On his Hot 97 radio show last night (July 30), Funkmaster Flex released three more reference tracks of Quentin Miller rapping Drake songs. “Know Yourself,” “Used To” and “R.I.C.O.” are the songs for which the reference tracks were released. The last cut was a Drake feature on Meek Mill’s Dreams Worth More Than Money and the song that Mill initially claimed the Toronto rapper didn’t write. Meek Mill also released his first Drake diss track, “Wanna Know” on the show. He sampled the “Know Yourself” reference track and Drake’s shoutout to his hometown, “Running through the six with my woes.” Last week, the radio host released a reference track for “10 Bands,” seemingly proving Mill’s initial comments that Drake doesn’t write his own lyrics. Miller responded denying that he is a ghostwriter for Drake. Listen to the three reference tracks below: For additional Drake – Meek Mill coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
More Drake Reference Tracks Released By Funkmaster Flex
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lol flex tryin so hard to make meek look good
but your boy got peed on though.
Who gives a fu** flex is a hater maybe he needs a hug too
Meek still lost… should of had some one write his ryes too
Reference tracks to me are a lot worse than a ghostwriter. One thing to perform words from another person but it’s a whole other level to trace a rappers style
Lot’s of Drake cheerleaders on here. So corny and a waste of precious time. Start a business, make some money and start a family. Drake doesn’t give a shit about you!! Get a life… you know what I mean, clowns??
Meek don’t even know you exist dude
So, the dude that got writing credits on a song also rapped over the same beat?
Shocking!
I know, right? On a reference track too, not a demo. Hip hop fans please start showing you are more intelligent than I’ve seen with the people who don’t understand the difference. For a difference, look up T.I.’s demo for a song he pushed to Dr. Dre for the never coming out Detox where he raps the entire song and even calls himself Dre on the verses he wrote for him. That’s a ghostwriter.
@Silent_Partner: even better, look up for Ludacris’ OG’s Theme. It’s a demo for DETOX, he completely changed his flow to be more Dre-like and wrote the whole lyrics from his perspective. These leaks definitely don’t belong to the same category.
The battle should’ve been better. But drake is getting love for being a rapper he isnt a rapper if niggaz is writing ur career.diddy kept it 100 from the door. Dont lie and then get exposed. Drake a singer thats it spade a spade regardless meek is a better rapper
I don’t have a dog in this fight but I have a question…..If Drake is a singer and Meek is a better rapper, why couldn’t the “better rapper” put out better material?
Huh?
Diddy uses credited writers and because he says so, up front, you have no problem. However, when guys like Jay Z, Lil’ Wayne, Dr. Dre, 50 cent do it, are they getting a pass from you because they aren’t reading their liner notes out loud to you?
@Spaz, you’re an idiot….
Jay Z is A WRITER! He’s written a lot of songs for your favorites including Dr. Dre. So you can’t put him in that class.
50 Cent writes his own shit as well.
Dre is like Puffy and doesn’t write his own stuff but he never pretended to.
Lil Wayne.. I don’t know 100% if he’s written ALL of his own shit or not.
Know what you’re talking about before speaking.
The trip part about this is, you have a rapper and a DJ going at an artist…AND STILL LOSS. That’s crazy, normally in a situation like this where you have 2 against 1…the ‘2’ would come out victorious. I’m at a loss for words…
Not really surprising since the rapper can’t rap, and the DJ is wack as fuck. Drake gets no points for this WWE shit because these 2 corny dudes got pushed out there to wage the battle.
This isn’t over Stan, it’s just getting started.
Maybe I’m supposed to care about all this, but I don’t. I wasn’t really a huge Drake fan before, but after all this beef and everything, I got him in my top 5 now.
If he’s in your top five, than you were always a Drake stan, now you sound like him, stop fronting.
Nah, I didn’t really notice Drake until just recently when he made that boss move to Apple. I’m a new fan of Drake. But Meek, I was a fan of his since DC2. But then he got out of jail, started disrespecting Safaree and everyone and being a total fucckboy. I don’t even want to know someone like that, let alone listen to his music.
These tracks aren’t even songs that made Drake so popular in the 1st place. Nobody thinks of “10 Bandz” when they’re thinking about what makes drake good. Flex just tryna stay relevant… and more rappers use reference tracks than what you guys think, trust me!
More than just some of them. Let’s try all of them. When you got Busta Rhymes saying whoever leaked that shit is in the wrong, it lets you know that all of them have them, and a lot of people’s fantasies about their favorite rapper who is barely literate being gambled on by the 3 majors to come up with some shit that will crossover is hilarious though. Think about how 50 Cent and Game first got together…Interscope Iovine sent him to help him out, and that turned into the biggest hits of his career to this point. It’s what goes on, either accept it or leave it alone because it’s always been going on, especially since the majors took over from the independent bosses.
This shit is like the people who keep leaking Hilary’s Clinton’s emails and don’t understand why she’s still going to be President. Busta Rhymes basically put up a post last night on social media shaking his head that these reference tracks are leaking, letting you know why the whole industry is letting Meek and Flex dead their own careers with this shit. They know what time it is and know what a ghostwriter is, and this ain’t it. That’s why it’s called a refrence track and not a demo, and Funkmaster Flex’s old ass should know better. I give Meek a pass because he looks like a simple dude who got pushed around on the chess board by soembody else trying to get at Drake, but Flex is dumb as fuck for this shit.
Wow your in some kind of hip hop denial! Cause every rapper has a “ghost writer” like Drake huh? Your a fuckin moron. You just need to come to grips with the fact that your secret gay man crush Drake is a fuckin fraud.
Itsdarea,
You’re the dumb mofo getting emotional about some shit these white people been feeding you like dog shit for years now, but hey tell me who has been listening to this shit since ’82 what it is homie because you sound stupid. These dudes go to work for the boss man just like your bitch ass, and when the boss man says turn in some hits like when they tell you to clean that shit off the floor, their asses better dance. Hey, but you keep believing in Santa Claus and fairy tales. Btw, I didn’t say that shit…Busta Rhymes said that shit, so go hit him up and all the other rappers who do the same shit ol’ boy is doing, including Meek Mill. Stupid motherfuckers in here talking about what’s real over dumb ass pop songs that they willingly listen to from 3 labels and think after they ran all the real street cats out of the game that they’re actually getting something authentic anymroe, lol. Acting like any of these dudes have told you anything meaningful or truthful about shit for years when people like me have been telling you this. But yeah, Drake’s the only one….but dummies like you can’t see that the whole industry is quiet as a church mouse on this shit meanwhile for a reason.
as a Drake fan, kinda dissapointed with this..
Used to – its just the hook. No bars. shouldnt even be discussed
RICO – this was the most surprising but its really just the first few bars and the hook
Know Yourself – Its just the singing part which is normal for singers but still a little disappointing as a Drake fan
RICO is the worst one. little unsettling
Once again…I still see saying Drake doesnt write his own bars as a huge exagerration. The best bars are almost always written by Drake. The bars were talking about are mostly shit accept for one with RICO
Best thing about this is “Views from the 6” is gonna be off-the-chain. Drake will ensure it is slamming as he feeds off of the haters
With the stans these days, they buy all garbage and call it the best shit out. So! I don’t think it will be, more crap from an alright singer.
meeky minaj
Dude is a joke. Fake ass rapper and the lame ass fowollers who are in denial. Funny shit. “Views from the 6” ? You people in Toronto are a bunch of lames obviously if this is your hip hop savior you guys are completely fucked lolol
I bet all these people defendi g Drake have a poster of him hanging of there bed. Lol
Any grown man that says there a Drake fan is either hella gay or still in the closet
Get off the net and go get some pussy
Chria=drake stan
Drakes fans are the worst thing to happen in hip hop thus far. If you’re a fan at least be real with yourself and admit that these reference tracks do raise a few red flags instead of making excuses.
Str8 up! These people cant believe this shit its sooo fucking funny. Drake is a fucking fraud and so are you by trying to defend his actions. Come back to reality with the rest of us. You will be ok without Drake in your life. Lol
I’m a Drake and I will say with these reference tracks it does make me question what he’s truly written over the years. I think he still is a dope artist but he can’t be in any “GOAT” discussion not like I really had him in any but I always have liked his music.
drake fan and i think excluding him GOAT discussion becuase of a couple bars is completely ridiculous. listen closely RICO is not the same. Used To is just the hook. And Know Yourself is just the singing parts. its hooks and know yourself is actually different. Snoop Dogg, ODB and Ghostface have all had songs written by other artists, Hiphop purists are delusional about there hatred for drake
Having anything at all written for you in hip hop is trash! Even if it is a Hook or a chorus! Delusional man!
Yop…wtf you thinking putting drake and GOAT in same sentence. Getcslapped
Meek blew it straight up. He made it about him not tweeting the album instead of him not writing his lines. On top of that dude took too long and came back with a weak diss. And he didn’t stop tweeting. This is why hip hop has lost its way. Drake shouldn’t be in hip hop. Writing your own lines is a basic rule. Expect more iggy artist to join hip hop. Drake has opened the flood gates. Anything goes now. Ghost writing is acceptable. No rules now. Hip hop doesn’t stand for something and it has fallen into the hands of a guy that doesn’t write, literally is a pee on, and is a pop star. All we got is j Cole and Kendrick now
Iggy artist been in hip hop. This shit has been what it is since the late 90s/early 200s when the majors pushed the independent bosses out of the game, but I’m glad some of you decided to wake up to the facts over the half white Canadian rapper instead of some of your faves doing the same shit. It’s like all I want some of you to do is use your minds. Why do you think it went from people dropping an album every 2 years back in the day to dudes putting garbage out everyday that sounds the same from coast to coast, label to label, crew to crew? It’s like 4 or 5 dudes controlling all of this shucking and jiving in the mainstream, and you so called hip hop fans fell asleep at the wheel and let it happen because you might have liked the last version of Drake that they served you up but don’t like him. SMH. Now, I’ve been telling you this forever and a day and keep holding out hope somebody will figure out how to take this shit back.
And!? Quentin wrote his “last” album not all of them you dumb fucks! He still made it on his own. And so wat if he did write his shit. Meeks diss was fuckin garbage. And you cant tell me back to back wasnt hard af and Drizzy wrote that himself! GTFOH you lame ass ppl. Yall just mad cause Drizzy is STILL making money without having to write hahahahah……….DoRightAndKillEverything
Pull your panties out of your ass.
the only man who knwz better about all this,50 he was signed to bad boy not as an artist but a writer ask maybe he will explain better lol
Reference tracks and ghostwriters are not hiphop. Only little kids living with moms in the suburbs will be okay with that craziness.
DaTruth. . Hate to shock your system but RUN-DMC, ODB and Beastie Boys have all had songs written for them. So there goes hiphop.
I don’t believe you know what you talking about.
this drake assault is total BS. In not a huge drake fan but clearly “used to” has a hook – thats it. It shouldn’t even be here. “Rico” is the best argument but even that its just like two bars. that were used and then, the hook. People, people, people…this has been going on in hiphop for years. If we are able to consult with other hiphop artists, there would be tons and tons of these. Reference tracks are used in hiphop all the time. Even worse, legendary MCs have written for others (Run DMC wrote for the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J wrote for Run DMC, GZA wrote for ODB and Ice Cube wrote for NWA). This doesn’t mean shit. Drake clearly wrote the most of the tracks. Two problems with the Drake is fraud argument: (1) The “ghostwriter” is credited. Don’t get mad cause you can’t read (2) the best lines are not part of this bundle. The lines are not the clever Drake lines we like at all. This is a big BS bit of baloney. But the good news is: Views of the 6 will probably end up being a classic. Drake will put the extra work in to destroy any doubt with the haters. (They always still hate) but he will make sure they can not doubt his talent.
Drake stan. He is a fraud. He’s a nerd actor.
shit is sad. this old nigga tryna save his career by instigating shit between rappers. all them years you been getting paid to play records, you been getting money flex. even them sack ass shoes you had out got you a check or two. what you should be doing now is giving back to the game by trying to support new artists on the come up. especially in your city they desperately need it
They are about to release a movie that I’m sure everyone on here wants to see about a hip hop pioneer group nwa whose two founding members are famous for using ghost writers. (eazy e, Dr dre) that was in the early 90’s. Don’t act like this is new or never happened before. Shit Nas wrote getting high with it for will smith
Yeah but they never claimed to write the lyrics. They all had their position in the group and it was documented in the credits etc. The issue is trying to claim to be the king of mc’ing when you’re not the individual writing your own lyrics. Vibing with another rapper and rapping the entire verse; ad-libs and all are two different things. It’s called integrity.
@MAN,
You sure about that or is this another episode of “Let’s rewrite hip hop history,” lol. Because I’m pretty sure I bought a couple of Ezy’s albums and a couple of NWA’s albums, and I recall E. Wright being in the credits in all of them despite him never writing a thing, coming up with a concept, making a beat, producing shit, or anything. He was the self admitted hustler fronting the shit with dope money for the other dudes who never touched the streets. Hey, but keep reaching on this to clown Drake wack ass when this ain’t the reason to do it.
Jiggy (auto correct)
Umm Drake is just a actor he needs to read lines and know the melody, hell he just needs the whole SONG and he’ll remove your vocals and add his and he gets all the credit EASY WORK. Remember when he took Rappin 4 Tay’s entire first verse on Who Do You Love with YG. It’s sad but it is hip hop in 2015, I hope Quintin gets to keep his job as a writer for Drake after all this.
Wow is all I can say. That man spit that whole verse (a few changes) for the R.I.C.O. track. What the fuck is going on nowadays.
Its totally different dude. Listen again. The whole rhyme is not the same.
If this isn’t enough for u drake stans*what will it take*the hottest in the game*LoutL*yea when u have real dudes writing ur lyrics & coming up with the melody*shit give me his reference tracks like I told my girl who loves her some drizzy & I would be in the game killin it too*no ?*anyway* major damage control underway from the ovo stans*haha*luv it*Lupe fiasco/k.dot All Day*long live the 80s & 90s
Does anyone even realize the RICO track is not EVEN the same? There is one or two lines there – thats it. The rest is completely different.
Exactly – people are not even listening
flex is.sure keepin this shit alive. This is the wackest beef in hiphop history. shit lame as fuck fam.
I like Drake and all, annoyed by Meek. But as a writer all it takes is a few bars to spin someone else’s lyrics into your own. But Drake took the whole catalog; the flow, the melody, the out right lyrics. No matter how much people would like to say it’s not the “whole thing”, it’s more than enough. Amongst your boys this is fine. I don’t know if Drake and this dude is cool like that. I don’t know if he’s one of those dudes that Drake started from the bottom with. But the lyrics themselves aren’t impressive. Hell, none of drake’s lyrics are impressive, that’s why I was willing to give the man the benefit of the doubt. Because honestly he’s not a wordsmith, so I’m thinking no way someone else is writing these basic verses he spitting. But after hearing this.. damn. One one hand, Drake may have actually done justice to the instrumental and words (notice how RICO is pretty much finished after his verse, and it’s a “NxT” track situation). But you can’t be out like you’re “that guy” off of someone else’s work. Glad to actually see something “Real” in the culture. 50 Cent admitting he don’t really got it like he says. Rick Ross claiming “billionaire” and can’t cash out on bail. Now this. (hand claps) that’s real exposure.
I think you should listen closely. Its a few bars here and there but I can’t say this is the whole song. Its absurd. Hooks have been taken for years and Quentin denies ghostwriting. he collaborated. Big deal. Been done by all your favorite MCs
Flex should stop starting hip hop trouble and let au nigga be,,if these two rappers killed each other flex would have blood on his hands,,so be easy flex..
Frex is a bitch as Nigga. I had 1 record of his,I flashed it down toilet
With Miller denying it, doesn’t that end all this bs?
any rapper that uses ghostwriters is a fake. Pure and simple. Doesn’t mean the music is bad, it means the rapper is a actor reading someone elses lines. Our favorite rappers are our favorites because we think they wrote the lyrics we like!
just a quick question though, please where was
Quentin Miller or ghostwritters during Drake’s
mistakes and 3 albums with which he even got a
grammy? Do you even know why no other rapper
is trying to get involved or back Meek up, not
even Lupe Fiasco had the balls to say anything
negative on this subject cuz Hiphop is the most
hypocritical genre in the world. Do you know how
many niggas backing a rapper up in the studio,
helping with hooks and lines here and there? Do
you know how busy they can be and stressful
music is to do everything by yourself? All I see
Drake doing is help people, through his music and
other means, I don’t know why we so want to
destroy him for that. Even Jay Z, Nas, Kendrick
and J. Cole all get help sometimes(look it up on
their credits given to ghostwritters on their cds) .
If only these niggas will be true to us
ohh shit, just saw this article on ghostwritters
and there’s a lot in there about Nas and even Jay
Z writing for others and also getting help… Got
this from there too, explains it better… Lil Debbie:
Am I there to creatively direct, and will I sit with
someone for seven, eight, nine, 10 hours? Yes.
Definitely. It’s never just one person working on
it. And I hate every white, female artist sitting
there fronting—completely fronting—that they
wrote their own shit. So many people do it!
People’s favorite songs that are on the radio right
now are ghostwritten. Period. I don’t see what’s
wrong with it. It’s done a lot, and the media is
just so blind to it. They think one artist can do
everything. There is not enough hours in the
fucking day for artist to do everything you think
they’re doing. That’s just the way it is. I’m just
not gonna be the artist that lies…
what website is this that you got this info from?
Flex posta be happy for these niggas puttin hot shit out there stead of puttin niggas in the game at war,,flex is au snake in the grass by all means…
He,ll be working for power 105 like every one else when hot 97 lie every one off.