I'll Take Care of U
from We're New Here
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A multi-generational lineage: Bobby Bland recorded 'I'll Take Care of You' in 1959, Gil Scott-Heron covered it on his 2010 farewell album I'm New Here, and Jamie xx then remixed Scott-Heron's vocal on 2011's We're New Here, draping it over a wandering UK-bass piano figure. For 'Take Care' (2011), Drake and Noah '40' Shebib licensed Jamie xx's edit wholesale and added Rihanna's lead vocal on top, slowing the tempo and rebalancing the low end. The sample doesn't just provide the hook — it provides the entire harmonic and rhythmic bed of the song, with Scott-Heron's weathered vocal still audible underneath the verses. It became the title track of Drake's defining 2011 album and Rihanna's seventh top-ten single.
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Jamie xx (remixing Gil Scott-Heron)
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