Free Smoke
Free Smoke is the playlist's combative entrance, produced by Boi-1da with additional production by Allen Ritter and additional music by Akira Woodgrain. Per the project's liner notes it is built on a sample of Tony Yayo's 'Roll Up' (featuring Danny Brown) alongside excerpts of Australian neo-soul group Hiatus Kaiyote's 'Building a Ladder' — an unusually eclectic sample pairing that signals More Life's wide net from the first bar. 'Free smoke' reads as slang for an open invitation to conflict, and the track is widely understood as Drake setting an aggressive baseline, addressing rivals and industry tension before the playlist fans out into its global range. Released to rhythmic radio April 18, 2017 as More Life's third single, it peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and functions as the project's adrenaline-charged table-setter.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Free Smoke" and More Life. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Rolling Stone: The Rolling Stone Interview — Drake (2018)Rolling Stone · 2018-02-19 — Rolling Stone interview anchoring the More Life / God's Plan period.
- Pitchfork: Drake Announces Boy Meets World TourPitchfork · 2016-09-19 — Announcement and routing details for the 2017 More Life-era Boy Meets World international arena run.
- Wikipedia: More LifeWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary reference for More Life per-track production credits, songwriters, sample credits (liner-notes-adapted), playlist concept, release context, critical reception (Metacritic 79), and commercial/streaming performance.
