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

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

So you wouldn't call Drake a fraud because of this?

Nah i wouldnt go that far.. I understand the game so its not too shocking for me... he's a megastar, its not suprising when u have to create so much material while running a huge business

 

[Real]

I was hoping this shyt would be hot....i was wrong.

 

[Lil Gangsta]

that's just the few q miller joints that leaked. now you gotta go back and think of all the demo's he stole from uncredited dudes:

1.12

Does dis nikka Drake come up wit anything holy man. So many shyt ive heard from him that was actuslly stolen u match that up with a ghostwriter now

 

[MK25toLife]

Q. Miller is a method actor that assumed the role of Drake. He is using Drake's Toronto lingo and dropping his boys names and shyt. He studied dude.

While he may be an artist in his own right, the songs he crafted were especially for Drizzy. That leads me to believe there must of been many other instances where this has happened (The Weeknd on Take Care comes to mind) in the past.

EVERYTHING Drake has ever done must be questioned now. shyt is all smoke and mirrors.

 

[Lil Gangsta]

Word But Quentin got enough heat for himself It's funny to see people acting like he wrote these FOR Drake when they're clearly Quentin songs that Drake stole, just like the songs he stole from Weeknd, and when he tried to steal Sweeterman from Ramriddlz Know Yourself the only one that sounds like it was made for Drake.

Breh Quention uses Toronto lingo on those shyts. They were clearly written wit the intent of Drake rappin dem

fukk would Quentin rep Toronto hoods for?

 

[Skilltastrophy]

Kanye wasn't credited. That's the point.

We can go further, Omillio Sparks threw Hov hooks too, didn't get credit for them. But he was in the studio with him, just vibing and throwing ideas out there. Does that take away from who Hov is an artist? This is what people do all day in studios. Q-Tip changed half of the beats on The Infamous, from what Havoc had originally cooked up. But wasn't credited away from the ones he did entirely. Does that mean Havoc should be discredited? I get the point, but anyone who's ever spent time in a studio, knows this has been going on since the 80's. It's nothing new.

I personally think Drake is kinda corny. But let's not act like dude is unique in his approach here. This shyt has happening forever, with tons of our favorites. I'm wondering why everyone's so up in arms about this, but not all the other fake shyt that's been happening for mad years. They just don't like Drake. Period.

I see the point you're making...and it's valid. But the creation of a reference track feels a big step removed to me. Hanging out in the studio and building on each others ideas and collaborating to piece together a great track is cool. But why was it recorded? If Drake was in the studio like we see Hov on Fade To Black with Kanye...then why did he need Quentin to record it? If Quentin was there and just spontaneously building with Drake then he'd hear the lines and the way it was flowing so there'd be little point recording a reference track right? Maybe it's too thin a line and I shouldn't care. But hearing the reference track leads me to believe Quentin had recorded something for Drake at a separate time and that doesn't feel like a collaborative process that feels like Drake taking someone else's work. Again...maybe I shouldn't care, but I can't act like I dont. Maybe it's the fact that the recording makes it feel more official and contemplated instead of something that just spontaneously occurs during a studio session.

 

[desp]

Breh Quention uses Toronto lingo on those shyts. They were clearly written wit the intent of Drake rappin dem

fukk would Quentin rep Toronto hoods for?

On what song does he use Toronto lingo?

Edit: I forgot about that OVO line in RICO You right about that one. But 10 Bands and Used To were definitely Quentin songs. Quentin references 1317 in 10 Bands and Used To ain't even the same beat

 

[Lil Gangsta]

Q. Miller is a method actor that assumed the role of Drake. He is using Drake's Toronto lingo and dropping his boys names and shyt. He studied dude.

While he may be an artist in his own right, these were songs he crafted especially for Drizzy. That leads me to believe there must of been many other instances where this has happened (The Weeknd on Take Care comes to mind) in the past.

EVERYTHING Drake has ever done must be questioned now. shyt is all smoke and mirrors.

And when u coupld that with the fact that Drake has been CAUGHT stealing shyt from other less known artists before...

 

[Champ_KW]

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...

And that's how our stuff get jacked from us. Too accommodating to things not helping the culture. Being a rapper with reference tracks is bad.....no matter how much lipstick you put on this pig.

 

[Lil Gangsta]

On what song does he use Toronto lingo?

Edit: I forgot about that OVO line in RICO You right about that one. But 10 Bands and Used To were definitely Quentin songs. Quentin references 1317 in 10 Bands

Rico: "OVO, East End, Reps Up,we might just get hit with the R.I.C.O" OVO plus East End is a part of Toronto

Know Yourself: "Runnin through the 6 wit my woes"

Yeh Used To and 10 Bands could have been Quentin songs idk

 

[desp]

Rico: "OVO, East End, Reps Up,we might just get hit with the R.I.C.O" OVO plus East End is a part of Toronto

Know Yourself: "Runnin through the 6 wit my woes"

Yeh Used To and 10 Bands could have been Quentin songs idk

Yeah I already said Know Yourself was prolly for Drake. The other two are definitely Quentin. So not only is Quentin writing FOR Drake, Drake going through QM's collection picking and choosing songs he likes

 

[Lil Gangsta]

Yeah I already said Know Yourself was prolly for Drake. The other two are definitely Quentin. So not only is Quentin writing FOR Drake, Drake going through QM's collection picking and choosing songs he likes

 

[Ghpstface]

how can you defend this shyt? drake stans have no pride whatsoever

 

[Awesome Wells]

I see the point you're making...and it's valid. But the creation of a reference track feels a big step removed to me. Hanging out in the studio and building on each others ideas and collaborating to piece together a great track is cool. But why was it recorded? If Drake was in the studio like we see Hov on Fade To Black with Kanye...then why did he need Quentin to record it? If Quentin was there and just spontaneously building with Drake then he'd hear the lines and the way it was flowing so there'd be little point recording a reference track right? Maybe it's too thin a line and I shouldn't care. But hearing the reference track leads me to believe Quentin had recorded something for Drake at a separate time and that doesn't feel like a collaborative process that feels like Drake taking someone else's work. Again...maybe I shouldn't care, but I can't act like I dont. Maybe it's the fact that the recording makes it feel more official and contemplated instead of something that just spontaneously occurs during a studio session.

Sparks said he was there, and they told him to get in the booth and "fukk around" in those Hov sessions back then. That's normal. I've seen that a million times. QM said they called him and asked him to come help out. Dude's a dope artist. I'm sure they heard some shyt and wanted him to come build. That's what Hip Hop is. Has always been. We want to believe that everything's organic and coming from one place, but that's basically the opposite of what this has always been. We pull from shyt, even people. I don't like the whole move to get a reference for a feature. That's wack to me. But if it's your project, build with whoever you want. Marley Marl said most of the Juice Crew sessions went that way. That was damn near 30 years ago. This is what goes on.

 

[Pepe La Hues]

you would think ovo would take better care of the "reference" tracks