Drake

Avg Rating: 43210   4.5 ( 142 total votes )

Drake - Ransom ft. Lil' Wayne

Artist: Drake

Featuring: Lil Wayne

Producer: Boi 1da

Album: So Far Gone (Mixtape)

Label: YMCMB/Universal Motown

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Today, Toronto rapper Kardinal Offishall will release his fourth studio album (and worldwide debut), Not 4 Sale.  With the LP already garnering positive reviews,  it seems as if this release could kick-start an industry takeover.  Proof of such a spark is evidenced by the interest of Lil’ Wayne‘s Young Money Entertainment in T-Dot actor Aubrey Graham, also known by the stage name of Drake.  On the lyrical clinic Ransom, Drake and Weezy trade bars over Boi-1da‘s 5 1/4-minute beat (so complex it could be split into two different tracks).  Incredibly, each rapper matches the other’s power, but you haven’t heard the alphabet until you’ve heard Weezy rap it near the end of his verse!  To hear just how global hip-hop has become, look and listen for the Toronto natives in the months to come.

This song first appeared on the Independent Chart on September 29, 2008
   

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BaBii Boi 3000
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BaBii Boi 3000
Total Ratings: 107
Rating:  54321
i'm feelin' dis one


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Uncle Travis
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Uncle Travis
Total Ratings: 28
Rating:  43211
production is suitable, lyrics can be passable, but i think Lil Wayne is running out of things to rap about....lol he still nice though...lol


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

J Worthy
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J Worthy
Total Ratings: 334
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Dope! But i think Wayne wrote this...


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

DJ XLR8
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Total Ratings: 225
beat reminds me of a mix of weezy's lalala and a milli other then its ok


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

D.J. CONCRETE
Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

D.J. CONCRETE
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Total Ratings: 3
WEEZY DONE DID IT AGAIN_ AND DRAKE IS THAT PIFF 2!!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

TheGreatest
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TheGreatest
Total Ratings: 269
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J Worthy, I hope Wayne wrote this cuz if not, he got murdered by someone on his own label. Drakes flow is ridiculous and he outdid Weezy. Weezy was fly on it too, but Drake shines and its bangin!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

aka mr new money
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Total Ratings: 415
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this song go hard


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

BDF44
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BDF44
Total Ratings: 2281
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Heat. Drake is a beast! Weezy refuses to be out done serving up a classic weezy Verse. What more is there to say?


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

DJ Z
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DJ Z
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Insane lyrical display, knew it would be featured the second it popped into our mailbox. Nice.
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Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Jamnation
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Total Ratings: 443
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Very NICE


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

justokhall
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Total Ratings: 347
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damn that shit went hard


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Mike Dreams
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Mike Dreams
Total Ratings: 2130
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They finally got this on the Booth. T.Dot!!!!!!!!! Y'all ain't been on Drake yet....WELL...it's time to get on! All Things Fresh. This guy finna take the game over. "Same yellow n*gga that used to play up on Degrassi"! Heard this a week ago and it's been in rotation heavily ever since. J. Worthy...you must be crazy. Drake ghostwrites for other rappers. Both of the rappers wrote their own lyrics. Drake did smash Lil Wayne. He's a beast. But Wayne's verse was hotter than a lot of stuff he's been spitting. BDF44, I agree. Drake smashed this, so Wayne had NO CHOICE but to come hard or go home! But this boy Drake is my favorite rapper in the world right now. He's about to takeover...forreally though. Boi 1da dat piff as well.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Kooln
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Kooln
Total Ratings: 201
Rating:  32121
Nice production deff. a typical Lil' Wayne track, but they did well.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

mk18769
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Total Ratings: 306
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5/5 ... WOW Straight HEAT!!! Put Toronto/Canada on the map Drake, Kardinal Offishall not gunna do it REAL big, maybe u can ... Wayne outstaged on this one (that rarely happens ... DRAKE is a BEAST!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Fisticuffz
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Fisticuffz
Total Ratings: 26
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Dis is Wayne's best in a while and Jimmy (I mean Drake) killed it


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Dubby1
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Total Ratings: 101
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J Worthy: u owe Drake an apology for saying Weezy writes for him...nah, just kidding!

Ever since i heard 'Brand New' earlier this year and then 'I Can Take Your Girl' ive become a firm DRAKE fan. NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE in the history of music syncs into rap and singing as smoothly and effortlessly as he does...and he does both ridiculously well....DRAKE's the future of the 'Rappa ternt Sanga' genre!! btw, he killed wayne on this track....


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Dubby1
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Total Ratings: 101
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...sorry, what i meant to say was that Drake has been killing Wayne in all the tracks he has featured him in...


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

blkgotti79
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blkgotti79
Total Ratings: 613
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Damn dude held it down...real original...BUT WAYNE.....NEVER TO BE OUTDONE.......MURDERED IT!!!!!!!only part that threw me for a loop was when he started spelling out the alphabets


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Yung Memphis-TEN
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Total Ratings: 78
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Damn!!!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

YungKd
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Total Ratings: 34
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Man drake gone be a beast in the game! He gettin there! Keep holdin it down! He kind did sound like wayne tho lol./.. Banger! Wayne was koo not a big fan!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

coby8v
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Total Ratings: 5
This is a solid attempt by a ok artist. He sounds like errbody else right now...


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

PattyPatty85
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PattyPatty85
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No no no boring! It sounds like many other new Lil Wayne tracks...don't like it


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Teaspoon179
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Teaspoon179
Total Ratings: 117
Rating:  43211
Drakes definitely not bad but I liked Waynes verse better. Drakes lyrics might have been better but waynes flow just makes me pay attention and get into it for some reason. Regardless of who hit the beat harder, the song is crazy


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

djblaze
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djblaze
Total Ratings: 8292
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This dude Drake is Nice! I really really like this beat! Production is nice and tight on here by Boi 1da! Drake has a good ass flow! He even spits like Weezy a lil on this one and it is welcomed! DRAKE IS SICK on here, man! The more I listen to it the more I see he has some serious skillz! I like how the beat changes with the high hats as Wanye comes on! Wayne Ripped this right here. I think Drake did a little better, but Damn, they both killed it! HOTNESS! CLASSIC SHIT!
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Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

d mac
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d mac
Total Ratings: 906
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pretty crazy production, gotta give it up for the originality...
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Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Preo
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Total Ratings: 2
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Drake is finally gettin big. I been listening to the dude for about 2 years, and he never disappoints. This mixtape "So Far Gone" gonna be amazing. Not a big Wayne fan, but i dont mind him on this track even thou his lyrics kinda wack. Drake kills it, and Wayne does it nice. Look out for more by Drake and go check out hsi apst stuff if you havent heard it before


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

djxclusive
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djxclusive
Total Ratings: 23
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This joint is ridiculous, Drake has been my favorite since I started listenin to him about a year ago... This beat is noodles and the lines "you ain't heard of me you should go and get a blues clue, oops i mean a red clue, Wayne's here SooWhoop" Thats @*#$! crazy


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Kayleb101
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Kayleb101
Total Ratings: 502
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D@MN!!!!
They both murdered this track, Im with BDF44 yet again, I think Weezy serves up his best when he's on a track like this with someone else capable of his lyrical capability he gets scared and just kills it haha, im doin some research on Drake right now. lol BANGERR!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

Kayleb101
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Kayleb101
Total Ratings: 502
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BTW does everyone know that this guy Drake has an A Milli freestyle out? go check it!


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

@laidback_23
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Total Ratings: 47
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This is CRAZY!!! Its amazing how Drake has progressed since the first mixtape "Room For Improvement" that i heard from him, to "Comeback Season" and now to the new one thats comin out, "So Far Gone"...He beat Wayne out on this one and Drake definitely wrote his own verse...He is a BEAST!! And if u people didnt see the VMA's tha otha night, Wayne spit a verse written by DRAKE over his misunderstood song..Tha verse that Wayne spit was from Drakes song called "Money To Blow"...if u dont believe me go to youtube and find waynes performance and then find Drakes song...


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

DJmightymatt
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Total Ratings: 8
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Definitely good lyrics and flow coming from both, but Drake does get him on this. Weezy better watch his back with this kid


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

-Dre
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Total Ratings: 230
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Finally Wayne came like da dude I used to like! Where you been weezy f? Drake came a lil bit harder than Wayne did I just hear a triple threat? Obviously from Degressi he can act, he can rap, and da boy can sing.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

BigJ50HP
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Total Ratings: 2
honestly, this is probably one of the worst wayne verses ive heard yet, it basically sounds like crap. drake was nice, but seriously, id like to see wayne maybe, MAYBE try to come with better lyrics and stop just spitting BS out. he repeated himself way too much, which only means that he cant think of anything else to say. many rappers better than wayne today.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

UnLucky
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UnLucky
Total Ratings: 237
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Drake repping T-Dot,
drake killed it


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

DJ Arpeezy
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DJ Arpeezy
Total Ratings: 91
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MURKED IT!! Love the production. I am now an official Drake fan.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

tdotraza
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tdotraza
Total Ratings: 908
Just like Lil Wayne, he's either hit or miss, but when he hits... out the park! And I ain't even play OR watch baseball. Oh, and both Lil Wayne & Drake are writing for Dr. Dre.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

tdotraza
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tdotraza
Total Ratings: 908
Boi-1da is coming up. His beats on "Not 4 Sale" are sick.


Posted on Sep 09, 2008    

JayCL
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JayCL
Total Ratings: 736
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dam this shit is straight fire. drake spit that shit like a machine gun, but his style is similar to weezy's. not a fan of weezy but his verse is sick.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

cali24
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Total Ratings: 416
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This is one of the sickest beats and flows I've heard in a long time Drake and Wayne murder this.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

Blais1323
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Total Ratings: 103
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Hell Yah I'm wit J Worthy when i say weezy def wrote drakes part lol... not hatin on the song its bangin but lol yah...


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

J2 Approved
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J2 Approved
Total Ratings: 14
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Drake writes all his own material. He actually has been a ghost writer for Weezy. Drake's great, both on camera and behind the mic.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

peezee
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Total Ratings: 177
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i like.. drake was nice and wayne just rhymed like he used to.. no singing or audio tune thank god


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

J2 Approved
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J2 Approved
Total Ratings: 14
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Drake writes all his own material. He actually has been a ghost writer for Weezy. Drake's great, both on camera and behind the mic.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

Natural Mystic
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Total Ratings: 17
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this is hot stuff....i am feeling the beat more than anything.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

Shamir.
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Shamir.
Total Ratings: 608
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Drake murdred this. outshined weezy by miles.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

ranejane
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Total Ratings: 113
Rating:  54321
I absolutely love Drake. Everything I have heard from him has been pretty hot. From his first mixtape to now. And you know he got it goin on when hes up with Wayne and really doin his own thing. Most ppl are done over by Wayne, but not Drake. He's tryna get his stuff together in the US, cuz hes already kinda big in TO, and this just may be the song to help him with that. But yeah, the beat is hot, as all Boi 1da's are.


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

RileyFreeman
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RileyFreeman
Total Ratings: 18
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i can't believe this is the dude from Degrassi Next. Why'd Aubrey change his name to Drake? LOL! It's all right but it ain't nothin special if you ask me. LOLOL!


Posted on Sep 10, 2008    

lA-MiCHEy
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Total Ratings: 15
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Dios Mio!!! Finally man oh my god! This is hot I dont care what anyone thinks about this one lol. It got a nice hype but calm beat(Which I love about it) And finally wayne isnt saying the same shit over and over
Its hot..Going on my myspace page lol


Posted on Sep 11, 2008    

joesmith27921
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Total Ratings: 3
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drake goess hardd i didnt know he cud spit like that


Posted on Sep 11, 2008    

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