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Celeb News: 'Take Care' reviews
Member Since: 11/17/2010
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Reviews The A.V. Club - 91
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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.
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The New York Times - 90
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That Take Care is an almost complete success is no small feat, especially given that it's an accomplishment of form more than of content, content having been handled assuredly on the last two Drake releases
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/ar...aces.html?_r=1
Village Voice - 90
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Take Care is a carefully crafted bundle of contradictory sentiments from a conflicted rapper who explores his own neuroses in as compelling a manner as anyone not named Kanye West.
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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...y_hutchins.php
PopMatters - 90
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It's one slightly embarrassing Nicki Minaj verse and one awkward Lil' Wayne feature (the "HYFR" one) away from being by far the smoothest hip-hop and/or pop listen you're likely to come across this year.
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Full Review: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/...ake-take-care/
Slant - 90
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On Take Care, Drake finally shows he's got the talent to match the hype.
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Full Review: http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/r...take-care/2684
Pitchfork - 86
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Just as his thematic concerns have become richer, so has the music backing them up.
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Full Review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16039-take-care/
Absolute Punk - 85
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Take Care does a beautiful job of giving Drake the best group of features that complement his style while rarely outshining him.
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Full Review: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2513502
BBC Music - 80
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It's actually on the brighter, bolder, faster numbers that Take Care comes alive.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zvpn
XXL - 80
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Overall, Take Care's sum is greater than its parts.
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http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2011/11/drake-take-care/
Boston Globe - 80
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His second full-length, out today, is a mighty thing, every bit as turbulent and achingly defensive as Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2011...TVP/story.html
All Music Guide - 80
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While Take Care's charms may be a little more hidden, with a couple exceptions, than Thank Me Later's were, repeated plays reveal a record that is just as strong and more powerful emotionally.
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Full Review: http://www.allmusic.com/album/take-care-r2295025/review
Consequence of Sound - 80
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Over the course of some 18 months, Drake has become quite a novice in the genre, well on his way to mastering new and exciting ground.
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Full Review: http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/1...ake-take-care/
No Ripcord - 80
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Either way you bend it, his confessional accounts on how men view the female gender is all too relatable under any context.
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Full Review: http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/drake/take-care
Rolling Stone - 80
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It's what Drake does best, collapsing many moods--arrogance, sadness, tenderness and self-pity--into one vast, squish-souled emotion.
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Full Review: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/al...-care-20111111
Rap Reviews - 80
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He's clearly fought his corner admirably, because he's achieved it--it's an album that creates a particular mood, and vehemently sticks to it, even bending the will of the traditional rap joints in the process.
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Full Review: http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/20...etakecare.html
Spin - 80
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The only time the almost 80-minute Take Care doesn't work is when it indulges something resembling conventional hip-hop.
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Full Review: http://www.spin.com/reviews/drake-ta...ersal-republic
Los Angeles Times - 75
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Drake shares [Kanye] West's love for mood and never-ending existential analysis.
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Full Review: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/musi...ke-care-1.html
Chicago Tribune - 75
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The best of it affirms that Drake is shaping a pop persona with staying power.
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Full Review: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...review-hip-hop
Prefix Magazine - 70
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As a series of a mood pieces detailing the luxury lifestyle of hip-hop's one-percenters, Take Care is fairly captivating. As a portrait of the artist at the top of the mountain, however, it's pretty frustrating.
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Full Review: http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/drake/take-care/58606/
HipHopDX - 70
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While Take Care could be much better in some theoretical ways, it isn't bad in any objective way either.
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Full Review: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-...ake--take-care
cokemachineglow - 69
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If Drake had it his way, one imagines he would deliver this album via fan newsletter. He made this record for them-which is why his aesthetic so thoroughly encases this record like a cocoon made of syrup-and he'd rather any stone-throwers politely evaporate.
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http://www.cokemachineglow.com/recor...-takecare-2011
One Thirty BPM - 68
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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.
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Full Review: http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/albu...ake-take-care/
Entertainment Weekly - 58
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What Drake needs is a few more punchlines to brighten up his monochromatic therapy sessions. Surely Canada's excellent healthcare system can underwrite that.
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http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/11/15/d...e-care-review/
The Guardian - 20
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Former child actor Aubrey Graham's much-vaunted sensitivity and introspection is more hollow than ever on his second album.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...ke-care-review
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Member Since: 9/17/2011
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This album deserves good reviews
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
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yes!!! the king is winning and its not even released yet
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Member Since: 10/22/2010
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Great reviews.
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Member Since: 11/2/2010
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tbh i thought it deserves 90 or higher .... but i guess 80s cool.
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
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Originally posted by IREPMINAJ
tbh i thought it deserves 90 or higher .... but i guess 80s cool.
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its based on 4 critics..may be we will know the actual ratings when the album comes out
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Member Since: 7/12/2010
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Damn Drake pulling in them numbers!
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Member Since: 11/2/2010
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Originally posted by RIHDRAKEBRITUSH
its based on 4 critics..may be we will know the actual ratings when the album comes out
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oh i see. netherless Take Care is beautiful and based on the impact i saw on twitter and basic conversations, I think sales will be awesome
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Member Since: 6/19/2011
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Its a good album but I think a low C would be very sufficient for this album!
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Member Since: 7/21/2007
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It deserves it!!!
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Member Since: 10/3/2010
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Slay all of them Drake
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Member Since: 8/23/2011
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Great album, can't wait to get my copy....
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Member Since: 6/15/2011
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85 is amazing. I hope it doesn't change much (unless it's higher) when more reviews are added.
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Member Since: 7/3/2010
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Well deserved!
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Member Since: 1/8/2011
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Great reviews for an good album
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Member Since: 10/2/2009
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10 points higher than his debut
Amazing and very well deserved reviews
I hope his first week numbers are as huge as his reviews
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Boston Herald Review: DRAKE “Take Care” (Young Money/ Cash Money/Universal): A-
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On his debut album, “Thank Me Later,” mixtape-approved rapper/singer Drake solidified himself as a top-shelf talent and versatile star equally comfortable popping bottles and pouring out his heart. On his sophomore effort, “Take Care,” a painstakingly crafted collection that leaked earlier this week, the Young Money standout aims to transcend temporary fame and become legendary. Mostly, he succeeds.
At 17 tracks — some of which push nine minutes — the album is expansive and grandiose. Songs are more like sonic journeys than straightforward, predictable compositions. Musical themes vanish and re-appear, layers build upon layers and then strip down to bare bones as tightly wound tracks give way to gauzy, lush interludes. Most songs sound intentionally distorted and warped, as if they were recorded underwater. Though standard rap compositions do appear (single “Headlines,” for example), the majority of “Take Care” shuns formula and simple classification in favor of a dim, shadowy stance.
Lyrically, Drake shines. Though commercial rap and R&B has largely become a series of bloated cliches and shallow sentiments that seldom last longer than an after--party, “Take Care” is like rock-star psycho-therapy. The Toronto native brings his usual barrage of VIP section introspection, probing the pitfalls of the good life with stunner shades on, trying to maintain some semblance of self in a world that continually wants a piece of him.
The 25-year-old sprinkles the album with well-placed guest features from Stevie Wonder, Andre 3000, Rihanna, Rick Ross and outstanding R&B upstart The Weeknd. Young Money boss Lil Wayne appears on the eerie, spaced-out “HYFR.” The lone guest misstep comes from Young Money cohort Nicki Minaj on “Make Me Proud,” when Minaj’s abrasive verse disrupts the album’s cool, atmospheric flow.
The album, out Tuesday, balances toasts and laments. Boastful jaunts such as “Under Ground Kings” are offset by such introspective tracks as the dark, urgent “We’ll Be Fine” and “Marvins Room/Buried Alive,” which turns drunk dialing an ex into an epic emotional struggle.
“Cameras/Good Ones Go” is a loopy Lex Luger--produced standout that bleeds into the airy R&B of “Good Ones Go,” a wistful track about letting a good girl slip away. On the melancholy “Look What You’ve Done,” Drake raps, “I see painkillers on the kitchen counter/I hate to see, it all hurt so bad/but maybe I wouldn’t have worked as hard/if you were healthy and it weren’t so bad,” inter-twining pain and stardom, as most of the album does. “Take Care” may toast to success, but it draws its greatest strengths from the dark haze just beyond the spotlight.”
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http://bostonherald.com/entertainmen...icleid=1380042
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
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Wow another one!
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Artist: Drake
Album: Take Care
Genre: Hip Hop
Label: Young Money
Only seventeen months have passed since Drake released his label debut, Thank Me Later. In that time, the Canadian born rapper has rocketed from an already high plateau of exposure and respect (thanks to the success of his So Far Gone mixtape), to a near-unbelievable level of skill and professionalism that even those on fence can’t help but respect. His latest, Take Care, bursts with confidence reinforced from living the life most only talk about and from the outside looking (or rather, hearing) in, it sounds like a hell of a ride.
Many rappers will have you believe their albums is a big concept or message to their fans and the world, but few take the approach as seriously as Drake. Where So Far Gone captured the isolation of someone determined to make it even though they were losing touch with everything they cared about, Thank Me Later found us learning about life as your dreams begin to come true. What was once talk of wanting success had become talk of starting to get it and the eyes once set on being known were now looking for the next level of recognition, but it worked because for Drake, it was all real. Take Care continues this theme, finding our protagonist realizing that all that glitter isn’t always gold and though they tell you it’s cold at the top, you never realize it until your frozen. That’s not to say he doesn’t still know how to have a good time, there’s definitely plenty of that on track like “HYFR” and “Underground Kings,” but Drake now realizes the weight of a good time and let’s us know it in his verses.
Outside of Drake’s delivery, Take Care is an experience on a purely instrumental level as well. Most of the record feels laid back, as if you’re sitting in the studio with him late at night as he pours over the highs and lows of the life most dream of against the subtle accompaniment of drum samples, keys, strings, and synth. Instead of using the music to move you, Drake approaches music as only one piece of the larger puzzle of the record and it’s the companionship between the words and music that makes it hit hard again and again. Though it’s obviously been worked over, probably many times knowing his work ethic, something about Take Care exudes a near-jazz like essence, as if at any moment a song could turn on a dime and become something entirely different. It keeps you on the edge of your seat without feeling forced in the slightest, a truly engaging listening experience.
Take Care is without a doubt the crown jewel in Drake’s catalog up to this point, with plenty of room left for growth in the future. It’s obvious he’s not slowing, an even newer track has already surfaced (“The Motto”), but this record serves as a picture-perfect glance into his life and the ever-accelerating world of celebrity. It’s deep and honest, while still being relatable for the average listener without sacrificing overall quality and challenges fans even die hard genre fans to look at hip hop in a new light.
Experience Take Care. You won’t regret it.
SCORE: 9.5/10
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http://underthegunreview.net/2011/11...ake-take-care/
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Under the Gun: SCORE: 9.5/10
Boston Herald Review: DRAKE “Take Care” (Young Money/ Cash Money/Universal): A-
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Yes!
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