Young Dro on "Shoulder Lean": I Was the First Guy to Receive a Ringtone Award (Part 9)
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In this clip, Young Dro reflects back on touring with T.I. during his heyday before he dropped his solo LP. The Atlanta native also shares some of the perks that came along with being one of T.I.'s signees, such as lavish cars and clothes. From there, he talks about the release of his debut studio album, "Best Thang Smoking," the LP's lead single, "Shoulder Lean," and the accolades that followed, such as platinum records and becoming the first rapper to win a ring tone award. Lastly, when Shawn Prez brings up his favorite lyrics from the song "My girl got a girlfriend," Young Dro states his belief that those words may have inspired more threesomes in the bedroom.
Interview by: Shawn Prez
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Best Thang Smokin is still such a fire album and I remember Shoulder Lean stayed #1 on 106 and Park
@bigloc3442
Жыл бұрын
Rubberband banks was fire too
@REVERED214
Жыл бұрын
Slept on
@Aatv2
Жыл бұрын
When you hear it you gone sing it idc👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
@REVERED214
Жыл бұрын
@@Aatv2 ♿ lol
@redsentertainmentsports
Жыл бұрын
I had Shoulder Lean as the ring tone on my old LG flip 📱 😂
My girl gotta gf! Album is definitely a classic and Dro literally kills every verse he's on. He's an underrated artist that deserves his flowers 💐
@pecantan4824
Жыл бұрын
...She be flyer/ sitting higher/ flyer than what yours in 🎵🎶 that was my jam. 👍🏽✊🏽💕
@techwood16
Жыл бұрын
I still bump that album Dro got bars for days
@ethermac9015
Жыл бұрын
Idk that album was NOT a classic. Borderline not even a good album. Shoulder lean, Rubber band banks was fire tho. The rest of the album idk
@juancruz1092
Жыл бұрын
Classic tho 🤨🙃
@ericromero6121
Жыл бұрын
he was a fad jus like peanut butter jelly and Chain hang lo and walk it out a phase .
If you listen to shoulder lean,and listen to those lyrics, that boy Dro was snapping hard.
@nlee4566
4 ай бұрын
He was…hard bars in that joint.
@SumoBootd
3 ай бұрын
That man went crazy on the second verse 💯💯
Maaaan the memories, I'm 41 now. I was having a blast when this dropped
Dro had player lyrics, his own style of flow, clothes swagged out, all without trying to be too street but hood enough.
Summer ‘06 Young Dro’s The Best Thang Smokin Album Was The Soundtrack Of My Life.
Kept that album in rotation in 06 and STILL playin it in 2023!
Salute to TI for being a standup guy and making sure his day one homie Dro was there for the ride and to partake in the blessings. And I salute Dro for speaking on it and appreciating what Tip did for him. 💯
These be the best stories from VladTV, when rappers talk about HITS they created!
Shoulder Lean Was HUGE! We Bumped That Song Otw to the Club, At The Club AND After The Club! BET MTV Played The Video OUT 🏆🏆🏆🏆🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shoulder Lean is a lyrical masterpiece…reminds me of freshman year of high school…summer 06. I think Joc came out that same year. Man what a time to be alive
I still throw that Shoulder Lean on til this day. That song still slaps and Dro verses on that jawn is some of the most top tier lyrics to ever come out of the south period.
@shawnharris6285
Жыл бұрын
Jawn...😎....it ain't hard to tell
Bruh every time shoulder lean come on and it finishes I spin that bad boy right back shits a classic
@supa-dupa7172
Жыл бұрын
It’s A Must!! 👌🏾
I had that ringtone on my sprint, call after 7pm days.
@jameshathaway1558
Жыл бұрын
And them weekend minutes!
@younghannibal7434
Жыл бұрын
Facts. no capping
@PatrickSwave
Жыл бұрын
On god
T.I.’s 2nd album was Trap Muzik, Urban Legend was his 3rd
@spvzonthetrack9957
Жыл бұрын
They don’t know about I’m Serious
@airrean
Жыл бұрын
@@spvzonthetrack9957 Because it was trash lmao, thats why everybody starts at Trap Muzik
@Panacheimg
Жыл бұрын
@@airrean cap
@anthonybelton-ford3124
Жыл бұрын
@@airrean How was it shit? Still ain't forgave myself, grand Royal, heavy chevys cmon im from UK and even I know about im serious
@KrucialKAAAA912
Жыл бұрын
@@airrean super 🧢
Should Lean first verse might be top 25 all-time verses.
@chevettechevette
5 күн бұрын
Okay, OWEE , IM CLEAN IN THIS BITCH!!!
Humble guy. And he gave props to T.I. bring him back on. Would like to hear more music from both of them
@jacquecollins6556
Жыл бұрын
Salamander sandals!!! Lol
Young Dro used to be fly as hell with the Polo back in the day
"Best Thang Smokin " is great album.. Dro in my top 6 favorite rappers
Dro first album was a monumental album for sure especially in the south. As a person like myself that appreciated bars I really enjoyed dro run in 05-07.
@Mikey90210
Жыл бұрын
Dro had so much potential. Not to say he still dnt but damn I wish he didn’t have the drug problem he was goin blow pass t.I if he woulda stayed focus
I wished he'd ask Dro if he wrote "Whatever You Like" by T.I., that's sounds like him
@oscarvillarreal8951
Жыл бұрын
Tips been having ghost writers
We Lied. Hardest song on the album. As a young heartbreaker… good times to be alive.
I’ll never forget pulling up to Greenbrier mall which is dead smack in the hood and seeing his truck there. He had that brand new Escalade truck with some 30 inch rose gold rims. “Hear me cry” , “Gettin rich”’ classic album.
Shoulder Lean will forever slap!!!!!!!!!! FACTS!
I love the way Dro gives T.I his flowers 💯 and shoulder lean is a classic, especially the video.
“Hit em in the neck wit da tech n leave his throat smokin”Dro!💯 🔥
That song was 🔥🔥🔥 in middle school
THERE WAS A POINT WHERE I HAD SHOULDER LEAN AS MY RINGTONE BACK IN THE DAY✍🏽
I had Shoulder Lean and Riding Dirty ringtones
His first album what super dope
Dro was my favorite rapper for a minute
Dro broke that down so eloquently 👏🏾
One of the best Lyricist from Atlanta!! Dro had Atlanta in a headlock back in 06’
@MrMoneyBagz_International
Жыл бұрын
Cap
@OGXDream
Жыл бұрын
@@MrMoneyBagz_International big cap
@tertiaoptio4938
Жыл бұрын
@@MrMoneyBagz_Internationalhow
@MrMoneyBagz_International
Жыл бұрын
@@tertiaoptio4938 nah we not doing that ..ask me no questions I tell u no lies ..
@curtisgriffin5480
Жыл бұрын
Facts
Everybody forgot about shop Boyz party like a rockstar was hard💯
@itinavarait
Жыл бұрын
That song got played so much 😩
@tertiaoptio4938
Жыл бұрын
Totally dude
Fun Fact: the video was a heavy play on Nuthin But G thang- Snoop Dogg/Dr Dre and also a little bit of the Friday movie 🙂
@kitcowool
Жыл бұрын
Yup!
Underrated album and SOUTHERN HIPHOP CLASSIC 🔥🔥💯
2005-2007 The Best Years In Music History!
@leonknight558
Жыл бұрын
Nothin beats the 90s
@MXRVINBXNKZ
Жыл бұрын
@@leonknight558 Shiiiidddd.
Best thang smokin was a classic
I remember during the boost mobile/ Nextel chirp phones. Everyone has Dro- Shoulder Learn, Soulja Boy or Lloyd and Wayne -You as a ringtone!
When i had my nextel race car phone, "shoulder lean" was the 1st ringtone i bought!
Facts I had that ringtone
“Hear Me Cry” is my favorite song by Young Dro 🔥 his most underrated song too
I feel like "Shoulder Lean" was one of the first BIG National Southern Bangers. I encourage yall to go read the lyrics
@jamesforeman0996
Жыл бұрын
Facts. It was definitely one of those “life of the party” style tracks.
@Kemetblack90
Жыл бұрын
Nah Lil Jon had National bangerz way before Dro 👌👌
@pd7486
Жыл бұрын
Not even , shit lil John , youngbloodz had a huge record a couple years before that
@LivinMyJeffLife
Жыл бұрын
I forgot about Lil Jon being before Dro! Y'all are absolutely right. But to be fair I did say "One of"😅
Lmfao shoulder lean was my first ringtone lol and pulling me back (chingy) was second and girlfriend was third (bow wow and Omarion) lmao good times !
Dro is still my favorite rapper I relate to dude so much
Shoulder lean true banger 💯
“I take breath the opposite of primatene mist.” I never look into or understood that bar until this year when I seen a primatene mist commercial 😂😂
I haven’t thought of this song in a minute but I know it word for word. What a time.
@itinavarait
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, it's one of those songs that when it comes on you know it word for word!
Bump this "til this day" (Wilder voice).... Till this day!!!.... 🎵 "Dro, I'm clean in this b*tch"
Classic song from a great artist they brought the song back & put it on the soundtracks for NBA 2K23. My first start up screen plays Shoulder Lean every time then continues to until the song is finished.
rubberband banks and FDB still in my rotation
Classic album
Dro IS A BEAST 💪
Summer 2006 I was stationed in Germany. Shoulder lean had the clubs jumpin.
The dude who interviewing Dro laugh like Peter Griffin from the family guy. 2:42
It would be nice if he asked him about Yung LA lol I was like a sophomore in high school and I use to jam their collab tape some serious
Dro always been slept on
Still a hit till this day 🔥🔥
@supa-dupa7172
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely 💯!!!
He should do a project with riff raff.. their color metaphors are crazy
Oh shit I can hear Soulja Boy saying no no I had the first ringtone
I remember buying the shoulder lean ringtone back in the 8th grade in 2006. That was the shit 😁
the biggest compliment i can give , Young Dro ,ia he produced a song that man it gave me a nice feeling everytime an til this day love this song , he was a rapper of the era when hip hop was hip hop before it died . thanks man , Young Dro
Shoulder lean was the first ringtone I brought. Phone would ring ever 5 mins and hear that song. Bring back some good memories
“Chevy blue like whirlwind”🔥🔥🔥🔥
What a time to be alive!!
So much respect for you drove coming out of Savannah Georgia then loving you big homie
I'm glad to see dro feeling and looking good. He in my top 5 all time. But he a real one I met him one time in Walmart. I didn't speak because he was so high a jittery I didn't Wana tip him off or look like a groupie. So I just embraced his presence and kept it moving. But I hate I didn't speak or get a autograph
That was a GREAT SUMMER!
@lorrainethomas788
Жыл бұрын
It Was! Summer 2006 I remember it like Yesterday! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was my second ringtone I ever purchased. First was Ridin Dirty. Take me back to the flip phone days mannnnne!
Dro started Ring tone rap
For like 4 months I’m rapping, “let me see you bounce like a leopard 🐆 “ and one day my cousin says what are you saying and she bust out laughing. The shame i felt man those were good times.
@ratedr7681
Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯
@itinavarait
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 don't feel bad I just read a comment that a dude thought he said "don't nobody eat a bunch of bananas but monkeys" instead of "don't nobody live with my mama but a bunch of junkies" 😆
Shoulder lean was definitely a classic!! Them parties back than lol I was 18 Fun times
I love this song so much! I still listen to it every 2 weeks.
I’m about to go listen to that song right now.
Soulja boy punching the air like Trey from boyz in the hood right now 😂
How many of y'all bout to go listen to that shoulder lean😂🥴
@lioness-sx6fr
Жыл бұрын
Me
@itinavarait
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah lol
“They don’t really know about dro” & “Cartoon”
BIG TUNE!!👊🏿💯 🎶
I had the "shoulder lean" ring tone it sounded like somebody was playing it on a trumpet
dro is humble af its really admirable
I was booked solid back in summer of 06 in Camden, NJ. When we watched video’s in the day room, the two video’s that would always come on was Shoulder Lean and I Know You See It by Young Joc. I couldn’t wait to hit the streets, get back to Philly and bang them songs in my Impala.
Dro verse on Bankhead legendary
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Best thang smoking always classic , hardest work ever
I live in China and work at a school with another American dude. Recently we were leading somekind of warm up exercise thing for the kids, and him and I started doin the shoulder lean and singin it. The kids followed hahah... Shoulder Lean in China 2023 boyeee!
1 of my fav southern artists he put dat dapper/Fab/Polo/Colorful drip in his bars Definitely top creative…Jer$ey
Man everybody you called back in the day “please enjoy the music while your party is reached” and you’d hear shoulder lean lol. You couldn’t hit a party from 06-09 without hearing shoulder lean blastin lol. I miss them days. Eventho that song was all over the mainstream he snapped his as off on that ish
“They don’t know about dro” and “man in the trunk” had the trunk goin dumb
Dro and tip made tha way
Song was the soundtrack of my summer in 06, still blasting till this day.
Yea this was my ringtone for the whole 2006 and 07 when is came out
Best morning show out!!!! Always been dope and STILL is dope!!!! Thanks fellas 💯💪🏽
And that other line stands out now too. “Ain’t nobody at my momma house but a bunch of junkies” He meant that shit
No cap when it first dropped we thought it was t.I. With a deeper pitch in his voice on the verses because he was on the chorus and dro sounded like the superior version of him until we figured out who young dro was
, “ out of space balling put you up on astrology mathematically with a pistol I do trigonometry “ 🔥 str8 drop
I graduated high school in ‘06. Best thang smokin was my shit!!!
What an Era of music I really like shoulder lean
Everybody know me in the club cause they smoking me!!!!! Dro
Big Soulja has now entered the chat
@jameshathaway1558
Жыл бұрын
"I was the FIRST one to get a ringtone award!!"
@djguzman2253
Жыл бұрын
😅😅
@pecantan4824
Жыл бұрын
😆😂🤣😂🤣
@ThinkBeforeYouAct
Жыл бұрын
You know what’s funny is Soulja Boy “crank that” was actually the highest selling ringtone of all time at one point.
@meezoooooooo
Жыл бұрын
@@jameshathaway1558 I can hear it already 😂
I definitely had Shoulder Lean as a Ringtone.