@@---kr3zg put many rappers up against Phonte and Elzhi and they would get shown up. 2 of the top emcees alive Drake has absolutely no business messing with them
Drake's underground roots, although brief, are lauded. The Drake I got to experience, at the age and time I experienced him, I will never forget. I was on my own come up and his record, musically, was unmarred and immaculate. The soundtrack to my life at that time.
elzhi killed with the literary metaphores damn! "they say you never judge a book by its cover, though you appear as materialistic just like the others, so i followed your words to take 'em in - and i don't see what you saying so they comin' off paper thin, thats when i felt that i would need to, do more than just look you up and down to see if i could read you, and try to get inside your head only, not just stick my fingers in your middle just to get you to spread for me (opening a book ref.), so what i learned on my path to discover, your story took one ugly turn after an other, i saw we wasn't on the same page, i would have gave you strong play but your words rubbed me the wrong way, so now im closin' the case, you only out for the paper back it's written all over your face! (DAMN!), yo El 'll never judge a book by it's cover, until he seen what was inbetween and look at what lies up under. DANM! that's ill, Elzhi is understated.
His entire verse is a double metaphor for a book, literally every line. It's straight crazy how he does shit like this. Elzhi always top tier pen game.
ditto when i first found this i was like dafuq they did a track together. i thought the same when he did Contra with Danny Brown. They shoulda had a different hook for contra tho or done differently.
Talk about being slept on . . . Phonte is so UNDERRATED! Its such a shame... I also don't understand how they won't play Phonte on the radio but will straight up play all this mumble rap now days. . . .
Copied him on the collab. Listen to vinnie Paz collabs n ull know what I mean. They always bite a lil bit when collaboration comes to. The better rapper stays in his lane while the other one emulates.
@@professorXcross The actual lol is this reply, to an opinion. Seems all you are good for, judging by your many negative replies to my/others opinions. Time to move outta your mother's basement and become an adult bruh. The real world exists outside of the internet...🎤 👇
Would love to know what would have happened if Drake stayed in the back pack lane. Crazy to think the artist who made this is the same as he is today. Its like two completely different artists.
Drake needs to take this Kendrick L as a time to reboot and bring back the Phonte Jr. Era Drake. Get back to the essence. Just so I can hear the "Kendrick made Drake hip-hop again." Jokes.
I believe Drake wrote his verse... But he was heavy biting phonte's style back then ..... Listen to Ashton Martin Verse... He got bars but he bites a lot ....
First of all, shouts out to Drake for paying 9th for the beat because they did Elzhi dirty on the other version. And y'all know EXACTLY what I'm talking bout! lol It was a HARD CUT before the sensei could get a syllable out so it's nice to hear all TREE verses. Secondly, I see a lot of people kinda clowning drake for getting outshined. Peep. Drake was a student first. So getting on tracks with people that are better rappers is a humbling, learning experience that's necessary for character development and growth. Thirdly, without Drake... THIS SONG WOULD'VE NEVER HAPPENED. And even though Phonte and El easily had better verses, the part of the song that gets stuck in my head is always "we know what you thinking luuuuuuuuv." The hook is extremely important and that's one of Drake's strong suits. CHORUSESESESESES. Case N' Point- it's bigger than who had the better verse. The subject matter comes from the hook on this track, and the vibe was created by 9th wonder. That's essentially the foundation. Phonte and Elzhi were perfect contributions to the banger, but dat hook doe...."yeah man"
YSFalcons420 I adore elzhi even have his name lined up for my not yet born son but Jay z is the best rapper alive the better you become as a mc (I am one) the more you realise. The way jay always puts flow before words evident by the way he is different on every track yet never looses any lyrical capacity is practiced genius. He has done every type of rap from deeply personal to bragging better than anyone. Transition to Story of OJ from this track hear him glide like no man alive. Slow flow with inter changing rhythem, no one else is doing that without sounding rougher than a dog ass.
I said that a while ago lol. Elzhi’s discography is not anywhere near the level of the Jay Z or the other legends. Elzhi is still one of my favorites and his technical ability can rival anybody.
Can we take a moment to fully appreciate: 1) Phonte doing a feature for some Canadian rando he didn’t know, just because he heard the guy was a fan. 2) Completely murdering that Canadian rando on his own track. 3) Collecting a nice guest fee for murdering this Canadian rando on his own track. 4) Watching that Canadian rando basically jack his style and becoming a worldwide superstar and not being bitter at all. Tay is a legend.
I'm back again. I'll never forget when my homie said "OH you got the version will Elzhi!". This was way after it dropped but they left out Elzhi just like Colin Monroe now leaves out Jim Jones on "Pianos Sessions". All I can find is Joel ORTIZ!!!!!
of course this is the only drake song with the least amount of views ...ft. phonte and elzhi ...and thats the way i like it :) i dont mind a drake cameo, but keep this shit underground
@@AndarooPandrew17 he was aight in 09 but the mainstream killed him hes a pop artist now not even considered hip hop/rap and shouldn't even be mentioned in any conversation about rap young money killed him their all trash
@@V3rnSqwd5611 Okay, so why was we last? Sometimes position in a song is just because or the timing of recording from artist (dropping verses from elsewhere). In this song, it has more to do with connecting the message. Most folks also need to listen to Phonte and understand what flow is. Elzhi is also that raw.
Korey Hill best verse always goes last, everyone knows that. That’s just like a fact. There’s only a couple instances I can think of where that didn’t happen due to the song concept and this was not one of them. Eminem on renegade, hov on drug dealers anonymous, hov on what’s free, Kendrick on fuckin problem, Kendrick on control, jay rock on money trees, foxy on affirmative action. I could name a million more & I can name like one verse where best verse wasn’t last, just one. Last verse is always the best
elzhi make it look too easy... his whole verse a metaphore... its easy to say Phonte killed it which he did but Elzhi always finda ways to stay fresh and original EL cant be put in a box
@@h3yyyyyyy He should've never said it. Dude was never close to Wayne nor Elzhi ability of rhyming. And the way Phonte has evolved since this? He still left drake on here imo but now he's WAY behind all three on their worst day.
when this song came out, i was 9 years old but i was vibing like an old man with my friend so i was looking for the song that helped me quickly get out of the bathroom to go to school when my old brother plays it
That whole Elzhi verse is a book metaphor. "They say you never judge a book by its cover; Tho you appear materialistic just like the others; So I followed yo words to take em in; And I don't see what you're sayin so they comin off paper thin..."
If this is Drake's Finest work then I no longer have any regrets with saying that he is a sub par MC. I mean he is good at selling albums and kills the radio spins, but I will be damned to call him the new face of Hip Hop. And why is it that we give these cats passes like "he used to be dope before......" Phonte wrecked this jawn and if you have to ask who is the better MC then you already lost!
![Drake - Think Good Thoughts [FULL Version] ft. Phonte and Elzhi](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fFr0BsXrhzA/mqdefault.jpg)
Drake really built the foundation of his style from Phonte. Big ups to Phonte tho he deserves more credit in hip hop
Phonte is nice
him and budden
Exactly
Phonte + PM Dawn = Drake
You can't forget Nickelus F.
Bro I thought I was the only one that noticed!
that anita baker sample is sick!!!!
Amen
9th Wonder
Wish this was on Spotify but still here in 2024!
RIP to This Drake man he need to make music like this again
Wonder how you feel about 2021 Drake
Bro you gotta come back and update us on how you feel about what happened next
He got out done by both of his collabs on this he was always mediocre at his very best to me elzhi was the best on this
Damn 9 years later probably have a whole different account 😩
You called it bro. Drake ain't really rapped since "Lord Knows" and "Stay Scheming" in 2011-2012. But he's worth $300M, so there's that...
Elzhi is insane… he smoked this shxt
This collab would be almost inconceivable in 2019
Ya dig?!
LMAO FOR REAL FOR REAL
This cannot happen in 2020 drake is pop guy sings for 90% of his songs but he did get outshined hard on this lmao
@@---kr3zg put many rappers up against Phonte and Elzhi and they would get shown up. 2 of the top emcees alive Drake has absolutely no business messing with them
@@georgepalcic731 they aren't the best but they are in the top 20 range
Phonte is the goat i swear
m.soundcloud.com/fenaam-byrd/famous-mix-1
Mr Wahh sound like phonte wrote Drake verse
forreal
@Chris Paul maybe kool g but monch and red..el got them both
1000000%
Drake's underground roots, although brief, are lauded. The Drake I got to experience, at the age and time I experienced him, I will never forget. I was on my own come up and his record, musically, was unmarred and immaculate. The soundtrack to my life at that time.
Elzhis entire verse goes over heads.
No it doesnt. You thirstin for another I Used To Love HER.
Elzhi is the best on this track phonte a close second drake isn't even close to them
@@IbelieveinJesusAmen Yes it does. Anyone who thought Elzhi didn't win, is proof of the heads it went over.
SO MANY book paper references!!
@@IbelieveinJesusAmen went over your head, you just trollin though you dont have an actual opinion on shit.
We all know drake studied Phonte, Kanye and Hov and merged them all together a helluvah combination.
Don't forget Budden.
And Epstein
Nobody Phonte tho
@@luked6753😂
He finally paid 9th for the rest of the beat!!!!
🙏
We all know he ain't wanna get shown up twice on his own mixtape. His grandaddy Phonte already did.
😂
Wait what happened?
elzhi killed with the literary metaphores damn! "they say you never judge a book by its cover, though you appear as materialistic just like the others, so i followed your words to take 'em in - and i don't see what you saying so they comin' off paper thin, thats when i felt that i would need to, do more than just look you up and down to see if i could read you, and try to get inside your head only, not just stick my fingers in your middle just to get you to spread for me (opening a book ref.), so what i learned on my path to discover, your story took one ugly turn after an other, i saw we wasn't on the same page, i would have gave you strong play but your words rubbed me the wrong way, so now im closin' the case, you only out for the paper back it's written all over your face! (DAMN!), yo El 'll never judge a book by it's cover, until he seen what was inbetween and look at what lies up under. DANM! that's ill, Elzhi is understated.
His entire verse is a double metaphor for a book, literally every line. It's straight crazy how he does shit like this. Elzhi always top tier pen game.
Damn I didn’t realize
Drake knew this which is why he removed his verse. This excuse of not paying 9th Wonder made no sense cause he still used it anyways
can't believe elzhi is in a song with drake
ditto when i first found this i was like dafuq they did a track together. i thought the same when he did Contra with Danny Brown. They shoulda had a different hook for contra tho or done differently.
liter kiter why that so hard to believe?? lol
MoodMuzikFilez cuz drake is the most mainstream rapper there is
liter kiter a mainstream rapper who started from the bottom.
this was back when drake was actually underground
Talk about being slept on . . .
Phonte is so UNDERRATED! Its such a shame... I also don't understand how they won't play Phonte on the radio but will straight up play all this mumble rap now days. . . .
Drake rhymes exactly like Phonte.
Phonte birthed his style not many know this....
Phonte is probably one of Drakes ghostwriters 🤣🤣 jk I had to throw that joke in
Copied him on the collab. Listen to vinnie Paz collabs n ull know what I mean. They always bite a lil bit when collaboration comes to. The better rapper stays in his lane while the other one emulates.
Low key, I think Phonte wrote some ish for drake.
@@bigsloan-ws3681 I Don't Doubt It!!!
One of the dopest colab joints ever to drop. Hands down. Drake prepped it. Phonte baked it. Ate the whole jawn...
So what did El do metaphorically? Since he arguably has the edge here. You didn't even feel like Elzhi deserved mention huh? lol
@@professorXcross The actual lol is this reply, to an opinion. Seems all you are good for, judging by your many negative replies to my/others opinions. Time to move outta your mother's basement and become an adult bruh. The real world exists outside of the internet...🎤 👇
@@professorXcrossThis is probably my least favorite Elzhi verse lol still one of my fav emcees ever though
@@DeTAYL.Exactly
Who’s still listening in 2020🔥
This "FOREVER MUSIC" .... you know... tha kinda music that you could listen to forever. Classic since DAY ONE.
This shit still banging. When I play it, people like yo, I never heard that, its fire!!! Its almost been 10yrs
Young Drake with the masters of hip hop 🎉🎉🎉
"Shit I'm well red like sunburn"....this dude is just too slick with this shit 😂
The best version of drake
It’s crazy listening to this in a world where people trying to convince me Drake not hip hop
I know... omg... I love the old Drake. Come back please.
Drake should do what Cole is doing and put all the old mixtapes on DSPs💿
This is Drake at his best.
Without Pac there would be no Kendrick
Back when Drake's career was full of hope.
My man’s said I’m well read like sunburn. So simple yet.
I think this is Drakes best song with these two legende on the track. Crazy that he never tried this style again... a shame
6pm in New York he did his original flow again
Still love this to my core till this day
📠📠📠
Would love to know what would have happened if Drake stayed in the back pack lane. Crazy to think the artist who made this is the same as he is today. Its like two completely different artists.
Drake needs to take this Kendrick L as a time to reboot and bring back the Phonte Jr. Era Drake. Get back to the essence. Just so I can hear the "Kendrick made Drake hip-hop again." Jokes.
I fucked with this Drake right here 🔥🔥🔥
All three of these dudes can spit but sheeeit ur boy Tigallo criminally underrated.
Been looking for this full version for years...thank you real never even heard Els verse b4 sheeeeesh
Elzhi entire verse man I wish he got more respect
Nice sample (Anita Baker's Sweet Love) Phonte verse is fire...I miss the old Drake most def.
PHONTE top 10 alive on any list
I'm here 2024
Is this the same Phonte drake got his flow from?
Retrospect. This is who Kendrick thought Drake was but he saw it. This was the forst “accent” he stole. The southern rapper.
Phonte is still one of the top 5. So slept on.
Without phonte there would be no drake
Without Pac there would be no Kendrick
This Drake was in n his bag fr back then
You know Phonte wrote Drakes verse. It has Phonte's rhyming style all over it
I believe Drake wrote his verse... But he was heavy biting phonte's style back then ..... Listen to Ashton Martin Verse... He got bars but he bites a lot ....
I miss this Drake
First of all, shouts out to Drake for paying 9th for the beat because they did Elzhi dirty on the other version. And y'all know EXACTLY what I'm talking bout! lol It was a HARD CUT before the sensei could get a syllable out so it's nice to hear all TREE verses.
Secondly, I see a lot of people kinda clowning drake for getting outshined. Peep. Drake was a student first. So getting on tracks with people that are better rappers is a humbling, learning experience that's necessary for character development and growth.
Thirdly, without Drake... THIS SONG WOULD'VE NEVER HAPPENED. And even though Phonte and El easily had better verses, the part of the song that gets stuck in my head is always "we know what you thinking luuuuuuuuv." The hook is extremely important and that's one of Drake's strong suits. CHORUSESESESESES.
Case N' Point- it's bigger than who had the better verse. The subject matter comes from the hook on this track, and the vibe was created by 9th wonder. That's essentially the foundation. Phonte and Elzhi were perfect contributions to the banger, but dat hook doe...."yeah man"
Elzhi is the best rapper alive.
YSFalcons420 true
Frederic Ko stfu
Bet
YSFalcons420 I adore elzhi even have his name lined up for my not yet born son but Jay z is the best rapper alive the better you become as a mc (I am one) the more you realise. The way jay always puts flow before words evident by the way he is different on every track yet never looses any lyrical capacity is practiced genius. He has done every type of rap from deeply personal to bragging better than anyone. Transition to Story of OJ from this track hear him glide like no man alive. Slow flow with inter changing rhythem, no one else is doing that without sounding rougher than a dog ass.
I said that a while ago lol. Elzhi’s discography is not anywhere near the level of the Jay Z or the other legends. Elzhi is still one of my favorites and his technical ability can rival anybody.
Wow this is banger that i've been sleeping on. Phonte & Drake? DOPE.
Yo that Elzhi is the New Nas!
I didn't realize how dope this song is.
Listening to this almost makes you take Drakes mainstream efforts as satire.
WORD
Never gonna happen...
If u melt Phonte and Joe Budden together, u get Aubrey
Now THIS is the drake i liked
Phonte verse is sick!
Damn he went in on this🔥
Still my favorite Drake song, Phonte El and 9th wonder are Legends ..9th Killed this sample
Drake would sounds amazing like this now in 2024
When drake was a real emcee for a season.
Can we take a moment to fully appreciate:
1) Phonte doing a feature for some Canadian rando he didn’t know, just because he heard the guy was a fan.
2) Completely murdering that Canadian rando on his own track.
3) Collecting a nice guest fee for murdering this Canadian rando on his own track.
4) Watching that Canadian rando basically jack his style and becoming a worldwide superstar and not being bitter at all.
Tay is a legend.
I always say that niggas think I'm bugging
I'm back again. I'll never forget when my homie said "OH you got the version will Elzhi!". This was way after it dropped but they left out Elzhi just like Colin Monroe now leaves out Jim Jones on "Pianos Sessions". All I can find is Joel ORTIZ!!!!!
9th Wonder be Killin' it on the beats
of course this is the only drake song with the least amount of views
...ft. phonte and elzhi
...and thats the way i like it :)
i dont mind a drake cameo, but keep this shit underground
9th murdered this beat🔥🔥🔥🔥
What the fuck HAPPEND to this Drake
lol. Oh boy. I’m from the future it gets WICKED.
elzhi is that dude..
Elzhi BODIED this beat....
Drake was clean and sick before this Young Money poison .....
Malone Deeway facts
Big facts.
Young Money helped him rise you fool.
@@AndarooPandrew17 Commercially, yes. Artistically? Hah.
@@AndarooPandrew17 he was aight in 09 but the mainstream killed him hes a pop artist now not even considered hip hop/rap and shouldn't even be mentioned in any conversation about rap young money killed him their all trash
Elzhi and phonte ❤
Phonte Verse puts them all to shame
Dezonly0911 phonte killed it, but there's a reason elzhi was last
Elzhi clearly took this lol
@@michelangelotroccoli7748 Love both Elzhi and Phonte, but don't y'all get it confused with Phonte. He's a master of flows.
@@V3rnSqwd5611 Okay, so why was we last? Sometimes position in a song is just because or the timing of recording from artist (dropping verses from elsewhere). In this song, it has more to do with connecting the message. Most folks also need to listen to Phonte and understand what flow is. Elzhi is also that raw.
Korey Hill best verse always goes last, everyone knows that. That’s just like a fact. There’s only a couple instances I can think of where that didn’t happen due to the song concept and this was not one of them. Eminem on renegade, hov on drug dealers anonymous, hov on what’s free, Kendrick on fuckin problem, Kendrick on control, jay rock on money trees, foxy on affirmative action. I could name a million more & I can name like one verse where best verse wasn’t last, just one. Last verse is always the best
This is my first time I am hearing the full version. Im so used to hearing......."I aint paid 9th for the beat yet"...lol
TheDarkRoomATL like Damn drake pay that man
Completely doing Elzhi dirty lol
Phonte! Period.
Phonte is just on another level.
This is the Drake I enjoyed listening to. Wish he'd go back to rhymin' like this again.
I love this cool drake
elzhi make it look too easy... his whole verse a metaphore... its easy to say Phonte killed it which he did but Elzhi always finda ways to stay fresh and original EL cant be put in a box
MoodMuzikFilez he used a book theme for the whole verse. Thats dope he has them real detroit battle rap roots in him
Correct
Phonte is my favorite artist
Phonte.
Geez! Where have I been? Never heard of this...Goodness! REAL HIP HOP #comebacktous
Drake has changed since being signed he sound just like Lil Wayne when in reality he has the potential to top Wayne
lol I hope you regret saying this
@@h3yyyyyyy He should've never said it. Dude was never close to Wayne nor Elzhi ability of rhyming. And the way Phonte has evolved since this? He still left drake on here imo but now he's WAY behind all three on their worst day.
@@lyrics2challenged i fell another way 😭 i think drake makes amazing music, even if he’s not a great rapper (wayne is #1 phonte is #4 for me)
El and Phonte smacked him around on this track....
Why drake go away from this 🤦🏾♂️
Money and the industry.. they ain't pushing this kind of music .. he went with what's hot to them ..
Who is rockin with this in 2021?
Before he was shopping with an edge
Elzhi had the best verse .... Phonte verse was on his heels tho ..... Drake was great too ....
Im happy Phonte at least won a grammy. But still he deserved more...
2019 let's gooooo raps champs
Drakes best work....
All Elzhi was compare the girl to a book...thats all he did!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💧
when this song came out, i was 9 years old but i was vibing like an old man with my friend so i was looking for the song that helped me quickly get out of the bathroom to go to school when my old brother plays it
Phonte went in !!!
Last beat drake paid for
Lol 🤣🤣
Elzhi's verse is better than Drake's whole career.
Elzhi 🔥
Damn this went over my head it took 9 years
This the drake i miss
Its crazy I heard this song cause of 9th, Phonte and Elzi.
That whole Elzhi verse is a book metaphor.
"They say you never judge a book by its cover;
Tho you appear materialistic just like the others;
So I followed yo words to take em in;
And I don't see what you're sayin so they comin off paper thin..."
Rass Kass..Undesirable Smooth....
NAT TURNER Anita Baker “Sweet Love”
Wow drake played a track with these guys ? Mad respect. I guess he does know hip hop. Also heard he was a fan of swollen members growing up.
He forgot his roots when he got big. I ain't mad at it but it is what it is.
“They hooked that up”
We still here Aug 2024
If this is Drake's Finest work then I no longer have any regrets with saying that he is a sub par MC. I mean he is good at selling albums and kills the radio spins, but I will be damned to call him the new face of Hip Hop. And why is it that we give these cats passes like "he used to be dope before......" Phonte wrecked this jawn and if you have to ask who is the better MC then you already lost!
Don’t think this aged well
@@blackty3477this aged like an avocado 🤣🤣
@@AshBashSneakers I do agree that Phonte is better though
gotta love that beat