Drake Drops ICEMAN...and Habibti...and Maid of Honour. Why?

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.9 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Cole is joined by The Ringer’s Charles Holmes and Justin Sayles to discuss Drake’s three-album release stunt. They speculate on the strategy behind the 43-song drop before diving into ICEMAN’s music and lyrics. Finally, they discuss Habibti and Maid of Honour, ending the conversation by wondering where Drake will go next. Host: Cole Cuchna Guests: Charles Holmes, Justin Sayles Editor: Kevin Pooler Engineer: Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by AT&T. At AT&T, the iPhone 17 Pro is your summer essential.
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0:44.3	Welcome everyone to a special episode of Dissect. I'm your host, Cole Kushna. We are still on a
0:53.2	brief intermission from our daft punk
0:54.7	season. We will be resuming it next week. But today we are here to talk about not one, not two,
1:01.1	but three new Drake albums that somehow all dropped this past Friday. And joining me for the occasion
1:07.0	is self-proclaimed or once self-proclaimed Aubrey's Angel OVO Charles.
1:12.1	Oh, don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. Are you still a member of the Aubrey's Angels?
1:16.3	What's the status of your membership? Oh, my membership has been revoked. Like, I've revoked it.
1:22.9	Toronto has revoked it. I no longer feel like I'm welcomed. But there were moments I would say where I'm
1:30.0	just like, damn, new Drake sounds good. And then there were moments where I was just like, I wish I could
1:35.6	get three hours of my life back or like honestly my whole weekend back. Justin, Justin Sales
1:42.5	producers here. Justin, what up, man?
1:45.2	My social battery drain, for real, for real.
1:48.7	For real, yeah.
1:52.5	Yeah.
1:53.4	I think that's my favorite.
1:54.7	We'll talk about it.
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