Best line in the song and possibly on the album. Headlines is an honest song to put it simply. Wait, you're telling me you don't need a poppy and generic first single to make a hit and sell records first week? Nobody told Eminem apparently.

'Girl I can't lie I miss you.' Sounds somewhat depressed about losing her to everything but still content. He gets a little more humble when the rapping starts, getting personal with one of his exes, reflecting on his relationship with her pre-music fame. Calling out exes to let them know he made it in case they hadn't heard. Beyond that it takes about 30 seconds into track 2 before Drake becomes braggadocios, hosting 'i'm the man, yea I said it' which is one of the best moments in music, ever to me. More technically advanced than anything he did on Thank Me Later, clearly no longer relying on auto tune. The high pitched singing on Shot For Me are just great, the best singing up to this point in his career hands down. Who woulda thought how far he would come with the singing.

'Man these kids wear crowns over here and everything is all right.'īack when they thought pink polos would hurt the roc, before Cam got the *** to pop, the first Drake song I ever heard was 'Still Fly.' He says on the track 'that's me singing by the way… some new *** I'm on.' He then lays a somewhat forgetful auto tuned version of the classic Big Tymers hit with the same name. Then at the end of the song a dark twist on the beat comes in with a vocal sample that reveals Drake still isn't all that humble and he's ready to talk down on everyone to get the respect he deserves, you know the album isn't gonna be all 'I'm happy where I am, life is good.' In fact, not at all. He seems humble and happy with where he is. The female sample is perfect, as Drake is confident yet not overly braggadocios here. From the go you can tell this is going to be a mature, more developed version of Thank Me Later and even So Far Gone. The first few times I listened to Take Care I was furious with the intro because I thought Club Paradise would have been the perfect intro. So how do you follow that up now that the pressure of a debut album with strong sales isn't there and you're one of the biggest rappers out? Take your time and perfect it. Lacked maturity, tried to cater to every type of audience, failed to capture the pure and unique Kanye West 808's and heartbreak production sound that Drake and 40 strongly dabbled in and succeeded greatly with on So Far Gone. While a very good debut, it was a bit too much of a typical debut. Drake followed this to a t leading up to his debut album Thank Me Later which to most was somewhat disappointing. The formula for today's up and coming rapper is typically predictable, mix tape scene, blow up and sign to a major, debut album with heavy content about adjusting to fame. Still it's a cohesive album you can sit down and listen to all at once. The album has aged so well that it's rare a day goes by where I won't listen to at least one song from it. Averages out to an 8.5, which is a classic score for me.

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