![]() ![]() I want a song that echoes the present moment. “Many choose their best song for their first single, not me. It’s a song for the moment, a song with a message. First single from Take Care, Headlines is definitely not the best song on the album… which Drake is the first to agree on! The few words that conclude Shot For Me are those of a traditional Irish toast : “May your neighbors respect you, touble neglect you, angels protect you, and heaven accept you”ĩ. Not credited as featuring, the latter is however not an unknown, she who had previously recorded five albums in her name, and who during her career wrote for Pitbull, Britney Spears, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.Ĩ. The bewitching female voice heard in the chorus of Over My Dead Body, the track that opens Take Care, is that of the Canadian Chantal Kreviazuk. Very homogeneous in terms of production, Take Care initially had to be more varied, Drake wishing to invite to the production Q-Tip, DJ Premier and the Neptunes.ħ. I worked almost a year on the album and I only saw Abel for two days. There are 18 other songs this guy has nothing to do with, okay? It’s cool that he contributed to those titles, they’re important titles, but there aren’t that many. Watch out, don’t tell Noah ’40’ Shebib, Drake’s right-hand man, that Take Care is an album by The Weeknd as it is often implied.Ĭredited as an author on 16 tracks and as a producer on 14 tracks, here is what he said with a bit of annoyance on the subject: “There are 22 titles on Take Care (on the Deluxe version). ![]() ![]() I was hungry at the time, I told him he could take whatever he wanted. He was like, ‘I must have it man … I know I already took Shot For Me, Crew Love and stuff. ![]() The song wasn’t even finished, but Drake heard it and he thought he was crazy. The Ride was originally supposed to conclude the project. Crew Love, Shot For Me and The Ride had to be on it. XO always, it’s no secret, sans The Weeknd Take Care would have sounded very different, he who in addition to being heard singing on Crew Love, The Ride, Good Ones Go, is credited five times as author and twice as co-producer.Įxplanation of the interested party: “House of Ballons (his very first mixtape released in March 2011 Editor’s note) was originally supposed to have more songs. Regular collaborator of Drizzy, we owe him the clips of Marvin’s Room, Headlines and The Motto, as well as cover from Views.Ĥ. Iconic, the cover from Take Care was taken at one of Drake’s favorite restaurants in Toronto, Joso’s – the establishment is mentioned in 2015 in 5AM in Toronto ( « Eatin’ like I’m seated at Swish, Sotto, and Joso’s »).ĭrake’s preoccupied face was immortalized by photographer Hyghly Alleyne, one of the founding members of the XO (The Weeknd) crew. People loved it, but deep down I knew I could have done better with a little more time. “To be 100% honest, I wasn’t very happy with Thank Me Later. And Take Care named Take Care ( ” To take care “), it’s because Drake thinks he rushed his previous album a bit, Thank Me Later, and that this time he took the time to polish his music. What I mean is he’s capable of rapping, posing a killer verse or a hit based on a conversation you’d love to have with a woman or a friend. “Īnd to add: “To me, he’s an artist of conversation. Usually quick to brag about his greatness, here’s what Lil Wayne said about Take Care after having listened to some extracts before the release of the album: “I don’t know what could even pretend to be on his level, including my stuff. ![]()
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