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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1158 Ratings
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Mixed: 218 out of 1158
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Negative: 687 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)". -
Jul 19, 2023Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
album ruim, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres. -
Mar 5, 2023His second worst album behind Honestly nevermind. Drake isn’t trying anymore
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Feb 1, 2023
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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 22, 2022Just listen the album, no more explication (but i prefer to not hear it). Drake should take a little bit more serious his legacy, rather than make money, at least one time
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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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Sep 25, 2022
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Aug 21, 2022
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Aug 9, 2022
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Jul 29, 2022It sucks ass it killed my grandmother and it made my crippled friend who is disabled from the waste down to stand up just to turn this **** off certified lover boy more like certified stinky boy
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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 21, 2022If it weren’t for the features this would be a 1.
Also “said that you’re a lesbian, girl, me too” is quite literally a **** Chris Chan bar. -
Jun 21, 2022People trashing HN must have never listened to this one. This is pure trash and generic and lazy trap tracks.
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Jun 19, 2022The fact that not a single critic is willing to give this record a negative review is concerning.
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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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Jun 10, 2022Gets washed by every feature. 0 cohesiveness on the album and is a retread of all of his old stuff but just done really badly.
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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 26, 2022
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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 29, 2022I don’t know what I was expecting but I was expecting something that wasn’t this.
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Apr 1, 2022admirable
[ ad-mer-uh-buhl ]
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Mar 30, 2022
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Jan 29, 2022
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Jan 8, 2022Very good listen. Almost no skips for me, except for the Ty Dolla Sign collab and The Remorse. All the songs are very solid, with at least 5-8 bangers. The songs are sharp and the replay value is very high. My favorites: Champagne Poetry, N 2 Deep, TSU, Pipe Down, Fair Trade, You Only Live Twice, Yabba's Heartbreak, No friends in the Industry.
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Jan 7, 2022This album is Utter garbage that mutt drake should just do the world a favor and off him self
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Jan 6, 2022
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Dec 28, 2021
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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 18, 2021It demonstrates how sonically rigorous even the most casual, tossed-off Drake songs are. But its storytelling doesn’t always hold up to strict scrutiny. «Certified Lover Boy» is his least musically imaginative album, the one where he pushes himself the least in terms of method and pattern.
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Nov 4, 2021
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Nov 4, 2021The only thing i like about this album is probably the future and the travis scott features. It feels like an repetitive audio book on most of its run time. Just drake being mid nothin new.
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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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Nov 1, 2021Had like 2 good songs. Fair trade was saved by Travis Scott, and Get Along Better is Ty Dolla $ign’s song. Album is bloated with Ghost writing and generic trap beats. Album cover is lame
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Oct 30, 2021generic lyric with dump production and worst lead single he choose for album he try sing but cant do it this should be mixtape not an album wbk his local rapper with boring a$$ songs
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Oct 23, 2021CLF Really sucked i was expecting a good album. only has one "nice song" called Way 2 Sexy. The rest of the album is just tiktok esque cringey songs. The Old Drake was wayyyyyy better.
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Oct 23, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 23, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 18, 2021No it's a bad album. Donda > CLB
Top 3:
-Love All ft. Jay Z
-Fair Trade ft. Travis Scott -No Friends In The Industry -
Oct 13, 2021WE OFF THE GRID GRID GRID THIS ALBUM MID MID MID. jk its trash, drizzy is washed and this only got a positive score from the critics because hes lightskin
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Oct 13, 2021
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Oct 7, 2021
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Sep 25, 2021
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Sep 24, 2021Drakes sixth studio album gets too much hate. Most of them Kanye fans which I understand why they would be angry (its not gospel) anyways this album has great features nice beats and in typical Drake fashion his lyrics and versatility mix well into most songs on the album. That being said this album isn't perfect, but it isn't as far off as people say.
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Sep 24, 2021We were all expecting this to be horrible. But no one was expecting this bad. It’s truly ear grating and horrifying to listen to. If I hear drakes voice just one more **** time this year I will cry.
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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 22, 2021Drake's rapping doesn't land on this one, the bar "say that you a lesbian, yeah me too" just summarizes Drake in this album, super lackluster, production is boring and uninventful, the only good thing about the album is that some choruses are TikTok worthy, but the rest is bland and terrible.
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Sep 19, 2021
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Sep 19, 2021
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Sep 19, 2021Quite literally the worst album I ever heard. Drakes new music is so bad. He only makes songs for the radio now and they aren't that good.
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Sep 19, 2021Super disappointing - boring, nothing new, no progression. The production is ok, the lyricism was lazy.
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Sep 18, 2021CLB was exactly what I was expecting from Drake. A mix of toxic masculinity mixed with battling the feats of being the peak.
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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 17, 2021it’s just not good, it’s the same boring beat every song with nothing unique, special or enjoyable and the features don’t really stand out either. It’s not the worst thing ever created but I just haven’t found anything to enjoy about it
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Sep 16, 2021It’s a good album but it’s Drake so peeps will hate lol. Favorite songs No Friends in the industry, 7am on Bridle Path, Champagne Poetry, TSU, Fair Trade, YOLT & IMY2.
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Sep 5, 2021
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Sep 11, 2021Certified mid boy, drake dropped the worst album of the year.
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Sep 11, 2021Las críticas de expertos no valen para nada, todo se mueve por afinidad política. Más nota que Donda jajajaj. Es una basura, para dormir a las ovejas.
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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, 2021This album is as original as their cover pretty disappointing after all the hype
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Sep 4, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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, 2021never seen such a lazy album, the problem was the antecipation of it, got me hyped up and didn’t correspond the expectations.
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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, 2021Great 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.
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Sep 8, 2021This is the most boring **** ive ever listened to. Not a 0 because 2 Sexy is a good Future song. He is constantly outshined by his features. Drake will be drake but this is a little too drakey. Trash
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Sep 8, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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, 2021Provavelmente o pior álbum dele
Pouco efetivo, mais do mesmo. O problema é que isso já faz 5 anos que lança a mesma coisa com nomes diferentes
Pior ainda é a critica amaciando pra forcar que essa bosta é melhor que o Donda -
Sep 8, 2021Lacks imagination, a copy, and a paste of previous work. The album carried by samples and features I had to listen to this in small doses as Drake's own tone became monotonous. No real memorable track and the first single drop Way to Sexy was the worst track to drop as first single. He had bars for days, will give him that but everything else seemed done before which made this work quite lazy.
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Sep 3, 2021A perfect mixture of hard hits and slow bangers, Drake did well with this one.
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Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021I created an account just to review this album for how bad it was. Aside from Champagne Poetry the entire album is boring and uninspiring. Drake is one of the greatest artists of the 21st century and seeing him release such a basic record was truly disappointing. Oh and the album cover is corny too. For the love of God do better on your next album Drake
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Sep 7, 2021Repetitive, mundane and underwhelming. There are a few solid songs and the production on them is good. Some clever lyrics too but...Sadly, this was very disappointing.
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Sep 7, 2021
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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)
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Love All
Fair Trade
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Sep 7, 2021On my second listen through, i found a different appreciation for the project. I feel like beginning tracks come off strong, a lull in the middle, and a strong finish. Will continue to listen and see if my opinions change, but my immediate response is "its OKAY". Would give this a 7/10 but am bumping up my score due to the unnecessary amount of 0's
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Sep 7, 2021DONDA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DONDA BETTER
DRAKE WASHED
DJ AKADEMIKS A D***RIDER -
Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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 7, 2021
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Sep 6, 2021
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Sep 6, 2021
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Sep 6, 2021Simply basic album. Which is far from what I expected. there are so many weird lyrics that i can't describe
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Sep 6, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 6, 2021This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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.