Underdog

Featuring Trey Songz

"Underdog," featuring Trey Songz, is the Comeback Season cut framed most squarely in combative, prove-the-doubters-wrong terms — the stance of an artist who feels overlooked. It reads as Drake channeling the underestimated-Canadian, not-from-the-usual-scene narrative into a more aggressive register than the tape's introspective norm, with Trey Songz again on hand for the hook. Produced by DJ Toomp — a heavyweight Southern beatmaker known for his work with T.I. and Kanye — over a sample of Glasses Malone's "Certified," the track carries chip-on-the-shoulder energy. As a deep cut it is a useful counterweight: it shows the competitive, willing-to-spar side of Drake existing alongside the vulnerable one from the very beginning, a duality that would define his career. The underdog framing is quietly ironic in hindsight, given how thoroughly the position reversed.