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Sep 3, 2021Fell asleep while listening to it, then bumped Donda and got the energy and motivation to run a Marathon and get my life together. 0/10. Also, cringy ass themes for a 33 year old
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Sep 3, 2021Horrible 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. -
Sep 3, 2021This album is just as bad. Even the features could revive it
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Sep 3, 2021I don’t think I’ve heard something so horrible befors. Mediocre production and Drake being the worst he has ever been. I feel bad for the featured artists for taking part in this disaster of an album.
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Sep 3, 2021Donda blows this out of the water. So much better. CLB is dull, very few good tracks.
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Sep 3, 2021Corny album by corny guy. Drake has failed to grow as an artist and do something new. It’s been a decade of the same song over and over again. I wish for him to evolve, but what’s to be expected when an adult man refers to himself as a boy.
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Sep 3, 2021Made me fall asleep halfway through the project lazy and lacking substance it's clear drake dosent care about quality anymore because he knows it will sell
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Sep 3, 2021Album drags Made me fall sleep Such a disappointment
Makes views look like an actual classic -
Sep 3, 2021Beat choice was great, flows were odd to say the least some lyrics are just comically bad “she said she was a lesbian, me too”. some features phoned in their bars or just took over the song completely. The two songs that shined above the rest would be yebbas heart and IMY2, but that’s mostly because of the energy and heart of the featured artists.
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Sep 3, 2021m i d
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Sep 3, 2021this **** so bland. Certified boring boy. Scorpion 2.0. Laziest project of 2021
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Disappointed to say the least.
Not sure if its because im not in love nor hate my ex but its been the same ol thing. -
Sep 3, 2021I'm sorry, but this one is disappointing and the album cover is complete trash, I could make the same album cover in like 1 minute
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Sep 3, 2021My ears, oh god my ears. This was a genuinely painful experience. I don’t know why I expected it to be decent.
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Sep 3, 2021Since Views , Drake decline a little by little. this album is good but i think, he could delete 4-5 songs on the album. I appreciate the vibe of most of the songs. i think 7/10 is good for this album
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Sep 3, 2021Mesma música de sempre. Não inovou em nada nesse álbum.
Como fã de Drake me decepcionei nessa. Não consegui ouvir mais de 3 músicas porque são todas iguais -
Sep 3, 2021Really 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.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Another L from drake this got no chance against donda, more underwater sounding filters and boring production that we’ve come to expect from drake, nothing different or new or really standout do better drake
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Sep 3, 2021The level of creativity is so low
Possibly his worst album Even the big amount of features didn't carry it
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Sep 3, 2021O início é muito bom, mas depois da quinta faixa soa repetitivo, primacialmente por que o foco do album é nas rimas e o drake tem uma voz meio cansada pra musicas rimando
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Sep 3, 2021That was hard to get through. The most boring Drake has ever sounded in my recent memory. Uninspired and bored he goes. I honestly had more fun with that Donda album. It had enough weirdness to keep me awake. I guess Drake and Kanye decided they are not going to give Kwndeick any problems this year
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Sep 3, 2021an album for which we waited a long time and it is not the result I expected, the collaborations are good and honestly they are the ones that save the album, similar songs and nonsense
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Sep 3, 2021drake proving once again to be one of hip hop's greatest artists. there are great songs on this album. I loved!
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Terrible, terrible, terrible! Don’t listen to this rubbish, drake is a culture vulture always has been!
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Sep 3, 2021Motonous trash. Never have I ever before fell asleep listening to a newly released album, highly anticipated at that?
F out of here! They played y'all, this artist is riding on the wave of the hate the other artist receives -
Sep 3, 2021His most stale, boring, uninspired piece of work yet. Thats really saying something too being that it’s Drake. Drakes comfortability being at the position he’s at in the industry really bleeds on this thing.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Tiene dos que tres tracks recatable, lo demás es igual, sin reinventarse y sonar siempre igual
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Sep 3, 2021Maybe CLB is OK but has no soul for me... I couldn't catch the vibe. I have a few songs i like in CLB but don't like enough to listen a second time. Also listening the whole album didn't serve me a good experience.
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Sep 3, 2021I mean, wtf was this? Worst exerience in a while. This mf only does mid music for girls every album
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Drake put a lowpass filter on every track, felt like a chore to listen to, I guess Kanye won
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Sep 3, 2021Worst album by Drake. I don’t know what Drake was thinking? Feels like he don’t want to prove him self anymore.
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Sep 3, 2021Boring. Not even the features can save it. All the songs sound the same and have the same tone to them.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Drake albums haves been something I looked forward to every time they are announced. But this album is disappointing
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Por supuesto que se pudo haber ahorrado un álbum si solo un par de canciones estarían geniales, todo lo demás es plano y pretencioso
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Drakes first few albums are much better, he sounds uninspired on this project. This album suffers most from being incredibly boring
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Sep 3, 2021Trash album. Really a disappointment. Boring and uninspired. Certified Hot garbage
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Sep 3, 2021I am just so sick of Drake making the same music pieces that he has been making since 2016 with even more cornier lyrics. More he follows this formula of his the more cornier and shallow he gets. I don't think he even cares about the artistry that his craft is intertwined with anymore.
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Sep 3, 2021He gave us the same album again with more artist that bought nothing to it. Really didn't expected much from Drake as of recent months to years he's been putting out the same songs over and over.
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Sep 4, 2021
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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 3, 2021great 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.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Drizzy 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.
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Sep 3, 2021Amazing album, bringing back the old drakes we all know and love. He had great features in this album as well!
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Sep 3, 2021drake outdid himself again with this work after nothing was the same. absolutely love the record and
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Sep 3, 2021Holy **** this project continues to AMAZE. Fair Trade sounding like "Sickomode 2", Weezy, Future, Rick Ross, 21 Savage??? Good lord.
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Sep 3, 2021a 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.
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Sep 3, 2021Otra chatarra del rapero mas simplón del planeta, toda su música suena igual, no trasciende, no influye y no progresa en lo absoluto.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 4, 2021Certified Lover Boy is another good release by Drake! Honestly would pin it as 7-8/10, but a lot of Kanye fans and haters seem to be review bombing this album with negative scores due to his current feud with Drake. Hopefully this 10 will help balance things out.
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Sep 3, 2021Very good album, love drizzy and the crew. Very good beats, Vey good flows.
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Sep 3, 202180% hits. All features were amazing. Better than last 3 albums. Closest thing we'll get to peak drake.
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Sep 3, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Y’all hate good music bye. Album showed growth and diversity as always. You gotta get it the 2nd time
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Sep 3, 2021''CERTIFIED LOVER BOY'' sounds like a playlist of unreleased songs from drake's latest albums
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Sep 3, 2021Fair trade is best so far. 7am on bridle path is real talk. Love all is also a bop
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Sep 3, 2021Amazing 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
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Sep 3, 2021You’re lying to yourself if you say this album isn’t absolute gas. One of the best studio albums he’s put out and an instant classic
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Sep 3, 2021B E S T A L B U M O F T H E Y E A R !!! Kanye is crying now hahahahahhahah
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Sep 3, 2021I’m 2 sexy is fire styll. This is way better than Donda. Production, lyrics, everything is amazing!
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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 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 5, 2021Solid album! hkhasdfasdfkjhasd flaskdjhf salkdjhf aslkdf lsakdhf laksdjhf lkasdjhf lkjasdhf lkjasf
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Sep 3, 2021Bland boring old Drake back at it, this time with no for sure radio hits. Feels phoned in. Skip this one.
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Sep 4, 2021Donda > CLB Every day
Casual Drake nothing else
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Sep 4, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 3, 2021Dudes been doing the same **** since 2015, same beats, same lyrics, same flows, same repetitive drake. Pure snooze fest.
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Sep 4, 2021Drake and Kanye should retire from music so should most men in the music industry. If you want to cleanse your ears after hearing this, listen to Plastic Hearts by Miley Cyrus!
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Drake needs growth. He is talking about the same topics he rapped about a decade ago.
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Sep 4, 2021VERY BORING!!! drake continues to realise underwhelming music. the only reason he breaks record id because his name is drake.
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Sep 3, 2021Nothing was the same to everything sounds the same. No growth in the last 3 years and even bringing old flows like from “Lord Knows” we in 2021 already Drizzy!
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Sep 3, 2021Not what I expected fr, it was just average drake I expected more from this album after all the hype and delays even the album cover sucks
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Sep 4, 20210 out of 10. Worst album I’ve ever heard. Drake, make better music or don’t drop music at all. This is pure garbage and I miss the person I was before I heard this. So much hype for such mediocre songs. Drake needs to be stopped. Anyways stream DONDA, a real masterpiece.
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Sep 4, 2021Drake once again comes through with an album that at its core is perfectly fine, if he hadn't already released it 2 times before. While most of the songs on this thing are decent and exactly what you would expect from a drake album, the fact that he hasn't innovated or tried doing anything new in years speaks to his artistic integrity.
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Sep 4, 2021Nothing special. same staff over and over again. He can make HUGE hits but not a good album.
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Sep 4, 2021This album is terribly brining. Nothing new or innovative is being done here, the artwork is juvenile and embarrassing; drake needs to find a way to stay relevant, or stop saying he’s at the top of the game.
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Sep 3, 2021Nothing new from drake on this album. Same lyrical topics and themes. Flows and melodies we have heard before. I do enjoy some of the production but is super lackluster and bloated. Considering we waited 9 months for it.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021There is maybe 1 or 2 songs at best, that i want to come back to and play multiple times.
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Sep 3, 2021I usually like drake and while some of the songs on this album are catchy, they say a lot of nothing and his flow hasn’t changed. Drake has made the same album for the last 4 projects. Change it up
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Garbage, most boring Drake album yet and that’s saying something. At least Scorpion had some bangers ffs.
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Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 4, 2021Literally another Scorpion, no progression in his sound whatsoever. The same formula for everything he puts every time out. After bringing such momentum with Scary Hours 2, and other features and singles, it's a very underwhelming release.
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Sep 4, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021Thank him now ‘cus if you’re reading this it’s too late for him to have taken care on the most mid album going. Makes you wonder what the 9 month postponement was for really? Drake does Drake... again.
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Sep 3, 2021After scorpion I was really hoping to see Drizzy do something new. And while it’s not terrible it’s just kinda boring. The rapping is some of drakes better but that’s about all that’s interesting here, surrounded by cheesy poppy chart targeted music
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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.