Last night, one of the most enduring hip-hop duos added a new song to their oeuvre. Drake and Rick Ross have been appearing on songs together since 2009 and doing one-on-one collars since 2011, and they take something special apart – these songs would be all counted among the fan favorites. As Drake put it on The Rap Radar Podcast, they’re always on the same wave without a picture – it can send Ross something soulful like “Gold Roses” or upbeat like “Money in the Grave” and the feature a compliment he seeks to receive without any guidance.
Their chemistry comes from the long time Drake spent in Florida originally from Ross, back when he lived in Miami for superstition in the early times. With Drake entering his imperial level working on his reputation pay attention, and Ross in the middle of his own Teflon Don, the two were on similar creative peaks that took a lot of studio time and successful collaborations. “When we get to the cabin, I always play the role of big brother. And he will always be the young brother of a fly, ”Ross once told me. “From day one, when I met him, he was just one of those I fuck with. He knew I would have gotten my shoes muddy for him. We all became a family and it was just like that. ”
There was even talk of a proper joint record, dubiously called Ross The YOLO failure at the time. Of course that never happened, but only briefly in the late 2010s when Drake was feeding with Ross protege Meek Mill, the two failed to deliver heaters that run the chamut from carrying Chicago drill bits to getting women to tattoo their names as the ultimate sign of divinity.
That run continues with Drake ‘s new song “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” and if you believe Chad Ochocinco, just that could lead to the unprofitable tape that we have been waiting for. So far, they already have enough to fill out a playlist: here are all the songs they appear on together, ranked.
17. “Fed up” (2009)
DJ Khaled has an ear for connecting different artists on his collaboration. Air 2010’s Impact, Khaled gets Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne, and Usher for a star song about getting tired of being tired. Renzel yells at Khaled saying he’s getting it for life; Drizzy raps about Weezy telling him not to retire. Some bands are forever, however this song compares to what these two and Khaled would do together and apart in later years.