Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem - "Forever"

For his latest effort in his "look at me" campaign, Drake has collected arguably the best grouping of big name rappers since "Swagga Like Us." And just like that track, each rapper gets his own full verse while none are regulated to chorus-only duties (those are handled by Drake doing his lame R & B schtick). Drake starts things out nicely but then both Kayne and Wayne (who looks like the crypt keeper more so than normal here for his movements are limited to the range of a puppet) deliver below average verses. However, all is saved as Eminem continues his 2009 tear and effort to throw his name back into the "greatest rapper right now" category with an amazing closing verse. At six minutes (and featuring two weak verses) the track falls short of the hype (considering the names involved). It's hard to make a great rap song which exceeds six minutes (Wu-Tang's "Triumph" and The Coup's "Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night" being first come-to-mind exceptions). Plus, the weird LeBron James theme for this video makes little, no, no sense.