Forget Lil Wayne’s verse (you probably already have it). Given the obvious import of a Jay-Z feature, you’d think I’d have "Light Up" on repeat, but truth be told, although the record is one hell of a track, it’s " Miss Me" that got me more truly excited. As a man who’s memorized all of Dead Prez’s Let’s Get Free, I was shocked by Drizzy lifting bars from "Hip-Hop," and so I rewound "Over" and listened again, and again, and again. " Over"'s far from a perfect track, but Drake’s lyrical work on the pounding lead single prompted more discussion and line-by-line breakdowns than any track in recent memory. Accordingly, Thank Me Later was supposed to satisfy both the hardcore hip-hop heads and mainstream radio junkies, and since I’m more of the former than the latter, we might as well start with the rhymes. His mixalbum So Far Gone showcased an artist who could both rip mics and makes the ladies swoon, and it was that versatility that served as the catalyst for extraordinary hype. Of course, Drake’s fame is not purely the product of hype.
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