The Making Of Drake’s “The Motto” With T-Minus By Genius

Drake’s 2011 song “The Motto” featuring Lil Wayne remains a fan favorite more than five years after it was first released. Beyond catapulting the phrase “YOLO” into the stratosphere, “The Motto” stands as one of the biggest hits from the OVO boss’ sophomore album ‘Take Care.’ It’s produced by T-Minus, who also worked on the ‘Take Care’ songs “HYFR” and “Under Ground Kings,” and later linked up with Drake for the ‘More Life’ cuts “Blem” and “Sacrifices.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/the-making-of-dr…</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Read all the lyrics to “The Motto” on Genius: https://genius.com/Drake-the-motto-ly…</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Subscribe to Genius: http://bit.ly/2cNV6nz<br /> <a class="twitter-timeline" data-width="1200" data-height="1000" data-dnt="true" href="https://twitter.com/Genius?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by Genius</a><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br /> http://instagram.com/genius<br /> Genius on Facebook: https://facebook.com/Geniusdotcom<br /> http://genius.com</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;">IAMHIPHOPMAG</h2> <p style="text-align: center;">Subscribe to us for exclusive updates on music, movies, tv shows, and Hip Hop News.<br /> <script>(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [], forms: { on: function(evt, cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt, callback: cb } ); } } } })(); </script><form id="mc4wp-form-1" class="mc4wp-form mc4wp-form-25245" method="post" data-id="25245" data-name="Subscribe To IAHHM" ><div class="mc4wp-form-fields"><p> <label>Email address: <input type="email" name="EMAIL" placeholder="Your email address" required /> </label> </p> <p> <input type="submit" value="Sign up" /> </p></div><label style="display: none !important;">Leave this field empty if you're human: <input type="text" name="_mc4wp_honeypot" value="" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off" /></label><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_timestamp" value="1790085978" /><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_form_id" value="25245" /><input type="hidden" name="_mc4wp_form_element_id" value="mc4wp-form-1" /><div class="mc4wp-response"></div></form></p>  <div class="quads-location quads-ad9" id="quads-ad9" style="float:none;margin:0px;">  <script > var quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth; if ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {document.write('<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="pub-7325862837663661" data-ad-slot="5940436093" ></ins>'); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); }if ( quads_screen_width >= 1024 && quads_screen_width < 1140 ) {document.write('<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="pub-7325862837663661" data-ad-slot="5940436093" ></ins>'); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); }if ( quads_screen_width >= 768 && quads_screen_width < 1024 ) {document.write('<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="pub-7325862837663661" data-ad-slot="5940436093" ></ins>'); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); }if ( quads_screen_width < 768 ) {document.write('<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="pub-7325862837663661" data-ad-slot="5940436093" ></ins>'); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); } </script>  </div> <p style="text-align: center;">Monetize Your Own Content With <a href="https://propellerads.com/publishers/?ref_id=e5bm">Propeller ADS </a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Check Out These Exclusive Deals From <a href="http://goto.walmart.com/c/2040819/565706/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%3Fsourceid%3Dimp_%7Bclickid%7D%26veh%3Daff%26wmlspartner%3Dimp_%7Birpid%7D%26clickid%3D%7Bclickid%7D%26sharedid%3D%7Bsharedid%7D">Walmart! </a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Music From all your favorite artists such as <a href="https://iahhm.com/2019/04/13/j-cole-eyezdocumentary/">J. 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The Making Of Drake’s “The Motto” With T-Minus By Genius

The Making Of Drake’s “The Motto” With T-Minus By Genius

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