Drake Take care podcast- Rose

Drake's album "Take Care" showcases his evolution as an artist and his incorporation of rap and singing into one song. He grew up with music in his blood and used his unique experiences to build his personality and uniqueness. Drake's music style changed the face of pop and rap by blending the two genres together. The album features collaborations with artists like Rihanna and The Weeknd. Drake's use of samples and his ability to rap and sing simultaneously have influenced other artists in the industry. The album also reflects Drake's self-awareness and gratitude for his success. Overall, Drake has made a significant impact on the music industry and his album "Take Care" is a testament to his talent and creativity. Welcome to my analysis of Drake's album, Take Care. Today we will be analyzing Drake's evolution as an artist and self-reflection, and how he makes history by changing the face of music, as well as analyzing two of his songs, Take Care featuring Rihanna and Headlines. Both songs portray stories similar and different, and hopefully by the end of this podcast, you too can form an opinion of why and how Drake changed the face of music, by incorporating rap and singing into one song. Drake is the first person to be successfully recognized for the catchy beats of his songs that grabbed the listener. So with that, let's begin with your host, Rose Hackle. Born on October 24th, 1986 in Toronto, Canada, Aubrey Drake Graham grew up with music in his blood. With his parents getting divorced at age 5, Drake's mom took him in and placed him in a predominantly white Jewish day school. However, he fell out of place most of the time due to the lack of diversity at the school. He used the shortage of diversity to build a stronger personality and to build his uniqueness from others, like he says in this interview. Melissa asks, or tweets, Drake claims he wasn't cool in high school. What made you uncool? I, I just didn't, there was a, it wasn't that I wasn't cool, it was that the kids that were cool, I didn't necessarily, I wasn't on their wavelength, which made me sorta uncool I guess. So like, you know, it was, um, I just always felt like an outsider, I, I went. Before his parents got divorced, his whole family was in the music industry. His dad played, as a drummer, for the legendary rock and roll star, Jerry Lee Lewis. And while his parents worked, his grandmother babysat Aretha Franklin. Drake's life has been nothing short of musical talent and worldwide famous artists, creating pathways for Drake to follow in their footsteps. Drake was able to grow up behind the scenes of the artist's world, helping him prepare for what is to come. Drake rose to fame as Jimmy Brooks, a wheelchair-bound character he played for seven years on the teen series Degrassi, The Next Generation, a television series. After leaving the show, he went on to become one of the world's biggest rappers, landing a deal with Lil Wayne's label, Young Money Entertainment. His first mixtape, Room for Improvement, was released on YouTube, only including rap and the melody through the 55-minute long recording. Whether it was dating Rihanna or Jennifer Lopez, launching his record label, Ovo Sound, or fronting the NBA's Toronto Raptors as the team's worldwide ambassador, Drake never rested in the news. These small but mighty acts played a role in Drake's pathway to fame and added to his Drake used music as an outlet and partnered with others to learn more, which ended up sparking more of an interest between rap and pop. Something about Drake is that he loves a good sample. Crew Love is a great example to feature The Weeknd, to invent Crew Love into a more modern rap and singing song. In 2009, Drake drops So Far Gone, incorporating samples from a wide field of American pop artists, especially from soul, rhythm, blues, and funk, and integrating rap and singing into one. Before rapping and singing into one song became a thing, they wouldn't refer to it as the auto-tune phase. Drake disrupted the music industry with his new style of singing while changing the face of music in 2010s. Before that, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, and others played around with those sounds but never dove into it head first. In Drake's eyes, rapping and singing went hand in hand and only made sense when they were played together. Lauryn Hill's samples are nothing new to Drake. His freestyle, Draft Day, was published in 2014 to mark the approaching drafts of NFL hopeful Johnny Menzel and NBA prospect Andrew Wiggins. Drake's second attempt at conjuring the rap superstar on the early summer contender Nice For What is far more lively and downright enjoyable. He is less sorrowful than usual, more party ready, and possibly temporarily free of his normal insecurities that have progressed over the years from the fame. However, the sample itself, produced by Murda Beatz and Alan Ritter, handles most of the heavy lifting during the song. The song includes many different variables of Hills Please, within those 17 cool unexpected mashups of her heartfelt hip-hop soul and joyful New Orleans bounce. Almost every rapper after Drake's release in 2010 has been a hybrid of Drake and his music styles. The genre has uplifted Drake's image and because of that helped him peak into an influencer mogul and global sensation era. There are now rappers all over the world singing in different languages but with the same intentions of rap and pop together. This goes to show that Drake changed the sound of pop and rap forever. Take Care was released on November 15, 2011, released by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. The album features The Weeknd, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Andre 3000. In the past, hip-hop artists have mastered reworking samples into creative ways without many of their listeners even realizing in the moment, like more recent song Jimmy Brooks or In My Feelings. Drake did something similar with the title Take Care without many people catching on. Produced by British indie darling Jamie XX, an English musician, DJ, record producer, and remixer, Take Care is a sultry club number that features Rihanna sweetly murmuring a verse that begins with a memorable couplet, I know you've been hurtin' by someone else. I can tell by the way you carry yourself. If you let me, here's what I'll do. I'll take care of you. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. I've loved and I've known. Take Care is influential because it was rooted in a hidden foundation. While it wasn't originally created by Drake himself, he reworked samples without the audience realizing the origins of the song and incorporating his own ideas. Gil Scott-Heron, an American jazz poet, singer, and musician, didn't write the song, I'll Take Care of You, but took it from another melody that Jamie XX had worked in the past. The song has bits of rock and soul with melodies of blues and pop while adding something fresh and new, causing individuals to be intrigued. The original song, I'll Take Care of You, was written by Brook Benton. However, he never recorded his track. I know you've been hurt. By someone else. When Bobby Blue Band heard that no one claimed the track its own, they claimed it their own and recorded it. I know you've been hurt. By someone else. And I can tell by the way you carry yourself. But if you let me, Lord, maybe here's what I'll do. Then I'll take care of you. The song includes a lesson in the song with a melodramatic but classy balances with a little seduction and sexy menace. It became the epitome of sophisticated blues. Drake's Take Care doesn't sound anything like the song Benton wrote while Bland interpreted it. In Drake's version, spirits remain high with Rihanna and Drake's voices collaborating, creating a pathway for pop. Not just using samples from others, Drake echoes many characteristics of former singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. Gaye's album Hear My Dear was an album brutally honest and transparent about his divorce with his ex-wife, Anna Gordy. The same could be said for Drake on his album Take Care. One song in particular, Marvin's Room, a song recorded in the same studio as Gaye, became an eye-opening experience for Drake. Take Care is an album full of unseen connections between Drake and others. As the album goes on, the character change becomes way more apparent, describing that Drake is more self-aware of himself and his achievements, humbly proud. This isn't to be said him being cocky but also present and thankful. Drake used Take Care to better his technical ability while rapping and singing at the same time. Drake also uses undercover metaphors targeting his listeners. Quote, Man, all of your flows bore me. Paint drying. End quote. Special guest Stevie Wonder makes an undercover appearance playing the harmonica, adding a classy, showy, and un-showy demeanor. Take Care's cover depicts a star seated at a table, depressed and surrounded by gold like a hip-hop legend. Making the listener think about money, not being able to purchase happiness. This image is appropriate. However, it is too blatant to convey what Drake and his team have accomplished fully. Drake leaked a similar picture alongside Marvin's Room when it was first leaked in June, which shows the rapper walking away from a gaggle of private jets, his face covered by a puff of smoke rising to the overcast sky. It allows his reality to perform heavy labor while Drake observes. Boi-1da and Noah Forty helped produce this production. Headlines was one of the first songs on the album to drop. He told TMZ, quote, I think it's great. The purpose of the record was solely to deliver a message. I could have gone with the record that was sort of super radio friendly, but I really wanted to talk to the people with the first record. End quote. Drake wasn't looking for all the fame. I believe that this album was dropped for the world to hear about Drake and how he is doing and how he is dealing with fame. He is explaining to people that he doesn't need their input. Headlines were never actually mentioned in the lyrics. The title helps us realize his success and maybe symbolizes that the only headline he is willing to show us is how he has done so well and his pathway to fame. Drake understands that his releases are big and newsworthy and worthy of headlines. Different styles of rap have evolved over the years. However, Drake is now not the only one to partake in these musical differences. Drake has been the face of change in music and has created a threshold for all other artists to take off these ideas. He has made variety central to his art and was the first pop artist to truly weaponize its power in a non-gratuitous manner. The world will remember Drake for starting the trend of rapping and singing and how effectively they work together. Thank you for listening to my podcast. Signing off with your host, Rose Hackle. Thank you for listening to my podcast. Signing off with your host, Rose Hackle. Thank you for listening to my podcast. Signing off with your host, Rose Hackle. 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