Meek Mill can attest to one particular feat — he’s always good for a high Billboard 200 chart debut.
According to HitsDailyDouble, the Dream Chasers rapper’s fifth studio effort debuted at No. 3 on the chart with an estimated 93,000 total album-equivalent units earned. The sales mark earned Meek his fifth consecutive Top 3 debut after 2018’s Championships debuted at No. 1.
In all, each of Meek’s four previous albums has at least been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Since 2012, he’s earned gold or platinum plaques for Dreams and Nightmares, Dreams Worth More Than Money, Wins & Losses and Championships.
Bolstered by the singles “Flamerz Flow”, “Sharing Locations” and “Blue Notes 2,” Meek’s new album is set to be celebrated in a massive concert in New York later this month featuring Lil Baby and Lil Uzi Vert.
Expensive Pain only trails Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy on the new chart, disputing claims Akademiks made about the project in the latest chapter of his war of words with the Philly rapper.
Akademiks Flames Meek Mill's Album 'Flop' While Applauding Drake: 'Drake Ain't Never Paid For A Post'
In a video clip shared on Friday (October 8), Akademiks gleefully gloated about Meek’s latest effort selling less than 100,000 units.
“I was praying for times like this for three years,” Akademiks said of Expensive Pain‘s album sales. “Yo Roc Nation, how much y’all pay for this one? My sources says ten bands. Y’all can say whatever, call me a Drake stan, but Drake ain’t never paid for a post.”
I don’t believe it because Hip Hop is fake
Ak is low key tryna get Meek lock back up lol
I like the first half of the album better. I like his politically-driven lyrics more than his “trying to be a player” lyrics
Damn Meek come harder next time lol
Everyone putting Lowriders on their covers but release some shit Id never play in a lowrider lolol. He has sounded the same to me since I heard Levels
he still feudin’ with drake.
Championships was better this one is OK it could’ve been better…
I appreciate a person who is not afraid to go against the popular sentiment about a topic. The rest of these rappers in the comments all have better bars than Meek.
They should have called it expensive trash because they blew that budget and got flaming garbage in return. Meek is ass
we all know they got streaming bots to run up the numbers. this LP was trash af.
MEEK WASHED.
Meek fan…but didn’t even know until seeing this post that he put out an album. Did his label even market it? Any promo at all?
Going to check it out this afternoon, helpfully it’s not as trash as y’all saying in the comments.