Drake covers Complex’s December/January issue and the Toronto superstar opens up about the misconception of him releasing out “emo” music, how he wants to put on for his city and help make way for all the talented people around him, his thoughts on the subliminals being thrown from other camps, the meaning of the Take Care title for the album, bringing the hood together on “Headlines” and a lot more.
Take Care, he says, will be the soundtrack for that metamorphosis. “Take Care has a lot of meanings,” he tells me. “It grew into a whole mind set… Never forgetting the past, but just embracing this moment and saying ‘take care’ to any doubt, any second-guessing. This is it. I have a great album. I have a great team. I have my visuals together. I have a great live show—those are all things that I know. I’m not doubting myself. I’ve never been in that position. This is my first time. And I hope I’m right, because I know I’m right to me.”
His sophomore release Take Care is due out nationwide tomorrow.