#95 Drake, 'Take Care' (2011)

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Credit where credit’s due, Drake is one of the biggest artists of our time. His streaming numbers are phenomenal. Personally, he does nothing for me and so listening to an album over an hour long was akin to chewing glass. Throughout the record, I kept wondering to myself if it was him singing/rapping or a guest. Other than the heavy vocal effects on most tracks, I don’t find him to have a distinctive vocal. And guests there are aplenty. He managed to gather the likes of The Weeknd, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Manaj, Rick Ross, Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne. Some of those artists were yet to even blow up.

The album features some of the biggest songs of his career including singles ‘Marvins Room,’ ‘Headlines,’ ‘Make Me Proud’ and ‘Take Care.’ Also included are bizarre lyrics such as “I think I'm addicted to naked pictures/And sittin' talking 'bout bitches that we almost had.” My favourite song was ‘Buried Alive Interlude,’ but only because I love Kendrick’s voice. The record’s sold in excess of 6 million records in the States alone, debuting at #1.

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