Coming soon....Drake

Drake | "Take Care" Date: Oct. 24 Twitter: @drakkardnoir Touring: TBD Slightly more than a year after he released his chart-topping debut, Thank Me Later, Drake is hoping to time the release of sophomore album Take Care to his birthday. (He turns 25 on Oct. 24.) According to Drake's manager Cortez "Tez" Bryant, who also manages Lil Wayne, the release date still looks good as Drake has been in "album mode," recording with his longtime producer/engineer Noah "40" Shebib in Toronto, and has already completed six songs. Bryant says the album will showcase a new sound, which he describes as "same melodies, more thump," and that Drake hopes to release a single for the project soon. Bryant adds that "Marvin's Room," No. 35 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, wasn't originally intended as a proper release-"that was just something to keep the fans happy," he says-but will now be serviced to radio and video and retail outlets due to the positive response. "I don't want to rush an album out just to rush an album out," Bryant says. "[But] hopefully we will hit that date."