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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1158 Ratings
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Mixed: 218 out of 1158
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Aug 19, 2023Some good songs on this album but the lyrics make Drizzy seem like a Certified Boy Lover rather than the image he's been trying to build for years. Album starts with a block of 8 pretty good songs but falls off dramatically and doesn't come back.'
Say that you a lesbian, girl me too.
Best song on the album "Girls Want Girls (with Lil Baby)". -
Dec 29, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Dec 27, 2022Certified Lover Boy is a mixed bag. While it boasts some of Drakes in the past few years, it is hindered by uninspired and blatanly boring tracks. We were all expecting better.
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Oct 26, 2022Un álbum un poco cringe, letras un poco extrañas pero tiene hits como "Fair Trade" de los mejores temas del artista.
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Oct 8, 2022There are a few songs that I actually enjoyed alot (IMY2, You Only Live Twice, Fair Trade, Way 2 Sexy, and N 2 Deep). Although most of these songs lack energy, they still sound pretty decent.
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Aug 21, 2022
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Aug 9, 2022
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Jul 4, 2022
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Jun 27, 2022Not the worst album, there is some absolute HEAT all across this album, but the best songs are the shortest songs, and the boring ones like 'In the Bible' are overly long and boring. Best songs are TSU, No Friends in the Industry, and Knife Talk.
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Jun 18, 2022One Of most ''Drake'' album of drake,have some hits and some chill songs,think is a good project,
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May 29, 2022Just wasn’t there for me. Lots of skips, I could never really get into the songs on the album. My favorites were TCU, fair trade and no friends in the industry which were all solid songs but the rest was mid or worse. If someone is looking to get into drake definitely just listen to his older music.
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May 18, 2022Is a mid album but a little repetive in the beats and too long (remove 2-3 song and the album is better) , CLB is overhated , very great tracks but lot of tracks is ****
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Apr 1, 2022admirable
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Jan 29, 2022
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Jan 6, 2022
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Nov 28, 2021Drake surprised me with this one, I was expecting something a lot better than this, to be honest. There is nothing that sounds original in the album and every other song sounds like the other ones on the album. Disappointed.
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Nov 4, 2021
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Nov 3, 2021"Certified Lover Boy" is an album that does not offer much in relation to his previous works, rather it is similar to them. I will always say that "Views", "More Life" & "Scorpion" are and will be his best albums, obviously without detracting from his other works because in one way or another it is Drake's work and everything is good, but there is one better than another.
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Oct 13, 2021
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Sep 25, 2021
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Sep 23, 2021Not his best work but also not as bad as people have made out. A solid album
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Sep 18, 2021
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Sep 18, 2021A dissapointement of a album, drake does not evolve he is afraid of the mistake
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Sep 10, 2021Certified Lover Boy feels like riding a circus ride rather than riding a rollercoaster. Featured tracks like Yebba's Heartbreak stand on it's own but fulfills the theme that Drake was going for, including other features like Rick Ross and Lil Wayne definitely improves the overall project (which personally could've been done a lot better).
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Sep 10, 2021Well, I expected more. I just hated the production the lyrics were OK. And I loved his flow
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Sep 9, 2021
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Sep 9, 2021zafan unos temas, drake se cae en la mitad de las canciones y lo carrean los ft.
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Sep 9, 2021Quite boring mostly. Drake likes these atmospheric beats, but he doesn't have the songwriting skill to make them work. His lyricism is at times interesting.
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Sep 8, 2021He really needs to mix it up and do something different on the next album. There are some songs I will go back to because I love Drake, but this thing put me to
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Sep 8, 2021I was extremely excited for DONDA and CLB to come out expecting better than both their last albums, but I was disappointed with both. It feels like they are both at a point where releasing new music is just another payday for them. Their names are big enough to sell even if the music isn’t good.
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Sep 8, 2021Nothing new, it’s just Drake. You can love him or you can hate him… That’s all.
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Sep 7, 2021Drake is an audience artist. This LP has a lot of hits like any other one of Drizzies. Lyrically it is very basic with some cathcy lines here and there but nothing special. It is an hour 26 minutes long with plenty of good music in it ,but as i said it's very basic stuff with some really good songs (Maybe 3-4)
Favourites :
Champagne Poetry
Love All
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Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021Though the album has a few bangers here and there. At least half of the album consists of bland songs with boring delivery and/or lyrics.
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Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021i hate the damn album cover. the beef between Drake and Kanye really shows in these albums. CLB! "Papis Home", Pipe Down" and "7am On Bridle Path" were the stand outs for me. everything else felt off. his heart and soul wasnt in this album, almost as if he rushed it or second guessed himself. please go back to 2011 drake. this aint it chief
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Sep 6, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 6, 2021
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Sep 5, 2021
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Sep 5, 2021Massante e repetitivo. Drake não se reinventa e não formenta em nada a cultura com este álbum comercial e sonolento. Mas pelos samples de ótima qualidade merece um 40.
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Sep 5, 2021Uninspired. I couldn't help but notice some of his most zealot-minded stans gave it a perfect score. Think about zwhy they would do that. How disingenuous.
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Sep 5, 2021Nothing we have never heard before from drake. Has some flat out corny bars but still manages to be enjoyable
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Sep 5, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 5, 2021
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Sep 4, 2021It's formulaic for Drake. Gimme two weeks, and I probably will have forgotten it.
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Sep 4, 2021Makes me sleepy. Surprised there isn’t a single banger on this. Non-“album” drake is so good. Yet when it’s album time he puts out underwhelming stuff. Can’t emotionally connect with this album at all.
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Sep 4, 2021The album is mid.
Tracks 6, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 18 are good. Most of the others are average.
No real new flows, same old Drake, another playlist without a cohesive theme. -
Sep 4, 2021
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Sep 4, 2021Sounds like every other Drake album. I would have liked to hear more R&B or Pop in the album especially if the name is Certified Lover Boy. The features in this album feel forced and none of the beats are very memorable.
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Sep 4, 2021Luck's energy And Like freestyle tracks And Drake's Lowest album Quality the Album is similar to a quick project not a masterpiece, for a album that took to long to release
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Sep 4, 2021
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Sep 4, 2021I don't understand how someone at the top of the game can drop the same album 3 times in a row and get away with it. He's had nothing new to talk about since IYRTITL and it shows badly in a 90 minute album. People keep listening though. This simply isn't the album you cut a heart in your hair for.
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Sep 4, 2021Too fire. While people believe that this is the ‘same old drake’ , that’s what he was going for. This wasn’t supposed to be something u can blast and head bang in your car too. He’s bringing back the old drake that you listen to when u get your heart broken. Fire.
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Sep 4, 2021
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Sep 4, 2021was every song copy pasted ? lmao that is what it feels like.But im not giving a 0 just for the trolls.Some tracks were good but at the time you came to those tracks you already fell as sleep.The best tracks is were drake was serious and not his playboy style.
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Sep 4, 2021Nothing too special, very repetitive and some goofy lyrics. The features would make you think it’s a straight rap album, however it’s pretty rnb-ish. It’s not terrible, just nothing crazy. Also the long awaited giannis line was weak, saw people on Instagram comment sections make better lines about him.
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Sep 4, 2021When I heard the intro sample and the beat I expected a certified classic. The first 2 minutes of the album were perfect. After that it was the regular album cut drake for the whole 1.4 hours. Boring album with no chances taken. But Drakes bad is better than most so it’s a strong 5.
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Sep 3, 2021Overrated af, it's just more of the same from drake it's not trash but it's certified mid
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Sep 3, 2021I guess he's foreshadowing his master plan of impregnating at least 12 nationalities. Hypergamy is a thing, and he can find 12 women who would share him. That's not impossible at all given his status. That's the kind of world we live in.
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Sep 3, 2021Nothing that kept me interested or looking forward to the next track. Despite it being shorter than Donda (and the comparison has to be drawn because it's everywhere at the moment) it feels like it were quite the opposite. On its own, it's a decent album full of decent songs that I could listen to as background noise while I'm working or studying, but nothing more
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Sep 3, 2021Big let down. 3 years and this what we get? Any and all of your singles over the past 3 years were better than any of these songs.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021More of the same from Drake. Not much here that adds anything new to his catalogue. A few great songs mixed in with a ton of filler. Drake's lyrics and delivery sound downright lazy and uninspired on many of these songs. I have no idea how this album took three years to complete. This album is proof that Drake has remained artistically stagnant since (and including) Scorpion.
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Sep 3, 2021there are like 4 tracks that are good, the rest is just the same, boring, kinda soul-less. this album was made for "top tik-tok songs you should know" videos
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021I 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.
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Sep 3, 2021A 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.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021The album is good but it lacks good beats and drakes variety that he provides in his albums, few intros are unnecessary, few songs are unnecessary, needed more bangers. Not his best work but not too bad.
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Sep 3, 2021After a few play throughs it’s safe to say this album continues Drake’s lineage of dropping mediocre albums that are carried by a couple of stand out tracks. Boring overall with a few moments of greatness.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021One of the weaker Drake albums. Solid production, Drake staying in his lane. 1 or 2 heavy hitters but the rest was lifeless.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Below average, Drake has done so much better. Needs more rapping and faster beats.
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Sep 3, 2021What a diss-appointment. The songs are boring and sound the same. Also if you gonna make a diss track, you better make it fire wich did not happen in this case. Giving 4 because its not bad, but also not good.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021The first half of the album is complete trash, it gets better in the second half but there is alot of filler and unnecessary tracks. Alot of the album sounds the same, bad rapping over generic beats. I expected better
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021This is what we have been waiting for? This must have been the wrong upload
Awards & Rankings
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Oct 19, 2021It’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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Sep 13, 2021Drake 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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Sep 13, 2021Things 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.