4PM in Calabasas
4PM in Calabasas premiered on OVO Sound Radio (Episode 23) on June 4, 2016 and is the most recently recorded track on Care Package. Produced by Vinylz, Allen Ritter and Frank Dukes (who also adds uncredited vocals) over a sample of EPMD's 'You're a Customer' and an interpolation of Puff Daddy's 'Can't Nobody Hold Me Down', it continues Drake's time-and-place series after '9AM in Dallas', '5AM in Toronto' and '6PM in New York', moving the setting from Toronto to his Calabasas 'safehouse'. It is widely read as a dense, lyric-forward state-of-the-career verse that takes jabs at Puff Daddy, Joe Budden and Meek Mill while tracing resentment, loyalty and the cost of being the biggest artist in any room. On Care Package it is a centerpiece of the place-writing tradition the compilation showcases.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "4PM in Calabasas" and Care Package. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Genius: Drake '30 for 30 Freestyle' lyricsGenius · 2019-10-25 — Primary lyric page for the Care Package track read as containing subliminals.
- Complex: Drake — Care Package and the 2010s (2019)Complex · 2019-08-02 — Complex Care Package feature.
- Wikipedia: 9AM in Dallas (Drake time-in-place freestyle series)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Source confirming Drake's recurring 'time in place' freestyle series (9AM in Dallas, 5AM in Toronto, 4PM in Calabasas, 8AM in Charlotte), context for framing '6PM in New York' as an entry in that franchise.
- Care Package (album) — WikipediaWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary verification for release date, per-track original release history, samples/interpolations, credits, critical reception and chart/certification data.
- Drake — 4PM in Calabasas (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms June 4, 2016 OVO Sound Radio premiere, AM/PM-series placement, Puff Daddy/Joe Budden/Meek Mill subliminals, EPMD sample.
