New Music: Drake x The-Dream “Shut It Down”
March 21, 2010 @ 7:00 PM EDT
News
Drizzy and Dream slow it down here with their collaboration from Thank Me Later. Pardon the annoying ass sample clearance only drops, but this will have to do for now. Hopefully a tagless version surfaces soon.
UPDATE: Someone named Travie did the honors.
UPDATE #2: With more bars added, this is what you’ll hear June 15th
I CANT EVEN LISTEN WITH THAT TAG,LOL. I GUESS DRIZZY KINDA IS STAYIN ON TOP OF THIS PROJECT LEAKING
You know… I’m kinda glad “Over” was the first single instead of this now :~…..
Not saying this is bad, but… This really isn’t first single worthy….
But neither is “Over” but… well… I’m done explaining… -_-
yaaaaaaaawn
garbage….I won’t be buying this garbage album….If I wanna listen to R&B am a go buy R.Kelly Album.
the “sample clearance only” dude BODIED this
Drake will be a flop, he has now areas to reach to for inspiration in writing, no personal experiences to look back on that would be worth writing about, not long back he said he studies Nas & others……well stay studying my dude, you won’t be him.
THIS JEW NIGGA DRAKE SOUNDING LIKE J. HOLIDAY ON THIS SHIT!!!! BUT THIS SHIT IS GARBAGE!!!! THE HOV JOINT GON BE STRAIGHT FIRE THOUGH, BELEEE THAT (BABY VOICE)!!!!!!
FUCK THE JUDAS OF THE WORLD!!!!
no areas** , my bad.
let we hear the album soon
that’s all about an album
wait and hear, yes!
How does anyone even consider this guy a hip hop artist!
First name greatest, last name ever? – SAYS WHO
This guy is wack. I hope he flops – def doesn’t deserve an em collabo
MORE LIKE LAST EVER, FIRST NAME LAMEST!!!!! IF THIS DUDE WANTS ANY LONGEVITY, I SUGGEST SWITCHING THE STYLE UP!!!!
FUCK THE JUDAS OF THE WORLD!!!!
J.Cole>Drake Any Day Of The Week. The Warm Up>So Far Gone. So Far Gone Was Spotty As Hell The Warm Up Is Classic Front To Back With Hardly Any Guest Features, It’s Fucked Up Cole Is Gonna Have To Stand In Wheelchair Jimmy’s Shadow When He Is So Much Better Than Him. Cole Has Held His Own With Jay-Z, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, & Jay Electronica Who Has Drake Held His Own With “Lil Wayne”???? Not Saying Drake Is Wack But He Is “So Far Overhyped” Sorry…
Drake doin’ his thing on this song. But I agree. J.cole, nipsey hussle etc. body this nigga. Sorry. On another note: Nujabes died?! WTF
I dont why ya hating he is keep hip hop on top right now, if you cant appreciate good music shut the hell up and go sit down.. “First name greatest, last name ever?” its called confidence.. is he suppose to say…. “i guess im ok” fucking retards
J. COLE IS THE FUTURE, BROTHA IS SMART, A RAW TALENT AND UNDERSTANDS LONGEVITY!!!! THIS JEW NIGGA DRAKE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A “LEGEND” FOR A COUPLE OF COLLABORATIONS!!! JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN LIFE, TAKE IT SLOW!!!! REMEMBER EASY COME EASY GO!!!!!!
FUCK THE JUDAS OF THE WORLD!!!!
HOV THE G.O.A.T
DRAKE THE FUTURE
THE ROC CHAIN IS BACK SUCKERS
not bad
Hip-Hop heads are fuckin douchebags. I grew up deejaying and breaking but when it comes to the music people contradict themselves. Something isn’t “real hip-hop” when it abides by the principles. Drake actually talks about a lot of human emotions without being annoying like Atmosphere, yet somehow he’s wack. The guy’s not Nelly (and if he were so what?). The older you get, the less you’ll wanna hear someone’s punchlines and more enjoy the energy of the song and the melody
Man I just don’t think this is a good sign of things to come…
This isnt necessarily, “Bad..” but come on, this is just more proof that Drake isn’t a Hip-Hop artist…he’s got songwriting skills and a good eye for melody…but when he’s constantly exploiting the “Dream” side of his skills, it does nothing to prove to me that he is what “They” say he is (a “top 5 lyricist” the new fresh prince, etc etc)
Im still optimistic about the album:
Rap Radar already ran a story about “thank me later” that I featured here:
http://hypothesisspits.com/2010/03/12/drakes-thank-me-later-already-described-as-an-instant-classic/
How u figure drake considers himself a legend… dude been out since 05 & J cole been out since 07.. thats 2 more yrs of experience… Drake got hot bc of ppl in the streets…. J Cole better than Drake??? You Fucking Crazy
Not even listening to this, that sample clearance shit doesn’t make the track listenable… i’ll wait for the CDQ
Its aiight! Something for the ladies
@ MAY THE LORD STRIKE WACK RAPPERS WITH LIGHTNING
“last name ever, first name lamest” hahahahahahahahahahaha, agreed!
Drake PLEASE STICK TO RAPPING…
Heard this yesterday, dope stuff, i wish no failure on no man, i hope he has continued success, God bless
I actually think he might kill himself (career suicide) by playing both fields. For some reason (machine push) he’s perceive a great lyricist, but this R&B thing at the same time might not be acceptable.
Before you bring up Lauryn Hill she was more talent that a great lyricist, but it work for but doesn’t mean it will automatically be accepted as her case. As you can see many people feel he overrate and get hate for it (the hate sometimes are just resistance when the public disagree with a “push” from the machine)
We’ll see.
Wow… I just dont think i can like this, i like rnb more than the next guy but “Dude?” And Drake, word of advice, put out 3 rap albums before you “try” this shit, Dont get it twisted, i want to like all of Drake’s stuff, but at these sircumstances, its TOO damn hard
i neva understood so far gone hype.. this track sounds like smethng from that mixtape nd yall dont like it? nd some are sayin “this aint rap” like they didnt kno he sings on 50% of SFG.. Im confused lol but imo Dream fckd it up.. He sounds like a girl
i get it…Thank Me Later will be So Far Gone pt. 2. and since i wasn’t impressed with so far gone, i can see why i’m not impressed with this shit either.
maybe the ladies will eat this up. his obsession with women is odd though. that’s all this nigga talks about it seems. eh, whatever. good luck nigga
@mmkay, the dream sounds like a fucking sissy. it’s revolting. whining ass christopher robin ass nigga.
i love|hate leaks
^lol
actually i take that back.. Im not confused.. Yall are confused lol
I’ll listen to it when someone deletes that annoying tag.
Damn, anything Drake related stay gettin alot of comments lol. Not a fan but its pretty easy to see that dude is gonna sell sum records whether the music is top notch quality or not. *shrugs*
@WHY HATE?
first of all…irony with ur name…cuz u hatin nigga….but i’ll explain
Drake’s a legend because he’s one of the few that’s gotten this HUGE amount of buzz before his debut album even dropped. He got nominated for 2 grammys without an album out. Has never happened before. Only him, 50 & Snoop had this much buzz when they came out. (50 had the most, IMO)… so technically, he’s gunna be well known for awhile… he’s not legendary status like Em, snoop, 50, dre, jay, nas, rakim, etc. but he’s legendary in the fact that he’s done something that no one has done before……. which is kind of a double edged sword, this dude can come out to huge numbers like 50 did, then drop off….. Someone like Jay (11 #1 albums in a row) only comes around once in a lifetime
@blakout615 Haha, I know: Drake’s buzz is ridiculous…I’m def interested to see how the 1st week #’s will turn out…his #’s for the So Far Gone release were insane.
Everyone seems to easily forget that Drake has been in the entertainment industry since 2001.
The Dude was on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
He had an agent signing checks over to his parents way before he signed to Young Money.
He had millions of teenage fans before Wayne even knew what autotune was…
He might work hard, but on Wax—Drake acts like we should respect his hustle as if he had the same path to fame as Jay-Z.
@koa29
never put 50 & Drake in the same sentence douchbag…there never be a rapper that gonna impact the rap game the way 50 did.
Oh my god..fucking TRASH.The 2 songs i have heard from his album sucks
@hypo
I see what you mean, but i look at it this way..
Jay’s rise to fame…he came from the projects, had a hard life, etc… That’s the classic rap artist come up. Easily accepted by people because of their hard life.
Drake on the other hand is a half-black jewish kid who was on a teenage TV show…… and he’s being accepted by top hip hop artists & the mainstream? that’s crazy…. it just doesnt happen…and the dude’s music is dope enough to have that done… so u gotta show him some respect for actually being able to break through that stereotype.
I don’t really care about these dude’s lives….only thing that matters to me is that they put out dope music. If they dont…. on to the next one. and drake’s dope imo
@psycho
easy……I 100% agree with u… i’m just sayin, their buzz is SOMEWHAT comparable…. dont cut my head off bruh
@koa29 how am i hating, i said exactly wat u said in shorter words
wack shit i hope it dont make the album
Fall for your type>shut it down
lmao @ niggas who obviously hate drake taking the opportunity to enforce it on the world by crucifying a track you can barely hear
can anyone actually tell if this is good or bad? lmfao @ the interwebs :p
@RapMusic23 wat 2 songs did u hear?? cuz if u heard “over” & “fall for your type” and they are garbage to u.. u need help.. STR8 FIRE…
Drake speaks relevant stuff but ya cant appreciate that.. seems like a nigga gotta rap about a fantasy life for ya to think hes hot .. the nigga is an artist not a rapper (@koa29 is speaking real shit)
^^I can, it sucks
@koa29
def agree that Drake’s acceptance in the music industry has been groundbreaking..
Drake is truly the FIRST Artist to achieve fame based on using social-networking, online media, and other digital industries to establish themselves as an artist.
Soulja-Boy was the first good example of the new age of music that we live in, but I think the public has taken Drake way further because, lets be honest, talent wise – you can’t really compare Soulja Boy and Drake.
I’ve thought Drake’s a rapper… What a Fuck is this?
You can get this track with no tags here : )
http://ikereesejazz.blogetery.com/2010/03/21/drake-f-the-dream-%E2%80%93-shut-it-down-notags/
did christina milian do dreams part?
2 leakes, 2 sucked…NEXT!!
2 leaked, 2 sucked…NEXT!!
I started a poll on “Thank Me Later.”
How will the world view Drake in 10 Years?
Vote here:
http://hypothesisspits.com/2010/03/20/drakes-debut-what-will-the-history-books-read/
The radio will eat up a Dream and Drake Collab, haha.
No questions asked.
Lol some haters in here
Fall for your type>shut it down
^^ cosign.
@llll
Co-sign. His new material is extra weak. Be he’ll’ probably still go platinum based of buzz alone.
tagless is up on YK2
@ Joe, there are really no haters in here, people thought drake was gonna be rappin in the whole album, but these 2 tracks are wack, i’m not a hater, i just like to enjoy good music and i wasn’t feeling this, hope he doesn’t sing on em’s collabo!!
Damn, look at all these comments, enough said…
The ability to promote yourself on the Internet has replaced natural talent as the first skill you must develop in order to make it.
Ya I don’t like this but over was hot to me that my opion 😉
There was literally no reason to post this. With that many drops on it, c’mon son.
@ psycho
CURTIS WOODFACE FLOPPING JACKSON IS A BITCH OF ALL TIME(B.O.A.T)
GO SUCK ON SOMETHING ALREADY
HOV THE G.O.A.T.
DRAKE THE FUTURE
THE ROC CHAIN IS BACK
eh..i dont like.
how da fuck he is a future ? when he is a r&B singer ?…..he ain’t no rapper dumbfuck..
bad azz track. dream iz tha shiznet
pretty boring…
Ladies gonna love this, So Far Gone vibe
THIS NIGGAS (I USE THE TERM LOOSELY) TRYIN TO CATER TO EVERY1’S TASTES AND HE’S GONNA FIND OUT IT DON’T WORK LIKE THAT.
HOW THE FUCK U GONNA CALL THIS GUY A RAPPER?
WTF’S GOIN ON MAN I SEEN JUSTIN BIEBER SPITTIN ON WSHH AND THIS FUCKERS SINGIN.
SMH WORLDS DONE FUCKED UP IS WHAT IT IS.
DEGRASSI ACTIN, HANUKKA CELEBRATIN, SHUT IT DOWN SINGIN MOTHERFUCKER!
I will burn this to a cd, shit on the CD, then burn the CD
Drake is hitting all corners with this album. He has to do an R&B record because half of you niggas aint buying the album. This mothefucker has one of the widest fan base out there.
“Shut It Down” is one of those tracks you skip on an album.
drake need too stop singin man! he got rappin skills, he should use em
Drake please just rap if you gonna do anything….and by all means please don’t have a whole song just singing. Nigga I might as well by an usher or trey songz album!! SHIT!!!
for white America, hes a justin bieber. all the white girls are gonna it
Everybody talks about the game is coming back… but lets keep it real… the game won’t come back until the radio comes back, and the radio is worse than its ever been. It doesn’t matter if you live in NY, DC, LA, Chi… they all rotate the same 20-30 records from the same artists… Until they start putting “Real HipHop” back in the regular rotation, and having a balance, Hip Hop is fucked!
auto tune? again???
i remember seeing an interview where drake said this song was gonna be made for girls to listen to as they get ready to go out for the night…. so i wasnt expecting this to be good. get ready for jam’n to play this shit round the clock if u live in beantown
you niggaz have no vision. drake is brilliant. radio AND THE WOMEN are gonna go nuts over this ish.
we fuck with drake…..he was on a studio with us last week..but this shit right here is horrible
People think selling a million in one week means you are dope…but there are several rappers who have sold a million in one week and their longevity in hip hop has tarnished…damn near vanished! Drake is a FADE…point blank period and so is Niki his label mate! So enjoy the hype now because in 2 years Drake won’t even matter to most…including his BIGGEST dickriders on the blogs!
THIS WHEELCHAIR JIMMMY ACTING JEW IS SILLY!!!! PROBABLY STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM HIS BAR MITZVAH!!!!
AUBREY “THE JAY-Z DICK RIDING FAGGOT” GRAHAM
RELEASE “THANK ME LATER” ALREADY NIGGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Drake = Crap (for me) I dont understand the buzz with him O_o
boring.
as
fuck
This Joint Iz Sum Shyt!!!! Gone……
is this guy and r&b singer or a rapper? ist TML gona be an R&B album or a rap album?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
falling asleep here
@PITRI
dude is R&B and rap…if u listened to So Far Gone in it’s entirety and not just a few tracks like half the other drake haters, then you’d know. but people blindly hate
track is aiight…but its unfinished…wait 4 finished…
This track is fire.. Everybody that has left a comment so far sounds hella broke and mad at life, hang yourself and stop hatin you love this nigga more than his fans do lol..
Why’s everyone surprised that’s he’s singing? You guys hear about Drake before Forever???
Everyone wants Thank Me Later to be as good as So Far Gone
….So Far Gone had singing…
SilkCityP I totally agree. The “free”, fake, all hip hop stations out here have relegated to playing the white man’s version of hip hop which is urbanized pop music (Black Eyed mufuckin Peas???!!!!). It’s so fucking disgusting. Makes me wanna listen to news radio on the AM station. And THAT’s tragic!
this track is crazy
Gottttttttttttttttt Dayyyyyyyyyyyuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This website should be call IHateDrake.com cause everybody on this bitch is hatin’, which THEY knew they would do, but they clicked on the fuckin link anyway, played the song 3 continuous times, and still wrote a hatin’ ass comment. LMFAO!!!!! These niggaz crack me up daily! This song is dope. Besides the tags on the 1st one, it’s not bad. Niggaz jus don’t know what the fuck they wanna hear these days.
*Fans say gangsta; artist does gangsta; fans hate the nigga.
*Fans say keep it real; artist raps about keepin it real; fans hate the nigga.
*Fans say sing; artist sings; fans hate the nigga.
*Artist disappears for years; fans cry about the nigga being gone too long.
*Artist comes back; fans hate the nigga….
Once again: WTF do ya’ll want from the nigga?!?!?!? He’s human. Shut tha fuck up and enjoy the music…
Well i think The Singing drake is > then the rapping drake..i think he got where he is now cuz of his singing and hooks and shit..look at j.cole dudes a beast and would eat drake up anyday but he cant sing..thats why he aint as known as drake is..
Songs dope.
Ac@pella! my nigga i feel u …dese nigga’s r fukin pathetic lmfaoo…..regardless on how much they hate ..he styll gonna sell…n if u hate drake so much y take the tyme to comment
EPIC FAIL!
@Ac@pella! its 50% hate 50% critique. I for one don’t think this song is supposed to be liked by men in close quarters of men. if there no females around, this song should not be on a man’s radar. drake can’t please everyone at the same time and for one i don’t think he chooses to.
this track is okay, i have heard worse. but it was stated already… the radio is gonna eat up a Drake & Dream collab… so prepare your ears now.
@ Ac@pella
I agree with you 100 and 10%!!!!!!
If he is so bad or has wack songs why does his posts always get the most comments??
LOVE Drake!!!!!
Okay, you know if the radio plays you continuously…you’re not true hip hop guys. You people defending drake are either wayne dick riders…or little girls. Hop off his dick and listen to some real shit. Nas and Eminem might be a good choice
sur ryt sur ryt
@ Lay
EXXXXXXAAACCCCCTTTTLLLLYYYYY!!!!
Nice song, got the so far gone-vibe.. I like it!
For those that try equate long number of comments as a good thing, no it’s illogical to assume it means all like or the big # of comments the song is hot. That defy all laws of logic.
He’s the center of attention, doesn’t mean all is good.
Obama is center of all media attention but he is very hated right now by most the media cause they racist etc….
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@Ricky Retardo
I agree with u. Let’s look at it this way, a lot of cats feel as if they listen to a nigga singin’ then it’s soft. Especially if raps as well. They put on a tough ass facade like they’re too much man to even like some shit like this. NEWS FLASH: It’s ok to like R&B niggaz!!! Like Kat Williams said, “These niggaz jus super tough and mad! Nigga u always angry. This nigga’s angry at breakfast! Nigga, u gangbangin’ on bacon?!?!?!?”…Lol! Calm down guys. Dudes should look at it from this point of view; Picture ur Dream or Drake singin’ this to ur chick and she’s bad as hell. Simple as that. It’s jus communication. U would think niggaz would wanna play this for a bad chick. They do gravitate towards R&B in case ya’ll didn’t know. I’m glad he has shit like this on his album. So Far Gone was what it is, GENIUS. The nigga put all facets of HIS likings of music in it. He didn’t go around the streets with a clipboard askin ppl “Hey, I’m makin a mixtape that could change the way we look at and create mixtape formats. What songs do u wanna hear me create?” No, that nigga made the perfect variety of shit and that drew his true fans out. I can’t always ride in the car with my girl playin’ Yo Gotti and and all that tough ass trap shit all the time. She ain’t gon’ have it! She gon’ wanna hear a joint like this to help get her in the mood, make her extra fly, when we cruisin’ Downtown on the BLVD., etc. Lol. But they don’t understand that bro. 🙂
Anybody else not knowing what I’m talkin’ ’bout, refer to “Ac@pella! quote #1” on previous page of comments. Lol.
I will preface my comments by saying that I don’t have anything against Drake. Having said that, this shit right here is terrible. I mean bitches will fucks with it but I thought this kind of fuckboy R&B died in the early 2000s :(.
This album will suck if he plans to do half R&B and half rap. I hope someone is EP’ing it or else TML is going to sound all-over-the-place (and not in a good way).
Great record. If I wanted 72 bars of wordlplay (pause) I’d still be a freshman in highschool.
I think for Drake to get so many comments means he matters. Simple.
Love him or hate him people care enough to comment.
Good or bad publicity he still gets people talking and caring.
Drake, well done!
yall fucking hatas
dis shxtt go hardd !!!
fuck da hatersz !!
HERE GOES THE LINK FOR THE SONG WITH NO DJS OR SAMPLE CLEARANCE
THANK ME LATER LOL
@K-Lambo — you do realize radio plays Nas and Eminem quite a bit. You may want to rethink your statement. #imjustsayin
Lay, people might bother to comment, but I don’t think they’ll bother to buy the album. And so he’ll be a failure, just like Asher Roth (I remember he got a lot of comments too, right?…)
If he pushes the singles and falls back after next year’s grammy awards he should be alright. The thing is the kid does make good music and he’s shown he has a couple dimensions to his versatility. 50 might’ve been able to harmonize but it was more about sensationalized sing along content (singing about hollow deat threats etc) than everyday subject matter.
PAUSE ….. STOP IT 5
Applaud drake he’s trying some new shit. Everyones doing and saying the same shit…im not looking to hear another album of straight bullshit wordplay that sounds the same as everyone else. production and vibe of this is solid. we all know he’s clever an he’ll have some tracks to show it, theres a difference between an album and a mixtape though. plus everyones going to be hopping on these songs anyway.