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Best Drakeo

We Know the Truth: “Pippy Long Stockin”
Jayson Buford explains how he misses keeping up with Drakeo's slang and having to replay it twice to hear what lyric was going to break his brain next.
 • Jayson Buford
The Legacies and Untimely Deaths of Mac Dre and Drakeo The Ruler
Parallels between the unsolved murders of Drakeo The Ruler and Mac Dre can tell us a lot about how police approach solving these killings and why most…
 • Donald Morrison
We Know the Truth: "Energy"
The POW Drakeo the Ruler tributes continue with a reminder that the rapper created an anthem for a mood that everyone was feeling. “Keep that same…
 • Mz Free
We Know the Truth: "Long Live the Greatest"
Our Drakeo the Ruler tribute series continues with his own moving eulogy for Ketchy the Great.
 • Pranav Trewn
We Know the Truth: "Pow Right in the Kisser"
The POW Drakeo tributes continue with Jack Riedy breaking down a track where the rapper uses '50s sitcom punchlines with malicious joy.
 • Jack Riedy
We Know the Truth: "Too Icey"
The Drakeo the Ruler tribute series continues with an ode to "Too Icey," an anthem of an exonerated outlaw relishing his hard-earned riches in…
 • Tracy Kawalik
We Know the Truth: "I Could Never"
The POW Drakeo tribute series continues with a track that shows Drakeo's ability to see the future.
 • Kevin Yeung
We Know the Truth: "GTA VI"
Our Drakeo tribute series continues with “GTA VI” - rigid and simple, but a reminder of how dexterous and playful Drakeo’s songwriting could be.
 • David Brake
We Know the Truth: "Let's Go"
Our Drakeo retrospective continues with a Greedo collaboration that needed its own dictionary and a loop so hypnotizing it was impossible not to hit…
 • Thomas Hobbs
We Know the Truth: "Silly Billy"
Harold Bingo returns with a tribute to Drakeo the Ruler's brand of “nervous music” and the cadences he chose, unlike anything else.
 • Jay
The POW FreeDrakeo Mix
The Best of Drakeo the Ruler
 • Jeff Weiss
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