Music & Video Class: Drake - Best I Ever Had (Dir. Kanye West)

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* Could be argued that THIS was one of the most IMPORTANT radio edits to a rapper's career ever? Cause that original version would have went NO WHERE with the cursing...and this video that was essentially soft-core porn by Kanye was a thing of brilliance. The boy from Toronto shut down the game off a damn mixtape! And looking back perfectly depicted Drake's entire career...catering to both women and men. This sample was excellent he was lyrically on point and this was the blueprint for Drake making history...

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[Intro]
You know a lot of girls be
Thinking my songs are about them, but
This is not to get confused,this one's for you

[Hook]
Baby, you my everything, you all I ever wanted
We could do it real big, bigger than you ever done it
You be up on everything, other hoes ain't never on it
I want this forever, I swear, I can spend whatever on it
Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up
When I get right, I promise that we gon' live it up
She made me beg for it 'til she give it up
And I say the same thing every single time
I say, you the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the best I ever had, best I ever had
Best I ever had, best I ever had
I say, you the fucking

[Verse 1]
Know you got a roommate, call me when there's no one there
Put the key under the mat and you know I be over there
(Yup)I be over there, shawty, I be over there
I be hitting all the spots that you ain't even know was there
And you don't even have to ask twice
You could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice
Always felt like you was so accustomed to the fast life
Have a nigga thinking that he met you in a past life
Sweatpants, hair tied, chilling with no make-up on
That's when you're the prettiest, I hope that you don't take it wrong
You don't even trip when friends say, you ain't bringing Drake along
You know that I'm working, I'll be there soon as I make it home
And she a patient in my waiting room
Never pay attention to the rumors and what they assume
And until them girls prove it
I'm the one that never get confused with, cause

[Hook]
Baby, you my everything, you all I ever wanted
We could do it real big, bigger than you ever done it
You be up on everything, other hoes ain't never on it
I want this forever, I swear, I can spend whatever on it
Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up
When I get right, I promise that we gon' live it up
She made me beg for it 'til she give it up
And I say the same thing every single time
I say, you the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the best I ever had, best I ever had
Best I ever had, best I ever had
I say, you the fucking

[Verse 2]
Sex, Love, Pain, baby, I be on that Tank shit
Buzz so big, I could probably sell a blank disc
When my album drop, bitches'll buy it for the picture
And niggas'll buy it too and claim they got it for they sister
Magazine paper girl, the money ain't the issue
They bring dinner to my room and ask me to initial
She call me the referee cause I be so official
My shirt ain't got no stripes, but I can make your pussy whistle
Like the Andy Griffith theme song
And who told you to put them jeans on?
Double cup love, you the one I lean on
Feeling for a fix, then you should really get your fiend on
Yeah, just know my condo is the crack spot
Every single show, she out there repping like a mascot
Get it from the backand make your fucking bra strap pop
All up in your slot 'til the nigga hit the jackpot

[Hook]
Baby, you my everything, you all I ever wanted
We could do it real big, bigger than you ever done it
You be up on everything, other hoes ain't never on it
I want this forever, I swear, I can spend whatever on it
Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up
When I get right, I promise that we gon' live it up
She made me beg for it 'til she give it up
And I say the same thing every single time
I say, you the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the fucking best, you the fucking best
You the best I ever had, best I ever had
Best I ever had, best I ever had
I say, you the fucking best

[Outro]
See, this the type of joint you gotta dedicate to somebody
Just make sure they that special somebody
Young Money,yeah, you know who you are

 

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[D Kline]

The wake up angry mad at the world rap fans are mad. Drizzy gives You bars and takes your girl out to dinner after that wrinkled frette sheets.

 

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The wake up angry mad at the world rap fans are mad. Drizzy gives You bars and takes your girl out to dinner after that wrinkled frette sheets.

 

[REDLINE]

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They didn't sample that, they just played the music louder and had Drake rap over it!

 

[playahaitian]

They didn't sample that, they just played the music louder and had Drake rap over it!

and I'm SURE those white boys didn't care about NOTHING but that check!!!

funny I remember they gave Drake HELL to clear that sample back then too.

 

[cnc]

The explicit version on this song was much better than the radio version.

 

[playahaitian]

The explicit version on this song was much better than the radio version.

but would NEVER have been as big a hit.

 

[ScottyPiffen745]

I always thought the video wasn't that bad

But now I see why people thought it was so terrible

 

[D Kline]

Cue up Drake The Ride off the Take care album. You see the haters get mad. Real gangstas don't eat at Thomas Keller's The French Laundry . They were shocked when they peeped their favorite rapper Guru with a man bag hung over his shoulder from back in the day

 

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