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91
His follow-up album is plenty downbeat, but it’s also gorgeous, an immersive headphone masterwork that’s tender and intimate like little else in contemporary rap and R&B.
91
Take Care is a farewell to the up-and-coming mixtape Drizzy and the beginning of a 25-year-old veteran having full command of his verbal arsenal.
90
Drake, 40 and his rotating roster of guests try their damnedest to create a pop rap album that can compete with Kanye West’s monstrous My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
90
It constantly toes the line between cool and cornball, between magnificent and mawkish, between sensational and schmaltzy, but it’s all pulled together by Drake’s inimitable personality and the genius of his producer.
90
Drake has grown tremendously in the year since he recorded his debut, reemerging as a more versatile performer and a more heartfelt songwriter.
89
It is the ultimate Drake album, the epitome of his form. It is the Drakest record in existence.
86
Drake's worked on his own technical abilities, too, and both his rapping and singing are better than ever here
82
He is not the best singer in the world, and certainly not the best rapper—but his desire to be upfront in his lyrics and distinguished in his music has made him an iconoclastic star.
80
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.
80
Take Care shines bright, utilizing the same concepts and notions as its predecessor but with far more lethal and appealing results.
80
He trumps his hitmaking mixtapes and fully commits through first proper foray into the album format with significant improvement
80
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.
80
'Take Care' is an affecting masterpiece easily on par with his debut.
80
Take Care is intriguing, filled with top-tier production and emotional lyrics.
80
Take Care is equal parts dick-waving egoism, emotional wreckage, and mature understanding.
80
Take Care is somber and mellow, cold but not unwelcoming. Its ethereal chords, delicate strings and subtle percussion provide a steady mood and tone that is both dense and structured.
80
Mostly, Drake stretches out over languid, austerely plush tracks that blur hip-hop, R&B and downtempo dance music.
80
It's an idiosyncratic, aggressively self-conscious and occasionally sentimental album, one that falls somewhere between languid, finger-snapping R&B and hip-hop braggadocio.
75
There is greatness in it, no doubt, but it seems to be a case of quantity over quality.
70
Like so many rap albums Take Care would greatly benefit from a cull of four or five songs.
70
Since Take Care is so similar to Thank Me Later in terms of texture and tone, Drake’s well-defined identity will read as repetition for some.
69
I like opening tracks like “Over My Dead Body” and “Take Care” a lot, but some six or seven songs in, when Take Care starts to sound like a dismal echo of the preceding thirty minutes, my interest wanes.
68
Take Care is a record unsure of itself, certainly more focused and interesting than its predecessor, but still far from the classic Drake had hinted at.
58
Take Care presents itself as one overlong woozy monologue, with Drake constantly holding his hungover head and wondering where his life went.
20
Drake is insipid as a singer ... As a rapper, he is inert to the point of catatonia and his foregrounded voice becomes swiftly intolerable.
This album makes me wanna get back with my ex and then treat her like shit so that we break up again and then get back with her again but then treat her good but then she treats me like shit and then I just cry every night after that but then I tell all my boys about how I just used her for a shag but in reality on the inside I miss her so much it makes me miserable.
Headlines goes hard and Marvin's Room might be shit but I can't tell because I'm to busy overthinking so it sounds great to ... read more
Headlines goes hard and Marvin's Room might be shit but I can't tell because I'm to busy overthinking so it sounds great to ... read more
Decent.
Okay, I like this album more than his debut, having a more solid sound, it is more enjoyable to listen to, however, I think the only problem that I have with this album is that it is too long, and there comes a point where I bored listening to it, but maybe if it were shorter it would have been much better, in my pov.
Favorite tracks: Over My Dead Body, Crew Love, Take Care, Under Ground Kings, We'll Be Fine, Lord Knows, Cameras/Good Ones Go Interlude, Doing It Wrong, The Real Her. ... read more
Okay, I like this album more than his debut, having a more solid sound, it is more enjoyable to listen to, however, I think the only problem that I have with this album is that it is too long, and there comes a point where I bored listening to it, but maybe if it were shorter it would have been much better, in my pov.
Favorite tracks: Over My Dead Body, Crew Love, Take Care, Under Ground Kings, We'll Be Fine, Lord Knows, Cameras/Good Ones Go Interlude, Doing It Wrong, The Real Her. ... read more
This is probably my fav Drake album, unlike NWTS and IYRTITL, I like pretty much every track here. "Over my dead body" is an incredible intro with these beautiful female vocals on the chorus and a very bright, feel good instrumental despite the title. While I've never loved Drake's more monotone delivery, "Headlines" is an oddly triumphant track and while I've never loved his more sappy delivery, "Shot for me" just sounds great. There are some big artist features ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Over My Dead Body 4:32 | 80 |
| 2 | Shot for Me 3:44 | 73 |
| 3 | Headlines 3:55 | 80 |
| 4 | Crew Love 3:28 feat. The Weeknd | 81 |
| 5 | Take Care 4:37 feat. Rihanna | 79 |
| 6 | Marvins Room 5:47 | 79 |
| 7 | Buried Alive Interlude 2:30 feat. Kendrick Lamar | 75 |
| 8 | Under Ground Kings 3:32 | 73 |
| 9 | We'll Be Fine 4:07 feat. Birdman | 71 |
| 10 | Make Me Proud 3:39 feat. Nicki Minaj | 70 |
| 11 | Lord Knows 5:07 feat. Rick Ross | 79 |
| 12 | Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude 7:14 | 62 |
| 13 | Doing It Wrong 4:25 | 67 |
| 14 | The Real Her 5:21 feat. Lil Wayne, Andre 3000 | 73 |
| 15 | Look What You've Done 5:01 | 67 |
| 16 | HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right) 3:26 feat. Lil Wayne | 75 |
| 17 | Practice 3:57 | 62 |
| 18 | The Ride 5:51 | 61 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Year End Lists
| #2 | / | Stereogum |
| #3 | / | Bigger Than The Sound |
| #3 | / | Complex |
| #5 | / | Billboard |
| #7 | / | FACT Magazine |
| #8 | / | Pazz and Jop |
| #8 | / | Pitchfork |
| #10 | / | Consequence of Sound |
| #10 | / | Prefix |
| #13 | / | A.V. Club |
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Added on: September 24, 2011