Megan Thee Stallon dropped her highly anticipated (by fans and haters) debut album "Good News" and the music video for the second single, Body, last night.
I listened to the album in full twice. Below are my overall opinions on the album. No, I am not doing a track by track review. I will discuss Shots Fired, highlight some tracks, and keep it moving.
The "Good News" is that the album lives up to its title. This is a good rap album…period. For all the hoopla over who deserves specific awards and who doesn't, Megan Thee Stallion brought 'bad news" to her doubter with the release of "Good News."
SHOTS FIRED
We all know how important an opening track is to an album. It sets the tone for the listeners, and Megan did not disappoint with "Shots Fired." This track aims at her attacker Tory Lanez, ex-bestie Kelsey Nicole, and all the "pick me" bitches / men who tried to shame her for stand up for herself. I am shocked that she addressed Kelsey, but I guess after her posing with Carl Crawford and J Prince, she said fck it.
"Imagine me givin' a fuck it was your fuckin' birthday (Fuck you)
You in your feelings, I just thought it was another Thursday"
The song samples Biggies "Who Shot Ya?" but the track's boldness is all 2 Pac. It also reminds you that Hot Girl Meg is the daughter of a rapper. For Megan, to use that sample and to go at a male "rapper" is Hip Hop at its finest and something I thought I would never see from a female or male artist, considering where the genre is headed.
It's also interesting that the song sounds like it may have been written after Tory Lanez tried to play his own defense attorney on Instagram Live. The more he pokes, the worse it gets, lol. Tory Lanez has now been bodied by Dreamdoll, Masika, and Megan😩.
MORE GOOD NEWS
After wrapping Tory's coffin with a bow, we move into another one of my fave tracks, "Circles," which samples Jazmine Sullivan's "Hold You Down." I appreciate that Megan did not use the sample to carry the song but to enhance it. A verse to pay attention to on this track is:
Goddamn! I love when rappers really let you into how they feel, especially when we know the situations they are referring to. She also drops some more info. about the shooting where she alludes to having messages of an unnamed person begging for forgiveness. This track is produced by Rick Starr Did It & Cool N Dre.
DA BABY & CITY GIRLS
The album then goes into "Cry Baby" featuring Da Baby and "Do It On The Tip" featuring the City Girls. Y'all know I love Da Baby, and nothing has changed after this collab. The beat is FIYAH, and I think he and Meg sound great together. I think it's another fun-freaky song to add to the list of their other songs.
The City Girls and Meg sound way better together than I thought they would. This is the Lyrical Princesses' best feature so far. JT sounds strong again. It did stand out that Megan and Yung Miami reference others being their "sons." I'm so here for the Nicki Minaj influence in rap. That is way more impactful than girls copying looks. Besides Lauryn Hill, I don't think another female rapper has influenced how other rappers rap. I could be wrong, but I can't think of any right now.
POP MEG
The one track that I wanted to skip immediately was "Don't Rock Me To Sleep." I get what she was trying to do, but it did not work IMO. I don't need Pop Meg.
OVERALL:
After seeing the tracklist I got a little worried, but I am so glad my fears were unwarranted. The album is solid. She did not run from the Tory situation. She handled straight on and then kept it moving. She shined on tracks with features and did not make you wish she had a feature on her solo songs. I feel this album will make the Hotties happy and grow her fanbase.
There is probably no WAP on here, but she doesn't need one. She needs chart consistency.
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@Kimro, we actually give the album the same score. I was thinking a 7-8 out of 10. I made a rule years ago when artists started doing more mixtape type albums than completes bodies of work, if I like half or more of an album, I am happy.
As for the Bun B thing, I get it if you're from Texas. I am not from Texas so it does not bother me. Also, since it is so special, I would be very picky about what I put the verse on. So, I can understand Megan waiting for that perfect moment.
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Oh and people want to be overly critical of Meg because of jealousy and I think because she did…
@yaya whats your take on this?
I know she doesn't want to stay in the southern lane but.... lol
She did what needed to be done on Shots Fired. I like Circles, Cry Baby was cool, Whats New is a fave, YM did hold her own on Tip. I wonder if they were in the studio together and Meg taught her a lil some? In my last take about the track list, I said I don't listen to Caribbean music so I skipped Intercourse 😬. Body video made me appreciate that one. Now that damn DRMTS is going to be her Starships lol. Meaning she will not like that song a few years from now. She could've replaced that wit…
@Roselle, Yeah, I am so proud of her. I especially like how she has not turned negative and nasty just because she has people coming for her. I know that takes a lot of maturity and strength.
Normally, for me to post a review of an album I will wait approx. a week lol. I just did the 2 Listen review for Meg because I knew people would want to know my thoughts. With a good 2 listens I can get a feel for a project. I was about to go out for a walk to listen to it, but I see Nicki is making an announcement so I have to wait.
I like to listen to an album a maximum of 3 times before giving my opinion. And like u said, #goodnews is a solid rap album.. She's grown so much and I love that. .Her whole cocky-shitting on every hater-attitude is my favourite on god.. circles is my favourite on the album.. I already added shots fired and body to my work out playlist cos of how hype they make me get lol.. Yaya.. I'm proud of our girl fr.. It's only uphill from here for her.. everyone else can suck it
@Chloe, Yeah I like to listen to something at least twice. First, just for over all sound and then to go more into what the rapper is saying.
As for "Circles," I thought maybe it was just me. Last night, it sounded like the levels were off or something lol. But, I just played it and it doesn't sound off for some reason. There may have been an engineer issue on that track or they wanted that effect.