Quentin Miller - Know Yourself, Used To, 10 Bands & Rico (Drake Reference Tracks)

[Kings County]

beyonce got 6 writers for 1 song

drake a pop artist im not even a drake fan

if the music good imma listen

 

[onelastdeath]

For reference, here are the bars we know Quentin didn't write. Not going to say Drake wrote them, Kenza Samir is also credited on Used To so we know for a fact she gave him at least one line, probably more. It's possible he credited Quentin for his contributions and for some reason didn't credit whoever did the rest. Plus we know Quentin wasn't credited on RICO so who knows who else wasn't credited. Just giving the facts.

RICO

Funny how now my accountant is havin' trouble tryna count it
To the people that think that I owe you shyt
Payback's a bytch and you know that shyt
Y'all nikkas gettin' too old for this
Please don't think nobody notices

Y'all don't be doin' shyt anyway
Y'all are not true to this anyway

Everyone home for the summer, so let's not do nothing illegal
I go make 50 million then I give some millions to my people

But they're from the way fam, there's not much to say fam
They told me to tell you you mans are some wastemans
And stay in your place fam
My dad is from Memphis, and I am the king
I should probably just move in to Graceland
Madonna’s a ting I know and I’m the king of pop
I’m building Never-Never Land
How he hate me when I never met the man

Know Yourself

I don't like how serious they take themselves
I've always been me I guess I know myself
Shakiness man I don't have no time for that
My city too turnt up I'll take the fine for that
This been where you find me at
That's been where you find me at
I know a nikka named Johnny Bling
He put me on to the finer things
Had a job sellin' Girbaud jeans
I had a yellow TechnoMarine
Then Kanye dropped, it was polos and backpacks
Man, that was when Ethan was pushin' a Subaru hatchback
Man I'm talkin' way before hashtags

This is that nasty flow
Top boy in this shyt, I'm so international
Reps up is in here
Got P Reign and Chubby and TJ and Winnie and woah
Yeah, and you know how that shyt goes
I might declare it a holiday as soon as Baka get back on the road
Yeah but you know how that shyt go
They so irrational, they don't wanna patch it up
They wanna mash it up, woah
My nikka Jibba, he whip it, I ride in the passenger
I'm way up, I stay up, I'm two up, I'm three up
I had to get back to you, woah
I'm turnin' into a nikka that thinks about money and women
Like 24/7, that's where my life took me
That's just how shyt happened to go, yeah, and you know

Used To

Yeah, when you get to where I'm at
You gotta remind 'em where the fukk you at
Every time they talkin' it's behind your back
Gotta learn to line 'em up and then attack
They gon' say your name on them airwaves
They gon' hit you up right after like it's only rap
Jewels look like I found a motherfukkin' treasure map
And ain't told no one where the fukk it's at
Shout out to the G's from the ends
We don't love no girls from the ends
I'm gon hit 'em with the wham once again
I'mma always end up as a man in the end, dog
It's just apparent every year
Only see the truth when I'm staring in the mirror
Lookin' at myself like, there it is there
Yeah, like there it is there man, whoo
I ain't tryna chance it
I be with the bands like a nikka went to Jackson State
Or Grambling
Young Nick Cannon with the snare drum, dancin'
Watch the way I handle it, uh
Bring it to the bedroom, you know that shyt is candle lit
She know I'm the man with it, uh
With the bands like I must've went to Clark, went to Hampton
I ain't playin' with it

Way more gully gully than buddy buddy
Never needed your acceptance, never needed nothin'
You don't understand, I'm the only one to hear from
You don't understand that it's me or nothin'
Yea, I'm fukkin' glowin' up
Shaq postin' up on nikkas that I used to have posters of
Real quick, man, you couldn't have hated that
Let's be real, nikka, you couldn't have made it that
Woah, dance how I dance, watch me dance
You're fukkin' with the best, man, I'm too advanced
After this drop I got new demands
Can't meet the terms, keep it movin' then
Make sure the plane got a phone now
So when we bout to land I can call to tell the wolves I'm home now
I'll tell 'em link up at the valet at the Hazy
Think I got the shyt that had the city going crazy

10 Bands

I been in the crib with the phones off
I been at the house taking no calls
I done hit the stride got my shyt goin'
In the six cooking with the wrist motion
Drapes closed, I don't know what time it is
I'm still awake, I gotta shine this year
I could never ever let the streets down
Haven't left the condo for a week now

I've been on a mission, haven't left the condo
This that OVO, that SZN, this that new Toronto
I get boxes of free Jordan like I play for North Carolina
How much I make off the deal, how the fukk should I know?
All my watches always timeless, you can keep the diamonds
Treatin' Diamonds of Atlanta like it's King of Diamonds
Take a flick, I look like Meechy, look like Bleu DaVinci
I treat V Live like it's 07 in Magic City
Man, I told my city I'd be gone till November then November came
Then I came, right back on my worst behav'
6 God, put both hands together, that's amazin' grace
6 God, selfish with the love, I need all the praise (woo)
They got me feelin' like the one again (woo)
They got me feelin' like the one again
Yeah, shout goes out to Nike, checks all over me (note: Quentin says "checks all over me" [referring to Nike] in his 10 Bands so we can assume Drake took this line)
I need a FuelBand just to see how long the run has been

So it's safe to safe we can either assume he did or assume
He didn't ?

We can assume that everyone who contributed has a credit, or that he could have hidden contributions like on Rico for which QM wasn't credited?

 

[desp]

We didn't know QM existed a month ago. There could be more QMs for him.

I agree. And from what we know it looks like Drake would credit them as long as it's his song. fukked up he ain't give Quentin credit on RICO

 

[CrimsonTider]

nikka, if I found out Michael Jackson was a fraud or Stevie Wonder/Marvin Gaye/R. KElly didnt realy write their songs.....it would be a major blow. It would seriously bother me as a fan of music and admirer of their talent.


Where is your sense of pride?

What do you mean by fraud?

Theres plenty of shyt Mike didnt write. His biggest songs Mike didn't write. He even stole the moonwalk. None of that Makes Mike a fraud nor take away from his excellence.

R. Kelly has entire albums he didn't write

Sense of Pride? I gravitate to what entertains me in entertainment. None of the shyt you are complaining about makes the songs sound any different

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

nikka, if I found out Michael Jackson was a fraud or Stevie Wonder/Marvin Gaye/R. KElly didnt realy write their songs.....it would be a major blow. It would seriously bother me as a fan of music and admirer of their talent.


Where is your sense of pride?

That is the worst example ever. You're about to be devastated when you read those credits for those mentioned. Especially Michael Jackson. Rod Temperton wrote some of MJ's biggest records. He is a lanky British cac at that.

 

[jwinfield]

Kanye West

“Jesus Walks”

Ghostwriter (Co-written): Rhymefest

Dr. Dre

“Still D.R.E.”

Ghostwriter: Jay-Z

Dr. Dre

“Forgot About Dre”

Ghostwriter: Eminem

And let's not forget how the majority of Kanye's songs have 10+ people credited as writers.

Other than stans, who calls Ye a great rapper?

And everyone knows Dre doesn't write shyt, no one praises him as a rapper.

 

[JayGatsby]

a ghostwriter/flow'riter for a feature though

dude aint shyt

 

[onelastdeath]

I agree. And from what we know it looks like Drake would credit them as long as it's his song. fukked up he ain't give Quentin credit on RICO

I mean he's a multi millionaire and he was paying QM 5k a month. There could be dozens of them.

Remember, think about all of the fukkery we've witnessed, all of the information leaked, and it's only been 1 week.

This shyt is going to go on forever. With more and more shyt being leaked. We're still at the beginning.

 

[Chubbs]

Both have contributed to classic albums as producers and are rapper secondary and producers primary
Keep

nobody listens to ye and thinks he is a dope MC. he a good producer and used to be a good rapper. try again c00n

yeah... you nikkas are clearly just Drake haters. RZA, etc. ghostwrote for Ol' Dirty. What's your excuse; "He was on drugs and couldn't focus."? Shut the fukk up.

 

[desp]

So it's safe to safe we can either assume he did or assume
He didn't ?

We can assume that everyone who contributed has a credit, or that he could have hidden contributions like on Rico for which QM wasn't credited?

I think it's safe to assume if he would give Quentin and Kenza Samir credit on his album, he'd give other contributors credit. The Meek thing is obviously a different situation but because he didn't credit Quentin, we can't say someone else didn't help too. We also know Quentin didn't get credits on Blessings and I don't need a ref track to tell you at least a few of those bars are Quentin. This definitely calls all of Drake's features into question because he's not giving credits on features.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Drake would be so damaged if Meek had simply dropped a solid diss. Not even a great one. What a fukk up...

 

[Airtrack360]

Ya'll Old Heads need to wake up and realize the rap game has changed since the 80's and 90's. Nobody cares what people write or don't write, who made the beat, what it was sampled from, etc.
It's all about the end product.

That whole "Honor Among Rappers" dynasty is long gone.

So parading around and convincing yourself that Drake "took a hit" or Drake "lost" means that you've been looking at "mainstream hip hop" through outdated binoculars.

If you actually thought Drake or any of the other rappers or artist topping the charts right now stayed up late on those long nights in the studio for that perfect hook or bar, "YOU" lost.

If you liked Drake before but you don't like him now, well shyt i got some sad news for you about your 2nd favorite artist...

 

[Danie84]

Sprite needs to etch this 6 Fraud off their GOAT Billboard

...it's a shame what happened to pure Rap Spittas

Quentin, You The Real MVP, tho

 

[Awesome Wells]

Both have contributed to classic albums as producers and are rapper secondary and producers primary

In the homie's defense, Kanye has always said he's a Top 5 MC. LOL!!!

Hip Hop mags crowned The College Dropout and Late Registration as classics. I think both albums had roughly 5-6 different MC's help with lyrics. But I'm not ready to call dude a fraud because he says he's the best and didn't write whatever. And I'm a purist! I'm an old school cat. So I'm not that hype over the Drake shyt. I don't really listen to him. But dudes shouldn't get all selective with things just because they don't like him. Premier just said this, "Don't act like you're a purist just because you don't like a certain rapper." If we're gonna crucify one, we should be doing the same across the board with everyone that's done the same.

 

[jadillac]

Michael used writers. Just sayin. He not a rapper though

What do you mean by fraud?

Theres plenty of shyt Mike didnt write. His biggest songs Mike didn't write. He even stole the moonwalk. None of that Makes Mike a fraud nor take away from his excellence.

R. Kelly has entire albums he didn't write

Sense of Pride? I gravitate to what entertains me in entertainment. None of the shyt you are complaining about makes the songs sound any different

That is the worst example ever. You're about to be devastated when you read those credits for those mentioned. Especially Michael Jackson. Rod Temperton wrote some of MJ's biggest records. He is a lanky British cac at that.

I know MJ didn't write all of his songs. I never alluded to that.

I specifically stated writing to Steve Wonder, Marvin Gaye, R. Kelly.

I'm talking about MJ being a fraud as an artist. ie like a Millli Vanilli