreams (the party songs) and nightmares (the hood songs), and really nothing else.

Meek stays true to his roots on his debut album, Dreams and Nightmares.

And though he has made it big time, he definitely hasn’t forgotten where he came from. This is Meek Mill’s appeal: He is the voice of the streets, a ghetto superstar. He was no longer the MMG back-up plan - he was the future.īy 2012 he was on tour with Drake, signed to Jay-Z’s management team and featured Mariah Carey songs, all while remaining the very same corner boy. As long as I can be creative and make a living doing it, I’m happy,” he said.As time passed, however, something incredible happened - Meek Mill became a rap superstar. I’d also love for someone to fly me out to a tropical island and pay me millions of dollars to paint fruit wearing hats. I’d love to illustrate for a cool graphic novel someday. “Typically, my paintings are very creepy and surreal, but I also love creating sci-fi and fantasy works. Sarafin, a part-time illustrator and metal vocalist who also works part-time at Lockheed Martin, specializes in depictions of post-apocalyptic science fiction horror, a style he eventually found through copying his dad’s old Sgt. In addition to creating the awe-inducing artwork for his band’s latest release, The Prodigal Empire, Sarafin has illustrated at least a dozen album covers for an array of acts, both local and national, including Axeslasher, Listen to Reason, Exotype, Acedia, Arcania, Blue Waffle and Voiceless Location, among others.

“Metal bands want to portray the opposite of a happy life on their album covers,” says Ken Sarafin, and the Vale of Pnath frontman knows from whence he speaks.