All on the 'Gram actin' like that you got money (Woo!)
We lookin' at you like you need to stop money (Ooh!)
You killin' yourself with that lil' half a block money
I got that "go to the mall
And get what I want" paper (Yeah, yeah)
You the type hopin' I fall
That's what you want, hater (Yeah, yeah) Meek Mill – Trap Vibes (Summer Sixteen & Panda Remix)
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Contradicting, now you peace
Leave you triple six laying in defeat
Can you dig it? ScHoolboy Q – Groovy Tony
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“Heat” refers to a gun—Q just shot someone because they disagreed with (contradicted) him. Don’t mess with ScHoolboy or you’ll end up “at peace” (dead) 6 feet deep, in Hell—666 (triple 6) is the Devils number.
Q’s sophomore album was titled Habits & Contradictions.
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Q is selling a bird, or a kilo of cocaine, every hour. They usually sell for around $17,000.
The term “bird” was at its height during the 1990s/2000s Mafioso rap trend but has since died down.
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Thoughts contrast so it's layers to my writin' Royce Da 5'9" (Ft. Pusha T & Rick Ross) – Layers
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“Pop Style” is a Jamaican term meaning “ballin’” or “showing off.” The term was famously used on Althea and Donna’s “Uptown Top Ranking”, a Reggae one hit wonder which reached number 1 on the UK charts in 1978.
While Jay Z only shows up for two lines, Drake and Kanye drop numerous references to popular culture. Drake name checks Channing Tatum and Justin Timberlake, while Kanye drops the infamous “I’mma let you finish but…" line from his 2009 VMA run in with Taylor Swift.
This is the first time Drake has collaborated with Kanye West and Jay Z as “The Throne,” and the first time all three rappers are featured on the same song. Drake previously collaborated with Kanye on “Find Your Love”, “Forever”, and “Blessings”, while he linked up with Jay Z for “Light Up,” “Off That,” and “Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2.” An alternate version of “Pop Style” without Kanye or Jay Z premiered on OVO Sound Radio on April 9th.
Although they released a collab album called Watch The Throne in 2011, this is Jay and Ye’s first time performing under the moniker “The Throne.”
The collaboration between Drake and The Throne may have been inspired by a line from “6PM in New York”:
“Pop Style” was one of two singles released on April 5, 2016, alongside “One Dance.”
Does the very beginning of this song sample/interpolate the first sound in Kanye’s 2013 “Yeezus” track “I Am a God”?
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@mnero123 it sounds like “Wolves” by Kanye West but I don’t hear anything in “Pop Style” that sounds like “I am God”