Rumors that Drake doesn’t write his own bars have persisted since 2015, dogging Drizzy at every turn and fueling his high-profile beef with Meek Mill.
Canadian producer Boi-1da has come forward, however, and given a pretty emphatic account of just how seriously his compatriot takes the writing process.
Addressing the rumors, he said: “Some of his songs are so personal. How can you have somebody write that for you?”
Boi-1da worked on some of Drake’s biggest tracks, including “Forever,” and he’s certain that nobody else is writing for Drake.
“That man is definitely a writer. One of the greatest writers ever,” the producer told the Motel City podcast.
“I’ve really seen this guy write a song like he’s writing an essay. I’ve seen him sit there and research what he’s rapping about and writing bars. So anyone trying to discredit him as a writer and a lyricist is bullshit. If you’re trying to discredit Drake from being a songwriter, you’re an idiot.”
“I’ve literally seen that guy spend months on a song.”
Listen to the full interview below.
Lol Yeah
Drake is a GOAT. Whether anybody likes it or not. All I can say is time will tell
No, he isn’t.
Boi-1da speaks the truth. Haters won’t care though. they don’t listen, they just want Drake to fit their fantasy of fake hiphop because they have an image of what a hiphop MC is supposed to look like and Drake doesn’t fit. In reality he is probably one of the few artists that actually credits his collaborators and doesn’t pretend to be a wanna-be fake gangsta. he gets labelled a culture vulture because he simply outshines dudes on their own tracks. it’s pathetic. But oh well…such is the life of jealous and weak
No matter what you say or think about Aubrey it doesnt mean that the 10 million people think hes fuckin garbage will stop thinking hes garbage. Your obviously some obsessed fan boy
So you believe shit just cos 10 million other people believe it too??…. Yu d idiot Boi 1da talking bout
True!! Drake runs Hiphop/Rap/RnB!! What Drake is trying to do is make Hiphop/Rap, Pop& RnB as one whole genre! The times have changed This isn’t 1990’s – or early 2000’s Drake is the top dawg in the game
‘One of the greatest writers ever’ Jesus, I get that he is good friends with Drake and owes him a lot for his success, but that is an insane thing to say! I can appreciate Drakes songwriting skills, but I would never say he’s one of the best! You think this guy is fucking with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Leaonard Cohen, Freddie Mercury, Ray Charles, even people in hip hop like Tribe Called Quest. Sorry if my list is poor, it was off top. I’ve just lost a lot of respect for this guy, I always remember when someone asked Dr Dre (who has worked with EVERYONE) who was the best MC and he replied ‘I’ll get back to you on that’
You have listed great artists all of whom in their prime were often scoffed at and dismissed. The first Beatles album was derided by critics who thought it was simplistic pop music and people scoffed at beatlemania as a teeny-bopper craze . Tribe Called Quest’s classic Midnight Mauraders was only given 2 stars by Rolling Stone magazine and their albums only went gold back then. it’s easy to look back at artists after 25 years and say “these are legends” but much harder to predict which artists today will be remembered but given Drake’s popularity and the young age of his fans who will eventually grow old, there is good chance he will be appreciated more later
Those artists weren’t scoffed at or dismissed. The Beatles’ first album was pop music. That’s the truth. Most of the praise that the Beatles get comes from the later experimental phase of their career since that’s where they released their best music. And Rolling Stone isn’t the best place to go for hip-hop reviews since every other critic has given Midnight Marauders good scores. You kept repeating the same shit over and over and they have nothing to do with Aubrey. He’ll never be at that level since his music isn’t at that level.
@ Nope. You miss the point. Drake’s legacy is yet to be determined but if you go by history, he will probably be greatly respected. he is too popular for too long to be just quickly forgotten . Often the most polarizing artists who loved and hated are later revered. Such was the case with OZZY Osbourne/Black sabbath who invented heavy metal but derided by critics and say Michael Jackson who stopped being Wacko Jacko only after he died. None of this matters. what kids listen to when their 17-19 years old is what they carry with them and later gets called classic in their 30s. the comments on here are simply representative of traditionalists who are older and can’t get with Drake because he is new. 20 years from now, the 18 year old who listen to Drake now will be 38 and complaining about some new artists all the kids like and scoffing at comparisons to Drake. The youth decide the music but Drake’s popularity will almost certainly earn him long-lasting respect – it’s inevitable. hate him how ever much u want. The Drake fans who will be in their 40s 20 years from now will complain about the new music and use Drake as real legend
The biggest flaw in your argument cheerleading for Aubrey is using popularity as an indicator of quality. Do you know how many wack artists have seen success?
@Hsh Your entire argument is bullshit and you know it. Both Black Sabbath and Michael Jackson were both loved by critics and audiences and both have critical acclaim on their albums, what you’re talking about is media portrayal, which is irrelevant. “what kids listen to when their 17-19 years old is what they carry with them and later gets called classic in their 30s.” I guarantee you that most adults in their 30s have forgotten half of the stuff they listened to as a kid. The 18 year old Drake stan will eventually listen to other music when they hit their 30s-40s. He won’t be a legend and popularity doesn’t earn you long-lasting respect: I can name at least 20 popular artists who are making bullshit music. That same youth who “decides the music” are the ones making all of this mumble rap shit like Young Thug, Lil Yachty, Uzi, Migos, etc. famous. Their track record is inconsistent. Aubrey isn’t a legend and never will be one; he has no timeless classics, just trendy, fake-deep popcorn crap that people use as temporary Instagram/Twitter quotes until the next trend comes along.
Go back to Canada, you cultureless Canadian trash. Maple syrup ass.
Canadians are so corny
I dont get how people can doubt drake as a Songwriter, I mean its not like he has ghostwriters or got help from people with writing every single Song of him
Meek Mill called this Clown out for not writing his own lyrics then everybody say Meek took a L for Drake Not writing his own lyrics? What’s wrong with this generation?
I doubt your mental state Boi1da, you need help.
Drake is garbage to legend like: Rakim, KRS, Kool G Rap, Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z, Big L, Big Pun etc.
Word
also to add to that list Em, LL, Cube, DMX & Xzibit
So what are we imagining all the reference tracks with other people rapping the exact same flow cadence and words that 6 fraud rapped on his songs??? Not just a hook either whole songs!!! We imagining all that right??? We not talking about just an idea or a hook, WE TALKING WHOLE SONGS!!!! We don’t need this clown to believe what we already know to be true!!!!
There were no reference tracks with whole songs. If you listen to finished songs and the reference tracks – they are completely different aside 4/6 bars. RICO any Quentin Miller has like 70% different bars than Drake’s
Whelp, consider me THE biggest idiot on the planet.
The dumbest thing was when he said ‘how can Drake’s songs be ghostwritten when they are so personal’ holy shit what a stupid thing to say, he has never dropped ANYTHING as personal as ‘The Message’ by Dr Dre, and that was written by Royce da 5’9. Why is he denying that he has had ghost writers? He knows the reference tracks have leaked right? Fucking idiot
Drake works harder than a lot of artists. He has an impeccable ear for beats. His bars are good and have developed nicely over time since comeback season. anyone hating on him for using ghostwriters are not seeing the whole picture, which is fine. If drake was a smaller artist no one would give a shit, Most kings get their heads cut off
Dude… The reference tracks already had the beats picked LMFAO. He just rapped over what was already wrote. If he DIDNT have ghostwriters he wouldn’t be as big as he is… Sooooo….
That’s cause Aubrey is waiting for the guy to turn in the lyrics.
If he writes an essay and he writes his lyrics how come There was no response to the 6 Diss tracks from Joe Budden?
When you are grown up sometimes you just have to ignore stupid sh@/ and let it be. Everything doesn’t deserve a response.
Drake started the Beef. He send subs to Budden and made fun of him on stage. He had to respond.
Probably put him to a deep sleep. Budden’s “diss” tracks were exciting as someone reading from a telephone book.
Never in doubt.
“I’ve literally seen that guy spend months on a song.” wouldnt a good writer spend hours or days on a song….not months
It doesn’t always come like that… Sometimes it could take months…Boi1da ain’t no baby. He knows what he’s talking about
Months on one song, though? That usually means the song is trash.
Yeah I know Artists that trash Song Ideas if it takes them longer then 24 Hours to make the Song
I’ve seen him sit there and research what he’s rapping about and writing bars
This wais when I called BS. Drake has never said anything complex lyrically or consciously in his career. He’s just not type of rapper. So I can’t see what he needed t research
Boi is ovo*has anybody else in the industry made any comments about frake writing on the spot in the stuidio*check out zaytoven interview*dudes a fraud*huge pop star never to be mentioned when discussing emcees*Period.
A good writer doesnt take months to write a fucking song, a good writer drops them like it aint a thing. And reserch for what? i love you and miss you so much type of bullshit?
I don’t wanna believe dude has a ghostwriter when it comes to his bars that pop bullshit he does I couldn’t care less about though. the fact that he never addresses the shit pisses me off. any true emcee / writer would of deaded that shit of rip. theres a pride that comes along with being a true emcee.
You can tell he’s lying, how can someone “Research” his own bars if they supposedly comes from him? , and then say that sometimes it takes months? i understand laying the verse and then coming back to re-recorded or change it months later, but last months writing a song ? naaaa homie Quentil Miller still hired at OVO
Drake is a perfectionist. What u maybe dont understand is Drake’s expertise is not necessarily just clever punchlines, it’s finding the perfect word that is catchy and creates a catch-phrase and flows perfectly into the beat. It’s one of the great requirements of a great MC that is often overlooked by rookie MCs. ur bars need to be recited and remembered. That’s why at a Drake concert, everyone knows the words . your bars needs to be quotable. This dude has millions of hits because you remember his each word of each barband he makes sure they flow perfectly into the beat. That takes time. it’s why he running the game
So fucking true!!!!
LOL Troll Comment of the Year!!!
Lol bro Quentin Miller been in drake’s corner since NWTS. Thats when he started linking with Atlanta and taking the sound.
Dude, you’re reading too much into it. Aubrey isn’t doing anything any other run-of-the-mill rapper isn’t doing. If he’s such a perfectionist, then why is there so many wack, cringeworthy lines in his songs? If you’re a great MC, bad lines shouldn’t be so easy to find.
By literally sitting there on a computer and researching what you want to address or words to use to get your point across. That’s how. See how easy that was? And Quentin Miller’s BEEN gone. He was only there for IYRTITL which was alrdy completed basically but u wouldn’t know that cuz u just wanna troll one article.
Drake is just the face of a group of musicians. He’s light skinned and got the look so he is the face. The dude is an ex-ACTOR from Disney or whatever that show is from. He’s just a performer, not a real rapper or MC at all. Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus all the same. LMFAO they really got people thinking he is one of the greatest rappers ever because of the social media era. A mixed Canadian from the suburb that sings and raps and only says Nigga on songs. In the golden years of hip hop this nigga would NOT EXIST. Why do you think the GREATS always pick Kendrick and J-Cole for the best rappers? They know. All manufacturered. Stop the shenanigans.
I love this post. Not cuz it’s real (I’m a Drake fan) but just becuase it admits that Drake hatred is really about his image and not his bars. The truth is Drake is hated becuase he is too light skin, too Disney looking. Not because of his music. Finally a hater that admits that if Drake was a dark skin fat guy from the Bronx, no one would criticize. Great post. Thank you for exposing your weakness
He set it to rest. I don’t think he has writers. I think he has flow coaches and a team of Canadians clapping and waving the Canada flag while he is in the studio
Lmao!!
fuck fake drake, it’s a proven fact fake drake uses writers. numerous reference tracks have been released proving that fact, fake drake admitted he uses writers, his writers have admitted to writing songs for him, (eg-quentin miller, the weeknd, among others) either someone else writes for him or he will just jack lyrics, flows, beats from others, (eg-playaz club from rappin 4-tay, xxxtencion, 0-100 beat from diddy (that’s why diddy smashed that bitch in his face and put him in the hospital) he’s not a rapper, he’s not a MC, he’s a contrived pop puppet who has others write his material for him..IT’S A PROVEN FACT. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK 70% OF HIS FANS WEAR HIGH HEELS..THE OTHER 30% ARE QUEER THAT WEAR SANDALS
spent months on a song and uses ghost writers and producers?
that’s really, really bad.
Who the fuck is still listening to Drake songs?
Who the fuck has ever listened to Skull Duggery songs?
You when you do “research”. Copying lyrics word for word from other artists. Drake is dead
At least I never got arrested for child pornography.
All of you guys are fools. I could take one of his beats, rap on it and call it a reference track. To all of you assess calling boi a fool, get nominated for a grammy and we can start talking. Your ‘GOAT’ like Nas also had a ghost writer motherfuckers. He ain’t never said he a MC so shut the fuck up. If you don’t got anything productive to say, go to hell . This man done wrote for the likes of dr dre (rock hall of fame). You know what, this world would be much better without you pests. I hope you’re skinned to death and boiled and fed to pigs because they’ve got more manners than you. I hope your families will starve to death and be used as compost for the grass at the white house. You slaves
imagine thinking a blatant popularity contest was a measure of how good one’s work is
come back when drake gets an oscar, at least thats a credible award.
Haters kill yourselves Drizzy da G.O.A.T