By Doug D. Sims
Over two decades later, Dave Hollister’s “Take Care Of Home” still hits like a hard truth whispered over brown liquor and vinyl crackle. In 2025, it feels less like a throwback and more like a reminder—of a time when R&B wasn’t afraid to be grown, accountable, and tender.
Set against a lush backdrop of warm keys, tight harmonies, and that unmistakable Chicago soul swagger, Hollister lays down what some newer artists still struggle to say: if you don’t value what you have at home, you’ll lose it. It’s not just a love song—it’s a man’s reckoning. His voice, rough like concrete but smooth in its sincerity, makes every lyric land with the weight of lived experience.
This track resurfaces in 2025 playlists alongside artists like Lucky Daye, Tone Stith, and Leon Thomas—not because it’s trendy, but because it still speaks. Urban audiences, hungry for authenticity in an era of AI love songs and algorithm-driven bops, are circling back to real soul. And Hollister? He’s the kind of grown R&B that mentors the new wave.