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Published on January 25th, 2019 | by Jameelah "Just Jay" Wilkerson

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Maxo Kream – Meet Again

A visceral and enthralling rap storyteller, Maxo Kream spent 2018 making the case that he’s Houston’s best emcee. Directly addressing a close friend serving a lengthy sentence in prison, Maxo shares “Meet Again,” a soulful and introspective new single. Foregoing the dark and futuristic production for which he’s known, “Meet Again” has a nostalgic, soul-sampling instrumental, reminiscent of fellow Houstonian Scarface’s work with Kanye West. The beat provides a sentimental backdrop for Maxo’s reflective second-person bars,: “I dropped 40 on a lawyer, tryna reduce your sentence/He better than that court-appointed, he gon’ fight to appeal it/But you better stop trippin’, I heard they caught you with a phone/And they threw you in the hole, you prob’ly wonderin’ how I know.” Produced by Teej, a frequent Maxo collaborator, and co-produced and mixed by Houston legend Mike Dean, “Meet Again” is Maxo’s first new single since the release of Punken, Maxo’s critically acclaimed new album, and is his latest video since the creative clip for “Roaches” (3.1 million YouTube views).

Kicking off a 2018 that found Maxo landing his single “Bussdown” on the NBA Live 2019 soundtrack and performing at a prime slot at Rolling Loud Miami, Punken takes a deep and revealing look into the rapper’s past, with Maxo mastering his storytelling ability and hypnotic flows atop forward-thinking production. Titled after one of Maxo Kream’s childhood nicknames, Punken builds upon 2015’s Maxo 187 and 2016’s The Persona Tape with emotionally and sonically diverse tracks sitting side-by-side with insane drug-dealing bangers. Featuring appearances from Trippie Redd, 03 Greedo, and D. Flowers, and with production from The Wlderness, Beatboy, Sonny Digital, Ethereal, Honorable C Note, $uicideboy$, Tommy Kruise, Wolfe De Mchls, Teddy Walton, and MexikoDro, the album earned massive critical acclaim, earning “Best Of 2018” honors from Noisey, The AV Club, FACT Mag, and DJ Booth, among others. In their glowing review of the album, Pitchfork praised the album as “full of unsparing storytelling, pusher anthems, and a dynamic array of trap production over which Maxo delivers some of his most effective writing.” Stay tuned for more great music from Maxo Kream in 2019, sure to be the 28-year-old rapper’s biggest year yet.




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