The Canadian rapper has also been making headlines in a pro-woman light as well, after he threatened to "f**k up" a fan who was seen groping women at a recent concert of his in Sydney, Australia. Views and More Life may have more gaudy statistics behind it, Take Care was the first step towards Drizzy's total dominance of the decade. The right (!) singles, including "The Motto," "Headlines" and the eponymous track, were all massive successes on urban and Top 40 radio, giving Drake his first real taste of sustained crossover success. The career returns for all involved are there as well, with the album having sold over 4 million copies to date. Noah "40" Shebibi, T-Minus, The Weeknd, Boi-1da, Just Blaze, Jamie xx and others were all involved with making this record's sound as strong as possible. Take Care is rightfully a landmark not only for Drizzy, but for other individuals involved with the production. Clad in an orange pullover sweater and sporting a beard that is noticeably less thick than its current incarnation, the Toronto native certainly looks a lot younger and potentially less sure of what the future would hold for the LP. Posting to his official Instagram page, Drake shared a rare behind-the-scenes picture from the Take Care sessions, where a pensive-looking Aubrey is staring down on a sheet of paper with a rough version of what would become the album's final track list. Now, on the six-year anniversary of the album's release, Drizzy is reminiscing about this transformative time in his career with fans on social media. Filled with as many radio-friendly hooks as there are moments of deep introspection, the collection of songs has gone down as some of the best that the Canadian emcee has ever offered his fans. In a career that has seen multiple high points and an entire metric ton of commercial success, many fans still consider Drake's creative high-water mark to be his 2011 full-length effort Take Care. It proved immensely popular with critics too, making numerous end-of-year lists and winning Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards.Drake takes us back and goes behind-the-scenes of "Take Care." Billboard chart (selling 631,000 copies in its first week alone) and eventually went double-platinum. Such an approach was often at odds with the machismo of hip-hop’s past, but it proved hugely influential, helping forge a more emotionally direct form of hip-hop in the decade that followed.įollowing its release, on November 15, 2011, Take Care debuted at No. Typified by the likes of the drunken phone call-turned-confessional “Marvin’s Room” (so named because it was recorded in Marvin Gaye’s studio) and the beautifully soulful, spectral, piano-assisted “Look What You’ve Done” (a moving tribute to members of Drake’s family), Take Care offered a fascinating insight into the sometimes-fragile mind of a global superstar. Perhaps Take Care’s most lasting impact, however, was in the openness of its lyrics. Also, like Thank Me Later, this album is packed with A-list features such as Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar. On paper, they are very similar, with themes of Drake rapping/singing about his problems with girls, fame, and family ties. It’s perhaps a sign of the rich vein of form that Drake was in that even the album’s bonus cut, the club banger “Motto,” was stellar fare successfully released as a single, it gave birth to the popular phrase “YOLO” (You Only Live Once) in the process. I feel like Take Care is if you took Thank Me Later and made it a hell of a lot better. The club-friendly, Rihanna-assisted title track provided Take Care’s huge international hit, reaching the Top 10 in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark.
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