#Drake take care album link series#

It was a successfully sexual song, but Drake seems to have tired of them, because all his efforts in that direction in 2011 turn out tepid.

вЂњBest I Ever HadвЂќ nearly topped the charts for a reason, after all. ThereвЂ™s nothing wrong with a, err, cutesy verse. Aubrey Graham seems to think anything nearing a good song will ruin his chart chances. Yet, fear struck again with the release of the first official single, вЂњHeadlines,вЂќ and only rose with the second, вЂњMake Me Proud.вЂќ The former was as dull an вЂњIвЂ™m Drake and IвЂ™m really coolвЂќ song as heвЂ™s made, while the Nicki Minaj collab couldnвЂ™t have been a more obvious pander to his female audience, right down to its silly hook. The mission statement for album #2 was clear: to create an actual piece of music, rather than simply entertainment. In other words, true substance seemed to have entered his music once again. вЂњFuck that nigga you love so much,вЂќ he sings, and unlike the usual Drake quip, it meant something: he wants what he wants, and heвЂ™ll harm those he intends to care about to get it. SheвЂ™s just a fascination, Drake desires her, but thatвЂ™s where it stops. Rather than the trite, вЂњShooting stars all around her, fire, cometsвЂќ class of lines from the last album, the listener is faced with a drunk, pampered star desperately slithering words out on the phone, trying to woo the girl he wants from another man. вЂњMarvinвЂ™s Room,вЂќ still a highlight on the finished product, presented a Drake we hadnвЂ™t seen before, at least since he signed with Young Money. The best thing was, for the most part, they were good songs. He even took it to his label for taking down the links.

#Drake take care album link series#

He began by creating goodwill with a series of self-leaks. Even Drake himself recently came out against the record.

Drake seemed afraid of his potential power, caught between a hunger for genuine respect he at least claims to seek and the massive audience he had created with вЂњBest I Ever Had.вЂќ The result was a muted, half-hearted attempt at a вЂњDrake soundвЂќ, smothered by polish and dull punchlines. Then things got confusing: Thank Me Later simply wasnвЂ™t very good, whichever way you looked at it. People considered So Far Gone either the future or completely offensive, and it was both of those strong reactions that helped catapult Drake to the forefront of the rap game. Much of the music being made today under the name of вЂњrapвЂќ attracts an entirely new audience, and the old demographic stubbornly - and futilely - resists the invaders, leaving rappers to entertain a bickering, divided audience. The truth, of course, is that rap has entirely left behind its birthrights. The time of beef had come and gone, but how did one reconcile the days when a picture ruined a career with, well, this? In other words, the hip-hop community had no idea what to do with this guy. The new star had absorbed the most hype the rap game had seen since Get Rich or Die TryinвЂ™, with a soap-opera background rather than the benefit of nine bullet wounds. It all just seemed to work out for Drizzy. In the rarest of instances, all the pieces simply fell perfectly in place: Drake hopped on the Kanye bandwagon when it was still cool, caught the eye of LilвЂ™ Wayne just before he toppled from his peak, collaborated with Marshall Mathers as he arose from the ashes of the old Shady into the new Eminem marketing juggernaut. The Canadian starвЂ™s rise to fame - even to his detractors - is undeniably unparalleled. New dates will be released in the next weekвЂ¦see you all soon.вЂThank Me Later,вЂ™ he said, and with that, Drake had a problem. Club Paradise Tour will also be moved to when students are back from the Christmas/New Year break so that I can get to more schools. This music means too much to me to get attached to dates and I do apologize for the delay but I promise that it is only for the benefit of our experience together. November 15th you will get Take Care the exact way I created it with no trimmings. My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it. So I have completed 19 songs (17 on physical and 2 on bonus), and have run into a roadblock of clearing 3 samples in time to make the October 24th date. It truly felt like when I was here 3 years ago making So Far Gone. I managed to create this album in my hometown of Toronto and the thoughts and stories I wanted to get across just became so clear. вЂњThe new date for Take Care is November 15th, 2011.