New R&B artist Drake (née Aubrey Graham) has released his debut music video for his debut single Best I Ever Had. The video was directed by Kanye West and is the lead single from Drake‘s as yet unreleased debut album Thank Me Later. Here are a few screencaps from the just released music video:
As you may recall, Drake has been romantically linked with Rihanna and has been taken under the wings of both Kanye West (who directed his video), Jay-Z (who is rumored to have offered Drake a very lucrative record deal) and Lil’ Wayne (who has been mentoring his career thus far). It really sounds like Drake has got a lot of powerhouses in his corner … he’s bound to succeed, right? After the jump, check out Drake‘s video for Best I Ever Had in full …
The song ain’t bad but I don’t totally love it. I’m more of an upbeat music type of person … but I am intrigued to hear more. As I said, with big guns like Lil’ Wayne, Jay-Z and Kanye standing behind you, chances are you’re gonna churn out some pretty hot music. I’ll have to hear more to make that determination for me. What do y’all think … do you like this video? Or is all the Drake hype much ado about nothing?
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That video is meh. But I loved him on Degrassi! lol.
the video could be better.. but i do love his music from what i’ve heard so far… and also to will always love him as jimmy from degrassi lol
Ya Degrassi.. Love that show.. He was great on it.. Good For Him making it big..
i cant focus past all the girls HUGE boobies jiggling
@adam — I believe that is the point ;)
And yet, he’s still just Jimmy. Okay, so he’s better than the Zit Remedy, but the high school theme makes it impossible to disconnect “Drake” from “Degrassi.” I kept wondering how many of those “athletes” Spinner was hitting on, and the mascot made me mourn JT.
This must be a new trend!?
Mess up an awesome song with a video that makes no sense and is boring. lol
Cant wait for his album though! Oh and i heard he signed with Lil Wayne’s record company…its lil wayne who actually helped him get this far and jump started his career.
@Malcolm McCrae — Lil’ Wayne, really? I know there’s been a lot of talk about who he’s gonna sign with … but that’d be cool. I know Jay loves Drake tho, he’s got some heavy-hitters helping him launch his career.
He is so overated. And he is so fugly!
Shit song..Shit video. he’s gotta be the most over rated for 09. he’s gunna be just as annoying & over played like wayne, no wonder wayne signed him.
I don’t get the whole name thing…I mean it’s one thing to come out with the name, but he was on Degrassi for…FOREVER as Aubrey Graham. And then he’s just like “hm…I’m going to do music and change my name. cool.” I just can’t get used to it.
I also never liked him on Degrassi so maybe I’m just bound to hate…lol
@ It’s Trent Bitch! Yeah i know, it must feel good to have so many big name rappers after you. but lil wayne was with him from the beginning. A bunch of his underground stuff features wayne of hes mentioned. his wiki page confirms it! i know its wiki but its true. lol
Although I love this song, this vid is kinda lame. Maybe he’s trying to appeal to the male audience(?).
Jimmy can walk!!!
I’m going to watch the video later, but I just wanted to say how good his album is. He’s got some sick rhymes, and I know he will be the one to watch for. Weezy’s on a lot of his tracks, too — I don’t think he got signed to Young Money yet, but he will definitely get signed soon. I think it’s just a matter of choosing whom, for him.
This has been my favorite song for over the last month, they have been playing here in Toronto for a while now!!!
I don’t get how he doesn’t have a album out already. He’s got like 4 video’s out so far. I get that this is suppose to be the first single but shouldn’t u have already done a video for this single already…I mean really. I like the songs so far but the video’s just haven’t lived up. Sorry “Jimmy”, try again!
This is so weird that you posted this because I JUST found out who he was yesterday. And he’ll never be “Drake” to be, he’ll always be Jimmy in a wheelchair.
@kikit i’m with you…i’ve been digging this song for a minute
I can’t take him seriously because hes been Jimmy for so long.
Wasn’t he on Degrassi: the next generation. The student who was the basketball player and then ended up in a wheel chair.
He’ll always be Jimmy to me. He was great on Degrassi.