It's great at times, but far more work than it should be. He now seems trapped between the desire to create a product and a piece of musicīoth silkily seductive and moodily narcissistic Take Care is dense and takes a while to digest, but once you’re in Drake’s world there’s no escaping Take Care shines bright, utilizing the same concepts and notions as its predecessor but with far more lethal and appealing resultsĪ mass appeal pop record with ambitious and progressive productionĭrake has crafted an astute, cohesive masterworkĪ bit of a masterclass in melancholic lyrical soul-searching, about lost love and spurned loversĭrake would do well to spend less time looking in the mirror Take Care truly goes for it with luxe, expansive production is fast becoming a self-praising philanderer, the kind of guy who doesn’t see any reason to be apologetic to his girl because fame is his new game He brings something new to the usual hip-hop parade of brandy and bitches, lasciviousness and loyaltyĪn affecting masterpiece easily on par with his debut With Take Care, Drake has his accelerated Kanye West moment - when a little too much ambition and all the asshole feelings he's got inside coalesce into an insular, indulgent, sad-sack hip-hop epic unrepentant navel-gazing and obsession with lost love reach new levels on his second proper LPĪt its best, Take Care surpasses the impact of Thank Me Later Take Care is something approaching a minor classic Especially if you’re going to make something as shiny and attractive to the ears as Take Care Sure he’s corny, but he’s also an excellent songwriter, and he owns his quirks, which for my money is all I ask for from a pop artist.
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Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent reviewĪll rippling synths, distant pulses, and purposeful empty space-his follow-up album is plenty downbeat, but it’s also gorgeous, an immersive headphone masterwork that’s tender and intimateĪ farewell to the up-and-coming mixtape Drizzy and the beginning of a 25-year-old veteran having full command of his verbal arsenal
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