Let’s talk facts: 2015’s bearded Drake is the best Drake. He’s got a Platinum selling mixtape under his belt, the hip-hop world has adored him since he put Meek Mill in the dirt this summer and released a collaborative mixtape with Future, and he’s featured on the lead single of about 30% of the year’s biggest rap releases. We know he’s got some magic dust in that beard, and the video for “Hotline Bling” proves that he’s far from giving it up.

Released on the same day as Meek Mill diss track “Charged Up,” “Hotline Bling” is one of the year’s biggest singles, and the newly-released video hits on the track’s magic perfectly. Full of lavish colors, beautiful women, and Drake’s unbelievable arsenal of dance moves, it’s clear that “Hotline Bling” is a victory lap for an artist who’s basically just flexing in the mirror at this point.

Watch “Hotline Bling” below.

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John Bazley

John Bazley was raised in central New Jersey by the romantic aura of the Asbury Park beachfront, punk rock, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. He is still trying to figure all of this stuff out.

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