Doing It Wrong (featuring Stevie Wonder) - Drake, Take Care (2011)

We live in a generation of not being in love and not being together, but we sure make it feel like we’re together because we’re scared to see each other with somebody else.

After a slight delay, Drake’s sophomore effort Take Care is dropping in like 2 hours. After a glossing over the album a few times, I can safely say that Take Care is infinitely better than Thank Me Later. Thus far “Doing It Wrong” has been a stand out track to me due to its multidimensional expression of thought vs feeling, empathy vs selfishness, out of love vs in love. Also Stevie Wonder. Duh. Drake has in some ways returned to his So Far Gone roots—opting for a more R&B influenced sound and lyrical introspection that extends beyond the realm of achieving monetary success (see “Look What You’ve Done” and “Over My Dead Body”). But yes, there are still some problematic things going on for me as a woman while listening to this album. Look out for more detailed thoughts on Take Care in the next week or so. 

—Aud