It was actually refreshing for an artist ... Put simply, "Certified Lover Boy" is swollen and boring, a watered-down collection of Drake tropes. I listened straight through the album exactly ...

Drake in 2010, standing in front of a plane advertising his debut Thank Me Later, a sound his new record revisits "Gimme a hug, Gimme a hug!," pleads Drake on one ...

pleads Drake on one track from his new album ... sensitive "certified lover boy" persona that dominated Drake's initial breakthrough albums like Thank Me Later and 2011's Take Care. In the 2010s, ...

Drake in 2010, standing in front of a plane advertising his debut Thank Me Later, a sound his new record revisits [Getty Images] ...