Drake drops his second studio album "Take Care"

Just as Drake promised, after a yearlong break he has dropped his second studio album, titled "Take Care" on November 15. The Canadian actor turned rapper and now singer has gained even more popularity since his debut album "Thank Me Later" came out, releasing a handful of tracks beforehand building a major buzz.

Although the album is very dark and takes some deep turns into an extremely emotional and heartbroken Drake, he still manages to show off his cool soulful side. The album features Rick Ross, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil' Wayne, The Weeknd, Andre 3000 and the legendary Stevie Wonder.

The Weeknd, an up and coming Canadian singer that Drake has taken a huge liking to, is featured more than anyone on the album doing either background vocals or actually singing on the records. Stevie Wonder has no vocals on the album but he does bring out his harmonica, an instrument that he is known quite well for.

  Two singles that became very popular over the summer were "Headlines," the album's first single and "Marvin's Room," the summer smash. Unlike the version that was released in the summer "Marvin's Room" does not end regularly. It adds a secret interlude featuring up and coming rapper Kendrick Lamar, who is going on tour with Drake in 2012. On his song "Doing It Wrong" he touches on the topic of this generation not truly understanding what love is about.

"We live in a generation of not being in love, and not being together/But we sure make it feel like we're together, cause we're scared to see each other with somebody else."

The album's production is flawless. Noah "40" Shebib, Drake's close friend and main producer shows off his skills and amazing talents on almost all of the tracks on the album. T-Minus, a very soul filled producer, known for hit songs such as "Moment 4 Life" by Nicki Minaj produced four songs on the album. Just Blaze, the legendary producer known for his work with Roc-a-Fella records, produced the track "Lord Knows" featuring Rick Ross. The song starts off with a sample and then turns into a mind-blowing flamboyant instrumental. In an interview with stereogum.com, Drake says "It was so amazing because it was a gospel sample and the gospel group didn't want to clear the sample, so we had a choir come in and re-sing the music."

Many rappers' sophomore albums usually make or break their careers, "Take Care" shows that Drake isn't paying any attention to that. While there is more singing than rapping on the album, Drake proves that his skills aren't going anywhere. Even though people will continue talking down him, Drake will still rise up and succeed.