Rick Ross & Meek Mill, SHAQ & KOBE | Track Review 🎵

Rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill make a dynamic duo on their unapologetic collaborative single, “SHAQ & KOBE.”

“N⭐️ggas wanna see you lose when you’re makin’ moves (Moves) / We bringin’ tools in any rooms, we tryna break the rules (Rules).” WOO! 🎙 Rick Ross and 🎙 Meek Mill make a dynamic rap duo, PERIOD! Perhaps that’s why their collaborative single, 🎵 “SHAQ & KOBE” is named after dynamic balling duo 🏀 Shaquille O’Neal and the late, great, 🏀 Kobe Bryant. The song isn’t about Shaq or Kobe, but both rappers bring the heat. More accurately, they bring the bars 💯.  It doesn’t hurt to have bada$$ production courtesy of 🎛 Fresh Ayr and D-Mo. The backdrop, set in a minor key, sounds malicious, anchored by its dusty, hard-hitting drums, and thriving off those detuned synths.

Prior to “SHAQ & KOBE” settling in, things commence with a signature, Maybach Music intro, which piques the ears.  From there, Meek Mill raps the first verse, showing off his aggressive, electrifying flow.  The bars give, but perhaps as significant is how he reminds us why he was such a beastly rapper at his peak.  He doesn’t hold back, serving up ample real talk: “I seen my dawg kill my dawg, just to get his stash / He went up top, they banged him out, got that nigga slatt.” Meek goes on to perform the chorus, with a few lines courtesy of Ross: “Too much money 💵 and power ⚡️/ Stumble into the penthouse, with a baddie to fuck in the shower 🚿…” Rick, The Bawse, performs the second verse, dropping an assertive flow and bars too. He’s true to self with drippy lines like, “Sippin’ champagne, I own it myself,” but also keeps it violent (“They thought it was a game ‘til the shots rang,” and, “Killin’ niggas in the streets, I call it a feast”). 🎵 “SHAQ & KOBE” speaks for itself.  Rick and Meek came to rap, PERIOD. BANGER!!!

🎙 Rick Ross & Meek Mill • 🎵 “SHAQ & KOBE” • 🏷 Maybach Music Group / gamma. • 🗓 9.29.23

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