Something is happening. Joe Budden spoke on the rumored competitive feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, using recently leaked songs to point to an imminent release by the former. While the 6ix God has not confirmed that he will be dropping a new body of work this year, it definitely feels as though something is brewing. His latest leaked tracks point further to that.

If Joe Budden is to be believed, it is not a coincidence that so many unreleased Drake songs have been popping up on the internet. Considering the endless resources at Drake’s disposal, it should be fairly easy to control the movement of hard drives and uncleared files. However, in recent weeks, a handful of records have been found online and the most recent batch is perhaps the most interesting yet.

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In addition to a collaboration with Jessie Reyez, Drake’s song “Vital (Grave)” has found its way online with reported production from Noah “40” Shebib and none other than Kanye West. Because of copyright laws, we are unable to include the song in this article. This comes just days after the full phone call between Kanye West and Taylor Swift surfaced online, containing a passage about Drake’s influence in the music industry. 

Many of Drake’s most loyal fans expected “Vital” to appear on Scorpion when it dropped. Do you think it might be on the next album? Or is this really just a throwaway?

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The lead-up to Kanye West's most recent album Jesus Is King was as strange as most other project drops from the illustrious Chicago artist. Whenever he announces new music, you should already be envisioning how much of a shit-show things will become in the land of Ye-related news. Will the album actually drop on its scheduled date? Will the mix change in the days following its release? All of these things have happened in the past and they have prepared us for any future Kanye West album announcements. 

When Jesus Is King was initially announced, a number of songs were included on the tracklist shared by the artist's wife, Kim Kardashian West. The Nicki Minaj-featured "New Body" was on the list and other cut, "LA Monster," was parked at the sixth spot. The latter never appeared on the final version but, somehow, it reportedly appeared online over the weekend.

Lil Wayne blessed rap fans everywhere with the release of Funeral a little over a month ago, and even recently dropped a feature for Lil Baby’s new album My Turn on “Forever.” Still, you can never have enough new Weezy, which makes the arrival of a new 18-track project under the title Tha Carter Chronicles feel like a very fitting way to start off the month of March.

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Clearly a leak and not anything officially released by Weezy as far as we know, Tha Carter Chronicles is comprised of features with the likes of Ty Dolla $ign, Capo, Dre and Hoodybaby, in addition to alternatie takes of previously released and/or leaked songs. Given who it is behind the mic, the mixtape is impressive for what it is and gives you moments of clever lyricism, classic turn-up tracks and moments of melody that can only really sound on-key in Wayne’s world.

Take a listen to all 18 songs on Tha Carter Chronicles by heading over to DatPiff, and let us know if you think it holds up against his official discography.

Tracklist:

1. Joog
2. Sike
3. Everytime
4. Showtime
5. Nothing Nice (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
6. Real N***a Anthem (feat. Capo)
7. Understatement
8. Zero V2
9. I Need You 
10. Love No More
11. Nothing Without You (feat. Hoodybaby)
12. Satisfied (feat. Dre)
13. Whippin’ (feat. Lil Wayne)
14. Rise Up
15. Gang Gang Gang
16. Kings Queens
17. Hasta La Vista (OG)
18. Scottie Pippen V2

Above all else, Drake is an extremely talented songwriter who can convey basically any emotion in his music. His writing ability has been criticized in the past, especially during the Quentin Miller saga, but it’s clear that this man is skilled with the pen. When Dr. Dre‘s long-awaited Detox album was still a thing, it was reported that the mega-producer was working with Drake on a few songs for the project, including the title track. Well, the reference track that was recorded for Dre has allegedly leaked and fans are unsure of how to proceed.

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While we’re unable to provide information on how to find the leaked reference track for “Detox,” it has been reported that it is on the internet somewhere. In addition to that, the reference for PARTYNEXTDOOR’s “Don’t Run” also appeared online this weekend, including a shot at The Weeknd that didn’t make the final cut. 

Judging by the timeline of the creation of Detox, which is apparently never going to see the light of day, the reference track in question was likely recorded in the early 2000s. This isn’t the first time the Canadian superstar has suffered from his unreleased music being leaked online. Despite having endless resources at his label, he still finds himself on the wrong end of things like this from time to time. We can’t tell you where the leaks are but they’re seemingly out there.

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Juice WRLD’s tragic death last month hit the world hard, and his musical genius and impressive freestyling skills continue to be remembered. The young Chicago rapper released his last body of work in March of 2019 with Death Race For Love, so it’s no surprise that he would have already had tons of music in the vault prior to his passing. It looks like one Internet nuisance assumed as much, since, per HipHopNMore, a hacker has managed to get their hands on Juice’s inventory of unreleased tracks. HHNM shared that dozens of Juice’s songs have been posted on SoundCloud under the name “999 WRLD.” While an exact number has not yet been determined, at least 26 tracks from the young talent have surfaced online.

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The tracks in the leaked collection bear titles like “Boss Of Me,” “Codependent,” “Dome,” “Facetious,” “F*ck About Your Feelings,” “Hypnotic,” “KKK/999,” “Runaway,” “Work Out,” though it is not known whether Juice gave these names to these songs himself. Among the mix is a collab with Lil Yachty called “Confused.” Though Juice’s estate and family have not announced any plans to release a posthumous album of any kind, these tracks just might end up on there if such a thing occurs. Juice was posthumously featured on “Godzilla” off of Eminem‘s latest album, Music To Be Murdered By, which dropped without warning on Friday. A photo of Juice from the night he recorded his verse on the track was shared following the surprise drop.