Megan Thee Stallion, Neva Play | Song Review 🎵

Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion enlists RM of BTS for an entertaining, vibe-filled, flex-fest, “Neva Play.”

“O“ne, two, three, four (One, two, three, four) / Five, six, seven, eight (Five, six, seven, eight).” Early on in her single, “Neva Play”, Megan Thee Stallion flaunts her counting skills. Of course, there’s more than random numbers involved. Those numbers are meaningful: “Countin’ zeroes every day (Yeah) / You know that we never play.” Word.  “Neva Play” is a flex fest from the Grammy-winning rapper.  She enlists the services of an unexpected guest: RM of BTS.  The results are P-O-S-I-T-V-E.

The unforgettable numeric hook appears at the top of “Neva Place.” Also, making our ears perk up at the onset are ear-catching synths.  The loops is infectious.  Another cool musical feature is how the tempo accelerates during the introduction.  LilJuMadeDaBeat, Shae Jacobs, B Ham, and Peter Fenn drop a sickening, mean-sounding, minor-key instrumental supporting both rappers. Beyond her colorful chorus,  Megan Thee Stallion delivers an aggressive flow and rhymes. “Just know when it’s time for me to get my lick back / All y’all finna be finished (Hadouken),” she spits in the first verse, adding, “Check the credits, you know who wrote it / With a flow this hard, this heavy, Kotex (Mm).” Aggressiveness from Megan is the expectation.  One of the biggest surprises is RM, specifically how low and masculine he sounds while rapping.  Even with his ‘manliness at an all-time manly level,’ his flow is chill and relaxed (“For Asia, man, we paved the way”). The contrast between him and Megan is one of the selling points of “Never Play.” All told “Neva Play” is a total vibe.  Meg and RM DON’T PLAY! 

Megan Thee Stallion // “Neva Play” // Hot Girl Productions LLC // 9.6.24

Megan Thee Stallion, Neva Play (Ft. RM) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Hot Girl Productions LLC; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]