xxCivicxx;9251260 said:
Ref is most likely "reference" shortened
The term wasn't really in the public consciousness like that back when Drake posted this screenshot
Boy1da produced "0-100" iirc, so that "1daQ Noel Ref 1" track is most likely the reference track for it
I called that shit last year when the first reference tracks dropped
You giving this shit way too much attention, i know why, but this doesn´t discredit Drake...
In Snoop dogg´s interview with Nore, he disclosed how much he wrote for the chronic and the writing process of deep cover and how much work he was putting in, writting wise and freestyles, today we know that a lot of ppl have also written for Snoop, DOC and Kurupt included, this doesn´t take away from the work he put in tho, specially when you consider that the chronic (a lot of it) and doggystyle came from his pen and that is arguably the best work that he has put out.
The point in bringing that up is that when these artists are hungry for a deal and coming up they putting in the work, after they became successful and have a lot of other obligations and businesses and appearances and etc, clearly they don´t write their own material as much, which reminds of me what Drake was sayin when this was being exposed, and I quote:
"If I have to be the vessel for this conversation to be brought up—you know, God forbid we start talking about writing and references and who takes what from where -- I'm OK with it being me," -Drake. That right there speaks volumes about the current state of hiphop and where it´s at in terms of niggas writing their own shit all the time, not justifying it, but lets not be naive and act like this hasn´t been the case in hiphop.