Drake and his mentor Lil Wayne shrug off all the meaningless questions coming their way on HYFR, a track radiating swagger.
Marvins Room soothes the soul with its tender vocals and jealousy driven lyrics, a classic emotionally charged (lost) love song. Headlines and Crew Love (featuring the Weeknd) have “hit” written all over them with their hard-hitting and confidence filled lyrics. There are certainly some rap classics in waiting on Take Care, including the title track on which Drake and Rihanna play the love game by exchanging heartfilled verses over Jamie xx’s production. Despite the generally ambient style, the extensive list of producers makes for a reasonably diverse mix of techniques, influences (in terms of genre) and tempos. Take Care also steps it up in terms of production with a team including T-Minus, 40, Jamie xx, Boi-1da, The Weeknd, Illangelo, Doc McKinney and Supa Dups. The mix of deep, soulful singing and sharp rapping is what makes this album brilliant, and these two aspects don’t remain separated as Drake often combines the two in order to make his raps more melodic, something that has given him a more original sound during his rise to the top. Drake lays everything on the table here, displaying everything from sheer confidence ( Headlines, HYFR) to mellow and fragile insights into his love life ( Marvins Room, Doing It Wrong). Amongst the 19 tracks on the album are collaborations with the likes of Rihanna, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and even Stevie Wonder (a harmonica solo on Doing It Wrong). Made up of beautiful contradictions, tender vocals, tight flows and big name collaborations, Take Care is a more than worthy successor to the Toronto rapper’s first studio album.
Buy the album Starting at $18.09ĭrake’s highly anticipated follow up to the platinum Thank Me Later is full to the brim.
Undoubtedly Drake's best album, and a good boost to Drake's name.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Some of the few filler tracks on this album seem to be unnecessary lengthy, especially Cameras/Good Ones Go, but it refuses to disappoint as it goes heavy with the more dynamic songs of this great piece. However, it is fair to point out this album has a couple of flaws. This album's thrilling pace will drag all kinds of music listeners into the conscious of the 6 God himself. The collabs in this album are that of Drake's personal Dream Team, and manages to make these tracks all the more entertaining. This album is probably one of the funnest albums that has inspired a new generation with its refined use of two essential genres. The best of both worlds, a singing Drake whose R&B influence continues strong with melancholic melodies (Marvin's Room, Take Care), and the rapper Drake that hits hard and tears up the rap game with incredibly executed production and excellent lyricism (Lord Knows, We'll Be Fine). The best of both worlds, a singing Drake whose R&B influence continues strong with This is what an authentic Drake album sounds like. This is what an authentic Drake album sounds like. "Take Care", "Marvin's Room", "Crew Love", "Lord Knows" are instant classics. I'm willing to bet he's going to receive a grammy for this one. It's very obvious that he was left with creative control this time. Just like he gives Rihanna a surprising vocal role in Take Care not the powerful Rihanna you'd expect, but an almost timid Rihanna. Instead of chosing for industry-leading guest stars, he has chosen guest artists whose voice/rap skills fit the song perfectly (except for Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, but they need to be on it for obvious reasons). The Jamie xx produced Take Care has a beautiful build-up, and reminds me of "Weak become heroes" by The Streets (aka Mike Skinner).
The influence of James Blake is very clear in this album, leading to some revolutionary songs with revolutionary beats (to give an example, Crew Love). Even though that was a good album, it wasn't a great one. On his first album, the influence of 'Cash Money' producers was clear in some songs (Miss Me, Fancy). On his first album, the influence of 'Cash Money' producers was clear This album will be a classic, Drake created his own style of rap/hiphop. This album will be a classic, Drake created his own style of rap/hiphop.