In the newly-released part two of Drake’s CRWN interview with Elliott Wilson, the Young Money star continued to keep things candid as he addressed his relationship with his mother and his work with music powerhouses Jay Z and Beyonce, among other topics.
Although Jay Z is featured on “Pound Cake,” a track included on Drake’s Nothing Was The Same album, the Magna Carta Holy Grail rapper has collaborated with the Toronto emcee before. Both Jay Z and Drake can be found on The Blueprint 3 record “Off That,” but according to Drizzy, he wasn’t all that pleased with his addition to the song.
“For the first time in his career, I think, he sent me two verses a capella,” said Drake in regards to Jay Z’s contribution to “Pound Cake.” “He told me, ‘I never do this’…Let me talk about ‘Off That’ for a second. I wasn’t supposed to be on that hook. If I knew I was going to be on that hook I would have said some things differently. I originally wrote that as a reference for somebody, and it ended up being on the album and at that time, who was going to say no?”
Drake was again heavily candid as he spoke on his mother’s less than eager reaction to “Too Much.” On the Nothing Was The Same record, Drake expresses concern for his mother’s reclusiveness as he raps, “Hate the fact my mom cooped up in her apartment, telling herself/That she’s too sick to get dressed up and go do shit, like that’s true shit.”
“For the first time, my mom was very upset with me,” he said. “She was upset because she felt like it warranted a personal conversation before I went and said that in a song. What I had to remind her of was that we had had that personal conversation many times over and I felt like it wasn’t going anywhere. It was sitting on my chest so heavy that one night, when I had that second verse to finish, it just all… It was a huge release. I don’t even think I’ve ever felt like that before. I wasn’t even writing it down, and I’m not saying that to sound cool. I was just in the booth running in and out going line by line, because thoughts were going through my mind so fast.”
Toward the end of the interview, Drake expressed his loyalty to Young Money when asked how he’s able to balance being signed to Young Money and running his own label, OVO Sound.
“I’m always loyal to Young Money,” Drake revealed. “You always hear me represent as best I can. I think it’s been established that at the end of the day I came up under Lil Wayne’s wing and I wouldn’t have asked for it to go any other way. But at the same time, I’ve become my own artist and my own entity. It could have gone a lot of other ways, but it went this way…At the end of the day I’m gonna be Drake.”
The second part of Drake’s CRWN interview can be found below (via Huffington Post).
CRWN x Drake, Ep. 2: Jay Z, OVO and Family from CRWN on Myspace.
The Off That hook was dope though… as were Jays Pound Cake verses.
lmao! This clown is killing myself and burning bridges like no one can. I love it, he will be gone from music very soon. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Drake is a cash cow and labels know that. believe me hes not going anywhere
and ur daviddanielz name with z in the end is gay as hell.
only label that has the money to support his bullshit
they buy there own albums
As an accountant for YMCMB, I can confirm that we don’t purchase our own albums in bulk. That would be a money-losing preposition from which only Universal would benefit. Clearly, the Rich Gang mixtape didn’t sell well. If our policy was to buy albums in bulk, why wouldnt Birdman have purchased hundreds of thousands of copies of Rich Gang?
Wtf is a real accountant for YMCMB doing on the comment section getting all sensitive over anonymous people? THAT is comedy.
They sold 200 mill in digital singles alone. Why would they need to buy up a small # of albums? Your logic is void. Get to class.
lol @ dentaldamboy: “clearly the rich gang mixtape didn’t sell”.. when every week, you would be screaming at how rich gang had 2 million unaccounted copies sold or some shit.. you, sir, are pathetic..
@Anonymous 2
Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit. They didn’t sell that much.
I hate Chop Shop rap, where they just interchange verses and beats, email tracks and never actually work together in the same room. A verse is supposed to be unique to the beat, this is the real reason why Hip Hop is not as popular as it was 7 years ago
i cant wait until he leaves rap and goes back to his true calling, acting on tv playing a simp just like he is in real life
http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2013/09/26/twc-the-winners-circle/
i need all my ppl to show love to the new ep click the link and vote DOPE….
this is hiphop
50 cent got more money than drake
who gives a shit but you
Yet he has no fans, no respect and no album.
50 got GRODT, sold more than Drake’s whole career and an acknowledged hip hop classic, Drake has 0 classic
50 made his mark on hip hop
Most rap fans are ugly spear chucking n!ggers
Not only are you wasting your life moments paying attention to n!ggers you so called hate, you whites are supposed to be the only ones buying music, but the fans are all n!ggers.
How this world works, while you daddy teaches you 1960’s racist talk and loves Sarah Palin, she got dicked down by a n!gger basketball player named Glen Rice and your momma yearns for black dick, she just don’t know how to get it.
Was that suppose to hurt my feelings? Go collect your welfare check and go buy a banana you spade
To A white guy: The sad thing is that your response is all about the fact that minorities are completely taking over. This is fact no opinion. The numbers never lie. With that being said, chances are the white women in your family are fucking the so called folks you hate. Time to accept it and move on. White guys call each other nigga all day. Times have changed and your are really upset about it. It will be okay my nig.
This must be the fallout from the Hannah Montana MTV performance thing right? Are you mad because she is running with the spades now? She kinda remind you of that daughter or that sister that is doing the same? When people say ugly tough shit, it is normally because they are soft and sensitive about the issue that makes them upset. That shit is killing you slowly. Your daddy probably went through the same shit.
Black people are taking over when half of the race is on welfare? Also making up 70% of the prison population is pretty impressive right? Also Africa is prospering right now isn’t it, business is booming in shopping malls all across Kenya right? The fact remains your race never invented anything but this shitty N!gger noise music and even the Middle Eastern population in America is thriving better than you. I’m pretty sure my mom never dated a black guy and most white girls that date blacks are ghetto/trailer trash. I’m sure we could fuck all your women and wipe your pre historic asses off the map if we wanted to, but humans and animals aren’t suppose to breed together.
sad , karma is a bitch lol ur day is coming casper
Drakes ego is starting to show… bridges are beginning to be covered with Fuel…. its only a matter of time before the match is thrown.
xactly..that’s the same thing I said the other day is that its only a matter of time b4 the walls start crumbling down…drake reveals a lot in his artwork and one day he is gonna slip up and say something. Also there are plenty ppl getting in his head as well….ima just sit bac, eat my popcorn and njoy the show…
Of course drake isn’t satisified with jay zs addition. It upstaged drakes own lines.
Drake is saying he wasn’t pleased with HIS OWN contribution to Off That, not Jay’s addition to Pound Cake
Jay hasn’t upstaged anybody in years. Get your ears checked fanboy.
Yes, he has.
ur fuckin dumb read and comprehend idiot
To this day I don’t understand why people actually care about other peoples opinions on music and its performers. Its entertainment?
People actually catch feelings?
About other peoples listening experiences and reactions?
Shit. I am yet again reminded how far people are from being happy.
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Uh, all I see when I go to that link is gay men dancing naked to drake, what the fuck?
http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2013/09/26/twc-the-winners-circle/
i need all my ppl to show love to the new ep click the link and vote DOPE….
this is hiphop at its best
cool shit….now come see him >>>>>>>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD4XZVGsLHY
Drake will eventually leave Young Money..he began his own label for a reason..
Drake is like Marmite you either love him or hate him. I don’t think he is worth the hate or attention I am neutral seeing as he can rap nothing spectacular or life-changing but he can rap. I see haters getting butthurt and dickriders drinking cum. Don’t follow either bandwagon be neutral or apathetic.
He made his mom angry at him, worthless son of a bitch
he’s like 25+
His mother is a whore, so it’s cool
He’s right I am a dried up pussy whore
Drake is YMCMB this article is crap drake owns most of the label
Drake is the Prince of YMCMB
Nicki Minaj is the Princess of YMCMB
Birdman is the Emperor of YMCMB
Lil Wayne is the KIGN of HIP HOP
YMCMB is the BIGGEST, MOST SUCCESSFUL music empire witnessed by human eyes since prehistoric times.
FUCK KenDICK LAME-ar
FUCK GAY-Z
FUCK PUSSY T
YMCMB is an EMPIRE
You are a delusional stan.
*Points & laughs at you BOY*
R.A. the Rugged Man is an ugly disgusting looking Dirty JEW. PEACE!!!!
Drake does while black hippy, big sean, and asap rocky put together amongst others couldn’t do. Sell out the whole tour and not cancel dates.
Wrong, bitch.
They cancelled dates.
Two dates, which doesn’t mean anything.
These dates obviously tell a larger story. Implies that the previous dates did not sell well.
Fact:
1. Drake sells out tours by himself.
2. Black Hippy needed 50 other acts to join them and they still can’t sell out.
You’re wrong about everything, dentalbitch.
Prove it then bitch.
I’m sorry for what I said earlier, I am in fact just a scared gay little bitch & all I can think about lately is Drakes weiner & what color his butthole is. I guess I’m just confused, you know. I’m gay & I know it & I’m clapping my hands. I just feel Drake appeals to homosexuals & I love to dance naked to his music with other men.
drake album is dope
TOP 5 WORST TROLLS ON HHDX
1.the ja rule troll
2.the gucci troll
3.the drake troll
4.the Anally Pussified Anon Guy (Anonymous & :^) who says “Everything You Say Is BULLSHIT LIES” and “Haha Good Joke”
5.quote-man
Add yourself to the list for posting this shit all the time.
If YMCMB bought all their own albums wouldn’t they be broke by now? They release like 3 or 4 years each year. Where wou;d their money be coming from?
its obvious they dont buy all their albums but i guarantee in the past they have purchased large quantities to boost first week sales
Dedication 5 >>>> GKMC
YMCMB!
he talks like the one line about his mother is the roughest line of the entire album.
NWTS was boring.
I love penises up my rectum. I also enjoy a warm glass of merlot or milk & a romantic Drake song. #lovebeinggay
Does anyone else get tired of people hating on Wayne & Birdman just because they kiss each other, I mean who really cares? I see straight men kissing each other on the lips all the time. There’s nothing gay about 2 men kissing & holding hands.
you must live in one of those gay neighborhoods my parents warned me about
No, I just don’t see what the big deal is or what’s so gay about 2 straight me kissing each other all the time. How is that gay?
Umm… if two straight men kiss each other all the time, they’re not straight, they’re gay. No way around it.
No it’s not, they are straight, not gay. I see them kissing all the time & I don’t find it to be gay, hell Wayne & Birdman kiss all the time, it’s not gay.
I can’t believe how many of you fucks still listen to this fag, He is in a gay relationship with Johnny Manziel! A HOMOSEXUAL RELATIOSHIP! I swear you dick lovers will bump this queer no matter what happens.
This just into HipHopDrakeX, Drake fucks little boys!
“Damn, this nigga is dope”
What a bunch of flaming fagy gaywad the whole pussy lot of you.
TMZ has photos of Drake & Manziel making out in a hot tub, hahaha LMAO @ all you Drake fans.
they have video also & it’s quite disturbing
I just heard that on the radio this morning. I am shocked.
Damn, even ESPN is running with the story now, this is going to be nonstop media BS for weeks.
Holy shit! my friend just text me the news about Drake dating Johnny, LOL Roll tide! Manzeil is done!
ONLY ONE MUSIC STORE IN TORONTO TOLD ME NOTHING WAS THE SAME SOLD 500 CDS IN THE FIRST DAY. ONLY ONE STORE. FIRST TIME THEY GOT SOLD OUT OF STOCK .
Drake is about to sell 700,000 1st week. Are you paying attention Kdot? You just got crushed. Guess you need to step your sales game up Mr. big ears lol
That doesn’t mean anything at all besides that Drake is a pop artist. Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, etc. sell a lot of records, too. Kendrick didn’t get crushed at all.
How many records did you sell, Quote-Bitch?
NOTHING THIS GUY SAYS OR DOES CAN MAKE ME LIKE HIM OR HIS SHITTY MUSIC
“How many records did you sell”
How many soda cans did you have to recycle to make this month’s rent?
Zero, I am actually employed by Drake. He pays me quite well to find him male partners to “unwind” with after shows. I get bonuses if these men perform sexual acts & another bonus if Drake gets to perform an act on them.
“Kendrick didn’t get crushed at all”
STOMPED!!!
Niggas are saying shit upsetting and disrespecting their moms just to keep it real like Hov has always done with facts… Be your self kids no body past n present or in time to come will be like Young Hov Dope Boi Fresh Jigga The Jay Z William H S. Cater.
Well his mother is an old cunting whore.
How many times does Drake have to say he is YMCMB in his music and interviews?
http://www.youngmoneyhq.com/artists/drake/