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“Marvin’s Room” showcases Drake’s talents for both: he recounts how his sexual conquests are destroying his love life, sounding lost in murky, synthesized soul.ĭrake doesn’t come off as a rapper who attempts to sing. The template here, and for essentially the entirety of Drake’s young career, is Kanye West’s “808s & Heartbreak.” Drake shares West’s love for mood and never-ending existential analysis (80 minutes of it, to be precise). His gorgeously pensive solo ends “Doing It Wrong,” a stand-out R&B cut in which Drake is nearly too nervous to end a relationship. It’s not just anyone, after all, who gets a guest harmonica turn from Stevie Wonder. To discuss Drake requires a mention of how he represents the softer side of hip-hop. On “The Ride” he shows off his knowledge of the menu at Napa Valley’s French Laundry, and on “Look What You’ve Done” Drake has the means to take care of his family, even if he’s still torturing himself for acting too bratty to his mom. That’s not to say Drake hasn’t been enjoying his success. Yet the former do little more than cause guilt, and despite all the cash Drake raked in after his million-plus-selling 2010 debut “Thank Me Later,” the man can’t stop worrying about his taxes. There are strippers and there are millions of dollars spent on “nice things” like Persian rugs. Throughout “Take Care,” Toronto actor-singer-rapper Drake references plenty of the accouterments that come with living as one of hip-hop’s rich and famous.