and folks don't understand once u on a retainer u don't get paid for your work its just like having a retainer for a lawyer
Fraud nikkas, y'all nikkas, that's that shyt I don't like
Your shyt make believe, rapping 'bout my own life
Real names kill things, that's that shyt I won't write
Cause my nikkas still selling dope like they ain't on their third strikes
Camping out in that corridor, fukk you waiting on Jordans for?
I middle-man it for 23, just meet me somewhere around Baltimore
(Woo!) That's rare nikka, (Woo!) Ric Flair nikka
(Woo!) The power's in my hair nikka,(Woo!) I give this beat the chair nikka
SoHo or Tribeca, three hoes: trifecta
Dope money, coke money,Hublot, my watch better
My pen's better, you don't write, trendsetter, you clone-like
Pay homage or K's vomit – ungrateful nikkas, I don't like
Rrrah!

This. Some of them must have not heard Drake's or any other artists mixtapes- they were this raw. Drake sounds this raw even at his shows. With the right producers and mixing, those lyrics are platinum lyrics in this day and age.
J. Cole has a regular rap voice, and people call him boring all the time (which he isn't
). So I'm entirely sure that a Quentin Miller could find his way, too.Q Miller has talent but he isn't close to being ready to be that nikka or be "put on". Drake more than likely is (or was at this point) teaching him how to make records. If you listen to Q's mixtape or any of his WDNG CRSHS projects you see he doesn't have any direction right now. It's all raw talent.
So to answer your question it's bc he ain't ready for that right now.
Q Miller has talent but he isn't close to being ready to be that nikka or be "put on". Drake more than likely is (or was at this point) teaching him how to make records. If you listen to Q's mixtape or any of his WDNG CRSHS projects you see he doesn't have any direction right now. It's all raw talent.
So to answer your question it's bc he ain't ready for that right now.

Breh these nikkas is wild as hell
The answer is clearly because Drake only wanted QM to write for him. I don't think he has any intention of ever giving this dude a rap career, he just likes his pen game.
Drake is a JEW. Act like the second he called Quentin he didn't make him sign a non-disclosure act. Probably is allowed to say he studies and learns from Drake. But everyone knows this dude is giving Drake Hooked on Phonics Lessons.
Quentin's work day:
-Write songs.
-Rap/Sing the lyrics.
-Show Drake the song and how it's supposed to sound.
-Watch drake fumble over the lines.
-Walk him through it slowly.
-Get tied up in the basement.
-Do the same tomorrow.


I'm pretty sure the point of a reference track is to sound simple and monotone so a guy like Drake can process everythingListen to the "know yourself" reference track, then listen to Drake's version. Quentin has 0 flow, swag, voice, or charisma. Ghostwriting is the best thing he could do
He can't be that garbage if he's writing multiple lines and hooks for himBecause he's garbage. There's no energy, flow, or life to him. Drake took hot lines, and made them hot songs
He's a garbage rapper. He's a good writer, but even then, some of those lines arent dope because of the words, but how they were said.He can't be that garbage if he's writing multiple lines and hooks for him
Because he's garbage. There's no energy, flow, or life to him. Drake took hot lines, and made them hot songs