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Toronto, Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans unite on this huuuge track. The internet has been going crazy for this, especially Eminem's verse which is outstanding. If Relapse 2 is more The Warning/his verse here than Relapse 1 we are in for a treat. Kanye is brilliant, as he has been all year and Drake holds his own well. Lil' Wayne has been pretty heavily criticised for his verse on here, but I think it's good. He only sounds substandard because the other 3 do so well. The ridiculous amount of material he is on kinda makes it fair enough if he sounds a little tired now and again...wiki says he has featured on 38 tracks so far this year. Fuck.

This track is brilliant. DL below



Forever feat. Kanye West, Lil' Wayne and Eminem-Drake

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This came out in February, but i heard the whole thing for the first time only this morning. I think i misunderestimated how good Drake is going to be and how much he is capable of. As Pitchfork mentions, this is real post 808s hip-hop, taking influence from a huge amount of artists creating what is an amazing mixtape. The Lil' Wayne influence is blatant, as is the Kanye West notably the quick switch between rapping and singing. But as well as being an awesome rapper (you can also hear some Jay and Biggie in the way he raps), he is an immense singer. Almost Maxwell good....and he has huge commercial appeal. When Thank Me Later comes out I fully expect it to be played everywhere. I cant wait. 4 x mp3s below!

Drake-Let's Call It Off (feat. Peter, Bjorn and John)
Drake-November 18th
Drake-Say What's Real
Drake-Unstoppable (feat. Santigold and Lil' Wayne)

Say Whats Real, in which he raps over Kanye's Say You Will, is haunting.
Lil' Wayne is on 4 tracks on this mixtape but gets destroyed by Drake on all 4. Considering Tha Carter 3 was widely regarded as the best rap album of 2009, Drake has done very very well.

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very quick post, just heard this on westwood, its awesome. drake is the big hype hip-hop artist of 2009

i just wanna be successfull
his album is gonna own, hope he can get it out early unlike similar highly tipped new rappers, kid cudi and wale, who are taking fucking ages
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