If we talkin’ bout the numbers, it’s lookin’ like roughly 659,190 copies. As of tomorrow, Drake will return to the top of the Billboard charts. If the number holds up, Take Care becomes the second highest solo rap debut this year. Official tally in the morning. UPDATE: Final number via SoundScan: 631,466 Digital: 264,845 | CD: 366,621

[vodpod id=Video.15726729&w=540&h=350&fv=] Chelsea Handler had her flirt time with Aubrey on her show moments ago. During their chat, Drizzy recalled meeting Lil Wayne and reiterates that there’s no “penetration contacts” with Nicki. Ha! umd

Oh the peanut gallery is going to have a field day with that headline. Anywho, prior to the release of Take Care, Drake made headlines on the Wall Street Journal. Occupy the feature by clicking the image. ovo

It’s only been less than a week since Take Care has dropped. During his visit to Tampa’s WiLD 94.1′s Last Damn Show, Mr. OVO re-iterates his canned Weezy album and mentions he’s already working on his third album. hhnm via atf

[vodpod id=Video.15717851&w=540&h=350&fv=] This is black hoodie rap. And as Take Care continues to quickly move units, all of Nokia Theatre’s attention was on Drake this evening as he performed the album’s main single. mwp

Google launched their online music store yesterday in Los Angeles. Later that night, Busta Rhymes and Drake performed at Mr. Brainwash Studios. There’s no official footage of the concert, but here’s two 30 second clips that hhnm found.

Drake returned to Angie Martinez’s show this afternoon on NY’s Hot 97. This was pre-recorded, so no talk of “you-know-who”. Balloons! Break 1: Drake spoke on the crazy in store signing lines in Toronto and Harlem. Break 2: Drake on Take Care criticism, Rihanna and lavender showers. Break 3: More critic talk and singing with William Morris Agency.

Ludacris released his new mixtape yesterday and quickly became the talk of the town. On the track “Bada Boom“, Luda allegedly disses—ah fuck it, he’s going at Big Sean and Drake. Last year, both rappers blamed him for killing the “Supa Dupa Flow”. At the beginning of record, producer Wonder samples a scene from the movie, The Fifth Element starring actress Milla Jovovich. She later tweeted how cool the song was. Big bada co-sign.

On the eve of the release of Take Care, Drake’s father Dennis Graham spoke with Memphis’ Fox News on the city’s influence in his son’s music and encouraging him to sing. Papa is a rollin’ stone. karla

Now that Drake’s sophomore album is out, he told Billboard that he wants to have a release concert in Jamaica and battle Weezy song for song. Lawdamercy! “I don’t want to just do an album release concert. So, me, I go to Jamaica a lot — I love Jamaican culture — so what I’m gonna do, I’m challenging Lil Wayne to a sound clash, that’s what I want to do. I don’t want to just perform by myself,” he told […]