Drake's Thank Me Later is hands up one of my favourite albums of recent years, a rare example of an album's quality genuinely matching up to every bit of hype floating around the ether about a new artist. Over here in the UK, the reception to the record was middling - a few of the singles received decent-ish airplay, but any overall impression was minimal.
Hence, the buck falls to new single Take Care to propel Drake into the upper echelons of the chart, and the public consciousness. Put simply, this guy is too talented to be ignored. As far as hip-hop goes, Drake exists on another level, and its a deliriously good-sounding place.
Just like the best moments of Thank Me Later, Take Care is dreamy, hazy - the smoke-screen of an all-time best high. With Rihanna carted in for guest vocal duties, and the club-accented thump, thump of the drums, the track's crossover appeal is immense. If any track exists to break Drake to the public at large, it's this one.
RiRi sounds softer than usual, more sultry - it's a nice change from her usual dominatrix stylings and allows her to slide herself more easily around Drake's raps. Take Care is the sound of a lost African jungle, that tribal percussion underpinning a beautifully elusive synth hook. It's quick-silver magic, twisted and beaten to Drake's will.
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