Common: Stay Schemin (Drake Diss)

Whitefolks January 09, 2012 Singles, slider

Common fires back at Drake as he adds a verse to the record that Drake went at him on.

Drake was hit hard by the artwork alone.

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Download: Common: Stay Schemin (Drake Diss)

Common’s verse solo

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Download: Common – Stay Schemin’ (Verse)

Common Drake

birdsallday07

other than the “canada dry” line, this was weak sauce
- deeznutz1984
  
  you crazy he just killed drake.
  - birdsallday07
    
    i just re-listened to it; Common has at best, maybe 2 good lines. The black and white, tryin to live a n*ggas life was good too. Dont get me wrong, Im not a fan of most Drakes music, but IMO Drake has the upper hand so far.
    - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/whitefolks/ Whitefolks
      
      Every line was on point, and it was all 100% FACT, Drake just spitting fairy tales.
      - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/evil2ekoms/ evil2ekoms
        
        Ross disse dJeezy on Rich forever. Might wanna post that.
        our shit push back because it ain’t buzzing,
        
        now these thugs actors all of a sudden,
        niggas hustle backwards all of a sudden,
        cant talk snow where the soft at,
        your man got murked, but you squashed that…
      - Slim
        
        On some real shit thou this “beef” all started cause Drake was fucking with Serena after Common. This beef wont affect either of there careers cause Drake has more fans and Common (while is one of my favorites) is relatively irrelevant in this music age. It was a good laugh thou, maybe Drake will return some hot lines cause he actually can rap (or at least used too).
      - Thomas
        
        Yo Drake, I dare you to say Common in a rap son, your too bitch to even use it in a pun term, common will dead our career, Ghostbusters
    - deeznutz1984
      
      drakes diss is fake and fabricated just like his whole career… common’s diss is wat everyone has been saying about drake and his some truth to it… when you diss someone and just make stuff up how can you have the upper hand.
      - birdsallday07
        
        Although i see both your points, i still think Drake came harder. With that being said, i will give Common credit for at least saying Drake’s name. Hopefully this turns out to be entertaining.
        
        Sorry for being ignorant to the fact, but who started this, Common? ive been busy so I havent been able to keep up with this like i usually do.
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ COBmyRELIGION
        
        Hahahha, Stay busy because it really ain’t that serious…
- seanp
  
  Y wliding if u think the canaday dry was the only hot line, I like how it was put together,basically sayin Drake scared to call his name out…this exposed Drake,and it s only a warning shot from Common,lol
- seanp
  
  Y wliding if u think the canada dry was the only hot line, I like how it was put together,basically sayin Drake scared to call his name out…this exposed Drake,and it s only a warning shot from Common,lol
- gitmunny
  
  Common definitely has tha upper hand… Facts win over popularity in a battle
  - birdsalday07
    
    @gitmunny – Drake has the popularity vote, for sure. But as you said facts are facts, and i agree. All im saying is Common could have come harder. Period.
    
    @seanp – as i stated before, i give common credit for at least “saying” drakes name. we’ll see how drake responds… if he even does lol.
    - mr-technical
      
      he only didnt come harder on this because he was just tryin to coax drake into saying something back rather then the subliminal stuff drake was talkin on the original version of the song. either drake can come back and common will make him his btch or he wont respond and he’ll be exposed as a btch
- Djchrome215
  
  Common went in on Soft ass drake WHIT THE FACTS LMAO
- my2cents
  
  Damn….why Common mad for? That nigga just killed Drake…lol
- T Pack
  
  Common is a bitch, he used to be tight, but now he has to diss to make a come back..and i thought he was gonna come with some tight shit this year. fuck it
deeznutz1984

lmao… finally someone exposing the faggot I can actually say everything he said in this diss is true… lol I hope drake don’t try and come back.
Tay

Um this was just “ok” at best, he didnt really say much. At the same time I understand why since Drake didnt respond with much either and also kept it subliminal (which is a bitch move). So hopefully Drake gets some balls and really comes at Common so then Common can retun the favor and we actually have a descent hip hop battle.
- http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ COBmyRELIGION
  
  Common and Drake, a decent hip-hop battle? Hold on a second while I go laugh up a lung.
  
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  
  Common and Cube, wasn’t even a “good” hip-hop battle, but it was entertaining. This shit is just dumb.
  
  Common > Drake, that is simple enough lol
  - Tay
    
    Our definition of “decent” maybe different. To me, it’s not a big deal at all not is either artist somebody I particular listen to on a daily basis. But since nobody else steps up this is all we get lol. Others just throw subliminals and do radio interviews, atleast Common is saying his name.
  - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/evil2ekoms/ evil2ekoms
    
    Its just good to hear a nigga completely call someone out in this day and age of hip hop. Thought id never hear 2 guys go directly at each other ever again. Im so tired of subliminals. It sucks thats its Common and Drake. Em vs any of these new cats would be very entertaining. But you take what you can get and this is funny. Specially the catch a body like that line. lol
    and the cover is serious.
    poor drake cuz this is just beginning.
    but Drakes fanbase is bigger than Commons so Drake will win at the end. True listeners will know the truth but mainstream appeal is hard to get by.
    
    I miss competition.
    - ShirlockJonesRF
      
      @Evil2Ekoms
      
      Well after “Ether” happened Jay started keeping everything subliminal and just damn near new rapper follows that cause they seen what losing a battle can do if shit is direct. Alot of these new rappers dont want confrontation like that lyrically cause their pen game derives from a different era where it’s all about making a commericial song to stay relevant where in the era rappers like Common grew up in, you had to have skills lyrically. But I’m with you on the lack of competition tho, I havent witnessed some noteworthy back and forth since the days of State Property vs D-Block and when it was G-Unit vs D-Block.
      - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/evil2ekoms/ evil2ekoms
        
        Yeah cuz thats when the game was about the competition. nowadays everybody so worried about staying relevant that they wont directly engage in a battle. I praise Common for it but on his end….what does he really have to lose? HE gets to call out a pussy and unless Drake responds he will look even softer than before. Good chess move by Common. Its not he’s gonna lose any $ or fans for real. He’s just speaking the truth.
        Im not on any sides though. Just entertaining
      - Jim Paponetti
        
        They both soft as cat shit. Its like a pillow fight between 2 marshmellows or a war between 2 COBmyRelgions
http://www.slingtheory.com Howedo

Drake got bodied….
http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- PLEASE have JEFF email me

lmao @ “say my name, say my name” at the end.
Dub.

idc what nobody says this dis was weak to me but lol at the destiny’s child sample at the end shit had me rolling
- BOSS
  
  i can say that this show where its going. i dont listened to comment beef with cypress hill and ice cube back then and he aint nuthin new to this rap beef thing. He can body drake if he wanted to honestly. But he started this off saying ADDRESS ME INSTEAD HIDING BEHIND YOUR RAPS AND SUBLIMINALLY RAPPING TO THE SCREEN. HE SAID POINT BLACK. “IM TALKIN TO THAT NIGGA DRAKE DONT GET IT CONFUSED” and thats what made him put that on there. but we all know that the street cant vouch for this nigga unless he has who?? YMCMB MMG GOOD MUSIC other than that. put drake in a hood before that and tell me he wouldnt get robbed. or at LEAST “G-CHECKED”
http://beta.defsounds.com/members/daithlee/ Daithlee

Whitefolks is right…the cover alone killed him, lol…If I ever saw this single on a rack at best buy or something, knowing full well who was featured on this and not mentioned, They’d have to kick me out for laughing so hard. that cover is straight comedy.
out-of-ten

Diss: 5/10.
wow

calm down yall rating in this like common went in his hardest this was just a warning shot he’s baiting him in.
ShirlockJonesRF

Drake tried to seem like he wasn’t under pressure with his verse on this but Common’s warning shot ws comedy on this cause he was being more direct on this. Alot of Drake stans are gonna swear that this is a case of an “old head” goin at a new nigga only cause Common is “hating” smh when the fact is this, Drake is not a battle type nigga and for him to even talk that street shit on a joint is just hypocritical and fake.
Optimus

If common wasn’t throwing these (wack) bars at drake right now would any of you give two fucks about him right now???. Fuck no you wouldn’t…. Common knows he is washed up trash and is trying his hardest to remain relevant…. It ain’t working bruh
- ShirlockJonesRF
  
  Considering that Common is one of my favorite MC’s I sure do. His albums as of late have been hit or miss tho. His latest is dope but not good as “BE”
- seanp
  
  @Optimus….Bro,I got news for you the nikka Common a made Dude,his last two movies the nikka made more off of that than Drake made the whole year,chk the record if u dont believe me,he an og in the game and got classic records behind his name,he murkin this nikka Drake for for fun,lmao!
  - Jim Paponetti
    
    Ur dumb as hell if you think common has more money than drake. Drake has more money than common off Degrassi alone.
    - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/evil2ekoms/ evil2ekoms
      
      $ means nothing Chalie.
      Where’s Chamillionaires (sp*) money? hmmmmmm….
      - Jim Paponetti
        
        Cham has a lot of money. Hes owns part of multiple buisnesses and was on the forbes list a few years ago.
      - http://beta.defsounds.com/members/evil2ekoms/ evil2ekoms
        
        i cant believe that. Not saying it isnt true but he isnt even in the same tax bracket as Drake is. The kid makes money. It was a bad example. What im saying is what does money have to do with whos a better raapper in the end?
    - seanp
      
      U got to remember common an established actor in hollywood,he make easliy 5 to6 mill alone off a movie and he got his own tv show…Drake is a hot artist and is doin it now,but remember baby and wayne eat off him, he only got 1 mill for signin with them boys,again chek your facts homey…common a legend!
    - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ COBmyRELIGION
      
      Who the hell cares how much another man has? Get off the mens dicks. That is all. Common killed it, funny as hell.
      - Jim Paponetti
        
        Mens dick? Wow I bet ur kids can speak better engilsh than you, and dont give me that bull about its only a website, at least show SOME intelligence.
      - http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ COBmyRELIGION
        
        You avoid everything I said like a little hoe. Hey Mr. Internet Grammar Guru, your “sentence” is ran on like a 10 cent tramp in a 5 way parked in a skeezy motel.
    - keepurgardup
      
      Just for your information…
      
      If you think Drake made more money off of “Degrassi” than Common did from “Smokin’ Aces,” you’re retarded. Check his filmography.
      - seanp
        
        He was 16 when he did that degrassi bshit brotha,and that aint sht compared to smokein aces.puls common’s filmogropht is way deeper,get your facts st8 before u come at me u stan!!!
    - gitmunny
      
      Common was in movies wit denzel n angelina jolie… Plus he was a spokes man for Microsoft on top of his deal wit adidas… I don’t think Drake has more money than common… Drake spent all his degrassi money that’s why he said “i spent it all once bout to get rich twice”
    - gitmunny
      
      gCommon was in movies wit denzel n angelina jolie… Plus he was a spokes man for Microsoft on top of his deal wit adidas… I don’t think Drake has more money than common… Drake spent all his degrassi money “i spent it all once bout to get rich twice”
Midas3155

@ shirlockjonesRF- losing a battle does what exactly… bcuz nas n jay is not a good example, for instance alot of stuff nas said in either was fabricated n where is nas now compared to jay, he might have won that battle but jay definitly won the war.
- ShirlockJonesRF
  
  @Midas3155- im sure you are aware that not every battle rhyme is factual and I used the Nas and Jay battle as an example because “Ether” is what allowed Nas to have a second chance in this rap shit when everyone had written em off for those garbage albums after Illmatic and to some degree It Was Written. Two, you cant even tell me for two seconds that Jay-Z doesnt throw subliminals more than ever since that battle. Granted, Jay is the better businessman and has some of the most significant accomplishments outside of music that no rapper has ever done before but rappers today rarely ever engage in lyrical battles anymore partly because of this. Just because a rapper has more money than another rapper doesnt mean he won a war smh that’s just finances. Nas was on his last breath tho lol and I’m a huge Nas fan but Jay gave him life when he wasn’t even trying too.
dboss

I know I’ll get trashed for this first part, but I listen to Drake. He’s not even close to being one of my favorites, but I fuck with him. I actually thought Take Care was good for what it was with the softer songs, bc it’s something many of us can relate to. Don’t act like you don’t have any emotions. Many of us have been in the situations that Drake talks about in his softer songs on Take Care, and can more than relate to them.

That being said, the dude acting tough along with the rest of YMCMB MUST stop, bc it’s straight corny, especially from Drake, who we all know never did any of that shit. Common called him out for it with a good warning shot to let him know it’s not cool for a guy to be lying in his music, and got the point across. I’ll be shocked to hear from Drake about this battle again.
- ShirlockJonesRF
  
  Although I dont listen to Drake’s music anymore partly because I feel like he’s been doing the same thing “So Far Gone” I can respect this comment entirely. Drake isn’t no dude who’s trying to catch a body like that, all of that talk is just straight corny
KOC

Common dissed him pretty good but understand that he’s the one who started with all the the subliminals in sweet and it took him a month to admit it was a diss but this should be an interesting battle
- Nj_Devil
  
  Drake took offense to it didn’t he? Common said after if the shoe fits wear it….so it became a diss to drake….although I think it was originally to him
  - KOC
    
    At first he said it wasnt directed at a certain person but then he did come out and say that it was a drake diss right around the time his album came which pissed drake off
KAUAIhiLIFE

anybody on here forgot how tight common is..go watch the testify video
Nj_Devil

Some little dude just said Common is washed up trash? Lol if you don’t know anything but radio rap don’t talk out ya ass….give me facts…not opinions like “he washed up” ok tell me how
KAUAIhiLIFE

just cause com decided to switch his focus to acting, dont mean he washed up
- Nj_Devil
  
  Exactly
nathan101

hope young money artist get aboard so common can smoke some other candy ass singer rappers
Detroit

Wasnt it rumored Drake was knocking off Serena. I think thats whatsthis about Common old positive ass decide to get tough on a soft nigga like Drake. Whats the point? Everybody know Drake soft it goes without saying, but hes talented and makes good music thats what matters. Common need to put Serena thick ass on a leash and calm his old ass down
http://www.defsounds.com/members/dedication3/ dedication3- PLEASE have JEFF email me

Common just dropped a damn near classic album and dude came in here to give his 2 cents saying nobody would care about Common if he wasn’t dissing Drake.

I swear I hate you ignorant pokefags sometimes.
- http://www.defsounds.com/members/richard-fisher/ COBmyRELIGION
  
  Damn, get with it bro. Thats cause Common only sold 50k to Drake’s milli. Plus Drake has more money GAWD! lol
james

come on now…common washed up? u better go cop the dreamer/the believer album
jhay dee

he said “you tried to sell black n white tryin to live a niggas life”, he went pretty hard if you were really listening.
Imabusinessman

Whoever thinks Common’s washed up….ain’t thinking and don’t know a gotdamn thing bout hiphop…If it wasn’t for Common there wouldn’t be Drake…Drake must respect his elders…and in the video he’s “behind Ross and French” like yeah Common I got dudes too!”…gtfoh….And Common is a lion and Drake is a ball of yarn…Common is “playing” with him.Anybody knows Common can body anybody in the game…Resurrection!!!!!
- Optimus
  
  Stfu! If it wasn’t for common there wouldn’t be a drake…. That’s retarded. Do none of you actually remember that 90s??? Common had very little impact to the game… Just because he is old doesn’t make him a superhero.. Just because he is one of the few still (attempting) to cling onto his glory days doesn’t mean he has Been dropping good music that entire time. Let the (subpar) past go kids…
  - Nj_Devil
    
    L.O.L.
Los21

Whoa! This just made my week. I f@ckin hate drake soft, singin, fake @ss. Im surprised Common is the only one wit enuf balls to go at him n say his name. I kno alotta other rappers feel the same way…
Los21

Its funny people talkin bout facts beats fabricated sh@t when they know they wud change their tune if u ask em who won that Ether/Takeover. Nas came wit fabricated sh@t, Jay came wit facts. So who wins that??? Btw, i thought jay won wit takeover cuz it was facts
stayhigh

Common is an old man trying to be relevant in a medium that no longer suits him he should stick to acting, but thats just free advice. Drake is a former teen soap actor with no credibilty with the hood,but who still produces hit after hit. As far as this “beef” which in all actuality its blasphemous to call it so, is lame.
Kronos187

Luda, pusha t, common… Everyone’s going in on drake haha! How awesome.
- Djchrome215
  
  Yeah its about time somebody came at this soft ass his music IS Really annoying and he a bitch trying to act like a thug LMAO these rap niggas so funny these days trying to be shit they not and make money of it That faking it until u make boulshit Nutty fake ass pussy nigga drake a bitch wayne a bitch and the rest of ymcmb is bitches and they corny with no lyrical talent
Campbell 321

TRASH!!!+
Dadaylildav

he killed drake ain’t nobody fucking with common on know battle or deep real hip hop rap drake too scared to come back at a legend n he making easy clearly who he dissing unlike jay-z n lil wayne when they take shots at anohter like lil kim came at nicki so eventually nicki had to respond on roman’s revenge so drake its your turn
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Stafford/511685723 Sean Stafford

dat nigga common a monster!!…..FUK OUTA HERE DRIZZY!!
Ttheiceman592

ppl have to realize that drake started all of this and like joe budden said ” he fail for the mouse trap”… we all know drake anit no tuff rapper and hes not from the hood so why come at somebody like you from the hood?? all commom saying just stay in your place and keep making your music for the hoes…
Malinchriswalker

dis shit garbage man luda will kill both of these niggas
Anonymous

I hope Drake responds. Common lyrically can send him back into that wheelchair.
KRox05

common sounds terrible on this shit…. weak… im pissed i wasted my time listening to this trash.
pkthomas11

everyone’s sleeping on drake’s verse… a lot better than i was expecting