Drake’s career has been a metric ton of commercial success the world over, vaulting him to legendary status of today; while Drake has had many critical successes since, many fans believe that his creative highpoint resides with his 2011-full length “Take Care.”
With as many radio hooks as there were points of deep introspection, the set of tracks together is a culmination of musical genius, and part of what has propelled his commercial success thusfar- after all these years, Drake is feeling a bit reminiscent of times past and took time out to celebrate the passing of the 6 year anniversary.
6 years ago, Drake's best album was released #TakeCare pic.twitter.com/rhnZ5VlyRF
— Pilgrim Rick (@logansubich) November 15, 2017
With an official image posted to Drakes IG page, we can see him staring down pensively at a sheet of paper that holds a rough draft of what would become the final tracklist. This rare behind the scenes look at the critical success shows off a noticeably younger Drake, with the rapper sporting a much thinner beard than his current incarnation.
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Take Care was a landmark piece, but not just for Drake; T-Minus, The Weeknd, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Noah “40” Shebibi and more were all involved in the sound of this album, adding their own lyrical genius to the tracks making it strong as possible. The album to date has sold over 4 Million copies, giving career returns to all those involved- the single sales themselves were what really gave Drake a true taste of commercial success.
Views, More Life and other Drake work may have impressive numbers, but Take Care was really the starting point for Drake’s dominance of the decade.
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