Fever (mixtape)


Fever is the debut mixtape by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. It was released via 300 Entertainment on May 17, 2019, and features 14 tracks. The mixtape includes the single "Sex Talk", as well as the songs "Simon Says" featuring Juicy J and "Money Good". It also includes the album song, “Cash Shit” featuring DaBaby.

Promotion

Megan Thee Stallion formally announced the mixtape with a trailer posted to her social media accounts on May 8, captioning it "MEET HOT GIRL MEG ?", the name of her alter ego for the mixtape. In the trailer, Hot Girl Meg drives in a red convertible with three other women before a snippet of a song plays.

Singles

The lead single from Fever, "Sex Talk", was released to all major streaming services and digital platforms on March 22, 2019.
The opening track, "Realer", was released as a promotional single on May 16, 2019. The single was premiered by Zane Lowe on the Beats 1 radio show. Its music video was released to Vevo on May 21, 2019. It received one million views within 48 hours of uploading.
The song "Cash Shit" featuring DaBaby was released as a single and has so far reached a peak of number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is her second song to reach the Top 40 of the Hot 100, her first being "Hot Girl Summer" featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Nicki Minaj.

Commercial performance

Fever debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 27,956 album-equivalent units, of which 3,725 were pure album sales. It became just the 7th female rap project to reach the top ten in the last 10 years.

Critical reception

Fever was generally well-received by critics upon its release. On Metacritic, the mixtape received a score of 81 out of 100 from eight reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Amongst the positive reviews was Fred Thomas for AllMusic, who claimed that "With near-peerless levels of confidence, fearlessly bold lyricism, and relentless, expertly crafted beats, Fever establishes Megan Thee Stallion as a figure in Southern rap." Pitchfork awarded the mixtape a score of 8.0 out of 10 and noted that Megan Thee Stallion's debut album is "steeped in sex, pimpin, and power; it sounds like a once and future Houston rap classic"

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Awards

Rankings

Track listing

Adapted from Megan Thee Stallion's Twitter.
Notes

Weekly charts

Year-end charts