How A Leaker Named A Lil Wayne Song

[martian master]

I thought this was cool so I thought I'd share

Around Spring 2011 is when I first joined LilWayneHQ. The first release that I was on the forums for was Sorry 4 The Wait. Like anything Wayne related, it was filled with pushbacks.

During the late hours of a July morning in 2011, a twitter user started leaking the mixtape song by song, and then the whole tape. The files he had didn't have names, just Track 1, Track 2 etc, so most of the songs he just named them after the beat.

The last song on the mixtape used the instrumental from Beyonce's "Run the World". However, I guess the leaker wasn't a Beyonce fan and was unaware of the instrumental. He leaked the song with the title "IDK" - as in "I Don't Know". Early YouTube uploads still have this title -

When the mixtape was officially released, it was given it's proper title - Run The World, Girls (Freestyle).

Flash forward a decade later and Sorry 4 The Wait got it's streaming release last night. As with No Ceilings coming to streaming song titles had to be changed, which I assume is due to sample clearance.

The title they chose for "Run The World, Girls (Freestyle)" was "IDK" - a nod to the original leak title.

I found this really cool and it really took me back to my early days on HQ.

[J.M.I]

What ? I’ve always seen it & known it as IDK Freestyle lol

[martian master]

What ? I’ve always seen it & known it as IDK Freestyle lol

On the official WeezyThanxYou post for the tape I linked, along with Datpiff, it is listed as Run The World (Girls)

[Shake]

This "leaker" was yourself wasn't it @martian master

[martian master]

This "leaker" was yourself wasn't it @martian master

his twitter username was tomas937. If you search his name on HQ you'll find some threads about him. He leaked some other snippets prior to S4TW

[Raw Tune Not A Cartoon]

I remember being so confused about way back when, thank you for clearing it up lol

[lilwayne-carter]

my guess is that is more wayne's camp being stupid uploading the song as IDK lol

[Lucifer]

his twitter username was tomas937. If you search his name on HQ you'll find some threads about him. He leaked some other snippets prior to S4TW

how did he get the songs?

[martian master]

how did he get the songs?

no clue haha

[jsharma17]

That's a pretty cool way to make things come full circle haha

[back on my bullish*t]

I thought this was cool so I thought I'd share

Around Spring 2011 is when I first joined LilWayneHQ. The first release that I was on the forums for was Sorry 4 The Wait. Like anything Wayne related, it was filled with pushbacks.

During the late hours of a July morning in 2011, a twitter user started leaking the mixtape song by song, and then the whole tape. The files he had didn't have names, just Track 1, Track 2 etc, so most of the songs he just named them after the beat.

The last song on the mixtape used the instrumental from Beyonce's "Run the World". However, I guess the leaker wasn't a Beyonce fan and was unaware of the instrumental. He leaked the song with the title "IDK" - as in "I Don't Know". Early YouTube uploads still have this title -

When the mixtape was officially released, it was given it's proper title - Run The World, Girls (Freestyle).

Flash forward a decade later and Sorry 4 The Wait got it's streaming release last night. As with No Ceilings coming to streaming song titles had to be changed, which I assume is due to sample clearance.

The title they chose for "Run The World, Girls (Freestyle)" was "IDK" - a nod to the original leak title.

I found this really cool and it really took me back to my early days on HQ.

nostalgia bruh

[Gudda Gudda]

We Dont Fukk With Them Leakers