Drake’s latest 100 gigs dump included footage of him in the studio working on an unreleased song he planned to collaborate on with Kendrick Lamar. The track eventually went to Action Bronson, who reacted to the video on X (formerly Twitter) this week.
“Why you think I’m acting crazy here?” the 40-year-old rapper asked. “Hahahaha, after I made the record, I heard everyone and their mother wanted the beat.” The Queens artist claimed he never heard that K. Dot could possibly be on the song, but he did name-drop 50 Cent. “Thank God I made a banger.”
The beat heard in the video eventually became his song “Actin Crazy,” which was part of his 2015 album Mr. Wonderful. Noah “40” Shebib and Omen of Dreamville produced the record. Listen and watch the 100 gigs footage below.
In the video, Drake and 40 are in the studio, nodding a lot to a beat with a classic drum pattern and dark synths. They called the beat “crazy” in unison before the Toronto rapper said, “For him, where he’s at, I know he’s gon’ rock that shit.” His favorite producer agreed, revealing who they were talking about, saying, “When he told me Kendrick, it just made so much sense. Oh, the genius! So good.”
Of course, the beat went elsewhere, but Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar have collaborated on several occasions. First, K. Dot had his “Buried Alive Interlude” on the 2011 album. Watch outIn 2012, they teamed up with 2 Chainz and A$AP Rocky for “F**kin’ Problems.” The following year, they released their last collaboration, “Poetic Justice,” which was part of Lamar’s 2013 album. good child, mAAd-city.
More than a decade later, they could be neither collaborators nor friends. The 6 God and the Pulitzer Prize winner engaged in one of the most memorable hip-hop feuds of all time. Between March and May, they released tracks such as “Like That,” “Push Ups,” “Taylor Made Freestyle,” “Euphoria,” “6:16 In LA,” “Family Matters,” “Meet The Grahams,” “Not Like Us,” and “The Heart Part 6.” Check out the music videos for “Family Matters” and “Not Like Us” below.
