“His true strength, as Take Care proves over and over, is his willingness to delve deeply into his emotions and the ability to transmit them in such a simple and real fashion that it’s easy to connect with him even if your life isn’t filled with glamorous exes, hangs with Stevie Wonder (who adds some harmonica to Doing It Wrong), and gold owls. Though he drops the occasional line that dazzles (‘All my exes live in Texas like I’m George Strait’), Drake is a middle-of-the-pack rapper at best.” AMG The collabo with the predictably brilliant André 3000 and Lil Wayne also point out Drake’s shortcomings as a rapper. The super-moody collaboration with the Weeknd on Crew Love is another highlight, though it does point out the problematic fact that the Weeknd beats Drake out in the vocal department. “The album's most unique track, Take Care, features Jamies Smith of the xx working with Shebib on an (almost) uptempo, (almost) danceable song that has a typically great vocal from Rihanna. Marvin’s Room is the showstopper – late at night, Drake drunk-dials his ex to figure out what went wrong (‘I’ve had sex four times this week, I’ll explain / I’m having a hard time adjusting to fame’).” RS’20 Cashe take things one step further toward R&B by creating a late-night after-hours club feel on the bittersweet Look What You’ve Done (which features a phone message left for Drake by his grandmother).” AMG T-Minus brings some booty bass to the thoughtfully sexy Nicky Minaj feature Make Me Proud, Just Blaze builds Lord Knows around some majestic samples that let Drake brag like a boss, and Chase N. Boi-1DA gives Headlines a jaunty synth line that Drake matches with his strongest rap. When other producers take over, there is a definite shift in mood. “He surrounds Drake’s voice with murky beats, layers of dusky synths, and moody guitars that fit…perfectly the two work together to create a thick mood of melancholy.
Noah “40” Shebib, Drake’s longtime producer and partner, handled most of the production work. Drake covers both seductive R&B finesse and hip-hop swagger.” RS’20 “Success hasn’t done much to improve Drake’s mood, as he details his failures at love, his worries about living a hollow life, and his general malaise.” AMG With Take Care, the Toronto MC establishes “his image as the Champagne Papi who can always find a way to overshare, whether in the club or the bedroom.
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The plan fell through, but his 2011 album Take Care has the feel of a late-night R&B album, full of slow tempos, muted textures, impassioned crooning, and an introspective tone that is only rarely punctured by aggressive tracks, boasts, and/or come-ons.” AMG “After the huge commercial and artistic success of… Thank Me Later, Drake threatened/promised that his next album would be a straight-up R&B record that forsook rapping for vocals.
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