Metro Boomin Shares OG Version of Drake and 21 Savage’s ‘Knife Talk’

The original version of the song “Knife Talk,” co-written by Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, that was later acquired by Drake has been made available.

On Tuesday, January 3, Young Metro shared a link to the original file on Twitter, which just includes the Project Pat sample and 21 Savage. The Blood Gang commander, who issues a string of growling threats and villainous boasts, delivers a lengthy second verse in the original version.

“You sneak dissin, you gon get some teeth missing, you weak bitches, we raw strip and kill snitches, your bitch digging, she is digging all this damn drip and I’m chef sinkin, I pink slip, the ink different,” he raps.

The manacing track, which was originally titled “Gang Shit,” was supposed to appear on Metro and 21’s 2020 collaborative album Savage Mode 11.

In September 2021, only two days before Certified Lover Boy’s arrival, Drake received “Gang crap” and used it to transform the Metro Boomin beat into what is now known as “Knife Talk,” as 21 Savage stated on DJ Akademiks‘ “Off the Record” podcast.

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Project pat’s feature came by way of vocal sample lifted from Juicy J’s 2017 track “Feed the Streets” featuring the Memphis rap pioneer as well as Asap Rocky.

“Knife Talk” would go on reach No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped power Certified Lover Boy to a record breaking debut on Spotify and Apple music.

With 613,000 album equivalent sales in its first week, the album also topped the Billboard 200.

Moreover, all 15 of the album’s tracks reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with two of them reaching the top 10. “Creeping,” featuring “The Weeknd (No. 5),” “The Future,” and “Chris Brown,” helped Superhero (Heroes and Villians on No.8).

While Drake was absent from Heroes and Villians, a leaked version of “Trance” with Travis Scott and the recently imprisoned Young Thug featured a verse from 6 God.

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