He destroys his verse with very relatable lyrics and it shows his progression as a rapper. Drake’s flow throughout the album is incredibly consistent and is very visible in this track and ‘HYFR.’ In HYFR I’ve never heard Drake rap with a flow like that and so fast. He starts off by saying, “Got rich off a mixtape, yea, got rich off a mixtape,” referring to So Far Gone, the tape that helped launch his career. ‘Underground Kings’ has Drake spitting bars of fury over the beat. He raps about how the era of rap has changed and it’s different from 15 years ago and sends a message to his haters stating, “I’m hearing all of the jokes, I know that they tryna push me, I know that showin’ emotion don’t ever mean I’m a p***y, Know that I don’t make music for n***as who don’t get p***y, so those are the ones I count on to diss me or overlook me,” and to be honest, this is the truth. This track has one of the most real and best verses I’ve heard from Drizzy in a long time. ‘Lord Knows,’ produced by Just Blaze, has a strong gospel choir singing over the beat with heavy drums that help make this one of the best on the album. Rick Ross,’ ‘HYFR ft Lil Wayne (Hell Yeah F*****g Right),’ ‘The Ride,’ ‘Take Care ft. Other tracks where he uses heavy metaphors and strong confident tone to get his message across are, ‘Underground Kings,’ ‘We’ll Be Fine,’ ‘Lord Knows ft. He opens the album with a melodic piano entrance and soothing hook from Chantal Kreviazuk, a Canadian native, with ‘Over My Dead Body.’ He raps, “Second album, I’m back pavin’ the way,” stating he’s back showing everyone the new way of a new style of hip hop. Drake still goes in on the rap verses he does have on the album. Rapping and singing mixed in just like the majority of ‘So Far Gone,’ he does rap less in this album but this isn’t a bad thing. With three features from Wayne, a couple from the new popular artist The-Weeknd, new artist Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Stevie Wonder, the rare Andree 3000 and Rihanna, the album flows great track to track. The lyrics can relate with a broken relationship, being alone and, in the best of times, success. He is able to have conversations with the listener’s through his lyrics which makes his music so appealing to a large fan base. The moods and themes of the tracks bring the listener through heartbreak, loneliness and mistrust.
The style of his lyrics show sincerity, regret, doubt and maintaining a balance of fame and wealth. This time around he goes back to a ‘So Far Gone’ sound of sonically synthesized atmospheric melodies.
For all the Drake fans, you know the majority of his music has these three features. What makes this album is the incredible production, the right features and relatable lyricism. In his first single for the album, ‘Head Lines’ lyrics from the first verse go, “And they sayin’ I’m back, I’d agree with that, I just take my time with all this shit, I still believe in that, I had someone tell me I fell off, ooh I needed that, and they wanna see me pick back up, well where’d I leave it at,” slams a statement showing where he stands as an artist and to all the doubters of his music that he is back, ready to show everyone what he has accomplished. The time that he took for this album was worth the wait. The title was even named Take Care for the sole purpose that he took his time, the time he thought he didn’t take on his debut album, Thank me Later, which went platinum in the first month of its release by the way. Everyone has been waiting this last year and half wondering if Drake’ sophomore album ‘Take Care’ would live up to the expectations that it was given.
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