Peak
51
Weeks
5
Score
334
Chart Year
2025
Released on December 11, 2025, this 21 Savage–Drake collaboration is built around a single, unglamorous verb that most artists prefer not to discuss in public: recoup. In the music business it usually lives in contracts and footnotes; here, it's dragged into the streetlight and interrogated. For 21 Savage, recouping is about reclaiming everything he feels has been taken. That includes emotional debt. On the hook, he references the murder of his brother Quantivayus Joseph, a trauma that hardened his worldview and rewired his ideas about justice and retaliation. 21 extends the idea with grim wordplay, likening revenge to bonus tracks on a deluxe album - extra names added when the demand is there. It's dark, mordant humor, not far removed from the icy fatalism of "Knife Talk" or the clipped menace that ran through much of Her Loss. In 21's universe, grudges accrue interest. Adopting the nickname Mr. Recoup, Drake frames the concept as financial and reputational inevitability: setbacks are temporary, dominance is refundable. His choppy, stop-start flow feels deliberately restless, as if pacing while waiting for the numbers to come back green. It's a familiar Drake theme - resilience through reinvention - echoing the cool self-assurance of "Sneakin" and the luxury-survivalism of "Mr. Right Now." Production comes courtesy of Oz (Ozan Yildirim), one of Drake's most reliable sonic architects - he also worked on "Toosie Slide" and "Life Is Good." The beat is stripped to essentials: icy piano notes, blown-out synths, and a kick-and-snare pattern that leaves plenty of negative space for threats to echo. Drake says it was a last-second decision decision to appear on this track. Wasn't even 'bout to rap on this, but it knocks Where you tryna go? 'Cause it's smoke at the top The beat was just too good. The song appears on 21 Savage's fourth album, What Happened To The Streets? The idea of "recouping" fits the album's wider concerns with what is owed in the streets versus in the industry: respect, money, and loyalty.
Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah Just bought a pair of new gym fuckin' socks Chubbs' Tyler Perry, he make plays for the block Wasn't even 'bout to rap on this, but it knocks Where you tryna go? 'Cause it's smoke at the top Spade at the party, throw them bitches in the truck We was just on Yonge Street, they was eatin' it up My life ain't a movie, bitch, it's just us They can't find the shooter, bitch, 'cause it's us Us, us, it was us Niggas shot my brother, now I don't know who to trust My opps be so broke that we've been shootin' at the bus Bro say, "Play it patient," nah, dog, I'm in a rush, I'm tryna buck Ayy, I'm tryna shoot, he tryna clutch, ayy I'm tryna add him to the list like a deluxe, ayy I'm tryna watch the windshield fall from off his truck, ayy I'm tryna smack his twin, show him it wasn't luck, pussy Damn, Alex Moss, that's a really big chain Really, it's no wonder why my neck is in pain Damn, Iceman, your initials just changed Mr. Recoup, that's my other nickname Spade at the party, long wheel, bass range Chances are I'll probably never see these hoes again No Face B, that's my motherfuckin' hitter Drake is your daddy and he couldn't find a sitter Every single year, what I'm grossin', it get bigger If I really pop it, I'll have some niggas triggered (My bad) I ain't no real rapper, I'm a fuckin' gravedigger (Pussy) He don't like me 'cause my niggas killed one of his niggas (Bitch) Pitch-black paint, but the seats, they vanilla (Go) I converse with CEOs, you talk on the pillow (Go) Watch me do the trainin' then smack your main hitter (21) I got fifty-somethin' old schools like my name Spitta (21) All these niggas cap, they exaggeratin' hats (Pussy) Go against the mob, you'll be layin' on your back (Frrt) I don't speculate, if I speak, then it's the facts (Facts) We the type of niggas, cut the tails off the rats (Bitch) Us, us, it was us Niggas shot my brother, now I don't know who to trust My opps be so broke that we've been shootin' at the bus Bro say, "Play it patient," nah, dog, I'm in a rush, I'm tryna buck
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 27, 2025 | 51 | 75 |
| 2 | Jan 3, 2026 | 67 | 59 |
| 3 | Jan 10, 2026 | 61 | 65 |
| 4 | Jan 17, 2026 | 73 | 53 |
| 5 | Jan 24, 2026 | 94 | 32 |