As 'Iceman' approaches, Variety takes a look back at the 25 songs that helped define Drake as a generational talent.

On top of that, I noticed that whenever I tell some of his more die-hard fans my pick for best track and beyond, they’re a little bemused. Ranking Drake stuff, particularly his songs, is more fun and less pedantic than ranking most other artists’ body of work for the simple fact that he has so many lanes and represents so many different waves.

Drake needed to make a statement. The Canadian rapper’s first solo album since his public feud with fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar two years ago needed to show listeners everywhere that Drake was a new man since the beef — someone who still could hold the mantle as the best rapper of this generation and

Drizzy Drake dropped quite the surprise this New Music Friday.

I won’t even bother listing all of the producers on MAID OF HONOUR because it seems to have been made by an entire roster led by Gordo, but with so many contributors reinterpreting all of these regional dance trends,

Probably! We took a shot at distilling ‘Iceman,’ ‘Habibti,’ and ‘Maid of Honour’ down to a single 48-minute classic made for dancing with hate in your heart.