Drake Pushes ‘Take Care’ to November

Drake won’t be celebrating his album release on his birthday after all. The hip-hop superstar has delayed the release of his sophomore album Take Care from October 24 to November 15. In a message posted on his OVO blog, Drizzy explained the reason for the pushback, saying that he is having difficulty clearing three samples in time.
“My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it,” he wrote.
The follow-up to Thank Me Later will arrive in the form he intended instead of being rushed to make the date. He has subsequently moved his “Club Paradise” tour to next year. Dates will be announced in the coming week.

Read his full explanation below.

The new date for Take Care is November 15th, 2011. I managed to create this album in my hometown of Toronto and the thoughts and stories I wanted to get across just became so clear. It truly felt like when I was here 3 years ago making So Far Gone. So I have completed 19 songs (17 on physical and 2 on bonus), and have run into a roadblock of clearing 3 samples in time to make the October 24th date. My options were to take the songs off and make the birthday release happen, or to take an extra couple weeks to get the paper work right and give you the album they way I NEED you to hear it. The choice was clear as day for me. November 15th you will get Take Care the exact way I created it with no trimmings. This music means too much to me to get attached to dates and I do apologize for the delay but I promise that it is only for the benefit of our experience together. Club Paradise Tour will also be moved to when students are back from the Christmas/New Year break so that I can get to more schools. New dates will be released in the next week…see you all soon.
Source: rap-up.com

Drake Reenacts Post-Prison Phone Call With Lil Wayne During California Concert

by Danielle Harling

At a tour stop for his Light Dreams and Nightmares tour Drake reenacts a phone call he received from Lil Wayne the day of his release.

At a concert in University City, California that followed the release of rapper Lil Wayne from Rikers Island, Young Money’s Drake shared a phone conversation that was held earlier in the day between himself and Lil Wayne with the audience.
“I got a crazy phone call today. It went like this,” said Drake before reenacting the phone call for the audience. “I picked up the phone and said ‘hello’ and all I heard on the other end was ‘Yo.’ [I said] ‘Who the fuck is this?’ And all I heard was ‘Ahaha, its Weezy.’”
The audience then immediately reacted with screams, claps, and chants of “Weezy.” Drake followed his phone conversation reenactment with a performance of the song “Right Above It.”
While the concert in University City did not feature an appearance from Lil Wayne fellow Young Money artists Nicki Minaj and Tyga did perform alongside Drake.
Lil Wayne was released from Rikers Island on Thursday, November 4. Lil Wayne did join Drake on stage during a surprise appearance at Drake’s Las Vegas show on Saturday, November 6.



Source: www.hiphopdx.com

DRAKE SHARES PRODUCERS ON SECOND ALBUM, STILL UNCERTAIN OF TITLE

By –Steven J. Horowitz

Back in June, Drake had considered naming his sophomore album Moments. But speaking with Rap-Up.com on Tuesday night at the launch of “So Kodak” in New York City, Drizzy explained that the title wasn’t written in stone.
Before he hit the stage at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, the 23-year-old revealed that he no longer had a title for the follow-up to this year’s Thank Me Later. “I can’t tell you,” he said of the album’s new name—because he hasn’t settled on one just yet. “I don’t know yet, but we’re figuring it out.”
The Toronto native clarified that he was once again working with his go-to producers Noah “40” Shebib and Boi-1da, in addition to 9th Wonder (Destiny’s Child’s “Girl,” Jay-Z’s “Threat”).
“I started the album,” he said. “I’ve got some great stuff that I’m really excited about. 40’s in a really great place so he’s making great beats. I started working with 9th Wonder, so yeah, it’s good. It’s early though.”
In the meantime, Drake is prepping his R&B mixtape It’s Never Enough in time for the holidays and recently leaked its first track “I Get Lonely Too,” a cover of TLC’s “FanMail.” “I love the words in it and I love how 40 flipped the beat,” he shared. “So I just decided to put it out and give people an idea of the direction the mixtape was going.”
Source: www.rap-up.com