Drake Responds: 'Iceman' Album and the Targets of His Lyrical Comebacks
Drake unleashes three new albums, with 'Iceman' leading the charge, addressing rivals and personal struggles in a bar-heavy display.
The 6 God has returned, and he's not holding back. After weathering criticism and seeing perceived slights from peers, particularly in the wake of his feud with Kendrick Lamar, Drake dropped not one, but three new albums on Friday, May 15th.
As Drake himself put it on "Make Them Cry," the opening track of Iceman: "I’m in the cut just loading rebuttals.” Shouldering the weight of Toronto, the OVO boss uses Iceman to address everything and everyone on his mind.
Drake premiered Iceman during his episode four livestream on Thursday night (May 14), revealing that Maid of Honour and Habibti would also drop.
Iceman takes center stage as a lyrical showcase, with Drake dissecting life's complexities. Maid of Honour and Habibti explore R&B and dance elements, aimed towards a broader audience.
Drake sounds revitalized. The stakes are high, and he delivers with his ninth studio LP. A renewed urgency permeates his work, likely fueled by the Kendrick Lamar clash and a shift in public perception after years of dominance.
"What died back in 2024 was a big piece/ So it’s like this s— is me, but it isn’t me/ Y’all keep on asking what it did to me/ That’s what it did to me,” he confesses on “Make Them Cry,” acknowledging the impact of recent events.
Drake balances vulnerability with aggression. He touches on his father’s cancer battle, his lawsuit against UMG, and reunites with Future on “Ran to Atlanta.”
The 6 God seemingly takes aim at figures like DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar, and Rick Ross. Here's a breakdown of who got caught in the crossfire on Iceman:
Kendrick Lamar
Song(s): “Make Them Pay,” “Make Them Remember”
Lyric(s): “Damn, who is this guy for real/ I guess a magician/ 100 million streams vanished, no one got questions.”
“And Muggsy Bogues dunked for once, even I’m a bit amazed.”
DJ Khaled
Song(s): “Make Them Pay”
Lyric(s): “And Khaled, you know what I mean/ The beef was fully live, you went halal, and got on your deen/ And your people are still waitin’ for a Free Palestine/ But apparently, everything isn’t black and white and red and green.”
Playboi Carti
Song(s): “Whisper My Name”
Lyric(s): “Baby boy please, I heard what you said to lil bro about me/ Yeah, and when you run into the Iceman, what you gon’ do except freeze/ You not bout to squeeze/ You not in the streets.”
Rick Ross
Song(s): “Make Them Pay”
Lyric(s): “Dog, I was aiding Ross with streams before Adin Ross had ever streamed.”
A$AP Rocky
Song(s): “Burning Bridges,” “Firm Friends”
Lyric(s): “Your baby momma ain’t even post a single, damn, where she at/ … You saw my brother, you was tryna fix it, now you drop your album and you back dissing.”
“K-Y-S, A-S-A-P, that’s some s–t that you could do for me.”
J. Cole
Song(s): “Make Them Pay,” “Make Them Remember”
Lyric(s): “Me, I stood ten T’s and accepted the mission/ Cause I’d much rather death than submission/ How can you press the ignition and let some memories of the past affect your decision/ I love you cause of the history, but if we being real, I could never forgive you/ And you never called me back, but destiny’s written, for real/ F— a big three anyway, there was too many chefs in the kitchen, it was a mess to begin with.”
“I could’ve fell back like the married rapper, but we engaged.”
Lucian Grainge/UMG
Song(s): “B’s on the Table”
Lyric(s): “I’m fighting the man, not suing a rapper, you boys are not listening.”
Jay-Z
Song(s): “Janice STFU,” “Whisper My Name”
Lyric(s): “We know how you OGs rocking already, my n—a, the jig is up.”
“I’ll take $500K, not the dinner, I never could learn s–t from none of y’all.”
Mustard
Song(s): “2 Hard 4 Radio”
Lyric(s): “Mustard heard about us, gotta catch up to the slaps/ You ain’t had one since me and YG rapped/ Facts, 900 million for the tracks, ‘Rack City,’ b—h, we remember that/ Yeah, you should try and get back to that.”
Pharrell
Song(s): “Make Them Pay”
Lyric(s): I got all the chains that they ever repped in Virginia/ I got n—as’ prized possessions, I get possessive on n—as.”
Pusha T
Song(s): “Make Them Pay”
Lyric(s): “I got all the chains that they ever repped in Virginia/ I got n—as’ prized possessions, I get possessive on n—as.”
LeBron James
Song(s): “Make Them Remember”
Lyric(s): “I shouldn’t even be shocked to see you in that arena/ Because you always made your career off of switchin’ teams up.”
“Please stop askin’ about what’s goin’ on with 23 and me/ I’m a real n—a and he’s not, it’s in my DNA.”
DeMar DeRozan
Song(s): “National Treasures”
Lyric(s): “We must’ve been dealin’ the spur of the moment/ Cause why did we think you could get us a ring/ They braggin’ ’bout how you went home, the f— are they on/ Crodie, we threw ’em away/ G Pop sent us a real one from Daygo/ And next thing we knew, we was doin’ parades.”
Dr. Dre
Song(s): “Make Them Remember”
Lyric(s): :”If Drake took out the AK, maybe he’d be in jail/ Just based off the name that it spells/ What they say they just smelled/ I heard they got special places in hell/ For n—as jokin’ about evil when they did it themselves, damn.”
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