![]() “When I heard, ‘Hold up wait a minute…’ I knew, right then and there, that it was over. “I remember listening to the where the piano is playing, and he told me to just wait,” he says. But at the time, he was pushing ‘Amen’ because of the feature, back when those guys were good.”Ĭosmic Kev was impressed by “Willy Wonka,” but also immediately recognized that “Dreams and Nightmares (Intro)” was sublime. Because, once again, the energy on that record. “When he sent me ‘Willy Wonka,’ I was snappin’ on that. “He sent me ‘Dreams & Nightmares,’ ‘ Amen,’ and ‘ Willy Wonka’ - which was off one of the mixtapes, because he had done those records early,” Cosmic Kev says. According to Cosmic Kev, the intro wasn’t the song from this initial batch that Meek was the most enthusiastic about. I didn’t think they was gon’ catch it the way they caught it.”ĭJ Cosmic Kev, a legend at Philadelphia’s Power 99 FM and one of the most respected voices in the local hip-hop community, says “Dreams and Nightmares (Intro)” was one of three records Meek sent him well before his debut was released. ![]() “But you know, that’s why I made that song in that manner. “I didn’t think would respond to that song like that,” he admitted on Hot 97’s Juan Epstein podcast in 2013. ![]() Meek Mill said he’s long felt the record was special (“Me and my homies, we always thought that about the intro,” he told Complex in 2014, in response to Drake’s praise), but he’s acknowledged that he had no idea it would adopt this extended cultural afterlife. Therein lies the root of the song’s popularity: it’s become an anthem because it channels a relatable narrative into raw energy - something any listener can feel. But being written off or doubted is not exclusive to Philadelphia - that’s a narrative many can relate to or, at the very least, understand. ![]() They, like Meek, succeeded despite being written off. Hence why the Philadelphia Eagles have embraced it as their anthem during a rocky journey to Super Bowl Lll. It’s deeply rooted in Meek Mill’s North Philadelphia upbringing the grit and chip-on-your-shoulder ambition that characterize the city are evident throughout the song. On October 20th, 2022, the Facebook meme page NFL Memes posted the image paired with the overlay text "When the Thursday Night game is actually exciting." The post (shown below) garnered roughly 470 likes and 80 shares in a year.Much of that impact comes from the feeling “Dreams and Nightmares (Intro)” evokes. The post (shown below, right) garnered almost 1,000 likes and six retweets in seven months. On January 8th, 2023, Twitter user uploaded a version of Meek Mill's lyric image macro featuring American basketball player LeBron James. The post (shown below, left) garnered over 3,700 likes and 755 retweets in nine months. For instance, on October 28th, 2022, Twitter user celebrated the release of new music from Rihanna using the Michael Jordan sobbing meme. Over the next few years, the was popularized as a reaction meme on Twitter. The post (shown below) garnered roughly 160 likes and 14 retweets in two years. The earliest found usage of the meme paired with Meek Mill's lyric "I used to pray for times like this" from the music "Dreams and Nightmares (intro)" music was posted on Twitter by user on September 30th, 2021. Bernstein, captured the moment Jordan was sobbing into the trophy after his first title, with his father at his side (shown below). On June 5th, 1991, Michael Jordan and his team, the Chicago Bulls, won over the Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
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