*. Audio: Drake – Forever ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem (Prod. by Boi-1da)
August 26th, 2009 | Published in Audio, Exclusive | 65 Comments
The most anticipated song of the week has dropped. Forever is produced by Toronto’s own, Boi-1da and is set to appear on the More Than A Game soundtrack – LeBron James’ movie. It’ll also be on Drake’s Thank Me Later album. Be sure to buy the song on iTunes this Friday to support Drake & the team. Artwork by yours truly, Karla aka hustleGRL.
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August 26th, 2009at 7:48 PM(#)
crazy shit. all of them went dumb. especially ye’.
August 26th, 2009at 7:54 PM(#)
is there gonna be another mastered version released? i thought there was with an rnb singer doing the hook?? regardless this track is nuts… the original is sickk tho.. drake verses on both versions are insane..he merked them..good look drizzy …takin control of the track!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNFCgHYhZUI
August 26th, 2009at 7:54 PM(#)
all did well. but Em?? SMH, there are no words to describe what he did to that song…
good look, karleezy!
August 26th, 2009at 7:57 PM(#)
WOW @ Eminem! Drake did an awesome job as well. Kanye and Ye were just ok to me
August 26th, 2009at 7:57 PM(#)
i mean kanye and wayne were just ok to me…my bad
August 26th, 2009at 7:58 PM(#)
damn.
August 26th, 2009at 7:59 PM(#)
finallllly
drake n em woooooow
August 26th, 2009at 8:00 PM(#)
I HEARD DA HOOK B4 ON A SONG CALLED I WANT DIS SHIT 4EVR WIT WAYNE N KID-KID BUT ITS STIL HOTT….
August 26th, 2009at 8:03 PM(#)
^ yeaah, i thought this was gonna be a completely new beat lol. it’s the same beat and hook, just new verses & mastered.. still crazy tho!
August 26th, 2009at 8:04 PM(#)
urghh… em fucking manhandled that beat
August 26th, 2009at 8:10 PM(#)
as i said b4 EM spaaaaaaaaazzzzzed! drake held his own. wayne did better than expected. and Kanye was typical kanye wit his typical dopeness. really wished dey woulda did a new hook tho…eh fukkit dope track!good lookin out karla.
August 26th, 2009at 8:15 PM(#)
i think drizzy had da hottest verse den ye…
August 26th, 2009at 8:20 PM(#)
LOVE IT!!!
August 26th, 2009at 8:20 PM(#)
Drizzys verse is always freshh ;)
August 26th, 2009at 8:24 PM(#)
… This fucking makes up for Off That. Goddamn.
August 26th, 2009at 8:25 PM(#)
I thought Kanye had the worst verse,instant classic song they all did it justice
Em
Drake
Wayne
Kanye and I dont even like Eminem
August 26th, 2009at 8:25 PM(#)
This is the most unexpected but the best collabo ever, they all did their thing, shit is fire!!
August 26th, 2009at 8:28 PM(#)
This shit is AMAZING. Em shitted all over everybody though. My god I might cry.
August 26th, 2009at 8:31 PM(#)
okay forever is my favorite drake song and ye just made it even better..he kilt his verse
August 26th, 2009at 8:41 PM(#)
Yes, V-G! I feel like crying after listening to this, oh my goodness. So amazing.
August 26th, 2009at 8:41 PM(#)
damn, em and drake had the best verses hands down
kanye and waynes verses wer nice but cant touch drakes and em
August 26th, 2009at 8:44 PM(#)
this song went hard better than swagger like us, maybach music 2, better than any collabo out there drake had the hardest verse by far
August 26th, 2009at 8:44 PM(#)
way better than the first version. eminem went in.
August 26th, 2009at 9:07 PM(#)
It may not mean nothing to y’all
But understand nothing was done for me
So I don’t plan on stopping at all
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne)
I’m shutting shit down in the mall
And tellin’ every girl she the one for me
And I ain’t even planning to call
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay)
Last name Ever, first name Greatest
Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain’t nothin’ to play with
Started off local, but thanks to all the haters
I know G4 pilots on a first-name basis
In your city faded off the brown, Nino
She insists she got more class, we know
Swimming in the money, come and find me, Nemo
If I was at the club you know I balled, chemo
Dropped a mixtape, that shit sounded like an album
Whoda thought a country-wide tour be the outcome
Labels want my name beside an X like Malcolm
Every got a deal, I did it without one
Yeah, nigga, I’m about my business
Killin’ all these rappers, you would swear I had a hitlist
Everyone who doubted me is askin’ for forgiveness
If you ain’t been a part of it, at least you got to witness
Bitches
It may not mean nothing to y’all
But understand nothing was done for me
So I don’t plan on stopping at all
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne)
I’m shutting shit down in the mall
And tellin’ every girl she the one for me
And I ain’t even planning to call
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay)
I used to have hood dreams: Big fame, big chains
I stuck my dick inside this life until that bitch came
And went hard all fall like the ball teams
Just so I could make it rain all spring
Y’all seen my story, my glory
I had raped the game young, you could call it statutory
When a nigga blow up, they gon’ build statues from me
Old money, Benjamin Button, what, nothin’
Nah, superbad chicks giving me McLovin’
You would think I ran the world like Michelle’s husband
You would think these niggas know me when they really doesn’t
Like they was down with the old me, no, you fuckin’ wasn’t
“Uh, you such a fuckin’ loser
You ain’t even go to class, Bueller”
Trade the Grammy plaques just to have my granny back
‘Member she had that bad hip like a fanny pack?
Chasing the stardom’ll turn you to a maniac
All the way in Hollywood and I can’t even act
They pull they cameras out, and God damn, they snap
I used to want this thing forever, you can have it back
It may not mean nothing to y’all
But understand nothing was done for me
So I don’t plan on stopping at all
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne)
I’m shutting shit down in the mall
And tellin’ every girl she the one for me
And I ain’t even planning to call
I want this shit forever, mayne (ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay)
Okay, hello, it’s the Martian, Space Jam Jordans
I want this shit forever, wake up and smell the garden
Fresher than the harvest, step up to the target
If I had one guess, then I guess I’m just New Orleans
And I will never stop, like I’m runnin’ from the cops
Hopped up in my car and told my chauffer “To the top”
Life is such a fuckin’ roller coaster, then it drops
But what should I scream for? This is my theme park
My mind shine even when my thoughts seem dark
Pistol on my side, you don’t want to hear that thing talk
Let the king talk, check the price and pay attention
Lil Wayne, that’s what they got to say or mention
I’m like Nevada in the middle of the summer
I’m resting in the lead, I need a pillow and a cover
Shhh, my foot’s sleepin’ on the gas
No brake pads, no such thing as last
Uh (uh)
It may not mean nothing to y’all
But understand nothing was done for me
So I don’t plan on stopping at all
I want this shit forever, mayne (Ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
I’m shutting shit down in the mall
And tellin’ every girl she the one for me
And I ain’t even planning to call
I want this shit forever, mayne (Ever, mayne, ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay)
There they go, back in stadiums as Shady spits his flow
Nuts they go, macademia, and they go so ballistic, whoa
He can make them look like bozos, he’s wonderin’ if he should spit this slow
Fuck no, don’t provoke, his cup just runneth over, oh, no
He ain’t had to go to bars like this since the last time he overdosed
They been waitin’ patiently for Pinocchio to poke his nose
Back into the game and they know rap’ll never be the same as before
Bashin’ in the brains of these hos, and establishin’ a name as he goes
The passion of the flame is ignited, you can’t put it out once we light it
This shit is exactly what the fuck that I’m talkin’ about when we riot
You dealin’ with a few true villians who stand inside of the blue troop spillin’
And spit true feelings until them two feelings come flyin’ up out of our months, then rewind it
Payback, motherfucker, for the way you got at me, how’s it taste?
I’ma slap the taste out of your mouths with the bass so loud that it shakes the place
I’m Hannibal Lecter, soldiers, in case you’re thinkin’ of saving face
You ain’t gonna have no face to save by the time I’m through with this, play some Drake
It may not mean nothing to y’all
But understand nothing was done for me
So I don’t plan on stopping at all
I want this shit forever, mayne (Ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
I’m shutting shit down in the mall
And tellin’ every girl she the one for me
And I ain’t even planning to call
I want this shit forever, mayne (Ever, mayne, ever, mayne, ever, mayne)
August 26th, 2009at 9:10 PM(#)
Wow, that song was AMAZING! Drake killed it, honestly that verse was sick. And Em was just ill. Wayne was better than expected, he really went hard. Ye was whatever.
August 26th, 2009at 9:15 PM(#)
annnnnnnd i have chills. awesome.
August 26th, 2009at 9:20 PM(#)
Dropped a mixtape, that shit sounded like an album
Whoda thought a country-wide tour be the outcome
Labels want my name beside an X like Malcolm
Every got a deal, I did it without one
Yeah, nigga, I’m about my business
Killin’ all these rappers, you would swear I had a hitlist
Everyone who doubted me is askin’ for forgiveness
If you ain’t been a part of it, at least you got to witness……Are you serious Drake went 2
August 26th, 2009at 9:32 PM(#)
That Sh#t sounds hard azzz fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 26th, 2009at 9:37 PM(#)
yeesh. how did em even fit all those words in there? this shit is ridiculous…
August 26th, 2009at 9:38 PM(#)
two words………F%^&*ING AMAZING!!!!!!
August 26th, 2009at 9:49 PM(#)
in order of best to worst [in my opinion]:
Drake
Em
Weezy
Kanye
i was disappointed in Kanye’s verse to be honest…but still.
this. song. goes. HARRRRRRRRRRRD!
1 love!
August 26th, 2009at 9:52 PM(#)
uhhh ilove it;
August 26th, 2009at 10:15 PM(#)
Best song in history
August 26th, 2009at 10:20 PM(#)
Extremely Epic!! Drake’s Verse was The best on here with the roster on here thats crazy!!! Drake=Best Rapper Alive
August 26th, 2009at 10:54 PM(#)
@kgb616 CO-SIGN!
August 26th, 2009at 11:34 PM(#)
damn!! no words
August 27th, 2009at 2:01 AM(#)
Nice stuff!!
August 27th, 2009at 3:52 AM(#)
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August 27th, 2009at 4:00 AM(#)
Eminem killed it, with quaters and half bars. Drake was ok, but he is not in the same league as Em.
August 27th, 2009at 6:38 AM(#)
wow Em sure did killd dis track, and drake was freat as always, respect to wayne fo not usin that outotune that hard like he does, and Ye was kool like always tho
August 27th, 2009at 7:27 AM(#)
DRAKE WENT I HARD I THOUGHT THIS NIGGA WAS RUNNING OUT OF SHIT CLAP CLAP THIS NIGGA WENT ULTRA HARD. YO IT TOOK WAYNE TO SIGN DRAKE TO FINALLY BE ON THE SAME SONG WITH EMINEM AN WAYNE PROVE HE’S REALLY FIGHTING TO BE THE BEST RAPPER TITLE AN EMINEM IS A FUCKING BEAST, MONSTER WHATEVER U WANT TO CALL HIM I HAVENT HEARD HIM GO THIS HEARD IN A WHILE AN KANYE SPOKE SOME REALLY SHIT. YOU TAKE JAY-Z OUT PUT DRAKE IN, U TAKE T.I. OUT AN PUT EMINEM AN YOU GOT A NEW SWAGGER LIKE US BUT ITS WAY BETTER AN IS GOING TO WEAR A GRAMMY FOR 2009,2010 AN 2011 FOR BEST SONG, BEST COLLABORATION, BEST VIDEO IF THEY DO ONE (WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING) AN BEST PERFORMANCE (THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THIS)DRAKE DID SON IT MADE IT TOP 10 MC IN THE GAME DAM HE CAME A LONG WAY FROM THE RAPPER TO PLAY JIMMY IN A WHEEL CHAIR TO THE NEW JOINT ON 106 ROOM FOR IMPROVMENT THEN COMEBACK SEASON COUPLE FREESTYLES SONG WITH WAYNE THEN SO FAR GONE COUPLE A RECORD DEAL OFFERS THEN SIGNED WITH YOUNG MONEY NOW HE GOT TRACKS WITH TREY SONGZ(HE BEEN HAD THOUGHS) MARY J,FABOLOUS,JAMIE FOXX,BIRDMAN, AN JAY-Z IM PROUD TO BE A FAN OF THIS NIGGA SINCE 2006 WE REALLY GOT TO THANK HIM LATER
August 27th, 2009at 9:36 AM(#)
if they gotta get someone new on the hook, its a long shot, but it woudl be cool if Drake used his rap-a-lot/southern empire connects and got ZRo on the hook. He would murder it… Highly (Scratch That) VERY Highly Unlikly. But id love ta see it…
August 27th, 2009at 9:42 AM(#)
SHIT YES SHIT YES SHIT YES!
August 27th, 2009at 10:12 AM(#)
I’m upset that people aren’t feeling Ye’s verse. I thought it was dope.
August 27th, 2009at 12:14 PM(#)
It may not mean nothing to y’all, but collaboration is the mo-fudgin’ way to go. quit hatin’ and make connects !!!.
August 27th, 2009at 12:15 PM(#)
After really paying attention to Ye’s verse he actually said some hot shit! But overall Drake went in HARD! Got the HOTTEST VERSE by far to me. Em’s delivery was sick but if you really listen to his lyrics, they’re aren’t that great. Wayne, I don’t know. I guess he was aiight I’m not much of a Wayne fan… He would be the only one to bring a gun up in his rhyme… He says the same non-sense to me all the time.
August 27th, 2009at 1:09 PM(#)
DRAKE LED OFF THE RELAY RACE IN A GREAT LEAD, AND THEN EMINEM FINISHED THE RACE BY DUSTED ALL OF HIS COMPETITORS AT THE FINISH LINE. DRAKE KILLED IT, HES GETTING SO MUCH RESPECT FROM THIS SONG, KANYE DID HIS THING AND HAD SOME CLEVER ASS LINES, LIL WAYNE DID HIS THING TOO. EMINEM FLOW IS SO CRAZY DAMN, HE HAD SOME SUBLIMINALS IN THERE I THINK.
August 27th, 2009at 1:40 PM(#)
drake’s verse gave me chills. point-blank period. uggh.
i am truly in love.
i love the piano/keys they added, too. amazing.
August 27th, 2009at 1:40 PM(#)
oh, and they should leave drake on the hook, i think.
August 27th, 2009at 3:47 PM(#)
They all went hard on this track. Drake being the best though and i’ve always loved the hook on here. This is classic So crazy i dunno wat else to say.
August 27th, 2009at 4:33 PM(#)
this song is the shit.
Drake
KanYe
Em
Wayne
usually wayne throws out a sick ass line but he just kept me waiting. Em went too fast for this damn beat, the things he said went hard but this song was ment to drop punchlines as the beat dropped and he aint do it. KanYe did his damn thing finally gettin off of that wack ass auto tune shit and showing why he belong in the game. Drake might be one of the best lyricst already and he aint even dropped a real cd yet. He can sing and drop the lines his cd will be straight fire!!!
August 27th, 2009at 5:23 PM(#)
this is one of the hottest tracks I have heard in a while, drake set the bar, and i felt everyone else matched him or came close, really impressed…WOW!
August 27th, 2009at 5:59 PM(#)
Classic
August 27th, 2009at 6:10 PM(#)
[...] just got our grubby little hands on the new Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Eminem song, called “Forever” and you can [...]
August 27th, 2009at 9:09 PM(#)
Dopeness And Purely EPIC!!!Hip-Hop LIVES
August 28th, 2009at 12:52 AM(#)
drake and eminem made this song.
August 28th, 2009at 3:50 PM(#)
50x better than the version drake and wayne already made.. but yeah, maybe if eminem would slow down a little.
August 28th, 2009at 7:22 PM(#)
the download link aint workin no more(N)
August 28th, 2009at 8:19 PM(#)
This Song Is Decent
Thought It Was Going To Be More To It
Like They Would Have Changed The Beat More
Or Something
I’m Kinda Disappointed
August 29th, 2009at 3:21 PM(#)
I like the original version better.. like someone said before, this beat is meant for sick punch lines to be dropped..
drake’s verse was alright but I didn’t understand half of it, kanye’s sounded too laid back for the beat, wayne’s was alright but not much more exclusive than what we usually hear from him, and eminem’s was too fast and didn’t have the punch lines I was expecting with the beat.
Also felt that em’s closing line was kind of weak… but don’t get me wrong I love em. This song just didn’t impress me all that much… I don’t understand all the hype besides the fact that this is a huge collabo and the hook is really catchy.
August 29th, 2009at 3:31 PM(#)
ok so Drake has been officially co-signed by Eminem..he is now the greatest! now Drake and Eminem killed this song…when i heard Em’s verse at the end i started buggin out in my car, because its soooooooooo rare that Em does features…the song has true meaning to all them dudes.( eh..I dunno know bout Wayne, he been stuntin like his daddy from day one)
but Drake, did everything on his own
Kayne had to fight to get Jay to put him on
Eminem is a white rapper enough said
it maynot mean nothing to yall but understand nothing was done for me….i want this shit forever! <— TRUE WORDS FROM THE HEART!
August 29th, 2009at 3:32 PM(#)
people gotta realize that this isnt even the finale version..so calm down gosh!
October 20th, 2009at 7:15 AM(#)
MAN I LOVE
DIZ SONG LIKE
IT AINT NUN IT
MAKE ME THINK
ABOUT ME N MY
BAE CUZ I WANT
DIZ 2 LAST 4
{E.V.E.R} MAN!!!!
November 22nd, 2009at 2:35 PM(#)
OMG I’m not the biggest Em fan in the world but I love Wayne. Howver, Wayne was put to shame on this track. Never thought I would see the day. Em kicked a**!! Drake was amazing as well. However, I have no respect for KanYe at all! Could have done with out him.
January 4th, 2010at 4:04 PM(#)
dont hate on kanye dat ho swift suing for more money like she need it props to kanye