Certified Lover Boy
by Drake
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3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1158 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 253 out of 1158
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  3. Negative: 687 out of 1158
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  1. Elirox
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Drake unfortunately disappoints tremendously by releasing the same ol algorithm rap. If you’ve heard other drake albums, you’ve heard this album. If he tried to innovate even slightly I’d have gave this album at least a 4. But a drake fan will most likely love this album and more power to them. Just bothers me that it seems he’s not progressing as an artist. For unoriginality alone, heDrake unfortunately disappoints tremendously by releasing the same ol algorithm rap. If you’ve heard other drake albums, you’ve heard this album. If he tried to innovate even slightly I’d have gave this album at least a 4. But a drake fan will most likely love this album and more power to them. Just bothers me that it seems he’s not progressing as an artist. For unoriginality alone, he gets a 0 from me.… Expand
  2. Preston_781
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Boring. Not even the features can save it. All the songs sound the same and have the same tone to them.
  3. ConorSmyth6
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10/10. Typical Drizzy drake killing it. The boy is back, sounding like Take Care Drake… Expand
  4. Frzto
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This album is a Masterpiece and we all Know that. The wait was worth it Drake never miss
  5. willreviews
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Horrible repetitive album from Drake.

    Very shallow music and nothing different showing he clearly hasn't grown sonically from his previous work and will accept mediocre as he knows the charts and shallow music fans will eat it up.
  6. BH91
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    That **** was trash. IMO……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
  7. thundwrs
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    ''CERTIFIED LOVER BOY'' sounds like a playlist of unreleased songs from drake's latest albums
  8. Wavycreole
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    The Entire album is a vibe !! Its Drake at his finest samples, and production
  9. Maximedutheil
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    just awful. so disappointed. I literally fell asleep while listening to this. sorry but man, I'm unstanning u.
  10. Poliser
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    High level songs, it's cool having collabs with good artists , there isn't something different we expect
  11. Davibitt
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ué??? Não era esse álbum que ia surrar o donda? Tô ainda tentando achar a surra que esse album com conceito machista e com o r.kelly creditado deu no donda.… Expand
  12. Booljamin
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    This man has been on cruise control since Views. Consistently mid. Probably a few songs that will get radio play but nothing new or exciting.
  13. Thaylis
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    really gave fame to those who don't deserve it. There is NOTHING good on this album.
  14. LaVaskes
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Its midcore as most of drakes new projects it will do numbers but no one will praise it as good album in future
  15. dinodino
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Really disappointing album. Drakes has played it safe here. No interesting storytelling or one liners really, same old production. Drakes needs to pick more interesting beats.
  16. Liamboi
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Worst album by Drake. I don’t know what Drake was thinking? Feels like he don’t want to prove him self anymore.
  17. ru0902
    Sep 3, 2021
    10
    wonderful, loved cixgztxuxggigidixgixgdgistidduhxzggsogdoogdogoxgcighogooghovh
  18. emilxar
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    Better having no cover at all than this hideous atrocity, this sin against humankind, this disrespectfulness against everything that the lord holds sacred, this monstrous attempt of doing something funny and clever. I’m a centennial and seriously can’t comprehend Drake’s sense of humor or lack of taste. If the album sounds as bad as de art looks, this might be a solid 3 AT ABSOLUTE BEST.
  19. Hendrikk
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    Whole albums feels like a Drake fan tried to make their worse self made Drake style album with none of the skill Drake used to have.

    From the first song in the album Champagne Poetry, Drake seems to just sew together two different songs into one big song? Its very off putting and seems like a mistake as separately the songs would be good. The album continues at an okay pace with pretty    Whole albums feels like a Drake fan tried to make their worse self made Drake style album with none of the skill Drake used to have.

    From the first song in the album Champagne Poetry, Drake seems to just sew together two different songs into one big song? Its very off putting and seems like a mistake as separately the songs would be good.
    The album continues at an okay pace with pretty average songs and then Love All with Jay Z comes along and ruins it. The main song performed by Drake is fine but verses with Jay Z are truly terrible, Boring and uninspired lyrics delivered like he just wanted to get them done and leave.
    Way 2 Sexy is an awful song. Using the "I'm too sexy for my shirt" sample as a hook was a terrible idea, an absolute crash and burn.
    After yet more mediocre songs 7am On Bridle Path seems somewhat better, still extremely familiar but a nicer well crafted song than the rest.
    But ultimately that's where the album ends in terms of any redeemable songs. The entire album suffers from awful beats, terrible hooks and any lack of vision.    … Expand
  20. KRAMS213
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    drake this was not it im really dissapointed nothing special sounds the same
  21. Deadlynuke1
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Extremely mediocre album. Most songs sounded very similar and the features could've been way better. This albums lacked originality and shows that drake is incapable of being versatile with his music today.
  22. eightaeok
    Sep 3, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. parabéns drake, por possuir um armamento nuclear na sua discografia já que esse álbum está uma bomba… Expand
  23. cecritic
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    this is his worst album. all songs are the same and boring. drake has become an artist who doesn't bring new things anymore.
  24. leumassregor
    Sep 3, 2021
    2
    This album starts out very weird. The 1st track has an awkward beat, and Drake's flow certainly does not help at all. The next couple of tracks contain corny lyrics, horrible choruses, and very questionable songwriting. The lyrics by Durk on track 4 are extremely underwhelming and Drake's oddly sudden switch in his vocals is very unpleasant to listen to. Track 6 has okay lyrics. I enjoyedThis album starts out very weird. The 1st track has an awkward beat, and Drake's flow certainly does not help at all. The next couple of tracks contain corny lyrics, horrible choruses, and very questionable songwriting. The lyrics by Durk on track 4 are extremely underwhelming and Drake's oddly sudden switch in his vocals is very unpleasant to listen to. Track 6 has okay lyrics. I enjoyed Drake's soil bar, however the beat is very bland and boring. Travis Scott comes in extremely weak, sounding like he's going to fall asleep. Track 7 is just an absolute joke. The sample in the beginning is just dumb, and Future's lyrics are just so corny to the point where it's nearly unlistenable. Young Thug comes in and unfortunately does not help either, bringing questionable lyrics as well, like "Red diamonds, spaghetti" and "I pray to the chopper under my pillow, tooth fairy". Moving onto track 8, the sample in the beginning is a PAIN to listen to. The strings, however, are a nice little addition, but they quickly go away. The odd beat switch in the middle of the song is very sudden and really just not clean at all. The production on this track is very, very low effort.

    Getting near the middle of the album, there is a glimmer of hope. The production on track 10 I enjoyed, and the songwriting somewhat improved. From here on out, the production improves and the album is listenable. However, that only lasts for a moment. Track 13 goes back to very bad songwriting. "No capper" and "Booty clapper" are some of the lyrics 21 Savage somehow thought would be good on this album. Unfortunately, he'd be wrong. The chorus on this track is also nothing to write home about. It's boring, repetitive, and bland. Track 16 is alright, but the little snippets of piano are unnecessary and awkward. As this track goes on, the more and more boring it gets.

    Moving toward the end of the album, we get a Cudi feature on track 19. I was excited to see what Cudi had to offer, but unfortunately, I was not really blown away by his verse. This track, in my opinion, was plain and underwhelming. Track 20 and 21 were an absolutely horrible way to close out the album. These two tracks were an absolute drag to listen to, and by far the most yawn-inducing tracks on this LP. The production is extremely plain, and Drake's rapping is even plainer.

    In conclusion, this is what I expected from Drake's LP. Yet again, another album where he talks about how rich and horny he is. I hate to say it, but I don't think we're going to get another good album from Drake in a while, especially if he keeps this up.    … Expand
  25. man_critic
    Sep 3, 2021
    4
    I get tricked every time, Drake for the focus groups not the music enjoyers. He has bad the same album for over and over again. He is one of the most boring guys making music.
  26. ThatDudeGerard
    Sep 3, 2021
    4
    A very underwhelming album by Drake. The album feels, like a lot of people have said already, very bland and boring. As an artist Drake seems to have stagnated and i personally feel like he has stopped caring about changing and innovating his sound.
  27. Eliasbarco
    Sep 3, 2021
    5
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  28. Eyral
    Sep 3, 2021
    8
    A very good album, with very foods songs, but a little bit disappointing, because there is no major innovation
  29. Jlayfield
    Sep 3, 2021
    3
    Drake missed for the first time ever. To be clear, I'm not trashing the album because I'm a Kanye fan boy. I was in the top .08% listeners to drake last year on Spotify. He's my favorite artist between him and the Weeknd. This album was painful. There's no way drake listened to this and thought it would be good. I feel like he's trolling us. Even Dark Lane Demo Tapes was better than this,Drake missed for the first time ever. To be clear, I'm not trashing the album because I'm a Kanye fan boy. I was in the top .08% listeners to drake last year on Spotify. He's my favorite artist between him and the Weeknd. This album was painful. There's no way drake listened to this and thought it would be good. I feel like he's trolling us. Even Dark Lane Demo Tapes was better than this, and that was a mixtape technically.

    There was no meditative, introspective drake. No 6pm in New York. No NWTS vibes.

    This album was dull and weird. Between the Jamaican dancehall sound with the Nigerian artist, and the ridiculous amount of features, for the first time in my life, I heard a bad drake album. There were some tough rap songs like Knife Talk. But where were the "Jaded" or "Not You Too". Where were the "Tuscan Leather" or "Furthest Thing"

    Really, really disappointed in this.l "album" if you want to call it that. End of an era. Makes me sad for real.    … Expand
  30. Youngmelon
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Drake put a lowpass filter on every track, felt like a chore to listen to, I guess Kanye won
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. RapReviews.com
    Oct 19, 2021
    45
    It’s beige, hollow music and that’s what ultimately frustrates your dedicated rap listener because it doesn’t make sense why it’s so damn popular. When you throw the poor writing on top of this, and some real hit-and-miss production into the mix, “Certified Lover Boy” may well be Drake’s worst album.
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Sep 13, 2021
    40
    Drake comes across as an artist who’s bought into his mythos and persona a bit too ardently. ... The production on Certified Lover Boy is svelte yet airless, filled with lots of solemn piano lines and muted snares but absent of big flourishes or attempts at pop crossover. It’s an approach that’s likely aiming for tasteful restraint, but the effect is languid and rather directionless.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 13, 2021
    40
    Things start promisingly with the undulating Champagne Poetry dextrously reflecting on loneliness (“career is going great, but now the rest of me is fading slowly”), while Papi’s Home recalls early Kanye, of all people, with its sped-up samples and laid-back flow. Later, however, that playfulness calcifies into headline-grabbing stunts. ... This is an album destined to be filleted for various #mood playlists, anchored only by its creator’s untouchable fame.
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