Must Hate Money

Featuring Rich Boy

"Must Hate Money" leans on the confident, anyone-who-doubts-this-must-not-want-to-win posture common to come-up rap — money and ambition as proof of seriousness. It reads as a pre-fame Drake performing the rhetoric of winning before the wins, a rehearsal of confidence rather than a report on it. The 40 and Boi-1da production keeps it grounded rather than flashy, which slightly undercuts the bravado in a way that feels intentional. As a Comeback Season deep cut it's a minor entry, but it's representative of the tape's aspirational core: talk the success into existence first. In hindsight the posturing is interesting precisely because the success it imagined actually materialized.