This an answer to KB's "Daily Entree" - hopefully it will make contributions from this author more frequent.
Say what you want about the artist formerly known as Lil Wayne. Recent releases may be plagued by gibberish and autotuning, but instant classics like "A Milli" and "Stuntin Like My Daddy" continue to shape and influence most good commercial rap (read: NOT DJ KHALED) out there. The machine-gun flow, stream of consciousness wordplay, and aggressive swagger characterize Wayne's work from his mixtape tear that led into the stellar Carter III LP last summer, a concentration of excellence that is rarely matched in Hip Hop.
Attached are a pair of tracks that are testaments to Wayne's influence. Recently ascended deity Kanye West loops the Santogold-sampled hook throughout the Jigga's verses in the recently released "Brooklyn Go Hard," a la Da Drought 3. And heavy-hitter Polow da Don channels the spirit of "A Milli" producer Bangledesh in what sounds in many ways like a remix of the aforementioned jam.
And I had to post the Wayne track. Consider it a plea for Columbia to release it as a n-teenth single from C3.
Rich Boy - "Drop" (prod. by Polow da Don) (thanks to Discobelle)
Lil Wayne ft. Juelz Santana and Fabolous - "You Ain't Got Nuthin on Me" (prod. by Alchemist)
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