The Choosin’ Texas flip is officially out. Drake released “Solar Eclipse” featuring Don Toliver on October 2, 2026, as part of HABIBTI (FOMO), the four song expansion of his May album HABIBTI. Fans first heard it during his FOMO livestream in September, and we already broke down why Mr. Lee gets paid every time Drake touches “Get Throwed”. Now the record is real, it’s on every platform, and the Houston producer behind that 2005 classic is getting paid on a Drake record yet again.
What “Solar Eclipse” Sounds Like
“Solar Eclipse” takes Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” the country smash she wrote with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, and slows it down into atmospheric R&B. Underneath it sits a sample of Bun B’s “Get Throwed,” which is where Mr. Lee comes in.
Drake leans all the way into the Texas theme. He runs through Houston area spots like River Oaks, Sugar Land, Pearland, The Woodlands and Katy, shouts out College Station and even drops a Johnny Manziel reference. Don Toliver, Houston’s own, carries the Texas energy on his verse. The title comes from a line about an upcoming solar eclipse.
Toronto, Houston and Nashville on one record. That’s not something you see every day.
The Houston DNA Under the Record
“Get Throwed” dropped October 18, 2005, as track three on Bun B’s solo debut Trill. Bun B, Pimp C, Z Ro, Young Jeezy and Jay Z all on one song, and Mr. Lee on the beat. Mr. Lee (Leroy Williams) is a credited writer on the record alongside the artists, and that credit is the whole reason this story exists.
Drake Went Back to the Well
This is the second time Drake has built on “Get Throwed.”
2021: “N 2 Deep” with Future on Certified Lover Boy sampled the original guitar and went top 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
2026: “Solar Eclipse” with Don Toliver on HABIBTI (FOMO) brings it back again, this time wrapped around one of the biggest country songs of the decade.
Two Drake records, five years apart, same Houston foundation. When the biggest artist in the world keeps coming back to your beat, that says everything about the record.
How Mr. Lee Gets Paid, Again
We covered the full breakdown in our first piece, so here’s the short version. When an artist samples a record, the sample has to be cleared on two sides: the master (the recording, owned by the label) and the composition (the song itself, owned by the writers). The original writers of “Get Throwed” get a share of the new song’s publishing, and that share pays out on streams, radio and sync placements for as long as the song lives.
Now stack that on top of a record that interpolates a song with one of the longest runs at number one in Hot 100 history, released by Drake, with Don Toliver on it. That’s real money flowing back to Houston.
Why It Matters
Twenty years ago Mr. Lee was in a Houston studio cooking up a beat for Bun B. In 2026 that same beat is sitting under a Drake and Don Toliver record built on a country song. That’s what a timeless record does. It keeps working for you long after the session is over, as long as your name is on the paperwork.
Texas built this sound, and Texas is still getting paid off of it.