HONESTLY, NEVERMIND
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  • Summary: The seventh studio album from Drake is a surprise release and features a guest appearance by 21 Savage.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    Jun 20, 2022
    80
    Honestly, Nevermind is a welcome development in the Drake saga, a left turn off what was starting to seem like an endless stretch of trap-heavy highway. The destination is still sad and self-involved, but at least the scenery is colorful and never boring.
  2. The New York Times
    Jun 20, 2022
    80
    A small marvel of bodily exuberance — appealingly weightless, escapist and zealously free. An album of entrancing club music, it’s a pointed evolution toward a new era for one of music’s most influential stars. It is also a Drake album made up almost wholly of the parts of Drake albums that send hip-hop purists into conniptions.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Jun 21, 2022
    80
    The album achieves something mischievously unguarded: a collection of blissful dance tunes constructed for embrace and abandon. Drake takes a leap further into uncharted realms than any of his peers, offering a refreshing sign of what’s to come.
  4. Clash Music
    Jun 17, 2022
    70
    A puzzle that will take a long time to fully unlock, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ stands on these immediate listens as Drake’s most daring gesture, a devastating about-turn that will fascinate and frustrate in equal measure.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Jun 23, 2022
    67
    Instead of taking a much-needed left turn and cranking it up to 11, he's settled for something safe — something too smooth, too worldly.
  6. Consequence
    Jun 17, 2022
    67
    Honestly, Nevermind isn’t a bad album, but it is disappointing.
  7. RapReviews.com
    Jun 22, 2022
    50
    Drake breaks no new ground here, and retreads the same tales of love and regret so many times that the songs bleed together. If you just want background music for making love, this is your album. If you want to have your imagination captured by fantastic tales or be taken on an emotional roller coaster, don’t bother. There are no highs or lows here. We’re on medium the whole time.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 109
  3. Negative: 50 out of 109
  1. gabrielmf
    Jun 17, 2022
    10
    album of the year + drake is a GOAT. falling back will win song of the year for sure
  2. WakaBlazer
    Jun 26, 2022
    10
    The melodies keep on playing on my head… can’t get enough of it.. album of the year for me
  4. parsa2000
    Jun 17, 2022
    8
    I really liked the vibe of the album. it's a pretty good upgrade after that CLB disaster. obviously he's trying to get back to what he used toI really liked the vibe of the album. it's a pretty good upgrade after that CLB disaster. obviously he's trying to get back to what he used to be; an innovative artist and I think it's working. there are some junk tracks again but just a few, overall it's good.… Expand
  5. JorgeGonzalez92
    Jun 17, 2022
    4
    It's not very good. I get what he was trying to do, but my god did he fail. It's okay to try something new, Ye did it with 808s and again withIt's not very good. I get what he was trying to do, but my god did he fail. It's okay to try something new, Ye did it with 808s and again with Yeezus, but Drake is no Ye. Drake's strength comes from his easy-to-listen-to rap. It was nothing truly exceptional, but it sold. Drake was never groundbreaking, he didn't have to be. This, however, is not very good. It's generic, trite, and all-around disappointing.… Expand
  6. drippysunshine
    Jun 22, 2022
    3
    After CLB (which I thought was okay) I was hoping Drake's next album would be one of his best. Pretty disappointed by this one I can't lie. IAfter CLB (which I thought was okay) I was hoping Drake's next album would be one of his best. Pretty disappointed by this one I can't lie. I guess he deserves credit for switching up his sound but he did not do it well in my opinion. This could've been a great album and it has its merits but everything about it is extremely underwhelming overall. I don't like the album as a whole, and the few songs that are okay are nowhere near Drake's best. Even his other albums that I would consider on the weaker side have at least one or two songs I really like that bring me back to it, but I can't say the same about this album. I hope his next is better.… Expand
  7. SuperbaDMIke
    Jun 22, 2022
    1
    There is no good song other that a little in this drake album. no good. no good.
  8. KingDeuce
    Jun 17, 2022
    0
    I really was hoping I would enjoy this, but in my honest opinion, this is already the 2nd worst album of the decade, with Drake also claimingI really was hoping I would enjoy this, but in my honest opinion, this is already the 2nd worst album of the decade, with Drake also claiming the number one spot with Certified Lover Boy. Drake continues to prove that he doesn't give a damn about his music anymore and proceeds to curse our ears with these abhorrent sound waves coming into our ear canals, vibrating our eardrums, producing a sound that he has the audacity to call quality music. Avoid this album at all costs… Expand

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