Album: Iceman

Everything is back to normal. The owl is hooting again—Drake is back on top.

A good amount of that success comes in the form of "Janice STFU," a gloomy, at times even angry, song that features maybe one of the stickiest choruses in recent memory. Like most of Iceman, this is a song of subs, not direct shots. "We know how you OGs rockin' already, my n***a, the jig is up," Drake raps, which awoke Jay-Z out of hibernation and baited him into retaliating at the Roots Picnic.

He also lands a sly dig at Kendrick Lamar, spitting, "White kids listen to you 'cause they feel some guilt, and that's how your soul gets fulfilled."

This song doesn't have the joyous energy of, say, "God's Plan," but most of the components of a global hit are in there, ranging from the catchiness of the chorus, which interpolates Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers", to his vocal modulation, sounding like a cyborg-baritone.

At last, The Boy has reclaimed his crown—and demands that you STFU. —Antonio Johri