Theme
Songs about flexing
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Mustard & Roddy Ricch
Ballin’
A victory-lap flex anthem where coming up from nothing is the whole argument, and everyone still in the old life is the loser
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Drake
Jimmy Cooks (feat. 21 Savage)
A surprise rap closer on a dance album, where Drake and 21 Savage pivot from house grooves back to street posturing and tributes to fallen friends
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Roddy Ricch
Ballin’
A Compton come-up anthem that turns winning, watching your back, and refusing to share the spoils into the same gesture
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Drake
2 Hard 4 The Radio
A Bay Area victory lap and shot-fired flex where Drake stages himself as too uncompromising for pop radio while name-checking enemies, lost friends, and his West Coast loyalties