Drake’s Producer 40 Talks About Kendrick Lamar’s Involvement On “Take Care”

    When Drake released his second studio album, many were surprised to find Kendrick Lamar as a featured guest. According to Drake’s producer, Noah “40” Shebib, K. Dot’s verse blew him and Drizzy away. During a recent interview with MTV, 40 discussed the process that allowed Kendrick to shine on Drake’s Take Care, shedding light on how he and Drake reacted to K. Dot’s lyrics. 

    “I guess [Drake] just sent it to Kendrick at some point,” 40 shared. “I had no idea. He had just sent it to Kendrick. Towards the end of the process, we got it back. I think it was pretty quick. He must have sent it on his own. A few days later, Kendrick sent back the verse, or whatever the case was. He was like, ‘I got this Kendrick verse!’ I’m like, ‘On what?’ He’s like, ‘On the beat you did.’ I’m like, ‘On what beat?’ You know?” 

    The verse, which touches on Kendrick’s first encounters with Drake, hit home. Drake then decided the verse needed to be on the album, as 40 explained. 

    “It was crazy for Kendrick to write that verse and send that back, about Drake and meeting Drake and his opinions and feelings on him and that. We were both kind of blown away by that. Drake was really clear. He was like, ‘I want to put this on my album.'” 

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    39 thoughts on “Drake’s Producer 40 Talks About Kendrick Lamar’s Involvement On “Take Care”

    1. ‘I got this Kendrick verse!’ I’m like, ‘On what?’ He’s like, ‘On the beat you did.’ I’m like, ‘On what beat?’ You know?”

      On the beat you did? haha Doesnt 40 produce 80% of your alubm?

      1. I know ur mean the opposite of what u typed.. But some folk might take u serious.. KDot is the next to blow and 40 is cool and all but never touching Dilla, Rza, Premo or the Doc.. Swag my ass

      2. Sorry younging, but while you were learning to walk, or still sittin in moms lap…RZA and Dre laid the foundation for what you lames have compromised into a no lyric, dance competition of a genre. YOU ARE NOT STUPID BUT EXTREMELY IGNORANT…RZA’s work on the “purple tape” is better than any CMR production and their best work was done by Mannie Fresh…so gain knowledge please and dont procreate until further notice

      3. You took it too far by typing J Dilla’s name you fucking troll. Show some fucking respect. He is a legend. He had more talent them everybody on YMCMB combined. You should be banned from this site go fuck yourself.

    2. LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY YMCMB PUTTING KENDRICK LAMAR ON CUS WE REAL NIGGAS OVER HERE. KENDRICK IS BLOWING UP BECAUSE OF THE YMCMB COSIGN

      1. lmfao…. ymcmb aint do shit even before he had that cosign from fucking drake -___- he had cosigns from The Game, Snoop, Dre, and every other west coast legend. WAAAAYYY MORE IMPORTANT THAN DRAKE’S SWEET ASS. Drake aint do shit but recognize good music

      2. U guys are fucking retarded we’ll next year when slaughterhouse and Kendrick Get Eminem Sales which means mininum 3x Platinum.

    3. YMCMB!! NOTHIN BUT CLASSICS OVER HERE HOMIE! DATS WAT WE DO!!! DRAKE AND 40 MAKE MASTERPIECES.. BEST PRODUCER + RAPPER COMBO OF ALL TIME.. FUCK WAT YA HEARD. DRAKE & 40>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DR. GAY & FEMINEM

      5 LETTERS: YMCMB

      1. Dont get me wrong im a big fan of drake and 40 but dont eva evaevaeva slander DR. Dre if it wasnt for him fuck there may not be a 40 and there damn sure wouldnt be a kendrick lamar so watch what yousay about the legends of the game

    4. I really loved the verse. I also like the fact that he’s so cute. I wanna ask him out but I’m afraid he’s gonna say no. It feels like high school all over again because I have a crush on a cute guy and I’m afraid to ask him out. I wanna just sing his name over and over.

    5. Ya are stupid haters, in this hip hop bizness world you can’t be acting like that, or you be staying getting small crowds and getting paid peanuts. If you had a big celebrity backing you like dre and em with 50, then you can act like 50.

      1. ACTING LIKE WHAT? DO U KNOW SMALL SHOWS CAN ASK FOR 200-300 A HEAD? NO BECAUSE U SMALL MINDED CLOWNS ARE STARSTRUCK.

        JAY & YE JUST GOT PAID MILLIES EACH 4 PERFORMING FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY FCUKROACH. AIN’T NOBODY HAD A BIGGER BACKING THAN JOHN FORTE, GETTING A PARDON FROM BUSH. U FCUKBOIS KEEP THINKING U KNOW BUSINESS.

    6. 40, is a hack faggot.

      i woudln’t expect any less of the #1 drake dickrider guys beats SUCK soft with gay ass kits weak euro club sound drake sounds right at home on that gay shit

      and if kendrick lamar is the savior of rap why he working with these faggots? oh yeah kendrick lamar is a faggot rapper too

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