House of Balloons is the most important for me because I spent the most time on it. I didn’t have a deadline for that. As soon as I put
House of Balloons out, I let the world know I’m coming out with two more albums this year, so I had my own little deadline. Before
House of Balloons, it was all freedom.
House of Balloons was actually supposed to have more songs than it does. I had so many records left, and then
Take Care came through.
“Crew Love,” “Shot for Me,” and
“The Ride” were supposed to be on
House of Balloons. I wanted to come out with like 14 records. I felt like “The Ride” was the last one, and it wasn’t done yet. [Drake] heard it and he was like, “This shyt’s crazy.”