Every Meek Mill diss on Drake and Future’s ‘What A Time To Be Alive’
By Mike Dyce
We went through Drake and Future’s new album to find every time Drake dissed Meek Mill.
Drake and Future dropped a new joint album on Sunday night. Given Drake’s recent lopsided beef with Meek Mill, you could’ve expected a few references to the Philly MC on the album.
And sure enough Drake seemed to take some shots at Meek Mill. Now he never comes out and explicitly names Meek Mill, but it seems like the following lines are directed at him.
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So we combed through the entire album to find every instance where Drake is probably dissing Meek Mill.
1. Digital Dash
“I might take Quinten to Follies”
Quentin Miller was the alleged ghost writer, so Drake is going to reward him for making him the most talked about rapper after the Meek Mill beef. Follies is apparently a strip club in Atlanta.
2. Big Rings
“This game is different, you only get one shot when n–gas gon’ foul on you”
Meek Mill dropped a single diss track after Drake dropped two. Meek Mill’s diss was widely regarded to be awful, and he has basically faded away from the beef since the hip hop community named Drake the winner. Drake saying he will “foul on you” basically suggesting he’ll go in hard when he disses Meek Mill.
3. Live From The Gutter
It looks like Drake didn’t sneak in a diss aimed at Meek Mill on this track.
4. Diamonds Dancing
This song is about a relationship, looks like Meek Mill avoided being dissed on this track too.
5. Scholarships
“Mail comin’ to the house, n–ga please, watch your mouth / I’m the one without a doubt, yeah”
This track doesn’t have an obvious Meek Mill diss, but this one seems like it could be open for interpretation. One way to view it is Drake warning Meek Mill about opening his mouth again and declaring himself as “the one.”
6. Plastic Bag
This one is about going to a strip club and throwing money at the dancers, no time for dissing Meek Mill on this track.
7. I’m The Plug
This is the track where Drake really goes in.
“Whole time I was ready / They was hold up wait a minute I was nah n–ga let’s get it”
This might be the most direct diss aimed at Meek Mill. The Philly rapper is known for his “hold up wait a minute” line, which Drake uses as a weapon. He also makes a mention about not wanting to wait, a theme he uses in the “Back To Back” diss track when he talks about dropping a second diss track, driving to Philadelphia and wondering what was taking Meek Mill so long to respond.
“If you come here trying to take some there’s a lot more where that came from”
Drake seems to be inviting Meek Mill to come at him again, suggesting he has more disses ready to unload on him.
“Nah, nah, n–gas is bitter they hurting”
Given the earlier lines, how can this not be Drake suggesting that Meek Mill is bitter and hurting.
8. Change Locations
“F–k all the opps and the shots that they send / I let off first then I let off again / You may not hear from them ever again”
Drake references how he dropped a diss track, then another. He follows that up by suggesting that fans might never hear from Meek Mill again.
9. Jumpman
Meek Mill seems to escape Drake’s wrath on this track.
10. Jersey
This is a Future only track, so no Meek Mill disses from Drake.
11. 30 for 30 – Freestyle
This is a Drake only trip, so you know a Meek Mill diss was coming.
“I mean, I say hats off for a solid effort / But we didn’t flinch for a second, we got our sh-t together”
Drake is giving Meek Mill a participation award for his attempt at beefing with him, saying he didn’t flinch.
“Yeah, not here to fight wars …. But I got bigger fish to fry / I’m talking bigger sh-t than you and I”
Drake is done with beefs and wants to return to normal life.
“The pen is working if you n–gas need some ghost lines / I thought you wanted yours like I want mine”
Drake kind of makes fun of himself and references his ghostwriting past and offers to ghost write for the competition, perhaps Meek Mill.
“Luckily, I’m great at avoiding distraction / Used to get no reaction, now I’m overreacting”
Drake is suggesting he used to not react to detractors, but overreacted to Meek Mill.
“The haters just bringing me and my people closer, actually
What happened to the things n–gas said were supposed to happen?
Are we just supposed to ignore the fact that it never happened?”
Everyone said Meek Mill was going to end Drake in a beef battle, but Drake is the one who came out on top. Those detractors brought his team together.