1. “I ain’t tryna chance it / I be with the bands like a n—- went to Jackson State or Grambling / Young Nick Cannon with the snare drum, dancin’ / Watch the way I handle it, uh / Bring it to the bedroom, you know that shit is candle lit / She know I’m the man with it, uh / With the bands like I must’ve went to Clark, went to Hampton / I ain’t playin’ with it.”
Produced by Wondagurl, “Used To” has more than enough bass to spare and is powered by steady snares and synths, which Drake uses to give advantage, filling his verse with a slew of marching band references, resulting in his bars fitting the track like a glove. Opening up the verse with “Yeah, when you get to where I’m at / You gotta remind ’em where the f— you at / Every time they talking it’s behind your back / Gotta learn to line ’em up and then attack,” he immediately pounces on the track with focused vigor. Comparing his jewelry to long-lost treasure and the Nick Cannnon Drumline reference takes this one over the top and makes for a killer verse.
After this track, having a hot chick open your mail will be on the bucket list of men worldwide. Fresh off vacation and drunk off Hennessy and D’usse, the 6 God decides to send salutations to the competition on “No Tellin’.” When Drake spits, “N—-s think they can come take what I got, let’s be logical, yeah / V-Live, I order that Alfredo pasta / then eat in the kitchen like i’m in the mafia / Houston, they get me though / European, my vehicle How much it hit me fo’?/ Ain’t no tellin’,” you know that he’s taking the kid gloves off and is really getting to business. Tyga also gets thrown a subtle jab just for the hell of it, with Drake threatening to all but end his career. Now that’s an effective subliminal if we’ve ever heard one.
