Shots Fired: "Drake Don't Write His Own Raps!" - Meek Mill

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According to Meek:

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Man, if this shit gets confirmed lmao

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Chappelle Show, all of you Neal Brennans
Sketch comedy, who was for real pennin'?
The talk don’t match the leather
The swag don’t match the sweaters
And wolves don’t walk with shepherds


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yeah, but nas doesn't write his raps either
1. Nas
2. Drake

that's pretty much it fam.

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EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:yeah, but nas doesn't write his raps either
U don't even believe that :lol:

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ima break this down because u r special needs.

that bitch that said nas didn't write was a dumb bitch who had obvious reasons for spreading lies

meek needs a buzz

let him go back to doing drake's flow over drake's beats to drum it up Image
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Lmao @ "drakes flow." dude steals flows from so many artists it's imposible to keep up :lol: Meek got one of the best flows in the game period.

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Meek a fake ass Peedi Crakk
UBM CD COMING SOON

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Didn't Drake make his early buzz on ghost writing Lil Wayne's shit? I'm not familiar enough with Drake, but I thought the one thing he did do at least partially well was write some of them raps.

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i guess flex just leaked a reference track.

http://www.complex.com/music/2015/07/fu ... gn=musicfb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/funkmaster- ... 16643.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Could this have been done after? Absolutely. But if not... :/

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Drake has always had "collaborators". Nickelus F is responsible for a lot of his early stuff.

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another ref track leaked

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that's pretty much it fam.

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the dead poet wrote:i guess flex just leaked a reference track.

http://www.complex.com/music/2015/07/fu ... gn=musicfb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
damn, so he didn't write "take a flick I look like meechi, look like bleu davinci?" fuuuuuk

*drops flex bomb*

its over for the boy!

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EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:another ref track leaked

^meek bodied that more than drizzy just like he does all his songs:

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he struggles to do the flow

chill tho i think meek is dope so u did ur job

i'm gonna see him next week
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i feel like drake took all the best parts of the reference track (10 bandz), and left the weaker stuff off, and what he added to it (if it was him) was dope and made the song better

that being said, it sucks, but i aint trippin too hard on it

my question is, i heard dude was getting 5k a month retainer. is that in addition to any writing/publishing checks he would get from the songs release/sale? cuz if so, lemme get that job plair

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A Letter

Part 1 of 2

To rappers from a rapper...simply write your own rhymes as much as you can if you are able. Ghostwriting, or borrowing lines, or taking suggestions from the room has always been in rap and will always be in rap. It is nothing to go crazy over or be offended about unless you are someone who postures him or herself on the importance of authenticity and tries to portray that quality to your fans or the public at large. Then we might have a problem. Some of the most pivotal moments in rap have been ghostwritten verses. This leads to a bigger point. Rapping is not an easy thing to do. It's takes years of work and trial and error to master some of its finer points. Respect from other MC's comes in many formats. Sales, live performances, realness etc but the one thing that is the most important is the raps themselves at least in the eyes of other serious rappers. The phrase "I'm not a rapper" gets thrown around as if it's a badge of honor. And that's fine. If rap is a side hustle for you or just a come up then by all means may the force be with you. But I know a lot of MC's where rap is the first love and the first thing they think about when they wake up and the last thing they think about when they go to sleep. Rappers who pursue the art form with this level of intention may not become rich and famous off selling their raps to a wide audience but that has never been an accepted metric to begin with in terms of quality or level of skill. The vast majority of rappers will never sell 100 records in their lifetimes let alone millions. But that's not the point, the point is that what pursuing the craft gives us in terms of the intangibles is something that record sales or fame could never represent. We achieve a mastery of language and poetics that competes on the highest levels of discourse across the entirety of human history. We express ourselves creatively and attain a sense of liberation and self-esteem via this sacred mode of creation and communication.

Part 2 Of 2

Modern Radio and the commercial realm of music has injured rap. It set up ambiguous rules and systems for success that don't take into consideration the quality and skill of the rappers craft. It redefined rap as just being a beat driven hook with some words in between and an entire generation has surrendered to chasing the format instead of chasing the art form. While mastering any format should be the pursuit of any self-respecting rapper including the commercial format it must be kept clear that it is just one of many formats and that you should strive to master all of them. The art form is kept alive and progressive in the activities of the tens of thousands of rappers around the world who are everyday trying to think of that next witty bar. Trying to put that crazy verse together while at work. Trying to find that word that rhymes with catapult so they can finish off that vivid story rap about their childhood. Meek Mill struck a nerve accusing Drake of having a ghostwriter and the entire rap world reacted on all sides of the fence because rap is alive. It's active and it feels. Its rules and traditions are vibrant and responsive. I enjoy both these brothers music and find inspiration and appreciation from both of them. I remember being in Toronto at Goodfoot years ago and it was a stack of CD's on the counter and the guy behind the counter was like "Lupe you gotta take this CD. It's my mans mixtape." I didn't really pay it any mind I took it to the car and looked it over and just kind of set it aside focused on other things. I vividly remember saying "what kind of rap name is Drake?" The rest is history. Once while in Philly I went to do an interview in a shabby and very hood basement studio complex. I peeked into one of the rooms and it was this tall kid with his shirt off bouncing up and down in the booth with an energy that was electric. I gave him my regards. He gave them back. I think I mentioned something about him cutting his dreads. As I left I remember him rapping something about being a boss. The rest is history. At the end of the day, for better or worse, rap is alive even if some of its greatest moments are written by ghosts.

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^^ :cheers:


if you keep track of every co-writing credit on every artist u gonna need another wikileaks
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It is nothing to go crazy over or be offended about unless you are someone who postures him or herself on the importance of authenticity and tries to portray that quality to your fans or the public at large. Then we might have a problem.
thats the point. drake tries to put himself up there with Jay n big. dude is lil cease/kim status.

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now meek mill is banned from toronto. other rappers better watch what they say or they too will feel the wrath of the 6ix.
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^let him live unless ovo is payin me imo

dude has a great aggressive energy
but catch him holding nicki's handbag on stage left -->
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Lmao flex ready to push the button

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no one cares tho. future is running this rap shit right now and the 6 still gonna be on top when VFT6 and weeknd drop later this year

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ackbar wrote:no one cares tho.
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Drake responds lol

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just a lil bait for the full blown :copy:


meek could take his lil L but i hope he comes back with a super aggressive dis track

that's the only way he can win this
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That beat is dope.

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