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  1. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This was 8.5 but to offset some of the most biased idiotic reviews here - I’m bump it up a bit.
  2. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    No es lo mejor de Drake, pero para los estandares de 2021 es el mejor disco del año hasta la fecha, se defiende y logra hacer lo que sabe.
  3. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album brought back a drake who does R&B like no one else. It remembers part of the beginning of your career and that is very good. Perfect rhymes and sounds. Expand
  4. Sep 5, 2021
    10
    Solid album! hkhasdfasdfkjhasd flaskdjhf salkdjhf aslkdf lsakdhf laksdjhf lkasdjhf lkjasdhf lkjasf
  5. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Amazing his best album so far I don’t get why people hating for no reason everything he did so fresh and new really amazing job the goat speaking
  6. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. a great album!!!! love this so much, a lot of bangerz, it'll be a smash hit Expand
  7. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    drake outdid himself again with this work after nothing was the same. absolutely love the record and
  8. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Wow, I think this is one of the best albums of the year. Amazing! Get into the vibe of the songs, allow yourself to live this album and the criticism to the rapper stereotype present in it!
  9. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    It ended Kanye in every way Kanye stans stay mad, reminder that drake outsold Kanye in sales
  10. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    haven't heard it yet but I'm giving it a 10 cause y'all are a bunch of hating hags
  11. Sep 8, 2021
    10
    Great production, sample selection, and melodies. Has good mix of hype songs like 7am on bridle path and RnB songs like Race my Mind. It's what I want out of a Drake album.
  12. Sep 4, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. such a good album, good 4 drake!
    the best songs in the album are Papi’s home and Way 2 Sexy
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  13. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Very good album, love drizzy and the crew. Very good beats, Vey good flows.
  14. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This album is a Masterpiece and we all Know that. The wait was worth it Drake never miss
  15. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    A perfect mixture of hard hits and slow bangers, Drake did well with this one.
  16. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    great album overall. you can tell by how all 15 yo white boy kanye stans are already all over the place thrashing on it, cheers drizzy.
  17. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Holy **** this project continues to AMAZE. Fair Trade sounding like "Sickomode 2", Weezy, Future, Rick Ross, 21 Savage??? Good lord.
  18. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    a good mix with all the vibes. he delivered exactly what we needed. future did almost ruin it though but he caught up, so its okay.
  19. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Fair trade is best so far. 7am on bridle path is real talk. Love all is also a bop
    The intro on TSU was not needed
  20. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    B E S T A L B U M O F T H E Y E A R !!! Kanye is crying now hahahahahhahah
  21. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Drizzy never misses. Definitely delivered on the vibes I was looking for you, lots of playlist songs. As for hype songs, No Friends In the Industry and holy Papi's Home is a favourite.
  22. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    I was expecting 1 or 2 really hardcore rap songs in this album with Lil baby and Travis on the features. other than that a little chill straight-up rap album with great bars and vibes. for me knife talk is amazing. another disappointment for me was like there are no hit songs like nonstop in scorpion. he always has a real banger song with every release in this one idk. although it was notI was expecting 1 or 2 really hardcore rap songs in this album with Lil baby and Travis on the features. other than that a little chill straight-up rap album with great bars and vibes. for me knife talk is amazing. another disappointment for me was like there are no hit songs like nonstop in scorpion. he always has a real banger song with every release in this one idk. although it was not what I was expecting it really is a great album overall. Expand
  23. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    L’album #CLB de Drake
  24. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10/10 very very good album ********************************************************** Expand
  25. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was amazing i loved how chill it was way better than donda. It also had some great features like lil baby lil durk rick ross etc. Expand
  26. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    play this in your car if it has an excellent sound system early in the morning or late at night when it's dark out & no cars are on the road appreciate the fact that this album will make you cry and want to give drake a hug because of how good it is any negative review you see on here is all lies this album is hot man
  27. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Amazing album, bringing back the old drakes we all know and love. He had great features in this album as well!
  28. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Classic album and it’s going to pave the way for a transition in how we define hip hop (topics, style) as the topics presented are far from what we are always know
  29. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    Once again Drake drops a classic album. Like always it’s a mix of club bangers and slow songs. Drake seemingly can’t miss!!
  30. Sep 3, 2021
    10
    It’s great. Nothing more to add, it’s just perfect. I loved it. The flow in every song is impecable. The features didn’t disappoint.
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.