I'm the Plug
Featuring Future
'I'm the Plug' is a cut on What a Time to Be Alive, the 2015 Drake & Future joint project. The Wikipedia track-listing table credits production to Metro Boomin and Southside (writers: Graham, Wilburn, Wayne, Luellen); Genius's Q&A instead lists it among songs Metro did not produce, a discrepancy noted here, with the more granular Wikipedia table preferred. The song is widely read as a flex built on the slang term 'the plug' - the connection or supplier everyone depends on - used as a metaphor for power, indispensability and control in business and relationships. Drake takes on much of the track, leaning into the harder trap idiom rather than his melodic mode. Drake Universe treats this as editorial context, not lyric republication.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "I'm the Plug" and What a Time to Be Alive. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Drake & Future 'What a Time to Be Alive' reviewPitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Dated review of the joint mixtape.
- Wikipedia: What a Time to Be Alive (Drake & Future)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Authoritative track-listing table (per-track producers and writers), personnel, recording locations, charts, certifications, and critical reception used to correct fabricated producer credits and enrich editorial copy.
- Genius: Drake & Future - What a Time To Be Alive (album page)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Album page and Q&A confirming Metro Boomin produced 7 of 11 tracks; the four he did not produce are 'Plastic Bag,' 'I'm the Plug,' 'Change Locations' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.' Confirms 'Jersey' as a Future solo and '30 for 30 Freestyle' as a Drake solo. Discrepancy with Wikipedia on 'I'm the Plug' noted.
- Pitchfork: Drake / Future - What a Time to Be Alive (review)Pitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Sheldon Pearce review (7.0/10) used for critical framing: lack of chemistry / Drake as 'bystander,' Metro's 'glimmering' production, and the highlights 'Scholarships,' 'Jumpman,' 'Diamonds Dancing,' 'Jersey' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.'
