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Analytic Dreamz unpacks the explosive new single "Made It On Our Own" by Yeat and EsDeeKid in this segment. Dropped February 27, 2026 (with some reports noting February 26 evening rollout), this marks the first-ever collaboration between Portland's Yeat and Liverpool's rising star EsDeeKid. The track serves as the lead single from Yeat's upcoming album ADL (A Dangerous Lyfe), his follow-up to 2024's Lyfestyle, with no release date announced yet.The official music video, directed by Director X, was filmed inside Drake's exclusive Toronto mansion (The Embassy)—a rarely seen high-profile location. Yeat and EsDeeKid deliver bars amid luxurious interiors, with cameos from NFL quarterback Caleb Williams and Cole Bennett. Drake doesn't appear physically but makes an indirect impact via a phone call scene at the end, adding a symbolic co-sign layer given Yeat's prior feature on Drake's "Dog House" from Iceman.Thematically, "Made It On Our Own" celebrates independent success, underground-to-mainstream breakthroughs, and defying industry norms—aligning both artists as boundary-pushing alt-rap forces. Yeat has teased ADL as boundary-shattering, dangerous-life inspired, and sonically transformative. EsDeeKid, fresh off his October 2025 debut album Rebel (which charted on Billboard 200) and a December 2025 "4 Raws" remix with Timothée Chalamet, brings UK flair and BRIT Breakthrough Artist nomination buzz.The release generated massive streams—1.5 million first-day on Spotify, Yeat's career-high for a single and the week's top hip-hop debut. Analytic Dreamz dives into the transatlantic chemistry, Drake connection symbolism, visual flexes, career momentum, and what this means for Yeat's evolving sound and EsDeeKid's global push.Tune in for the full breakdown on Analytic Dreamz—raw rap culture analysis.
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Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect — "YEAT & ESDEEKID - MADE IT ON OUR OWN". Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Shepard, promise me you'll tell them to subscribe for a free content. Now, in today's age, referring to the technology saga going on right now, all I need to know is why it has nobody found out he's the kid's real identity yet. But then, you know what I'm saying? I'm like, team, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Just food for thought, because you know, in the age of technology, safe to say those cameras everywhere. And no, I am not advising anybody to stalk ease the kid. Like, the villains did for Spider-Man trying to find out who's Peter Parker. I just want to know how in the world do we not know ease the kid's identity yet? You guys, see that's the problem. This man would have been the greatest superhero the way he's keeping his identity a secret. Now, with that being said, all jokes aside, we are getting into heat and ease the kid's first ever collab. Before we get into that, we have to turn our attention to the go of hip hop. Is it okay? I got my dope on me.
As ye obviously shot this whole video and Drake's mansion, Toronto Mansion, mind you. So as far as his video right here, analytic dreams, video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio, safe to say it was a nice little cameo from the boy himself. As he received an interesting call at the end of the video, as you can see right here. This is what we got to go. And that's basically it. That's all she wrote. The boy called and they got about it at plays expeditiously. Now, of course, the reason why I show that is a lot of people are connecting this call to the Iceman Episode 3, which if you don't know, I think it was Iceman Episode 3, where Drake was having ye on a doghouse track that came out after the fact. I don't think it was like premier, it wasn't premiering in full. I forget. But anyways, the Iceman 3 episode also had ye in and of course,
he said to Drake, call me if it goes wrong or if it goes left, something like that. And so now that Drake is calling ye, people putting the puzzle pieces together to say, hold up now. We may get Iceman sooner than we think. Is it okay? I got my dope on me. So, as far as Drake, obviously hiding his dope, basically poaching Kaisenette to talk about, oh, drop the album. Because everybody wants him to drop Iceman, right? Just another teaser, but where is the album? The world may never know. But then, you know, I'm saying, I'm like, team, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? Now, obviously, this is not just a segment to talk about Drake as ye and ye is the kid, or very accomplished in their own right. As you look at ye and a lot of people know him from when he was coming up from his track work with Anima, Anima, I'm not even allowed to say that name. I kid you now. I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I just don't know how to pronounce it. As far as his EP Dangerous Summer was released, August 2025, that debuted in number nine on the Billboard 200, his sixth top 10.
With that being said, I think we could already surmise that he is one of the hotter up and coming rappers analytically speaking, of course. And of course, no, I did not forget about ease the kid as when you look at him specifically. No one knows his identity, but everybody knows his hits as he does come from England. Yes, we have another British rapper on our hands. No 21 Savage, aka Abraham Joseph, he is not the only one. So when it comes to ease the kid, safe to say he's from England, and when he emerged on the SoundCloud scene back in 2023, he kept rising and fame, especially with his hit Phantom. And with that being said, he's had other appearances such as his track for Rawls, I believe. I think that's how you say it. Yeah, for Rawls, it's currently the 71st most played track in the world. And then, of course, going back to Yeap, his track, rendezvous, what really is Don Tulliver's track, but he's featured on it. It's the 77th most played track in the world.
So both of these artists have top 77th track in the world. Safe to say this collaborative effort is already making sense to Yeap's fanbase, and of course, the ease the kid's fanbase. So if he was wanting to know more details about the track, safe to say it was filmed inside Drake's private Toronto residence, of course, Drake called Yeat at the end of the video. Yeat, if you don't know previously, already was on Dark House, which was a part of the Iceman rollout, as far as all of the live streams, I think it was three episodes. So now, not only is this huge implications for Iceman in general, because we just got an Iceman freestyle from Central Sea last week. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if you're following with me. I don't know if you're following me, but the puzzle pieces are there. Is it okay? I got my dope on me. Central Sea just did an Iceman freestyle. Yeat just did a whole first-ever collab with ease the kid, but where was he at?
He was at Drake's mansion at the end of the video. It was a call from Drake, which is a callback to the latest Iceman episode. So, you know, call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think there's more implications that people are catching on to as far as what's to come very soon. Let's just put it like that. So, ease the kid. I think he's going to have a phenomenal career. I think this is a great marketing strategy for him in general, being a part of this, because at the end of the day, I do believe he is one of the more influential up-and-coming rappers and ease the kid also being influential, even though nobody knows his identity. Being influential, even with that being said, it's a very monumental accomplishment. So, as far as what's in the future for Yeat or ease the kid, I believe he has an upcoming album titled A Dangerous Life and has not been announced yet as far as the release date, but he did have this to say about his upcoming albums.
Yeat said, quote, it's new, dot, dot, dot. Well, I mean, you could have- But then, you know, I'm saying I'm like, I can't look- You could have figured that out. But anyways, he kept going to say, always pushing boundaries, dot, dot, dot. Never scared to go out of any comfort zone, dot, dot, dot. You can't even describe it sound-wise. I don't know what that means. But Yeat gave us two other quotes, ladies and gentlemen. Yeat said, quote, my life's dangerous right now. Okay, hold up now. I know that ain't who I think. I know that ain't the white kid talking about, this is like being dangerous. Shepard. All right, my fault. I'll make this album about it. So he says his life is dangerous. He said he'll make his album about it safe to say. I'm not the police. Who need to? I'd be very interested to see what they have to- what they have to connect as far as those lyrics in this song, since he says it's about his life, right? He's not saying it's a movie. You know, he's not saying he acted. He said this is his real life. He said he'd live in dangerous. Anyways, his last quote,
Yeat, mind you. Yeat said, quote, this next album is really something, dot, dot, dot. The sound is changing, dot, dot, dot. Crazy, common, crazy album. But then, you know, I'm saying, I'm like, to him, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? And that's all I got for you, ladies and gentlemen. That's what Yeat says to promote his upcoming albums. So guess what, if he doesn't want to add anything else, then I don't want to either. You know, you know who we waiting for. He said, okay, I got my dope on me. So that being said, click my link tree in my bio. Let me know one of my social media. So what do you think about the first ever collab between Yee and ease the kid? And if you listen to it, do you think it's a sign of what's to come as far as up and coming rappers? And of course, do you believe that the only reason they shot this video on Drake's mansion? It's because Iceman has come as soon. Is it okay? I got my dope on me. I said, what the f-
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