Two unreleased tracks from Drake’s imminent album ICEMAN surfaced online overnight, with one — "1 AM in Albany" — igniting fresh controversy by reportedly taking direct shots at Kendrick Lamar and LeBron James. The five-minute diss track leaked at midnight Pacific on May 14, hours before the scheduled release of ICEMAN on May 15, and was quickly shared across Reddit, Instagram and TikTok alongside a second unreleased cut, "Supermax."
Fans and hip‑hop communities moved quickly to dissect the lyrics, which social posts and commentators say contain pointed references to Lamar and the NBA star. The leak dominated Hip‑Hop Twitter within an hour, with listeners posting timestamps and thread-by-thread breakdowns of perceived jabs. Analysts monitoring the rollout said the tone of "1 AM in Albany" recalls Drake’s more combative releases from his 2024 run of beef tracks, but cautioned that such raw vault material often doesn’t make the final album sequence.
"Supermax" emerged a few hours later in a version different from the studio snippet Drake previewed on Instagram Live in 2025. Sources and analysts say the leaked "Supermax" feels rawer and includes additional verses — notably lines aimed at Joe Budden referenced during Drake’s livestreams — that likely won’t survive an official album cut. Production credits associated with the studio version of "Supermax" list O Lil Angel, Bass Charity and producer FELI CIANO, according to tracking notes circulated alongside the leak.
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Those tracking the distribution of the files suspect the leaks came from someone with inside access to Drake’s archives. Underground accounts with handles such as Bagwork have been named by some leakers and collectors as channels that handle vault drops; sources who follow those networks told ProductiveClue the recent uploads bear the hallmarks of internal leaks rather than piracy of retail streams. Drake had not responded publicly to the leaks as of Thursday morning, and OVO Sound and Republic Records did not immediately comment.
ICEMAN — billed as Drake’s ninth solo studio album — was officially announced on April 21 and has been previewed through a string of livestreams and episodic content since December. The project’s confirmed singles include "What Did I Miss?," "Which One" featuring Central Cee, and "Dog House" featuring Yeat; Kendrick Lamar and Future were both reported as appearances on the official album, though exact tracklist placement has not been released. Industry watchers say a last‑minute reshuffle of tracks is common and that controversial vault material is often shelved before release to avoid legal or promotional fallout.
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The leaks add to a long history of Drake material surfacing ahead of official releases. Over his two decades in the public eye, numerous scrapped tracks and vault songs have circulated across forums and collector networks, and analysts say the timing of the leaks — immediately before a major release — is designed to provoke online discussion. Whether "1 AM in Albany" and the leaked version of "Supermax" will influence ICEMAN’s final cut or its critical reception remains uncertain as the album rollout proceeds into its scheduled release.
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