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Song: Man Of The Year feat. Lil Wayne

Drake

No matter if you’re his biggest fan or find him annoying and bland, there is no possible way you can deny Drake’s impact this year. After dropping So Far Gone, a mixtape that some respected sites and critics went so far as to deem “classic”, Drake had the momentum to go further off a mixtape than anyone has in recent history. One might look at the amount of credibility he’s garnered in hip-hop, especially since he was a child actor from a good neighbourhood in Toronto. One might look at the fact that Drake had a sold-out tour and received Grammy nominations for songs he gave away for free. After eliminating those major points of conversation, what we are left with is one core argument: Drake is actually a very talented musician. By sticking to his own tribulations and observations for the content behind his lyrics, Drake has become one of the realest rappers in the game right now. His wordplay keeps him sharp, and even when he isn’t spitting a 16 full of metaphors and double entendres, he is still enthralling. Drake’s singing fits so well with his style and content that it’s hard to hate on him for switching it up so much on So Far Gone. It’s been a hell of a year for Aubrey Graham; let’s see if he can keep up this pace in 2010.

Check the full list of honorable mentions after the jump.

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In preparation for Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 Raekwon drops a video from the album and gives us a whole new mixtape. “Resolution” is from the new mixtape available on Raekwon’s MySpace and here is what he had to say about it.

“The Staten Go Hard Vol. 1 Mixtape is a collabo with me and The Brinks Boyz that will be available exclusively for download on my Myspace  page. Its a lot of flavors that I’m bringing to y’all before dinner is served. We got that Cuban Linx PII dropping August 11th so keep y’all ears to the street and cop that real Hip-Hop.”

Click below to download the song and to see the video for “New Wu” (before I wrongly titled it “Wu Ooh”).

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