![]() 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. 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. ![]() ![]() 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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