R-Mean Gets Personal On His Latest Single "Rain"

R-Mean comes through for week 41 with "Rain"

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Monday's are typically trash. It's the beginning of the week and you know you have another five days ahead of you until it's the weekend. However, throughout this year, R-Mean has changed the perception of Mondays and turned them into something you could look forward to with his "Mean Mondays" series. He's helped everyone get over their Monday blues by dropping a new song every week. While some weeks it's been a freestyle and others certified bangers, it's always a surprise. R-Mean's had a consistent stream of music to deliver us through the year. Today, he gets much more personal on his latest track "Rain."

R-Mean takes this weeks "Mean Monday" entry as a dedication to the loved ones he's lost. R-Mean gets into deep detail about the loved ones he's lost and how he's lost them. He uses the third verse specifically as a dedication to his aunt that passed away at a very young age. He goes into detail about her time in the hospital and the thoughts that ran through his mind while he witnessed it. R-Mean's pen game will have you visualizing every moment that he speaks on as if you were in the hospital room with his aunt as well. The track was produced by Dat Blaze and Blind. The two of them flip a sample from an oldie from Jose Feliciano and create the landscape for R-Mean to let all his feelings out on.

It's already October and R-Mean hasn't missed a week since launching his "Mean Monday" series. Unfortunately, as we gear up to say good bye to 2017, R-Mean only has eleven weeks left in his weekly run of singles. Nonetheless, he's been killing it through this year. Hopefully, this is a lead up to an even bigger 2018 for R-Mean.

Quotable Lyrics
I was just a kid, a 12 year old boy
Starin' at the casket, wanted to touch your hand
But I was too scared
All of a sudden, my mom just went ballistic
Swingin' her fist and kickin, screamin
She's missin' her little sister, she flippin,
Man she lost it


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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.