Take Care

Take Care is the second album of Canadian hip hop artist Drake. With the number of Drake fans it was just a matter of time before one of his albums would be submitted. The problem is that Drake makes some kind of very boring middle of the road hip hop, while he is also a very mediocre rapper. He tries to hide it on his albums with a lot of guest singers and guests contributors that can actually rap. Apart from the elevator music he produces the lyrics are on an even lower level. It mainly consists of bragging about money, bitches, Hennessey, Mercedes and how he made it. He probably has a lot to compensate. I like hip hop a whole lot, but would prefer at least 1001 other rap albums over this one. Does that make it a bad album? No, just very very lame one.

Seeing this at 1.88 is hilarious, come on folks!

Tired of this whiny-ass groomer, listened to this LP as part of the Rolling Stone 500 and that was already one time too many. Drake is at least enunciating himself and not mumbling on this one, but honestly I may prefer the mumbling over the flat, monotone delivery – he’s either using a little bit of autotune or has the incredible knack of sounding like a robot. The production/mixing is solid, but the backing tracks are pretty forgettable without bringing much to the table. It’s clear that Graham’s vocals are meant to be the star of the show, but the typical bragging/incel whining he puts forward is a show I’m mighty tired of.

Pish. There is so much good hip-hop out there, from golden age to right now, but this just isn't it.

Drake at his best (not great)

Fell asleep in a record-breaking time of halfway through the first song.

One of the worst albums I've ever heard. He has a horrible and irritating voice and I couldn't wait for the album to end. Standout: Headlines 1/5

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Over my dead body, Headlines, Take care, Marvins room, Under ground kings, Cameras, Look what you’ve done, HYFR

It was fine

I listened to the whole album even though I didn’t want to. He’s obviously got appeal but I don’t know what it is. I didn’t particularly like the voice or the music or the lyrics, and yet it was still better than jazz.

Ugh I knew someone would put Drake on here. Only good songs are the ones with Kendrick and Rihanna.

Not big on Drake, but this is a bop! 4

Not bad actually 3

Hip-hop, R&B, pop, alternative R&B. Ni fu ni fa.

Yeah, I remember buying this one when "professional critics" had you believe that Drake was an auteur and his music was always stellar. How foolish of me... I think when it comes to the early outings of that dated rap star -- who keeps on selling millions and millions of "units" today, I can't deny this -- Drake's previous LP *Thank Me Later* is a more fun offering overall. In *Take Care*, you have some catchy stuff thrown in as if by accident ("Headlines" is a certified bop that still slaps hard today -- and "Under Ground Kids" or "We'll Be Fine" still sound pretty good as well), unfortunately pestered by some bland moments drowning a lot of the good intents (I don't even want to mention those clunky songs, my brain doesn't care enough for them to even try to remember them). And then you have the quite embarrassing stuff. Drake telling you how tortured he is as a lover boy sounds definitely cringe in 2026 -- that voice is so ill-fitted for this, beyond the nonsense it utters... How can the user who suggested this NOT hear it? It's too bad because a track such as "Marvin's Room" is still musically interesting. But why the fuck should I care about the feelings of alienation experienced by Dreezy since he became a star when there are so many other topics a good rap song can tackle? And the introspection just has too many self-indulgent whiffs anyway. This is not the worst album in the world, sure. But seriously... fuck that guy, right? 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums, rounded up to 3. 7.5/10 for more general purposes (5 for the musicianship and production values + 2.5 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 118 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 128 Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 286 (including this one) ---- Émile, *quatre* nouveaux messages pour toi au dessus, du *Solid State Survivor* de Yellow Magic Orchestra au *Atrocity Exhibition* de Danny Brown

The bigger they talk, the smaller today's hip-hop stars seem. One always is more drawn to the beats and beds than the talking-singing-rapping or whatever it is Drake purports to do. But the former are decently interesting and the latter not dreadful (if a little flat and nasally). But the ridiculous posturing is what kinda makes this far from compelling. And way too long (all the oversharing takes time, one supposes) – just indulgent, like so much of modern hip-hop.

I never really got into Drake and didn't think much about him until briefly during the more incandescent phase of the Kendrick feud. In honesty I find the strata of rap a lot of this is delivered in a little dreary. Monotone, obstinately low energy, kind of whiny. Lyrically I can't connect at all: I'm so famous, I'm so rich, I'm so drunk at the club making sad calls to girls I'm not with. It wasn't relatable to me when I was young, much less now as an old middle class dad. For all this I didn't dislike this and listened through the hour and twenty minutes of the "deluxe" edition (the only one YouTube music had on offer) without particular complaint.

I never knew how Drake got popular. AI said he was some Canadian drama kid actor who turned hip hop guy...never has impressed me. Rather listen to Kendrick.

After listening to this in full, I can confirm I still don’t like Drake.

I felt positive about more than one song on here, which is way more than I expected, but also could be dismissed as Rihanna and Rick Ross carrying him. His baseline is just super boring, and I can't tell if the problem is his talent or his taste. Kendrick Beef's obviously the big thing that's crippled this guy's standing among the masses, but tbh my personal favorite Drake dismissal was Mos Def describing his music as "compatible with shopping"

One of the worst I've heard. How is this guy popular? 0/5

Fuck this pedophile.

This absolutely does not need to be here

There are some scurrilous rumors about Drake being a sex pest. I don’t know enough about them to know if they have any credence. Obviously if they are true then he is a monster and his music has no right being immortalized on a list like this. But I cannot comment on that so I’ll separate the art from the artist. Drake is a rizzless hack dweeb with a punchable face. This album, on its own, is so basic and so shitty, so lacking in merit, that I feel like it is kind of a crime in and of itself. Fuck whoever is wasting my time with this, as another user said, elevator music.