вЂњThis is one I know you hated when you heard it/and itвЂ™s worse because you know that I deserve it,вЂќ Drake raps starkly on the moody, low-tempo 80вЂ™s synth-inspired track вЂњShot for Me,вЂќ a track riddled with all the nuances of an episode of Beverly Hills 90210.Дespite Take Care having all the inner makings of teen drama schlock, there are glints of genuine artistry amidst the inundating sappiness of the overall LP вЂ“ most notably from DrakeвЂ™s BFF/producer: Noah 40. Not to say that DrakeвЂ™s sophomore album is by any means as discreditable as the teeny bopper drivel as the Canadian show that gave birth to him, but the penchant Drake seems to have for dramatic breakups on Take Care could very easily mirror a love triangle that was probably a subplot in an episode of Degrassi. Unless life is comprised of: odes to exes, rekindling relationships with exes, lamenting over breaking up with exes, lusting after exes, and swooning over women that are inevitably going to be exes, Take Care has as much to do with вЂњвЂlifeвЂ™ storiesвЂќ as вЂ“ ironically- Degrassi has to do with вЂњвЂ™lifeвЂ™ storiesвЂќ. But does the former Degrassi star turned platinum-selling rapper actually create вЂњвЂlifeвЂ™ storiesвЂќ with Take Care? But all music artists have those kinds of aspirations: that they hope that their music conveys a sentiment that speaks to their generation.

Take Care, DrakeвЂ™s follow-up album to his critically acclaimed albeit pretty disappointing freshman album Thank Me Later, is an album that is supposed to вЂњspeak for my generation,вЂќ Drake told MTV that he вЂњwants to make вЂlifeвЂ™ storiesвЂќ with his sophomore album. In a genre where self-aggrandizing and boisterous claims of superiority over everyone are the blueprints to success, thereвЂ™s a certain earnestness that comes with hearing a 20-something Canadian rap about having his heart broken, or how he gets a little lonely at night.

By Spectrum Staff Writer - February 21, 2012Дrake is one guy whoвЂ™s really, REALLY in love with talking about love: whether being lyrically fervent about past flings or openly appraising the validity of his many liaisons with promiscuous women in his songs, the 25-year old Canadian rapper/actor makes women the lyrical focal point of most of his projects вЂ“ a theme which is often glossed over in the male dominated rap genre вЂ“ and wears it on his now signature, circa 1986, Cosby Show-inspired sweaterвЂ™s sleeve.

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