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[HoLaT @JoshuaObrien17]

WHAT EVER

[HoLaT @JoshuaObrien17]

@ARCRaidersGame After 200k it turns to 400k for expedition vault 🤣😂 how much for all 5 🤣 strictly only helps people with no life 😂 also you have to have the full amount before you trade it. Which takes a lot of space just to hold everything. 👎🏼

[Ghost Writer ✍️ @Prezain_LJ]

Drake makes grown-ass men emotional. I can feel the pain in this song.

“My dad got cancer right now, we battling stages. Trust me when I say there’s plenty things I’d rather be facing.”

Song: Drake - Make Them Cry (Album: Iceman)

[Ghost Writer ✍️ @Prezain_LJ]

Breaking Down The Iceman Album (A Thread)

I just finished listening to The Iceman album. I’ve been on it since this morning, carefully going through the lyrics. I’ve listened multiple times. This thread might be lengthy, but if you love music and writing, it will definitely be worth your time.

I’m surprised by people already dismissing it as a poor and terrible album. I can tell you that it is not. In fact, it is one of the most well-arranged albums I have heard, and one that stays consistent with its theme.

The album explores Drake’s new persona, leaning heavily into status, dominance, loyalty, and betrayal, which ultimately leaves him questioning trust and alliances. A major thread running through the project is betrayal and shifting loyalty. Drake repeatedly reflects on people he supported in the industry who either turned against him or stayed silent during conflict, especially in the aftermath of his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar.

Across different tracks, he moves between vulnerability, frustration, and confidence. He suggests that the beef ultimately worked in his favor, as there were too many chefs in the kitchen before it, but he came out on top while cementing his GOAT status. The overall direction of the album is clear. In the closing track, Make Them Know, he implies that he has changed because of what he has been through. He also echoes this idea in other moments, with lines such as: “Iceman was a nice man, now he is hot and cold.”

I have taken my time to dissect all 18 tracks of the album, writing on each track and what it is about as I listened. Please note that this is not a critique of the album. I will probably do that later in another post. This thread is an analysis and breakdown of each track, making it easier for listeners to understand what the tracks and the album are really about even before listening to it.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE 18 TRACKS:

1. Make Them Cry explores the emotional cost of success. Drake reflects on growing up as an only child, carrying responsibility for family members, and watching his parents age while he becomes famous.

Even though he has “made it,” he feels isolated, misunderstood, and emotionally exhausted. He briefly talks about the beef with Kendrick Lamar in 2024 and how everyone keeps asking him how it made him feel, and how ever since he has been subjected to intense scrutiny. He says, “when I dig deep, they say dig deeper.”

He talks about how fame hasn’t brought peace, only pressure, criticism, and constant expectations from fans, peers, and the industry. There is also frustration with people around him, including friends and family situations involving money, trust, and disappointment. For me, the major theme of the track is mental strain: he mentions therapy, paranoia, burnout, and struggling to process everything happening in his life. He feels like he is constantly fighting battles, emotionally, professionally, and personally, without real rest.

He also touches on relationships and betrayal, especially how wealth, status, and lifestyle changes affect loyalty and trust. Toward the end, Drizzy reveals even deeper pain: his father’s cancer illness and the weight of real-life problems that make music and industry drama feel even more insignificant.

[XXL Magazine @XXL]

Drake addresses Kendrick Lamar on newly leaked song “1AM In Albany”

“Talkin' bout hiding the Bible, maybe y'all should read a page/Iced out crosses on they necks thinking Jesus saves, well even if he does, ni**a, either way/The blasphemy you talk let me know that your amazing grace gon' be delayed/You ni**as should be ashamed, the fact you had to bring those talks to get some decent plays, goodness grace/God wanna wipe that lil smug look right off ya fu*king face/All you really did was cap like uppercase, dodged the truth, but still managed to finally get a hit that let you run a base/Ni**as saw you out at first, you need 'em, so you out at home now, just like a double play”

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

“Dawg I was aiding [Rick]Ross with streams before Adin Ross was making streams”

- Drake on "Make Them Pay"

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

just overheard someone say...

"Drake is dropping three projects because f*ck the Big 3... He is the Big 3."

[Loochy @LoochyTV]

Watching ARC Raiders go from being adored to hated over the last 6 months has been…something.

Guys we all want more content…

But maybe just accept that it’s a $40 game that you got your moneys worth out of.

Come back for new content later and go play something else.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead after Israeli strike.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

.@POTUS says Maduro and his wife were first taken to the USS Iwo Jima:

"They're on a ship, and they'll be heading into New York... They went by helicopter on a nice flight. I'm sure they loved it."

[greg @greg16676935420]

Wait a second

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! This might just be the most EPIC Trump post of all time

Trump posted a video of Maduro CHALLENGING 47 to “come get me,” followed up by a screaming Bald Eagle & Thunderstruck blaring in the background during missile fire 🇺🇸🦅

Trump said “challenge accepted” 🤣🔥

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Imagine the thing you choose to critique Elon Musk on is work ethic 😂

Elon Musk:
• Works 80–120 hours per week during peak periods
• Jobs created (direct + supply chain): ~600,000
• Salaries paid out by his companies: ~$110 billion
• Taxes he paid in just 2021: $11 billion (largest tax bill for an individual in history)
• Value created for shareholders: Trillions
• Drives hundreds of billions in economic impact
• Brought human spaceflight back to America (SpaceX)
• Helps paralyzed patients control computers with their thoughts, giving new meaning to their lives
• Created Starlink, enabling people to access internet anywhere

Elon’s wealth increases because his companies build products and services people love, companies that generate hundreds of billions of dollars in economic value in the U.S. and around the world. He isn't buying yachts, expensive houses or cars. He's continuously pushing his chips into the middle of the table and creating companies that are changing the world. His wealth is tied up in those companies, thus he only pays big tax bills when he sells stock, which is rare.

[NFL @NFL]

a reminder we all needed ❤️

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 JD VANCE just WENT OFF on people who are calling for "UNITY" with radical leftists

"There is NO UNITY with people who scream at children over their parents' politics.

There is NO UNITY with someone who LIES about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder.

There is NO UNITY with someone who HARASSES an innocent family the day after the father of that family lost a dear friend.

There is NO UNITY with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination."

[Graham Allen @GrahamAllen]

💔💔💔💔
We are praying for you Erika….

[Boyd Myers @boydmyers]

No, we don’t need to “have a conversation”.

You killed the guy willing to do that.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Evil is real. There is no doubt, the enemy is hard at work.

These last few days, the weight of evil has been heavy across our nation.

But this I know: It will not have the final word. One day, God will make all things right.

Until then, we pray. We weep with those who weep. And we keep fighting, knowing the victory has already been won.

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: Watch as President Donald Trump delivers an Oval Office address about the tragic incident involving Charlie Kirk, posting on Truth Social: ‘This is a dark moment for America