Once upon a time, all of us was in chains
Homie still doubled down callin' us some slaves
Atlanta was the Mecca, buildin' railroads and trains
Bear with me for a second, let me put y'all on game
The settlers was usin' town folk to make 'em richer
Fast-forward, 2024, you got the same agenda
You run to Atlanta when you need a check balance
Let me break it down for you, this the real nigga challenge
You called Future when you didn't see the club (ayy, what?)
Lil Baby helped you get your lingo up (what?)
21 gave you false street cred
Thug made you feel like you a slime in your head (ayy, what?)
Quavo said you can be from Northside (what?)
2 Chainz say you good, but he lied
You run to Atlanta when you need a few dollars
No, you not a colleague, you a f***in' colonizer

The narrative that he put these people on is so lame. Drake only collabs with people who are currently popping. He was down with Migos in 2013 when they first blew then when they struggled for a few years he’s gone. Then he’s back after Culture gave them a second wind.

its some rap fans that would let drake sleep with their wife

facts Y.N.R mixtape was going crazy in the streets and online way before Drake got on the versace remix

It was mutually beneficial.

Drake got authenticity with the “culture” that took him to the next level

Atlanta got commercial break through before rap became the biggest genre

Although I guess now with that state of rap, drake benefits more than say future or thug

Lol....ATL wasn't even close to dead when Drake hopped on the Versace remix

the irony in this verse when kendrick ran to future for like that

damn u wild

Not really ironic considering he was the feature on his album so idk whats ironic.

"Drake brought the Atlanta rap scene back to life" that really is some d***eating nonsense I would read on here

Atlanta was already running the rap game by then

y'all trying to re-write history.

He brought the Atlanta rap scene back (he didn’t) but can’t do the same to Toronto, his own city?

i mean

toronto rap just sucks

rnb scene on the other hand..

I’m talking about rap as a whole. Pre 2015 it wasn’t the dominant cultural force like we see now, where every Tom d*** and Harry could give a #1

Nephew...

like i said atlanta was already running the rap game by 2013.

Atlanta has been running the rap game since 2005/2006/2007 (TI, Gucci, Lil Jon, Yung Joc, Jeezy, Waka Flocka ect)

Drake's accessibility thanks to his pop rap allowed for mainstream audiences to be introduced to "street rappers" like migos, thug, future, city girls, blocboy jb etc

They both needed each other to push rap further into the mainstream

yeha man peewee longway and drake have the same kind of power to put people on

this s*** is offensive honestly

So you're saying Kendrick asked Future if he could feature on his album, literally the opposite of how feature requests work?

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