Drake's highly-anticipated Thank Me Later debut has begun to take form with the announcement of his first official single and Hype Williams-directed music video alongside The-Dream called "Shut It Down."

According to producer Omen, the song will first be accompanied by a visual video.

"We're filming a video for it soon helmed by Hype Williams. The track will be serviced just a few weeks after," Omen revealed.

The song came about when Omen teamed up with Drake's longtime musical collaborator, 40, and together they came up with the production.

"I was working on some drum patterns and 40 had the melody going. 40 is very skilled and has a crazy ear for obscure sounds and chords," says Omen. "It took us the whole night to come up with the track, but we finished it and played it for Drake the next day, who already had the song's concept."

The idea for the track, which Omen describes as a "Prince-like, powerful song," is about "empowering females. Drake said he had a song idea called 'Shut It Down' aimed at club-going females. When they go out and they get dressed up and put their makeup on and get their hair done, they have the capacity to shut the club down," Omen recalls.

Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. ONG>Drake's Thank Me Later album is slated to hit shelves February 2010 via Young Money/Universal Motown.