The homey Justin Tinsley from TheSmokingSection put together a list of Drake/Lil Wayne collabos and/or songs where they were both featured. Out of those songs, he decided to dissect each verse and see who came the hardest; (pause). Check out all the details below and let us know if you agree with them.
Love ‘em or hate ‘em. Listen to ‘em frequently or never dare to include ‘em on a playlist. Through strategy or sheer coincidence, Young Money are the 2009 Rolling Stones. With their debut compilation, We Are Young Money, set to hit stores in weeks (and the internet even sooner), the posse’s go-to-acts, Lil’ Wayne and Drake, stand at the forefront of the movement. Using a similar format as the Jay-Z/Kanye West installment from months earlier, the extensive lyrical history between these two is examined.
NOTE: Only records containing verses from both Drake and Wayne were used. Then again, that was still 17 records. Be prepared, this is long-winded.
1) Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne – “Brand New” (Remix)
Drake: “Is this going to last?/Are we up on a pedestal?/ Are we moving too fast?/I feel like I’m in crazy competition with the past…”
Wayne: “This here is on some remix shit/It seems like everything I do they’re leakin’ it…”
Synopsis: Granted, Wayne used Drizzy’s flow (and recorded his verse after the original), BUT he used it damn near perfectly.
Drake: 0
Wayne: 1
2) Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne & Nutt Da Kid – “Stunt Hard”
Drake: “Who do you look up to when you’re better than your idols?/And how you posed to look when you do it with your eyes closed?/I’m everything that you just haven’t become/I spend my time trying to outdo what hasn’t been done…”
Wayne: “And I smoke that shit that smell like when you take your cast off/And I got them beach bitches, like David Hasselhoff…”
Synopsis: Even with Wayne’s admission of penning ‘all Stunna’s bars,’ Drake edges out Weezy with his own story of his eventual rise to Hip-Hop’s elite.
Drake: 1
Wayne: 1
3) Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne & Nutt Da Kid – “I Want This Forever”
Drake: “I’m so unsigned it would blow one’s mind…”
Wayne: “I make a blue-eyed bitch just admire my red/ I’m a blood mothafucka/A Blood mothafucka/ Forever, like e-t-c period muthafucka…”
Synopsis: Look at that Drake bar. You think record labels are kicking themselves right now?
Drake: 2
Wayne: 1
4) Lil’ Wayne & Drake – “Ransom”
Drake: “I deserve a MTV show for me and my peopleAnd if you tryin’ to ‘zone’, I got a whole Swisher Sweet full/ Rappers all liars and they women are deceitful/Addin’ till they subtract me, I’ll never be an equal…”
Wayne: “I’m wit it if money is the ‘it’ you want me wit/And I probably just spit on the chick you won’t be wit/And I hate a boney bitch, only like ‘em only thick/And I own Hip-Hop, if you don’t spit, I’m gon’ evict…”
Synopsis: This is one of those tracks where I was damn near clueless on who to pick. But since ties don’t exist here, I’m siding with Weezy mainly because dude’s flow was type crazy. Then again Drake’s was as well. Argue it out amongst yourselves. The whole Karrine spill was funny too.
Drake: 2
Wayne: 2
5) Lil’ Wayne Feat. Drake – “Stuntin’”
Drake: “Fuck all the discreet shit, I get on some deep shit/ I am 21, tell me who do I compete with?/ I’m on my elite shit/ You can tell I’m real cause I’m getting hood love/ And I ain’t even talkin’ street shit…”
Wayne: “The supplement I’m taking got me filling my tee/ My gunny money don’t split, call the shit Siamese/ Yes, my watch make the frickin’ time freeze/ Your girl blessed me, she sucked my dick and I sneezed…”
Synopsis: Another difficult selection. The whole point of Dedication 3 was to showcase the talent on Young Money. Mission accomplished. Drizzy for the win with the game winning jumper.
Drake: 3
Wayne: 2
6) Drake Feat. Trey Songz & Lil’ Wayne – “Successful”
Drake: “Fans of these freshman is about iffy/While this youngin’ that you doubted is about to get busy…”
Wayne: “That’s word to Toronto/ So high up, I got birds in the condo/Ain’t that a female dog/Ask her who I am to her, and she yell ‘God’…”
Synopsis: One of the staple records which propelled Drake into the national spotlight. This was likely the most obvious out of the bunch.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 2
7) Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne – “Ignant Shit”
Drake: “The same niggas I ball with, I fall with/On some southern drawl shit/Rookie of the Year, ’06, Chris Paul shit…”
Wayne: “I don’t stunt, I stunt hard/And if the food ain’t on the stove, I hunt for it…”
Synopsis: Wayne more than makes up for his abbreviated appearance on “Successful” with more quotables here than many can begin to catch on the first listen.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 3
8) Drake Feat. Santogold & Lil’ Wayne – “Unstoppable”
Drake: “I fall in love with girls caught up in superficial glamour/Who dress like Sarah Jessica and live like Princess Dianna…”
Wayne: “Hoe just, text me on my line you want some more dick/Mo’ dick, old bitch, young bitch/But I be like daaammmmn, all I got is one dick…”
Synopsis: Toss up. There isn’t really a “right” answer for this, but as of this very moment Wayne gets the nod.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 4
9) Drake Feat. Bun B & Lil’ Wayne – “Uptown”
Drake: “I just always did my own thing/ Now I run the game, you stupid muddasuckas/I see all this money through my Ohio State Buckeyes…”
Wayne: “Now I’m on that rock shit, but why they let me in?/I’ma start shootin’ in a mosh pit…”
Synopsis: Anytime Bun B. decides to drop a new verse, that’s always a win. However, like “Successful”, Drake gets the nod because he had more room to operate on the track. It’s not fair, but neither is life.
Drake: 5
Wayne: 4
10) Drake, Lil’ Wayne & Young Jeezy – “I’m Goin’ In”
Drake: “Never see me out cause I live in my work place/I give you the business, so button up your shirt straight/Look at where I landed, you would think I planned it/I’m just doin’ me and you could never understand it…”
Wayne: “Hello muthafucka, hey, hi, how ya dern?/It’s Weezy F. Baby come to take a shit and urine/On the toilet bowl bitches/Pussy ass niggas/Stompin’ on this beat like a muthafuckin’ Sigma…”
Synopsis: I’m sure David enjoyed the Sigma shout out, but Drake’s the one who really ‘went-in’ on this track.
Drake: 6
Wayne: 4
11) Young Money – “Every Girl”
Drake: “I would fuck with all of y’all/All of yall are beautiful/I just can’t pick one/So you can never say I’m choosey, hoes…”
Wayne: “I like a long hair, thick redbone/Open up her legs and filet mignon that pussy/ I’ma get in and on that pussy/If she let me in, I’ma own that pussy…”
Synopsis: By far the most difficult song to pick from the batch. After hearing “Every Girl” in clubs nonstop since the spring, Wayne edges this one out mainly because he had the best intro line to a verse since Boosie on “Wipe Me Down.” For a club smash, at least.
Drake: 6
Wayne: 5
12) Drake Feat. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem – “Forever”
Drake: “Dropped a mixtape, the shit sounded like an album/Who’d a thought a country wide tour would be the outcome/Labels want my name beside a X like Malcolm/Everybody gotta deal, I did it without one…”
Wayne: “Life is such a fuckin’ roller coaster then it drops/But what should I scream for?/This is my theme park…”
Synopsis: Had it not been for Eminem, Drake would have the best verse on the entire record.
Drake: 7
Wayne: 5
13) Lil’ Wayne & Drake – “My Darlin’ Baby”
Drake: “Just say yes, not no/The club is overrated baby, let’s not go/Let’s stay home and burn a couple calories/Fuck the house up and have the maid earn her salary…”
Wayne: “She gotta smile on her that puts a smile on me/She cater to me, she get all Destiny’s Child on me…”
Synopsis: Weezy and Drake trade bars about their dream female. For as trivial as it may sound, Drake simply had more quotables this round.
Drake: 8
Wayne: 5
Drake: “I’m at the W, but I can’t meet you in the lobby/Girl, I gotta watch my back/I’m not just anybody…”
Wayne: “She got that good, good/ She Michael Jackson ‘Bad’/I’m attracted to her/With her attractive ass…”
Synopsis: Similar to “Every Girl,” Wayne has a catchy intro bar. Unfortunately, Drake one upped him this time and even managed to drop a Ricky Bobby reference.
Drake: 9
Wayne: 5
15) DJ Khaled Feat. Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake, Lil’ Wayne & Usher – “Fed Up”
Drake: “And the question still remains/ Have I counted all the money that I’ve managed to obtain?/Niggas dedicating overtime to damaging my name/And somehow I’m still the hottest muthafucka in the game…”
Wayne: “I’m sick of being criticized/That’s why I’m higher than the Star Trek Enterprise/I do it big, don’t get mad cause you minimized/I keep a red flag case I get penalized…”
Synopsis: The true winner in this is watching DJ Khaled perform his own stunts in the video.
Drake: 10
Wayne: 5
16) Birdman Feat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne – “Money To Blow”
Drake: “I am on a 24 hour champagne diet/ Spillin’ while I’m sippin, I encourage you to try it/I’m probably just saying that cause I don’t have to buy it/The club owner supply it, boy I’m on that fly shit…”
Wayne: “And I’m with two women make you take a second look/We poppin’ like champagne bottles but we never shook/And we gon’ be alright if we put Drake on every hook…”
Synopsis: Weezy’s admission only confirmed what the entire industry had been thinking.
Drake: 11
Wayne: 5
17) Birdman Feat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne – “4 My Town (Play Ball)”
Drake: “Ok, they say that I’m the one in fact/Some say I’m they favorite, but I ain’t hearing none of that/I’m about my team, hoe/Young Money running back…”
Wayne: “You know you paid when you got Baby withcha/It’s Young Money, like Ben Frank’s baby pictures/It’s the lady twister, I kiss her whiskers/I been runnin’ this shit, blisters…”
Synopsis: Figuratively speaking, Wayne hit this one out the park.
Drake: 11
Wayne: 6
And thus concludes another installment of “Sibling Rivalry.” Does this mean Drake has become “better” than Wayne? Not in the least bit, but with Weezy’s looming prison sentence, it could prove to be the best and most important signings in recent memory. In other words, Young Money’s got themselves one hell of an insurance policy.
Download: Lil’ Wayne & Drake Collabs
JonFolse
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 6:35 PM:
JFolse blogspot here!!!
This is a real good breakdown!! U cant hate on it….Very detailed also. I like how u set it up with famous quotes from each verse….nnnniiiicccceeee. My pick on this…..Idk drake is getting there….It seems sometimes though when Lil Wayne takes “break” on some verses, Drake is right there with something STOOPID!!!!
Again props
JonFolse
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 6:38 PM:
And Im not one of these “new” fans been listening to drizzy since “room for improvement”
Karla
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 6:39 PM:
Jon, you didn’t read the whole thing.. I literally just published it lol.
Ramone
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 6:44 PM:
#RBT
Jai
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 6:58 PM:
What an awesome breakdown! 11 to 6, I can live with that.
Brice
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 7:04 PM:
On uptown weezy won!
sorry guys
Karla
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 7:09 PM:
I personally think Drake won on Every Girl… les-be-honest!
foxxy
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 7:11 PM:
hmmmmm. this reeeeally gives me something to think about…
Lashawn Alleyne
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 7:12 PM:
1.drake
2.drake
3.wayne
4.drake
5.drake
6.wayne
7.toss up
8.wayne
9.toss up
10.toss up
11.wayne
12.drake
13.drake
14.toss up
15.wayne
16.toss up
17.drake
toss up are just not fair to stay who went harder(pause)
Chuck. Taylors.
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 7:33 PM:
[Lashawn Alleyne, I'ma copy you; my bad, LOL]
1. Drake
2. Drake
3. Lil Wayne
4. Drake
5. Drake
6. Drake
7. Lil Wayne
8. Toss Up (but I Weezy gets the nod)
9. Drake
10. Drake
11. Drake (altho I agree, Weezy’s first line was AMAZING)
12. Drake
13. Drake
14. Drake (the Aaliyah line killed it)
15. Drake (only cuz I haven’t heard the one with Weezy on it)
16. Drake
17. Drake (I don’t understand how homie thought Weezy was better than Drake on this one =S)
sharee robinson
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 9:12 PM:
some of drake lines he say is better than little waynes
Mr.Yuuuppp
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 9:25 PM:
Wow cant believe they gave Wayne “Ransom” this song is where Drake blew… everybody I know finally hopped on the Drake bandwagon after Ransom. A,B,C,D,…Z Smh @wayne 4this 1
brit
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 9:29 PM:
and the winner is by a land slide….who else but DRIZZY DRAKE ROGERS
gotta agree with mr yup…ransom should have definitely when to drake!!!
drake has definitely improved since room for improvement and comeback season…practice makes perfect sooo i guess TML will b perfection?
CheezyDoDo
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 9:30 PM:
great breakdown…
Wayne dat dude but Drizzy has gotten the best of him…except for Ignorant Shit Mane Wayne spaaazzed out on that.
I Think had a better verse on Every Girl tho and he has the classic “leessbeehooneestt” line
bottomline is they make great son gs together and its always quotables so the real winners in the listeners ha !
519 Connect
on Dec 10th, 2009
@ 10:40 PM:
Umm Without A Question Drake Goes Harder Than Wayne On Ever Track. Not Just Lookin At A Couple Bar But Lookin At The Hole Verse In Its Self. I Have This Deep Feelin That Drake Writes All Or Most Of Waynes Materiel…????
lyssa.
on Dec 11th, 2009
@ 5:20 AM:
ahh drake!
his lyrics/style have changed so much since room for improvement :D
but its true, i love his verse on ransom
“if you aint hear of me you should go & get a blues clues,
oops i mean a red clue – waynes here suwuu.”
wow
on Dec 11th, 2009
@ 8:06 AM:
THEY F*CKED UP SOME OF THE SONGS……WAYNE KILLED IM GOIN IN (“B*TCH NAME CRYSTAL, LET HER SUCK MY PISTOL, SHE OPENED UP HER MOUTH THEN I BLOW HER BRAINS OUT”) CMON NOW THAT WAS THE BEST LINE IN THE WHOLE SONG!!!!!! UPTOWN IS THE SAME WAY!!!! LOVE DRAKE BUT HES NOT BETTER THAN WEEZY THE GREAT! JUST NOT HAPPENING!
JonFolse
on Dec 11th, 2009
@ 11:41 AM:
Naw I read the whole thing……Im saying as far as Drake goes the boy is getting there like u said…
jawhead
on Dec 11th, 2009
@ 1:55 PM:
student finally beat the master.
young fo ever weezy f fucking baby is still the best.
CG-3
on Dec 11th, 2009
@ 2:44 PM:
guna have to agree with Karla, seriously, how did Drizzy not have best verse on Every Girl?smh….ah well everyone has there own opinion
on a side-note if they didnt give drake the point on “Money to Blow” i was finna snap lol, “im on my disney shit/goofy flow/on records im captin hook…” wouldve loved to hear him keep that song and add a second verse, but hey at least he kept it in the Young Money Fam (Y)
terrance
on Dec 12th, 2009
@ 12:06 AM:
Wayne killed drake on a couple of songs…but drake is better than wayne I think…I been listening to drake since he was on degrassi….he’s my favorite rapper and the best in the game
j1111
on Dec 12th, 2009
@ 1:17 AM:
um.. so so wrong. Drakes amazing but no where near lil wayne. weezys the best rapper aliveeeee<3333
exSAMple
on Dec 12th, 2009
@ 2:56 AM:
1. drake
2. drake
3. drake
4. drake
5. drake
6. drake
7. drake
8. drake
9. drake
10. drake
11. drake
12. drake
13. drake
14. drake
15. drake
16. drake
17. drake
nuff’ said…
Xavier
on Dec 12th, 2009
@ 5:01 PM:
The only reason Drake won is because this is a Drake sight. There were much better lyrics in the song but maybe you didn’t catch them. Drake is a terrific rapper so don’t say im hating. But Lil’Wayne has better verses in majority of the songs. Why would lil wayne let drake kill him on a track?
Karla
on Dec 12th, 2009
@ 7:41 PM:
@Xavier
We didn’t write this post. We found it on another site and decided to feature it.
Kris
on Dec 14th, 2009
@ 12:55 PM:
Waynes first line on ignant shit should have been published instead of “I don’t stunt, I stunt hard/And if the food ain’t on the stove, I hunt for it…”
although Drake kills everything so…..
nubianlegalmind
on Dec 15th, 2009
@ 12:54 AM:
I co-sign with #23. I had Drake on almost every cut, because his cleverness is just undeniable. I think I may have given it to Weezy like once. And I went into it being as objective as I possibly could. Drake just has some incredible one-liners and ridiculous catch phrases. I 100% disagree’d with him picking Weezy on the Ransom joint, simply because Wayne said his ABC’s. No shade, but come on. I mean Drizzy saying, “…then you should go and get a blues clue/oops I mean a red clue/Wayne’s here suwoo..” nuff said. I see where Weezy was going but it didn’t have the same effect as Drizzy on the “So Fly” remix when he said, “I can sacrifice a line like…ziby zaa, zibby zaa zaa…”
RSX
on Dec 15th, 2009
@ 11:02 PM:
Where’s “I Can Take Your Girl” ???
That was the first song I ever heard by Drake!
“Everytime I sees her, I seizure.”
1. D
2. D
3. W
4. W
5. D
6. D
7. W
8. D
9. D
10. W
11. W
12. D
13. D
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. W
11-6 Drizzy
be_real
on Dec 16th, 2009
@ 4:15 AM:
I agree with most of what has been said because drake is better than wayne (verse for verse). Regardless, I just think that we should stress on which track is hard and sounds great (because we all love these type of collabs). Ransom is one of the best if not the very best one. I’m surprised about the quotes taken. Who posted this?
ar15
on Mar 4th, 2010
@ 4:55 AM:
literally drake owned wayne on most of the verses but lets take a look on some stats and go back and check their all around game wayne goes hard on some verses not as hard as drake but wayne can freestyle way better and kills drake by making something quick and from his mind like that so he ownes drake right there at the all around game but drake is always gonna stun hard on every verse he has never dissapointed and actually kills wayne at most collaborations and pretty much takes over with his verses in other rapper/artists songs most of the time for example songs from birdman,trey songz,timbaland/young money songs/and makes it clear that his songs are his and his only