Albums Drake - Certified Lover Boy (Discussion Thread)

[KillerB88]

After sitting with this album for a couple of days I still maintain this is pretty good, probably a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 (still think Donda is better though). I think the hate it’s getting from critics and social media is a bit much but understandable. There’s nothing here he hasn’t done before and I don’t think there’s a song here that would be considered an all time Drake song. More Life, Views (for better of worse), IYRTITL, Take Care, DLDT & NWTS all felt fresh and unique, even his biggest haters can’t deny that. Yet this album just felt like an extension of Scorpion.

It’s disappointing because he had a love heart in his head for a whole year yet this feels safe instead of sticking to the Loverboy theme. I know the song is hated here but I feel Way 2 Sexy fit that theme and this album needed more of that and songs like fukking Fans.

At the same time I can’t blame him for playing it safe, he’s a decade into his run with multiple classics and nothing else to prove. Look at Kendrick, TPAB is one of the GOAT rap albums imo but that almost fukked up his career. It gets a lot of love from critics but it’s divisive on social media and people I’ve talked to and the numbers show it. The album is not even top 100 most streamed on Spotify yet GKMC is and that came out before streaming was popping like that.

I'm a Drake fan... but iono breh. Multiple classics?

 

[KillerB88]

 

[Yecht]

This has got to be the first time Drake has dropped an album and it won't even be top 5 best hip hop albums of that year

King's Disease 2
Call Me If You Get Lost
The House Is Burning
The Off Season
Man On The Moon 3
Arguably Donda. shyt, I'd even put Culture 3 ahead of this. Plus Kenny bout to drop. Scary Hours, indeed.

4 trash albums, 1 decent one (KD2), and Donda. If you ain't legally deaf then you should commit that

 

[KillerB88]

Funniest thing about this is on his first release out the gate he collaborated with many indie artists(Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn and John, and Santogold for example) which was a part of why I really started fukking with him. I really don't blame him for doing what he does because those that love what he's doing really don't care.

Man those features were dope. Had me running to do Googles and get more material from them.

 

[Yecht]

Mid to me. Never been fan of Loverboy Drake

That's a fair take, but that's 75% of Drake's music

 

[Reptile]

Reptile is an ass water character. I will slice you the fukk up with my eyes closed

p*ssy Reptile got far more redeeming qualities than weak Bawhacka. See me in Outworld p*ssy.

 

[Suspicious Dingo]

4 trash albums, 1 decent one (KD2), and Donda. If you ain't legally deaf then you should commit that

You should commit that regardless of your hearing capabilities

 

[Yecht]

You should commit that regardless of your hearing capabilities

Keep that same energy when you are tearfully listening to one of those bullshyt albums when the Lakers get dropped in the 1st round again, your taste at EVERYTHING is garbage


Edit: Oh you're in Australia. Nevermind, you mine as well already be dead

 

[Yecht]

Gave this more spins. Donda is leagues better than CLB...
IF ONLY Kanye didnt use all of these terrible new age rappers. They take it from a 5 mic album to a 4

Agreed. 2 biggest flaws are 1) breaking all those songs into Pt 1 and Pt 2, and all the trash features from these new garbage rappers.

 

[JA_Carter]

I'm a Drake fan... but iono breh. Multiple classics?

Take Care & NTWS are undisputed classics, IYRTITL, More Life (probably in the minority) & WATTBA are classics to me hell a lot of people think So Far Gone is a classic too

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

album is trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Suspicious Dingo]

Keep that same energy when you are tearfully listening to one of those bullshyt albums when the Lakers get dropped in the 1st round again, your taste at EVERYTHING is garbage


Edit: Oh you're in Australia. Nevermind, you mine as well already be dead

Negged for the Lakers slander

 

[RAW_SPK]

Its a solid 6.5 maybe 7 to me. He had an opportunity to do some real creative shyt at least given the title of the project but its the same shyt. Just depends on how you rate his other shyt tbh cuz its the same formula. And although the formula works all the time, it can still be bland to some. If you usually think drake’s shyt is an 8 then this will probably be an 8 for you. If you normally rate his shyt as mid this wont change your mind

 

[aceboon]

Bink has stans?

A video game character has stans?

 

[Yecht]

A video game character has stans?

Needed a random name for a message board. Can care less about him or video games. Meanwhile you out here self ID'ing as a stan of a fruity producer, when nobody asked. Rethink your life