It’s like this. About five months ago, a then virtually unknown rapper from Toronto dropped a mixtape co-signed by the likes of Trey Songz, Lil Wayne and Bun B. What happened next is one of the more meteoric rises to fame in music history. With two successful mixtapes prior to “So Far Gone” under his belt, the question wasn’t whether Drake could blow up, rather it was WHEN. Days after February 13, the number of downloads attached to release reached the hundreds of thousands and basically everyday since then Drake has been on the minds and mouths of anyone remotely interested in rap.

On that very same release was a catchy tune that boasted about Drake’s fondness for his signifcant other. The tune, track 10 on the tape, would go on to essentially become the “lead single” with the record gaining massive spins in every part of the country (and remixes to match). Fast forward to the present  moment, “Best I Ever Had” marks the now ACL-less Drake’s magnum opus thus far in his career, at least as far as “hits” go.

It has done exactly what he imagined the Trey Songz assisted record, “Replacement Girl”, would do when it was released two years ago. Now that the decision over what label he will now call home is decided, the anticipation for his debut album, Thank Me Later, will now dominate headlines until that epic day later this winter.

Until then, his buzz will continue reach near unprecedented levels.

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