He might have declared himself “best rapper alive,” but Lil Wayne's never been too proud to take inspiration from his hip-hop forefathers. The pavement-crumbling basslines and chopped ‘n' screwed sensibilities of his track “Money On My Mind” nod to the heavy sound pioneered by Southern stars like UGK and Soulja Slim, while the smoothness of his latter-day flow owes a thing or two to JAY Z's fluid, polished style.