Finding out that "five leaves left" is something that the fifth-to-last papers in packets of Rizlas used to have printed on them. So the title Five Leaves Left, which sounds literary or autumnal, was intended to convey "dude weed lmao" to Drake's audience.
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Robert Bennett
it actually makes it better
Jacob Martin
have sex
Camden Carter
Wait until you find out he wasn't actually an incel
Jaxon Fisher
I know he wasn't an incel, he was as gay as teeth.
Kayden Robinson
How?
Jose Ward
one of the songs is called "Thoughts of Mary Jane" you square
Mason Roberts
There's a difference between that kind of reference and "buy this record because I smoke weed just like you".
Anthony Allen
Well that sales tactic failed miserably in his lifetime.
Aaron Rivera
What in the fuck are you even talking about? Are you high?
Jason Taylor
its a double entendre idiot. it takes a basic dude weed capitalist slogan and turns it into a pondering about death, end of life, cycling od seasons etc...
he clearly was volcel theres accounts of many ppl trying to sleep with him.
Henry Scott
It deserved to. If I saw that in the racks with no idea who he was, but knowing the reference, I'd make the wanker sign.
"five leaves left" means he's smoked so much weed he's only got five Rizlas left. He might as well have called it The Chronic.
Jeremiah Hughes
whats the difference? theyre both literally dude weed. its not like its just dude weeds so trippy XD he goes in depth into how he uses it as an escape and way to find joy in a colorless world... it can reference weed while also talking deeply about how he uses it to effect his feelings and cope with living in a poetic way.
Luke James
I very much doubt it. It sounds like one, but for the audience it was intended for, it just meant "I smoked mad blunts laying down these tracks".
Sebastian Russell
To be fair it also applies to rolling cigarettes.
Gabriel Rodriguez
One is an insider reference on the tracks, the other is like putting a big corny leaf symbol on the sleeve. It's like, Psychic TV once put out an acidhouse record called "Jack the Tab". It's like, for fuck's sake man, have some dignity.
Josiah Carter
you say that as if most of the musicians in the same time period didn't smoke weed
Carter Russell
That's what makes it so crass. John Martyn was subtler when he did a record (and song about Drake) called Solid Air. That's about weed as well, but it's not My Papers Are Running Low Because I Always Have 420 On Deck.
Brody Martinez
To clarify: I smoke weed myself, I'm not straight edge, my complaint is the obviousness and the appeal to complicity.
Henry Smith
you even said in your first post you didnt know that was what it was in reference to... maybe at the time rizlas were more popular and that slogan was well known but recontextualized as an album title totally gives it more meaning. it clearly relates to themes of death, loneliness, the changing of seasons, etc which are clearly themes within the album. its a poetic saying with multiple meanings beyond just "weed is cool XD." not that merely mentioning smoking weed is somehow shallow. he clearly sings about weed with nuance, relating to how he uses it to fulfill emptiness within him, etc. i dont see why you are thinking its super shallow...
Juan Johnson
I haven't seen that phrase on any smoking papers I've used.
In context, let's be honest, most of those seeing it probably just thought of weed.
Jace Myers
Here’s how you write a great song about pot.
Cooper Baker
No, this is how.
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Angel Nguyen
>not liking John Prine
shiggidy wiggidy doo wop bop
Lucas Hernandez
solid air is pretty obviously a weed reference though
Joseph Butler
agreed
Lucas Cook
Only because we know what it is. Lots of people, even Martyn fans and even Martyn fans who smoked, didn't pick up on what he meant by it.