Droppin' Seeds

Album: Flower Boy (2017)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • This one-minute interlude finds Tyler, the Creator being joined by Lil Wayne. Tyler recalled the story of the song to The Carmichael Show's Jerrod Carmichael:

    "I made 'Dropping Seeds' instantly. It was just a quick instrumental I made and I go, 'I'm getting Wayne on this.' I only wanted 16 bars, maybe 8, but Wayne has to go over this. I want to hear Wayne over these notes, in this pocket, and I want to see what he would do in his high-pitched voice over this lowered tone, in this weird Brian Bennett lounge library music. I told him to just rap about flowers, garden, trees or whatever.

    I was on tour for Cherry Bomb in Omaha, Nebraska, and I got a text from him like, 'Check your email.' I check it and me and Travis are sitting there like what the f--k. not only did he bar out, but I've never heard Wayne over Price Is Right music. [It was] so on topic and so good."

Comments: 1

  • Tiggerzz from Your MothersThis is one of my fav song on the album
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks

Ron and Russell Mael of SparksSongwriter Interviews

The men of Sparks on their album Hippopotamus, and how Morrissey handled it when they suggested he lighten up.

Strange Magnetics

Strange MagneticsSong Writing

How Bing Crosby, Les Paul, a US Army Signal Corps Officer, and the Nazis helped shape rock and Roll.

Elton John

Elton JohnFact or Fiction

Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.

Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root

Michael Glabicki of Rusted RootSongwriter Interviews

Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.

Bands Named After Real People (Who Aren't In The Band)

Bands Named After Real People (Who Aren't In The Band)Song Writing

How a gym teacher, a janitor, and a junkie became part of some very famous band names.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.