"Glory" Jay-Z ft. B.I.C.

Like the enterprising mogul we all know him to be, it took less than two days from the birth of daughter Blue Ivy for Jay-Z to release "Glory," a beautifully simple love song to fatherhood. It's amazing how quickly genius can work with a little bit of inspiration. Drifting along on some soulful horns—and an interspersed sample of his daughter's first sounds—Jigga spits intensely personal and revealing rhymes about the painful journey to this moment of happiness (including a prior miscarriage), as well as his excitement and anxiety for the path ahead. But most revelatory is the track's touching sweetness, a side of himself that Jay-Z has rarely revealed on record. "My greatest creation was you," he raps. "You're the child of my destiny." Try not to be moved. A-