Dreams Worth More Than Money

Dreams Worth More Than Money
Studio album by Meek Mill
Released June 29, 2015[1]
Recorded 2012–15
Genre Hip hop
Length 54:19
Label
Producer
Meek Mill chronology
Dreamchasers 3
(2013)
Dreams Worth More Than Money
(2015)
Singles from Dreams Worth More Than Money
  1. "Check"
    Released: June 1, 2015
  2. "All Eyes on You[2]"
    Released: June 26, 2015
  3. "R.I.C.O."
    Released: June 29, 2015

Dreams Worth More Than Money is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Meek Mill. It was released on June 29, 2015, by Maybach Music Group, Atlantic Records and Dream Chasers Records.[3] The album was scheduled to be released on September 9, 2014,[4] where it had gotten delayed, due to Meek Mill's probation being revoked on July 11, 2014, thus sentencing him to jail for three to six months.[5]

The album made its entry at number one on the US Billboard 200, and it sold 246,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 215,000 coming from traditional album sales, marking as Meek's first number-one album on the chart.[6] Due to the change in the tracking week by Nielsen Music SoundScan, its first week sales were counted towards its second week on the charts.[7]

Background

Meek Mill said with this album, he is focusing more on rapping than on money. He said rappers, especially in Philadelphia, have not received credit for helping their communities going on to state during his interview with XXL stating, "If I’m in the position to help, I’m gonna help."[8] Mill says he has come to realize there is more to the music industry than wealth, a philosophy which resulted in the album's title, Dreams Worth More Than Money.[8]

Promotion

In July 2014, the trailer for the album was released.[9] On May 10, 2015, Meek released the statement the album tracklist has been finalized,[10] and later stated that the album has been completed.[11] Afterwards, the eleven new teasers were posted to his instagram page. On Nicki Minaj's official website, where it stated that they have been filming a music video for his song, titled "All Eyes on You" featuring Minaj and Chris Brown. The music video was directed by Benny Boom.[12] On July 22, 2015, Meek Mill publicly criticized fellow rapper Drake on Twitter, after being upset with Drake's alleged use of a ghostwriter to be appearing on the album.[13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[14]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[15]
Billboard[16]
Complex[17]
Consequence of SoundB[18]
HipHopDX[19]
Pitchfork(7.4/10)[20]
Rolling Stone[21]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 74, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 13 reviews.[14]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 246,000 equivalent album units (215,000 in pure album sales) in the United States, became the artist's first number-one album and the largest sales week since Dreams and Nightmares. It is also the fourth largest sales in the first week for an album of the year.[6] The album spent a second week atop the chart, which was adjusted to an eleven-day tracking period due to alterations in Billboard's tracking week schedule. This period included the previous weeks sales, as well as four days into the following week. Sales for this 'week' reflected the album's total sales since release, and are to 293,000 equivalent album units.[7] After spending 2 weeks at number one, the album fell to number 3 in the third week on chart, with 95,000 units earned in the week ending July 16.[22] By the end of 2015, Dreams Worth More Than Money had sold 350,000 copies domestically.[23]

Track listing

Dreams Worth More Than Money — Standard edition[1]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Lord Knows" (featuring Tory Lanez)
5:18
2. "Classic" (featuring Swizz Beatz and Jeremih)Mr. Bangladesh 2:47
3. "Jump Out the Face" (featuring Future) 2:41
4. "All Eyes on You" (featuring Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj)
3:43
5. "The Trillest"  
  • Williams
  • Juan "Stoopid On Da Beat" Peters
Stoopid On Da Beat 4:35
6. "R.I.C.O." (featuring Drake)
3:17
7. "I Got the Juice"  
2:55
8. "Ambitionz"  Boi-1da 3:57
9. "Pullin' Up" (featuring The Weeknd)
4:29
10. "Check"  
  • Williams
  • Wayne
  • Luellen
  • Metro Boomin
  • Southside
3:14
11. "Been That" (featuring Rick Ross)
3:01
12. "Bad for You" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
  • Williams
  • Maraj
  • Diehi
Ben Billion$ 3:23
13. "Stand Up"  
Danja 4:04
14. "Cold Hearted" (featuring Puff Daddy)
OZ 6:55
Notes
Sample credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] 91
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] 108
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[29] 42
French Albums (SNEP)[30] 161
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 13
US Billboard 200[34] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Billboard 200[36] 20
US Billboard Top Rap Albums[37] 5

See also

References

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  5. "Meek Mill Sentenced For Parole Violation". XXL. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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  13. "Stop Comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out!". July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
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