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Track List
01) Over My Dead Body
02) Shot for Me
03) Headlines
04) Crew Love
05) Take Care 
06) Marvins Room
07) Buried Alive Interlude
08) Under Ground Kings
09) We'll Be Fine
10) Make Me Proud
11) Lord Knows
12) Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude
13) Doing It Wrong
14) The Real Her
15) Look What You've Done
16) HYFR (Hell Ya F*****g Right)
17) Practice
18) The Ride
19) The Motto
20) Hate Sleeping Alone (Bonus Track)
01) Over My Dead Body
02) Shot for Me
03) Headlines
04) Crew Love
05) Take Care
06) Marvins Room
07) Buried Alive Interlude
08) Under Ground Kings
09) We'll Be Fine
10) Make Me Proud
11) Lord Knows
12) Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude
13) Doing It Wrong
14) The Real Her
15) Look What You've Done
16) HYFR (Hell Ya F*****g Right)
17) Practice
18) The Ride
19) The Motto
20) Hate Sleeping Alone (Bonus Track)
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Take Care is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Drake, released November 15, 2011, on Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records. It is the follow-up to his 2010 debut album Thank Me Later. Production for the album took place during 2010 to 2011 and was handled by Noah "40" Shebib, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Just Blaze, The Weeknd, and Jamie xx, among others. With the album, Drake sought to record a more cohesive recording than his debut album, which he felt was rushed in its development.
Expanding on the sonic aesthetic of his debut album, Take Care features an atmospheric sound that is characterized by low-key musical elements and incorporates R&B, pop, electronica, and post-dubstep styles. Drake's lyrics mostly eschew boastful raps for introspective lyrics that deal with topics such as failed romances, relationship with friends and family, growing wealth and fame, concerns about leading a hollow life, and despondency. The album has been noted by music writers for its minimalist R&B elements, existential subject matter, conflicted lyrics, and Drake's alternately sung and rapped vocals.
One of the most anticipated music releases in 2011, Take Care experienced several delays to its release date and subsequently leaked to the Internet nine days before its scheduled release. It was promoted with five singles—"Headlines", "Make Me Proud", "The Motto", "Take Care", and "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"—all of which attained chart success, and Drake's Club Paradise Tour in 2012.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 631,000 copies in its first week. As of 2012, the album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold 1,810,000 copies in the United States. Upon its release, Take Care received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended its expansive production, emotional themes, and Drake's songwriting. It was included on year-end lists by several publications, including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, both of which ranked it number one.
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Just as CBeebies’ Rastamouse sets out to "make a bad ting good", Canadian rapper-cum-crooner Drake frequently makes an average thing brilliant. He’s not got the finest flow you’ll ever hear; his heartbroken lyricism on slow jams sits at jarring odds with bursts of clichéd braggadocio on bouncier cuts; and his story can’t hold a candle to that of mentor/collaborator/label boss Lil Wayne. He should perhaps be a peripheral figure with a still-developing ability. Yet, by surrounding himself with the right producers and guests (and presumably the right management), he’s elevated himself to remarkable heights. Take Care has been 2011’s most anticipated rap release since it was announced a full 12 months ago – putting Wayne’s post-prison comeback proper, Tha Carter IV, rather in its shadow.
The reason: Thank Me Later, Drake’s debut LP proper of 2010, that sold almost half-a-million copies in the US in its first week and went on to feature in numerous best-of lists come the year’s end. Calling predominantly on the production skills of Noah ‘40’ Shebib, its muted backdrops – like listening to a record on your neighbour’s stereo, through the dividing wall – were perfect for emoting over: about exchanging old friends for unwanted new ones; about our protagonist’s losses in love; about a naïve newcomer trying to navigate his way through the bewilderingly bright lights that accompany any mainstream emergence. Take Care revisits many traits of its predecessor, but now there’s reason to be suspicious. Drake is the worst kind of young, handsome millionaire – one who complains about being attractive and minted. He’s an acting background, so Drake occupies woe-is-me moments with great presence; but the average listener won’t relate in the same way they might’ve done an album ago. If he was praised for his honesty on Thank Me Later, here he runs the risk of being shot down as manufacturing the misery that informs his downbeat musings – talk of his divorced parents aside.
So it’s actually on the brighter, bolder, faster numbers that Take Care comes alive. Official lead single Headlines – with production from the returning Shebib, who features on 13 of these 17 tracks – is a zesty cut above the hollow holler of Drake’s would-be peers, where he not only acknowledges his standing as a megastar but revels in it – "f*** those other guys," he spits, before highlighting a preference for "money over everything". And it’s money he’s not hanging around to spend: on Crew Love, featuring The Weeknd, he talks about blowing $50,000 on a holiday for his friends and family, on the spur of the moment; come We’ll Be Fine, millions are thrown around "like they ain’t nothing". But he’s earned it, so why not – an aspiring talent since 2006’s mixtape Room for Improvement, Drake’s success has hardly arrived overnight. Another upbeat offering, Lord Knows, showcases the standout production skills of Just Blaze, aka New Jersey’s Justin Smith – with credits on Jay-Z and Eminem LPs, Smith’s luxurious sound is a neat contrast to the sparse, ambient arrangements typically favoured by Shebib.
The title-track may leave some listeners with an unwelcome taste in their mouth: hijacking Jamie xx’s rework of Gil Scott-Heron’s I’ll Take Care of You, it casts Rihanna in the role of the late musician/poet. The end result is somewhere between desecration and genius – and only the individual knows what side they lean towards. Make Me Proud opens like a sister piece to Thank Me Later’s Fancy, a song which celebrated a partner for looking great for themselves, not anyone else’s attention; but Nicki Minaj’s guest vocal throws these sentiments aside for her standard shtick of wacky voices and base-level wordplay. A better guest turn comes from OutKast man André 3000, closing lights-up-slow-dance The Real Her: it’s a treat hearing him on record again, but his nonsensical parting line of "b****es got the rabies" undermines the rest of his detailed, passionate verse.
At its best, Take Care surpasses the impact of Thank Me Later. Marvin’s Room, a YouTube hit to the tune of 30 million views, is given new appeal by the album’s sequencing, the track’s barely-there backing standing out compared to the boisterousness around it. What was a drunk-dialling mumble as a standalone offering becomes an unprecedented slice of remarkably confessional RnB – and Kendrick Lamar’s brilliant Buried Alive coda comprises a striking epilogue. And when Drake claims to be unafraid of his rivals, as they’re all copying his style, he’s got a point: between Thank Me Later and Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010 laid down a blueprint for self-absorbed, weight-of-the-world rap-world introspection that’s now widespread. He might’ve been tempting fate last year with a single called Over, but several hits later it’s evident Drake is here for the long run – and he’s already outrunning most.
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Take Care is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Drake, released November 15, 2011, on Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records. It is the follow-up to his 2010 debut album Thank Me Later. Production for the album took place during 2010 to 2011 and was handled by Noah "40" Shebib, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Just Blaze, The Weeknd, and Jamie xx, among others. With the album, Drake sought to record a more cohesive recording than his debut album, which he felt was rushed in its development.
Expanding on the sonic aesthetic of his debut album, Take Care features an atmospheric sound that is characterized by low-key musical elements and incorporates R&B, pop, electronica, and post-dubstep styles. Drake's lyrics mostly eschew boastful raps for introspective lyrics that deal with topics such as failed romances, relationship with friends and family, growing wealth and fame, concerns about leading a hollow life, and despondency. The album has been noted by music writers for its minimalist R&B elements, existential subject matter, conflicted lyrics, and Drake's alternately sung and rapped vocals.
One of the most anticipated music releases in 2011, Take Care experienced several delays to its release date and subsequently leaked to the Internet nine days before its scheduled release. It was promoted with five singles—"Headlines", "Make Me Proud", "The Motto", "Take Care", and "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"—all of which attained chart success, and Drake's Club Paradise Tour in 2012.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 631,000 copies in its first week. As of 2012, the album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and has sold 1,810,000 copies in the United States. Upon its release, Take Care received generally positive reviews from music critics, who commended its expansive production, emotional themes, and Drake's songwriting. It was included on year-end lists by several publications, including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, both of which ranked it number one.
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Just as CBeebies’ Rastamouse sets out to "make a bad ting good", Canadian rapper-cum-crooner Drake frequently makes an average thing brilliant. He’s not got the finest flow you’ll ever hear; his heartbroken lyricism on slow jams sits at jarring odds with bursts of clichéd braggadocio on bouncier cuts; and his story can’t hold a candle to that of mentor/collaborator/label boss Lil Wayne. He should perhaps be a peripheral figure with a still-developing ability. Yet, by surrounding himself with the right producers and guests (and presumably the right management), he’s elevated himself to remarkable heights. Take Care has been 2011’s most anticipated rap release since it was announced a full 12 months ago – putting Wayne’s post-prison comeback proper, Tha Carter IV, rather in its shadow.
The reason: Thank Me Later, Drake’s debut LP proper of 2010, that sold almost half-a-million copies in the US in its first week and went on to feature in numerous best-of lists come the year’s end. Calling predominantly on the production skills of Noah ‘40’ Shebib, its muted backdrops – like listening to a record on your neighbour’s stereo, through the dividing wall – were perfect for emoting over: about exchanging old friends for unwanted new ones; about our protagonist’s losses in love; about a naïve newcomer trying to navigate his way through the bewilderingly bright lights that accompany any mainstream emergence. Take Care revisits many traits of its predecessor, but now there’s reason to be suspicious. Drake is the worst kind of young, handsome millionaire – one who complains about being attractive and minted. He’s an acting background, so Drake occupies woe-is-me moments with great presence; but the average listener won’t relate in the same way they might’ve done an album ago. If he was praised for his honesty on Thank Me Later, here he runs the risk of being shot down as manufacturing the misery that informs his downbeat musings – talk of his divorced parents aside.
So it’s actually on the brighter, bolder, faster numbers that Take Care comes alive. Official lead single Headlines – with production from the returning Shebib, who features on 13 of these 17 tracks – is a zesty cut above the hollow holler of Drake’s would-be peers, where he not only acknowledges his standing as a megastar but revels in it – "f*** those other guys," he spits, before highlighting a preference for "money over everything". And it’s money he’s not hanging around to spend: on Crew Love, featuring The Weeknd, he talks about blowing $50,000 on a holiday for his friends and family, on the spur of the moment; come We’ll Be Fine, millions are thrown around "like they ain’t nothing". But he’s earned it, so why not – an aspiring talent since 2006’s mixtape Room for Improvement, Drake’s success has hardly arrived overnight. Another upbeat offering, Lord Knows, showcases the standout production skills of Just Blaze, aka New Jersey’s Justin Smith – with credits on Jay-Z and Eminem LPs, Smith’s luxurious sound is a neat contrast to the sparse, ambient arrangements typically favoured by Shebib.
The title-track may leave some listeners with an unwelcome taste in their mouth: hijacking Jamie xx’s rework of Gil Scott-Heron’s I’ll Take Care of You, it casts Rihanna in the role of the late musician/poet. The end result is somewhere between desecration and genius – and only the individual knows what side they lean towards. Make Me Proud opens like a sister piece to Thank Me Later’s Fancy, a song which celebrated a partner for looking great for themselves, not anyone else’s attention; but Nicki Minaj’s guest vocal throws these sentiments aside for her standard shtick of wacky voices and base-level wordplay. A better guest turn comes from OutKast man André 3000, closing lights-up-slow-dance The Real Her: it’s a treat hearing him on record again, but his nonsensical parting line of "b****es got the rabies" undermines the rest of his detailed, passionate verse.
At its best, Take Care surpasses the impact of Thank Me Later. Marvin’s Room, a YouTube hit to the tune of 30 million views, is given new appeal by the album’s sequencing, the track’s barely-there backing standing out compared to the boisterousness around it. What was a drunk-dialling mumble as a standalone offering becomes an unprecedented slice of remarkably confessional RnB – and Kendrick Lamar’s brilliant Buried Alive coda comprises a striking epilogue. And when Drake claims to be unafraid of his rivals, as they’re all copying his style, he’s got a point: between Thank Me Later and Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010 laid down a blueprint for self-absorbed, weight-of-the-world rap-world introspection that’s now widespread. He might’ve been tempting fate last year with a single called Over, but several hits later it’s evident Drake is here for the long run – and he’s already outrunning most.
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