_Drake x Rihanna x Jamie xx – “Take Care”

Drake’s album Take Care is full of stellar collaborations. Here’s to another outstanding cut from Drake’s title track, “Take Care”. This time it’s a trio featuring pop superstar Rihanna and Jamie xx – each with different but heavy followings.

Producing this track is Jamie xx, who works his magic bringing his signature minimal sound mixed with a hip hop beat. Drake and Rihanna is left singing to each other about a building relationship and broken hearts. After 3 minutes of Drake pleading Rihanna to let him in her life, the song takes a 360 flip into a Gil Scott-Heron-sampling dance beat, then back into Rihanna’s verse. It’s no secret that Jamie xx loves Gil Scott-Heron, and it’s great to hear Jamie sampling him in a Drake track. (more…)

_Drake x The Weeknd – “Crew Love”

If there’s any more reason to love Drake, it’s got to be this collaboration with The Weeknd. A Toronto radio station just recently premiered the 6 minute tagged version of “Crew Love”, while a 3 and a half minute version was just leaked along with his entire album, Take Care. It’s nice to hear an artist’s love for their hometown and respect for their success, which is present in this ethereal track. Damn, that beat is just way too good. (more…)

_White Denim – “No Real Reason”

We’ve got no real reason for not sharing this mellow track by White Denim. “No Real Reason” is taken from their 4 track Takes Place in your Work Space EP, which was out two weeks ago.

White Denim – “No Real Reason” by vinylandvodka