"Talk Up" is one of the tracks off Drake's Scorpion album that people have been discussing. That has a lot to do with a line from JAY Z about the recent murder of XXXTentacion.
"I got your president tweetin' / I won't even meet with him / Y'all killed X, let Zimmerman live, streets is done," he raps.
The track was produced by Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul, who talked about how it came together.
"I’ve been knowing Drake forever. He’s from Memphis, and I’m really cool with his father," he told Vibe. "Me and his father have the same attorney. We’ve hung out a million times. Real cool dude ... We actually wrote a couple of songs together. We ain’t put them out yet, but we dibbled and dabbled with a couple ideas we’re putting together. He hit me up for a beat, which I couldn't fucking believe. I got the message and I was like, ‘what? Drake want some beats?’ So he hit me up for a beat, and it was a beat that me and my artist Twhy Exclusive produced."
"The song was actually my new single," added Paul "Everybody’s been waiting on me to bring out my new single, but I was like ‘Shit, he can have this motherfucker. Fuck that.’ Because I’ve got tons of beats. I can do that with my eyes closed. I sent it to him and he loved it."
The Memphis legend said he didn't even know Jay was going to be on the song until the very last second.
"He was added on later," Paul explained. "I haven’t even heard it, actually. I’ve heard pieces of it. I’m even excited about what’s about to go down. Drake is secret with it because he can’t release nothing like that. I I couldn’t believe it. Two of the biggest artists in the world on one of my tracks ... It was amazing and Drake hooked it up. I saw a post that 21 Savage did where he was talking about how Drake is the only big rapper that always shows love to other rappers. That’s the truth. He really does show love."
How are you feeling Scorpion so far?