Thursday February 12th, felt like Christmas day for Drake fans.
The 28-year-old rapper dropped his brand-new album, If You're Reading
This It's Too Late, unannounced. In true Drake fashion, there are
hidden messages and subliminal shots littered throughout the LP.
"I got rap n---as that I gotta act like I like, but my
actin' days are over, f--- them n---as for life," Drake declares on
"Energy," setting the tone early on the album.
Just like everyone else who's been listening to the album since
11 p.m. ET on Thursday night, I think I've cracked the code on some of Drake's
obvious shots at his competitors and rivals -- new and old. He's subliminal in
his approach, but yet subtly blatant if you're aware of the present beefs
in todays hip-hop culture. And nothing fools Trey Branson, so i'm here to
connect the dots!
Check out 10 of Drake's most obvious
subliminal shots from If You're Reading This It's Too Late:
1. Song: "No Tellin'"
Aimed at: Everybody
Lyric: "Yeah,
I took the summer off to get it right/ Yeah, I gave these boys a shot and they
f---in' failed/ N---as like, 'You took the summer off? We couldn't tell.'"
Drake
only appeared on a few records in summer 2014, from ILoveMakonnen's
"Tuesday," Lil Wayne 's "Believe Me" and his own
"0 to 100/The Catch Up." Even in his absence, nobody could overtake
him as the rapper who could move the needle the most.
2. Song: "No Tellin'"
Aimed at: Tyga
Lyric: "Thinkin'
they lions and tigers and bears, I go huntin'/ Put heads on my fireplace."
Tyga
revealed in a Vibe magazine interview in October 2014 that he thought
Drake was "fake." Though he earned Drake's wrath even more on
"6PM in New York," Tyga is officially in Drake's crosshairs, along
with the rest of the industry.
3. Song: "Star67"
Aimed at: Cash Money Records
Lyric: "Walk
up in my label like, where the check though?/ Yeah I said it, wouldn't dap you
with the left ho."
Drake's been quiet on the in-house fight between
Birdman and Lil Wayne over Wayne's freedom from Cash Money Records, until
now. There's already a standing lawsuit between Jas Prince of Young Empire
Music Group and Aspire seeking Drake's unpaid royalties from the label.
4. Song: "Used To"
Aimed at: Kendrick Lamar
Lyric: "They
gon' say your name on them airwaves/ They gon' hit you up right after like it's
only rap."
Kendrick Lamar is the only person who's mentioned Drake by
name on a record, with "Control" in 2013. Kendrick said it's only
rap, but Drake still took offense to it -- and still feels some type of way
about it.
5. Song: "Used To"
Aimed at: Diddy Lyric: "Real
quick, man, you couldn't have hated that/ Let's be real, n--a, you couldn't
have made it that."
In December, Diddy allegedly went after Drake
after the two got into a very publicized beef over who the ‘0-100’
beat was meant for first. Drake laughs at the idea that Diddy could have
made it a hotter song than he did.
6. "6PM in New York,"
Aimed at: Tyga (and/or possibly
Childish Gambino)
Lyric: "I heard a li'l li'l homie talking
reckless in VIBE/ Quite a platform you chose, you shoulda kept it
inside/ Oh you tried it, it's so childish calling my name on the world stage/
You need to act your age and not your girl's age."
Tyga discussed his
woes with Cash Money in a VIBE interview, and he also had some
harsh words for Drake. So Drake decides to not only take aim at Tyga, but also
his rumored girlfriend, 17-year-old Kylie Jenner.
7. "6PM in New York"
Aimed at: JAY-Z
Lyric: "Yeah,
boy you rappin' like you seen it all/ You rappin' like the Throne should be
three of y'all."
It's not a shot, per se, but Drake really does see
himself on Jay Z's level these days. The back-and-forth on "Pound
Cake" proved it.
8. "6PM in New York"
Aimed at: Kendrick Lamar
Lyric: "I
got a backyard where money seems to come from trees."
Drizzy offers
one last parting shot on a track he recorded just before his 28th birthday. The
"money trees" line not only references him once being "23 with a
money tree" but Kendrick Lamar's "Money Trees" from good
kid, m.A.A.d city.
9. "6PM in New York"
Aimed at: Kanye West
Lyric: "I'm
never ever scared to get some blood on my leaves."
He doesn't stop
with Kendrick Lamar. He doesn't fear Kanye West, with whom he's had a cold war
with for a long period of time. He's not afraid to get his hands dirty now.
10. "6PM in New York"
Aimed at: Mia
Khalifa
Lyric: "Bitches alter my messages like we have
words/ And stories about my life hit the Net like a bad serve."
Drake's
dealt with groupie rumors for years, but none seemed weirder than porn star Mia
Khalifa. She went on a Miami radio station to display how “cringworthy” it was
for Drake to try and wo
o her on social media.
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