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Drake‘s upcoming album Take Care will be released November 15, and although it was leaked earlier this week, the hype around the release hasn’t died down.

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Leading up the release, Drake sat down with GQ Magazine and dished on everything from getting rejected despite his fame and success to acknowledging the fact that a lot of people think he is emotional.

This has got to be one of our favorite Drake interviews to date.

Check out some of the hilights below…

GQ: Who’s the ideal girl for Drake?

Drake: Who’s the ideal girl? She is very funny, very supportive, understands that right now I’m trying to build with somebody. The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer…

GQ: Or being seen.

Drake: Or being seen! She’s probably in New York to be honest with you. There are a lot of good women in New York.

GQ: The next lyric is from “Marvins Room.” Everyone with vocal cords uploaded their own version of your song to YouTube. Whose version was your favorite?

Drake: I mean everybody says JoJo’s but you know I don’t really have a favorite. Actually, my version is my favorite and I never say stuff like that. But really though, my version is my favorite because there is such a story behind it.

GQ: Let’s get into the story. “The woman that I would try, is happy with a good guy.” Who’s the girl you’re talking about?

Drake: It’s not about one particular female. It’s just an emotion that I’ve experienced. I’ve texted girls late at night saying, “I miss you,” and she’ll be like, “I’m out on a date.” She is happy, somewhere else.

GQ: People talk a lot of shit, anything you wish they’d stop saying?

Drake: That’s tough. I wish that we lived in a time and a generation where people would stop viewing my honesty as overly emotional. People always act like I spend my life crying in a dark room. I don’t, I’m good. I’m a man. I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface bullshit. I don’t think people realize that we die, we leave here, and either they forget about you or remember you. And how they remember you is up to you. I just want to be remembered as a poet that was open and honest because I wake up every morning and I’m me.

SOURCE: [GQ]