I was down in Boston a few weeks ago and there was an awkward moment involving Drake. I was riding around with a couple local Bostonians and the driver turned around and asked, “so being Canadian, you all must be into the Drake right?” We all gave him blank stares and he lost his shit. So let me update you on this so that it doesn’t happen you too.

If you ever watched Degrassi: The Next Generation you might remember him as Jimmy Brooks. If your like me and never watched that show, he’s a Canadian rapper / r&b artist making a lot of noise on Lil’ Wayne’s Young Money Records. I hesitate to call him rap as much as I do calling him r&b.

Suffice to say if you’re not into Kanye West and more particularly 808’s and heartbreak you probably won’t get into Drake. On his 2009 EP So Far Gone, he raps over songs from Peter, Bjorn and John, Santigold and Lykke Li. On the other hand his single from that album “Best I Ever Had” sounds like a straight up top 40’s radio hit. His first full length album is scheduled to come out in 2010 and is entitled Thank Me Later.

The track Forever has been getting a lot of attention lately, considering it is a rework of a mixtape song from last summer. It features Drake along with Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne and Eminem. This much hip hop star power could only the be result of something like…a Lebron James documentary! It’s called More Than a Game. The song itself pretty formulaic but I thought it was worth mentioning anyways.

Drake – Ignant Shit [feat. Lil' Wayne] (zshare)

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Drake – Unstoppable [feat. Santogold] (zshare)

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